INVESTIGATING THE SUCCESS BEHIND

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Hi, I’m Michael Gallagher.

Welcome to my online home. I write, host a podcast, and love learning new things.

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Blog Posts

I blog about topics at the intersection of sports, economics, and finance. These posts are a way for me to investigate the knowledge, skills, and habits required to build a first-class organization.

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Element of Surprise
Element of Surprise
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Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
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What Makes a Successful Day
What Makes a Successful Day
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A Very (Very) Special Evening with The National
A Very (Very) Special Evening with The National
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Quantifying Leadership
Quantifying Leadership

How, and why, we should measure the most important quality for a head coach.

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“Presence is Ownership.”
“Presence is Ownership.”

Presence, ownership, and leadership.

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Using Monkeys to Find Bottlenecks
Using Monkeys to Find Bottlenecks

Find the monkey, find the bottleneck.

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Building a Pro Sports Roster
Building a Pro Sports Roster

Something to look for in players when building a team.

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Book Review: Wanting by Luke Burgis
Book Review: Wanting by Luke Burgis

A review of the wonderful deep dive into the world of mimetic desire.

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The Tesla Stock Beauty Contest
The Tesla Stock Beauty Contest

A contest not based on fundamentals.

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Podcast

The 25th Hour Ideas Podcast is a wide-ranging series of conversations with athletes, coaches, and entrepreneurs. Each episode focuses on a central theme related to the knowledge, skills, and habits required to build a first-class organization.

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Book

A year ago I had the idea to formalize all the lessons I learned from Coach Mendenhall at the University of Virginia. These lessons centered around teamwork, culture, accountability, leadership, and how to build an incredible organization.

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