Enzo Calamo

10/08/2026

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Enzo Calamo presents the world through the lens of private capital and family continuity. Since joining Scoop.it in 2014, he has built a high-volume English-language archive where billionaire dynasties, wealth planning, markets, real estate, philanthropy, business families, and global risk all orbit...

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Worrying about "blame" and "credit" or "positive" and "negative" feedback impedes the iterative process that is essential to learning.

Remember that what has already happened lies in the past and no longer matters except as a lesson for the future.

10/06/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/myth-silver-spoon-enzo-calamo-z6ubc

Ten lessons for family offices and UHNW families on raising a rising generation that thrives, drawn from Kristin Keffeler's book and checked against the data of 2026. Why should family offices read this book now? Every family office is, in the end, in the business of people.

10/06/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/humility-wealth-strength-carry-enzo-calamo-wn1sc

“That’s what humility means—learning to accept disappointments and even defeat as God-sent, learning to persevere and carry on with peace of heart and confidence in God, secure in the knowledge that something worthwhile is being accomplished precisely because God’s will is at work in our lif...

09/24/2026

3 Ideas:

I. Mental toughness immediately increases when you find the right subject. You're more likely to stick with things when you're genuinely interested.

​II. How to see opportunities others miss:

1) Study a totally different field, then return to the original problem. Apply insights from other domains.

2) Invert the problem. Try to achieve the opposite.

3) Find ways to engage with hyper-creative people. Their thinking will rub off.

III. The person who gets 1 shot needs everything to go right.

The person who gets 1000 shots is going to score at some point.

Find a way to play the game that ensures you get a lot of shots.

2 Quotes From Others

I. Journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson on going for it:

"Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?"

Source: Security (1955)​​

​II. Science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin on the process:

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."

Source: The Left Hand of Darkness

09/24/2026

By recognizing the higher-level consequences nature optimizes for, I've come to see that people who overweigh the first-order consequences of their decisions and ignore the effects of second- and subsequent-order consequences rarely reach their goals.

This is because first-order consequences often have opposite desirabilities from second-order consequences, resulting in big mistakes in decision making.

09/17/2026

3 Ideas:

I. When choosing a new habit many people seem to ask themselves, "What can I do on my best days?"

The trick is to ask, "What can I stick to even on my worst days?"

Start small. Master the art of showing up. Scale up when you have the time, energy, and interest.

​II. Concentration produces wealth.

Diversification protects wealth.

III. Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility.

This is true in many areas: taking ownership of your health, committing to a relationship, starting a business, etc.

Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of responsibility usually has to change.

2 Quotes From Others

I. Writer Haruki Murakami on time and money:

"Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can't buy."

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ​​

​II. Farmer, novelist, and poet, Wendell Berry, on thinking long-term and acting in the long-term good:

"Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest."

Source: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

09/17/2026

The most meaningful relationships are achieved when you and others can speak openly to each other about everything that's important, learn together, and understand the need to hold each other accountable to be as excellent as you can be.

When you have such relationships with those you work with, you pull each other through challenging times; at the same time, sharing challenging work draws you closer and strengthens your relationships.

This self-reinforcing cycle creates the success that allows you to pursue more and more ambitious goals.