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#111 – The Broncos & Intentional Rest
Quote, Podcast, Interesting Phenomenon, Video, Tweet.
Dimitri Gremos
July 09, 2025
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#111 at a Glance:
Quote: The essence of creativity.
Podcast: Joe Rogan x Jordan Peterson.
Interesting Phenomenon: The NRL team outperforming the ASX 200.
Video: The art of rest.
Tweet: Don’t fall victim to your ambition and creativity.
Quote I’ve been thinking about:
“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.”
Podcast I listened to:
The Joe Rogan Experience #2308 - Jordan Peterson
Probably my favourite ever conversation between Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson.
Marriage, relationship dynamics, true leadership, masculinity, power and control, the role of play, the call to adventure, the quest for clarity and wisdom, the consequences of indiscriminate empathy, and more.
If you haven’t listened already, I highly recommend it.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
[Duration: 3 hours 11 minutes]
h/t – thanks Vanessa for nudging me to listen!
Interesting Phenomenon I came across:
The NRL Team Outperforming the ASX 200
A friend of mine sent me this post via The Investment League on LinkedIn:
Can you believe that?
The Brisbane Broncos Ltd (ASX: BBL) has outperformed the ASX 200 over 3x since the year 2000, delivering a return of 843% compared to 259% for the index.
In other words, if you invested $1,000 into the Broncos on the stock market 25 years ago, that would be worth $9,430 today. But the same $1,000 investment into the ASX would yield a return of only $3,590 in comparison.
As one of the only publicly-listed sports teams in the APAC region, it begs the question:
What if more sports clubs from Australia and New Zealand were listed on the ASX?
In Europe and the US, sporting clubs have frequently tapped into public markets to raise capital, commercialise their brands, and fuel further expansion.
Meanwhile, club ownership across virtually all codes in Australia typically remains tightly held by private actors, largely restricting the growth prospects of the clubs and their code more broadly.
Not only that, but within this ownership dynamic, there tends to be a lack of incentive to optimise the commerciality of these sporting businesses.
What if the owners of each of the clubs had external investors to answer to?
What if clubs had to consistently report all of their financial statements and show fans where they were spending their money?
What about the positive impact it would have on transparency and governance?
One of the best things that the NRL clubs have done in comparison to other codes here in Australia is their ownership of, or favourable agreements with, leagues clubs and pubs.
This has largely secured their financial stability with cash flow rarely presenting an issue given the speed at which everyday Australians tend to put money through poker machines en masse.
In contrast, if we look at the A-League for instance, many clubs struggle with cash flow and liquidity both operationally and at an investor-level.
Lacking the existence of a reliable asset base and relying solely on ticket sales, sponsorship, media rights, and merchandise, cash flow issues tend to arise far more frequently in comparison to their NRL counterparts.
Clearly the Broncos make a compelling case that this public ownership model can work – and with resounding success.
What are your thoughts?
h/t – Credit to The Investment League for sparking the idea – worth a follow if you're into the intersection of sport, markets, and innovation.
Video I watched:
The Art of Rest & Resting Well
Great video on the art of rest.
It’s only short, but provides a very nice frame on how we should think about effective and intentional rest:
“Resting is not stealing time, it’s restoring it.”
Spend some time resting intentionally this week.
[Duration: 3 minutes 53 seconds]
Tweet I liked:
Don’t Fall Victim To Your Ambition & Creativity
You don’t need a new idea.
You need the discipline to execute on your current idea without distraction.
— Ross Harkness (@THEROSSHARKNESS)
3:00 AM • Jul 9, 2025
This is inextricably linked to the quote from Dorothy Parker at the start of the newsletter…
Very important stuff to keep in mind because it is one of the easiest traps to fall into.
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Dimi