The lives and working routines of billionaires fascinate those who want to understand their success.
Past colleagues discussed working with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sara Blakely.
They shared lessons they’d learned from the four well-known billionaires.
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The lives and working routines of billionaires fascinate those hungry to understand their success. Their eccentricities and rules for life are the subject of books, podcasts, and countless articles.
Their close colleagues know these captivating figures well. Here, people who’ve worked alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely talk about what it was like.
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Bill Gates could tell when someone had ‘slung the bull’
Chris Williams will never forget the “grilling” he says the billionaire Microsoft cofounder Gates gave him when they first met in 1992.
After buying their company, Gates interrogated Williams and his colleagues about why their product was better than its Microsoft rival’s. In eight years of meeting regularly one-on-one with Gates as a Microsoft executive, Williams learned how Gates’ questioning was a way of exposing who “slung the bull.” He’d keep pressing until the person under questioning would either admit they didn’t know or start inventing things.
“It was hard to be in those rooms many times and not pick up some of that skill,” Williams wrote for Insider, adding: “In time I could recognize the face of someone who, it seemed, would rather die than say, ‘I don’t know, but I’ll find out and get back to you.’”
Williams also recalled Gates’ ability to absorb “miles of data and dozens of opinions on the correct path” at a meeting and immediately identify what mattered and what to do.
Jeff Bezos insisted on a ‘deliberately inefficient’ meeting
Colin Bryar, a former Amazon vice president and chief of staff to Bezos, listed 13 insights he gained in the 12 years of working closely with him.
These included the importance of reacting quickly to trends, doubling down on initiatives that bear fruit to minimize risk, and accepting that “getting a team on the same page is a lot of work.”
On the last point, Bryar described how Bezos would hold a weekly four-hour meeting with his direct reports instead of one-to-one meetings with each of them. They would all attend regardless of whether the agenda touched on their responsibilities. Bezos wanted them to learn one another’s responsibilities to help them work together as a team “when the inevitable crisis would arise,” Bryar wrote.
He added, “I’ve seen many dysfunctional executive teams that just are not used to working together and something like a deliberately inefficient weekly meeting getting them together would help.”
‘Girl next door’ Sara Blakely was a ‘creative genius’
Lisa Magazine and Kenya Graham were personal and executive assistants, respectively, to Blakely, the Spanx founder. Magazine described Blakely as “the girl next door” but also “one of the most creative geniuses I’ve ever met.” She told the podcast “Reach” that she was the 13th Spanx employee, joining when it was working out of a windowless basement in an Atlanta hotel.
She and Graham would plan Blakely’s day, covering every aspect of her life to make Blakely “feel like a million dollars” whenever she stepped into a meeting. “There were so many times that Lisa and I would go over to the home, print out Sara’s calendar, and sit with her husband’s assistants and the house staff,” Graham said. The pair often also collaborated on calendars and cc’d each other on emails and texts to ensure they were on the same page.
After Blakely gave the keynote at the Nordic Business Forum in 2019, the organizers told her that their team was the most prepared group they’d ever worked with, Magazine said.
Elon Musk could be ‘fun’ — but was also quick to fire people
During his early days at Tesla, Carl Medlock was in a meeting in which someone disagreed with Musk. Medlock, then a territory manager at Tesla, says he never saw the employee again. Musk is “not one for people back talking — he’ll just let you go,” Medlock told the podcast “The Iced Coffee Hour.”
“When Elon stands up at the end of a meeting and says, ‘This is the direction we’re going to go,’ you stand up from your chair, and you better head that direction,” Medlock continued.
He said that despite this, however, Musk could be “fun” if you were on his good side and “for a guy who wasn’t from the car industry, he asked some very good questions” of Medlock during his final interview for the role.
Medlock said he never saw his boss socialize or joke around with employees.
“He’d talk to you if he needed to talk to you, but he didn’t just go BS with people at all,” Medlock said. Even in meetings, he added, Musk didn’t waste time chatting and got straight to the point.
One could say that Ona, a punky 12-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, has enjoyed a pretty bright and breezy lifestyle over the years soaking up the sun in Southern California. Lots of beach days, a comfy warm bed and a big pile of plush toys. What more could she want? Well, as it turns out, she wants to run!
Weighing in at just 6 pounds and standing a mere 6 inches from the ground, Ona is a seasoned long-distance racer. In the last six years, she’s completed nearly 50, 5k runs with an average pace just over an 8-minute mile. As the adage goes, “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” This dog can run!
“I started hiking with Ona after she turned 3 and she loved it,” says Ona’s dad, California Highway Patrolman Jeff Jones. “She always had so much energy.”
As an experienced long-distance runner himself, Jeff decided to sign both of them up for their first race together at the Homeward Bound 5k run in 2016.
“We had already done several long hikes in the past but I didn’t know how she would do running long distance.”
When they reached the halfway mark, Jeff tells me he stopped and offered Ona a quick water break. “She refused and just wanted to keep running,” he added. “People were shouting ‘that dog deserves a medal’ as we ran by.”
Soon after, the duo signed up for several more races and thus Ona’s running journey began. “Even during the pandemic we did 19 virtual races,” said Jeff. “Nothing was going to stop Ona from running!”
Last December, I joined them one early morning for their 41st race at the Christmas-themed Santa Claus for a Cause 5k run. Decked out in a warm Christmas neck gaiter dawned with little green doggie bones and striped candy canes, Ona looked up at her dad among the crowd of runners towering above her. With a few wags of her tiny tail, she signaled she was ready to go.
At the sound of the buzzer, Ona sprinted out of the starting gate tugging on her leash with all her might, keeping her head forward and focused on the path ahead. “She loves to run out in front of me, so I’m really just chasing her the whole time,” says Jeff.
A determined Ona charged along, unfazed by the cheering spectators or other dogs along her path. “She’s just so razor focused when she runs,” Jeff proudly tells me.
They crossed the finish line not only breaking their all-time record at 24 minutes and 45 seconds, but also making the podium with a first place title in Jeff’s age category. “The older she gets the faster she runs,” Jeff whispered in my ear as they received their honorable medals.
There is a small wooden rack on Jeff’s bedroom wall displaying 45 ribboned medals: An homage to their running adventures together over the years.
“We will need a bigger rack soon,” Jeff tells me with a chuckle.
Although cabinet styles and colors are usually the main ingredients home renovators focus on when trying to spice up bland cabinetry, many other options exist. One of these is cabinet fluting.
Cabinet fluting is a type of vertical wood molding that can serve decorative and/or functional purposes. The term “fluting” refers to three or more shallow or deep vertical grooves on the face of the molding reminiscent of Greek and Roman column architecture. This design is also used on certain styles of table legs and non-cabinet kitchen columns.
Hackers backed by North Korea have stolen $3 billion of crypto in five years.
They use a variety of elaborate schemes, including posing as employment recruiters, to get access to sensitive info.
The stolen crypto is funding 50% of the dictatorship’s ballistic missile program, WSJ reported.
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Hackers employed by North Korea have stolen a massive of sum of cryptocurrency in the last five years, using a range of clever tactics to dupe their targets.
The dictatorship has amassed a trove of about $3 billion of crypto in recent years. Among its biggest wins was 2021’s Axie Infinity hack, which saw North Korean crypto thieves make off with $600 million from players of the platform’s digital pets game.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the hack was pulled off by someone posing as a recruiter, who contacted an employee of Axie Infinity parent Sky Mavis. The hacker shared a document with the potential recruit, which was loaded with malware that enabled access to the candidate’s computer.
The scheme is just one example of how North Korea is becoming more sophisticated in how it targets and executes these hacks, which are helping it fund its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. According to the Journal, stolen crypto accounts for 50% of the funding for the country’s missile program.
The hackers in recent years have also posed as IT employees and government officials. They’ve masqueraded as Japanese blockchain developers and Canadian IT workers, representing what the Journal calls a “shadow workforce” that can sometimes pay people up to $300,000 a year.
In some cases, the hackers will even try to get hired by the firms they’re targeting, using Westerners to sit through the interviews. Once employed, they will make small changes to products that allow them to be hacked.
Overall, North Korea’s hacks have been getting more and more advanced, and their scams more difficult to detect, with one source telling the Journal that companies are locked in an “arms race” with the criminals.
Bringing a new puppy home is exciting for you, but can be stressful for an older dog. Be thoughtful about your dogs’ interactions. In the past, the general advice was to introduce new puppies to older dogs in the home right away. Now we know that isn’t always the best approach.
How to introduce a puppy to an older dog: Follow these 5 steps
Step 1: Create space
Giving puppies and older dogs their own space before introducing them encourages positive interactions in the future. There’s no reason to rush greetings and interactions between dogs; it’s oftentimes helpful to keep dogs and puppies separated for a few days or even weeks. Using baby gates, closed doors, crates and other dividers in the home creates space and lets them get used to the sound, sight and scent of the other dog without directly having to interact. Then, interactions are more relaxed and stress-free, which fosters better ongoing relationships between them.
Step 2: Introduce neutrally
Depending on your dog’s temperament, the introduction may happen on your puppy’s first day home, or if you have a senior dog or a dog who has other health or behavioral issues you may want to wait days, or even weeks before directly introducing them. The goal is to allow them to have adjusted to the presence of the other dog before they interact. We want those initial introductions to happen in neutral spaces outside your house or yard. This helps reduce the likelihood of stress or conflict. Start by taking your dog and puppy on parallel walks where one person has one dog on a leash and someone else has the other dog on a leash to help everyone get used to being close. Once your dog and puppy have met in a neutral area, and if that meeting went well, start to slowly allow them to spend time together in the house and yard.
Step 3: Watch for signs of stress
Once you’ve introduced your dog and puppy, monitor the interactions. Watch the body language from your dog and puppy closely for any signs of stress or discomfort.
Tips to reduce stress between dogs:
Before letting dogs interact, remove high value items like food, chews and toys from the area, especially if you know your older dog might have resource guarding tendencies.
If interactions seem tense, or the dogs become agitated, separate the dogs right away to give them a break.
Keep your dogs separated for a while to allow them to just acclimate to the scent of the other dog.
Step 4: Manage interactions
If you can’t monitor your puppy and dog while they are together, keep them separated. Even if the interactions are going well, continue to manage their playtime and engagement. Don’t allow your puppy to bother or harass your older dog. This is especially important when your older dog is sleeping and eating. We never want older dogs to be put in a position where they feel like they need to correct or “tell off” the puppy. Intervene on your older dog’s behalf and redirect an overly enthusiastic puppy; teach the puppy appropriate ways to interact.
Step 5: Go slowly
It’s tempting to rush the introduction process or encourage them to spend lots of time together right away, but a better approach is allowing your dog and puppy to learn about each other slowly and intentionally. This will help build trust. Make sure they have their own private spaces to retreat like a crate, bed or a designated area of the house, such as a dog room, that the other dog can’t access. The goal is neutral engagement and that can take time. Long-term management strategies like baby gates create a less-stressful house when interactions are tense.
Puppy and older dog: Tips for success
If your older dog has health conditions, behavioral issues like reactivity, or is a senior with age-related conditions like arthritis, be especially thoughtful about how you introduce your puppy and monitor interactions. You may want to keep your puppy separate most of the time. Consult with a dog trainer who utilizes positive reinforcement methods if you have questions. A dog trainer helps you to manage introductions and creates a training plan for future issues.
A steel bathtub in a grey carpeted bedroom and a marble bath positioned on a wooden plinth are included in Dezeen’s latest lookbook, highlighting luxurious bedrooms with bathtubs.
Typically confined to bathrooms with splash-safe surfaces, a bathtub in a bedroom has an air of grandiosity and indulgence.
It is often seen as an impractical design trend due to ventilation considerations, the need for a strengthened floor and the transition of moving from a soapy bath soak to fresh bed sheets, but this roundup showcases different ways baths in bedrooms have been achieved in homes and hotels.
Architecture studio Network of Architecture added curved lines and custom oak furniture to this Parisian apartment, including a curved wooden plinth for a Botticino Fiorito marble bathtub in the main bedroom.
Located in the former Hotel Nicolai, the studio transformed the interior into a two-level family home that “reflects the elegance of the Parisian ambience in the flat”.
For the Apartment A residence in Antwerp, Belgian design studio Atelier Dialect placed a shiny steel rectangular bathtub in the carpeted open-plan bedroom, offsetting the surrounding green walls.
Behind the tub is a partition wall covered in white and black subway tiles, creating a graphic backdrop and concealing a walk-in shower.
Scottish studio Groves-Raines Architects combined Scottish vernacular and contemporary Scandinavian design when converting a former clergy living quarters into the Lundies House guesthouse, complete with a slipper bath in the main bedroom.
With views out the nearby window of the Scottish highlands, the freestanding tub is a luxurious addition to the calming neutral-toned interior.
A deep polished concrete ledge with a sunken bath stretches the width of this holiday cabin bedroom, which is sunken into a rocky site in the Swiss Alps.
Architecture studio Nickisch Sano Walder Architects designed the Concrete Cabin as a stark hideaway for up to two people. Timber salvaged from a log cabin previously on the site was used as the formwork for the cast concrete walls.
The owners of this refurbished London townhouse can draw a pink curtain to separate the cork-tiled bathtub from the rest of the bedroom, designed by architecture office Studio Hagen Hall.
The pastel-toned bedroom has a paired-back appearance compared to the rest of the home, which features elm, velvet and fluted glass surfaces informed by 1970s Californian modernism.
Local firm Standard Studio converted a canal house in Amsterdam into an apartment with rooms arranged around a central courtyard, including a bedroom with an oval bath and freestanding bath tap.
Large glazed doors open the bedroom and bath area to the courtyard, and both interior and exterior spaces were finished with polished concrete floors.
Located in a former 1950s textile factory, design studio House of Shila created luxurious open-plan rooms with freestanding baths for the Mona Athens hotel.
A change in floor level and translucent drapes separate sleeping and bathing areas, creating a “certain balance of comfort and drama” according to the studio.
The US Army and Navy are facing a severe recruitment shortfall.
US military recruiters are targeting immigrants to fill their ranks, offering a path to citizenship.
As part of its marketing, the US military is relying on current recruits with immigrant backgrounds.
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When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn’t a real option in her country.
Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the U.S. Army Reserves, thanks in part to a recruiter in Dallas who also is Nepalese and reached out to her through an online group.
Bidari, who heads to basic training in August, is just the latest in a growing number of legal migrants enlisting in the U.S. military as it more aggressively seeks out immigrants, offering a fast track to citizenship to those who sign up.
Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits.
“It is one thing to hear about the military from locals here, but it is something else when it’s from your fellow brother, from the country you’re from,” said Bidari, who was contacted by Army Staff Sgt. Kalden Lama, the Dallas recruiter, on a Facebook group that helps Nepalese people in America connect with one another. “That brother was in the group and he was recruiting and he told me about the military.”
The military has had success in recruiting legal immigrants, particularly among those seeking a job, education benefits and training as well as a quick route to becoming an American citizen. But they also require additional security screening and more help filling out forms, particularly those who are less proficient in English.
Both the Army and the Air Force say they will not meet their recruiting goals this year, and the Navy also expects to fall short. Pulling more from the legal immigrant population may not provide large numbers, but any small boosts will help. The Marine Corp is the only service on pace to meet its goal.
The shortfalls have led to a wide range of new recruiting programs, ad campaigns and other incentives to help the services compete with often higher-paying, less risky jobs in the private sector. Defense leaders say young people are less familiar with the military, are drawn more to corporate jobs that provide similar education and other benefits, and want to avoid the risk of injury and death that service in defense of the United States could bring. In addition, they say that little more than 20% meet the physical, mental and character requirements to join.
“We have large populations of legal U.S. residents who are exceptionally patriotic, they’re exceptionally grateful for the opportunities that this country has provided,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, head of the service’s recruiting command.
The biggest challenges have been identifying geographic pockets of immigrant populations, finding ways to reach them and helping any of those interested navigate the complex military recruiting applications and procedures.
Last October, the Army reestablished a program for legal permanent residents to apply for accelerated naturalization once they get to basic training. Recruiters began to reach out on social media, using short videos in various languages to target the top 10 countries that recruits had come from during the previous year.
The Air Force effort began this year, and the first group of 14 graduated from basic training and were sworn in as new citizens in April. They included recruits from Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya, the Philippines, Russia and South Africa. As of mid-May there were about 100 in basic training who had begun the citizenship process and about 40 who had completed it.
Thomas said the program required changes to Air Force policy, coordination with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a careful screening process to ensure there are no security risks.
“We have to take exceptional measures to be able to thoroughly vet and go through the security clearance investigation,” he said, adding that in many cases the immigrants are not immediately put in jobs that require top secret clearance.
Under the new program, recruits are quickly enrolled in the citizenship system and when they start basic training, an expedited process kicks off, including all required paperwork and testing. By the time Air Force recruits finish their seven weeks of training, the process is complete and they are sworn in as American citizens.
The first group of 14 included several who are seeking various medical jobs, while another wants to be an air transportation specialist. Thomas said Airman 1st Class Natalia Laziuk, 31, emigrated from Russia nine years ago, has dreamed of being a U.S. citizen since she was 11, and learned about the military by watching American movies and television.
“Talking to this young airman, she essentially said, ‘I just wanted to be useful to my country,’” he said. “And that’s a story that we see played over and over and over again. I’ve talked to a number of these folks around the country. They’re hungry to serve.”
For Bidari, who arrived in the U.S. in 2016 to attend college, the fast track to citizenship was important because it will make it easier for her to travel and bring her parents to the United States to visit. Speaking in a call from Chicago just a day after she was sworn in, she said she enlisted for six years and hopes that her future citizenship will help her become an officer.
In Chicago earlier this year, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth heard from a number of recruiters about the increased outreach to immigrant communities and how it helped them meet their numbers. In the 2022 budget year, they said, the Chicago recruiting battalion enlisted 70 legal permanent residents and already this year they have enlisted 62.
More broadly across the Army, close to 2,900 enlisted during the first half of this budget year, compared with about 2,200 during the same period the previous year. The largest numbers are from Jamaica, with 384, followed by Mexico, the Philippines and Haiti, but many are from Nepal, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.
“As a little girl, looking at the soldiers, I always had admiration for them,” said Bidari, recalling British troops in Nepal. “Yesterday, when I was able to take that oath … I don’t think I have words to really explain how I was feeling. When they said, ‘Welcome future soldier,’ I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, this is happening.’”
The popular canine sport of disc dog requires a human and canine to work as a team. The dog relies on the human for accurate throws of a flying disc and the human relies on the dog’s athleticism to catch each throw.
Maryland dog trainer Gabby Scott competes in disc dog events. However, the initial reasons as to why she started training for the event was just happenstance. “I arrived early for a dog-training class I was attending with my Aussie-mix eight years ago,” says Gabby. “The instructor was practicing tricks with another trainer between classes. It was so cool to see dogs working so enthusiastically. They were happy just to catch a disc.”
Best dogs for disc dog
Gabby says most dog lovers get into disc dog because they have a dog that wants to play fetch and be active partners with their humans. Her Aussie-mix, Gus, preferred swimming and hiking to fetching, so she sought out a second dog with the drive to play along and she found Taco, a Miniature American Shepherd. “I asked for a puppy who had no fear and always had a toy in his mouth, and that’s what I got,” she says.
Taco’s breed is one of the more popular breeds currently in the sport. As is common in most dog sports, herding breeds lead the pack in popularity, as well as mixed breeds. Gabby says dog breeds you typically see are:
However, you can also find:
“You dog doesn’t need to be registered with any kennel club to play, they just need to love frisbees,” she explains.
Training for disc dog
You might believe the most important factor for a disc dog is chasing and catching the flying disc, but Gabby emphasizes that owners should really focus on engagement with their dogs in this sport. “The dog’s knowledge that the game is only fun when they play it with you, their owner, trumps the desire to have the disc,” she says.
Creating this desire can be easy, according to Gabby. First and foremost, she recommends making playtime with the disc a rare thing. “Never leave discs around the yard or in the house,” she says. “Keep discs out of sight until it’s play time. Then, keep play sessions exciting and very upbeat, and keep them extremely short.”
Disc dog is about having fun with your dog playing his favorite game. Teach basic cues of the game using a dog-safe soft fabric or plastic pup-size disc. Teach your pup to do the following with the disc:
Short as in one to three minutes at a time. The first sessions can be practicing tugging with one disc, while making a big fuss about the fun, then switch to another disc, and so on. This builds the desire to tug and play, while also learning the cues to drop the toy and switch to another. Practice short tosses as you begin, and then work your way up to more difficult maneuvers and longer throws. As always, make sure you practice proper warmup and cooldown routines to keep your dog’s muscles and body in shape for the chase.
Don’t use a flimsy, plastic disc for disc dog as it can shatter easily, possibly hurting your dog. Instead use a dog-friendly disc like the Superhero 235 from Hero Disc USA, made from durable, flexible, puncture and bite-resistant plastic. $16.99.
Gear for disc dog
You don’t need any fancy gear in disc dog. In fact, everything you need can be carried in a small, drawstring bag to the local park. Gabby stresses not using plastic discs, as these can shatter easily. Instead, she recommends dog-safe discs like the ones made by Hero Disc USA.
How to compete in disc dog
The easiest way to get started in competing in Disc Dog events is to find a Toss and Fetch League near you. In this event, dogs get 60 seconds to make as many successful catches as they can, with bonus points awarded for catches made in the air. The leagues meet once a week for five weeks each “season” and compete against other leagues around the world.
The AKC now offers disc dog while partnering with the UpDog Challenge. This event offers a variety of challenges and ways to create teams while earning performance titles for your mixed breed or AKC-registered dog.
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An angler caught a 9-foot-long “monster” catfish in an Italian river after a 40-minute battle.
The enormous wels catfish is likely “world record” breaking in length.
But Alessandro Biancardi did not want to “stress” the rare specimen by weighing it, he said.
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A huge wels catfish reeled in by an angler in an Italian river is believed to be the largest ever caught in a river.
It is likely a “world record” breaking in length, coming in at 9.3 feet long, but the fisherman chose not to also weigh the “monster” to see if it was the heaviest catfish ever for fear of harming it.
The gigantic fish was caught by life-long Alessandro Biancardi late last month in the Po River in northern Italy.
“When we measured the fish on the mat. Under the incredulous eyes of many anglers, the meter stopped at 285 centimeters. It was the new world record catfish,” Biancardi wrote on his fishing team’s Madcat’s blog.
Madcat creates and sells fishing equipment in Europe and supports anglers who catch large fish.
Describing the battle to land the amazing creature, Biancardi wrote on Madcat’s website, “I calmly managed to fight what I felt to be a prehistoric fish.”
“In silence, I approached the first spot, and after a few casts, a powerful bite arose. The fish stood still some seconds before starting a very complicated fight.”
‘Monster’ catfish caught in Italian river
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After “40 endless minutes,” Biancardi realized when the fish finally surfaced, he had “hooked a monster,” he wrote, saying it almost caused him to panic that he was “alone facing the biggest catfish I had ever seen in 23 years .”
However, Biancardi said he never imagined it would likely be the longest catfish ever caught.
Ten people witnessed the official measuring of the fish on a mat, Madcat said, and documentation was sent to qualify for the International Game Fish Association catch-and-release length record.
This fish will beat the International Game Fish Association’s current wels catfish length record by 1.57 inches if confirmed by the association.
The current all-tackle record for a wels catfish for weight is 297 pounds and nine ounces caught in the River Po in 2010, USA Today reported. The heaviest catfish ever recorded was a Mekong giant catfish that weighed 646 pounds in Thailand.
Even so, the fishermen let the beast go without weighing it, saying he “feared to stress” the rare specimen.
“I decided to safely release it, hoping it could give another angler the same joy he gave to me,” he said.
Don’t use a flimsy, plastic disc for disc dog as it can shatter easily, possibly hurting your dog. Instead use a dog-friendly disc like the 
