Friends news: My experience with hair loss
|
Hello Reader, from your friend Nick, author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. In this issue: My new article about men's hair loss and how to stop it, Bali Indonesia trip, my May 2024 Life recap, an article by Lukas Rosenstock, my friend Codie's podcast, memes, and a bunch more. NICK GRAY FRIENDS NEWSLETTER Why you’re getting this: I'm Nick Gray and this is my Friends Newsletter. I send this every month to interesting people I’ve connected with and friends I want to keep in touch with. You can un-subscríbe any time and I won't be mad. I won't even be notified! My Experience with Men’s Hair LossI wrote up notes about what I've been doing and everything I learned about losing my hair. Here's the thing: when you think about stopping men’s hair loss, you want to mitigate loss and grow new hair. This article on my blog will show what I’m doing to prevent my own hair loss and promote new growth. I’ll also share what strategies have helped me the most over the past 10 years. The two main things that I do and recommend to almost everyone are:
For under $1 per day, you can start taking both of these and change your life. Or at least your hair. To research this article, I visited several hair loss doctors to get second and third opinions on what I’ve been doing. I also had my hairline and hair thickness measured several times. Random Links🎉 I hosted a party! by Lukas Rosenstock Detailed article by someone who used my event-hosting formula from my book, The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: "My main change to the formula was not calling it a cocktail party because I felt it was false advertising without serving proper cocktails. I named it an after-work party instead. Other than that, only minor changes to the tools and shopping list (you can’t host a party without serving beer in Germany)." 🎙️ The Love Expert: Why Women Are Addicted To F**k Boys & Why You Should "Have A 'Boring' Relationship Instead!" Logan Ury ( Spotify and Apple Podcast ) Podcast episode that I really enjoyed. "Are we our own worst enemies when it comes to romance? What if instead, we dated like a scientist, using equations and analysis, rather than feelings and attraction to find love." 🎧 Codie Sanchez's Podcast: The Struggle Isn't Real "Codie Sanchez takes you on a weekly journey asking questions of elite achievers, strivers and doers that would be wildly inappropriate at a dinner party. Our goal each week is to remind ourselves that you were not put here to live an ordinary life, you were meant for something more." 📹 How I Met Charlie Munger, by Chris Sparling Chris, business partner of my friend Andrew Wilkinson at Tiny, talks about how he almost merged his company with The Daily Journal and how they both befriended Charlie Munger. ⛑️ What You Aren’t Hearing About Marijuana’s Health Effects (no paywall) "Bertha Madras, a leading expert on weed, outlines the science linking it to psychiatric disorders, permanent brain damage, and other serious harms." 🇯🇵 Tokyo Blind Date The most popular thing I've done in a while. And it was wild. I copy-pasted my viral diary posts into this article for easier reading and to serve as a personal archive. Most Popular Links from 2023These are the most popular links that were clicked from over 100,000 opens in 2023. 👧🏻 Spaced repetition for teaching two-year olds how to read (Interview) “A redditor did spaced repetition with his kids. He taught his 4yo daughter to read at a 5th grade reading level and his 3yo son to do times tables up to 12×12.” via @Prigoose on X, article is free on Substack 🎩 Surprisingly Relevant Rules From 1882 on Being a Good Houseguest (and Host) “No one should accept a general invitation for a prolonged visit. “Do come and spend some time with me” may be said with all earnestness and cordiality, but to give the invitation real meaning the date should be definitely fixed and the length of time stated.” 🚢 The Secret Language of Ships “Signs and symbols on the sides of ships tell stories about an industry few outsiders understand.” 💊 Murder, Money and the Battle for a Pharmaceutical Empire $3.6B net worth at time of murder. 6 years later and no clue what happened. 🔂 Andrew Wilkinson’s daily routine Very detailed with supplements, diet, apps, routine, etc. Andrew is a friend. This is a good deep dive into his daily routine. 🔈 The Art of Manliness: Throw a 2-Hour Cocktail Party That Can Change Your Life Perhaps the best interview I’ve ever done? I was flooded with feedback afterwards and hello to new readers who found me from there! I’m going to link it below, too. May 2024 Life RecapLast month I worked a conference, led a little workshop, went to an amazing wedding, saw my Tokyo Blind Date in Austin, attended Neville’s bachelor party, was featured multiple times on My First Million podcast, and hosted a party. Key learnings and lessons from last month:
Read more and see photos from May 2024 on my personal blog here. Favorite MemesUpcoming Travel: BaliI'm writing this from the airport in Manila, Philippines as I head to Bali, Indonesia from June 5-12, 2024. I will be attending a week-long walking salon hosted by Kevin Kelly and Craig Mod. I'm in a group of 10 people who walk 100km in a week, talking along the way, including a 3-hour conversation each evening dedicated to one topic suggested by the participants. They wrote up this PDF guide for how you can host your own walk and talk with your own group of friends. If you have any must-do tips for Bali that you know are still good and legit, please send me your best advice! The EndMy flight is boarding now so I better get going... Thanks for reading my Friends Newsletter! 🤠 Nick Gray p.s. Here's the About Me on my website if you forgot who I am. We met [HOWWEMET GOES HERE]. Add me elsewhere@NickGrayNews on all the social media The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings |