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Key takeaway thus far is that the customer bases of brands tend to be more homogeneous than people assume; that is, buyers of miller lite are very similar to buyers of Coors light/bud light/sam Adams/Blue Moon/whatever. The most important element of growth is simply maximizing penetration.

Well this, uh, took a turn

Bit of a slog thus far I’m afraid

Creed mentioned

It brings me no pleasure to report that the key to success is still being very disciplined and working very hard.

I love Miller’s portrayals of motherhood, both in Song of Achilles and here. It feels very powerful and immediate and real. Makes me understand my own mother better.

I may be the only person alive who isn’t totally enamored with the enemies to lovers trope, but it feels refreshing to me that they’re just, like, nice people who like each other.

One of the cool things about this book is they call Leopard Seals and Elephant Seals “Sea Leopards” and “Sea Elephants” respectively, which I think is very fantastical and we should go back to that.