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What Would You Tomorrow Want You Today To Do?
One of the best questions to ask yourself when faced with a decision is “what would you tomorrow want you today to do?” This has been something I’ve relied on for years to help give me perspective and
Some Advice On How To Support Men
Men want to aim high without feeling insufficient if they fall short. Men want their suffering to be recognised and appreciated without being pandered to or patronised and made to feel weak. Men want
Burning All Your Bridges Is a Cheat Code to Success
“Don’t burn your bridges” he said as I walked out of the office for the final time. It was my last day in banking. I had a bad boss. The temptation to go tell him to F himself was overwhelming. How
High cortisol is destroying your productivity. 7 natural ways to solve that.
If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance you’ve tried to “fix productivity” with AI tools, apps, or even forcing yourself to be more "disciplined". And yet your output still feels inconsistent
HOW TO 1000x YOUR LUCK
Study microeconomics, game theory, psychology, persuasion, ethics, mathematics, and computers. - @naval Luck is not found, it is cultivated. BOOKMARK THIS IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK. Game
Why Ambitious People Self-Destruct (The Neuroscience)
"Focus on one thing." You've heard it from every business book, every podcast, and every successful entrepreneur. And you've tried. You know it's the right move. But somehow you're still spread across
HOW TO UNF*CK YOUR LIFE
NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES... Your life is 100% your responsibility. BOOKMARK THIS IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. NEWSFLASH: YOUR LIFE SUCKS. The first and arguably most important
Being neurodivergent is one of the most powerful hidden advantages you'll ever have
Being neurodivergent is thought of as a weakness. I talk to people all the time who say some version of “I’m neurodivergent, therefore I can’t do…” It’s a tragedy. Labels like ADD, ADHD, autism,
Glass Half-What?
Why Most People Lack Perspective on How Good They Have It There are over a billion people on earth who don’t have access to clean water, and you’re complaining that your Instagram’s not growing?
ALL YOU NEED IS ONE WIN
"You only have to be right one time" - @mcuban It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your
You Are Just 3 Decisions Away From a Completely Different Life
You already know what you need to do. Quit the thing that’s draining you. Start the thing you’ve been “researching” for 14 months. Have the conversation you keep rehearsing in the shower but never
24 Leadership Principles From The Greatest Business, Military, Political and Sports Leaders
People think that leadership is something that just happens. One is anointed a leader. One is promoted to leadership. One is born into leadership. And of course, this is not the case. “Leadership,”
HOW TO ESCAPE MEDIOCRITY
The most important part of this entire idea is realising that you are currently stuck in mediocrity. Running a race that is not your own. BOOKMARK THIS IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Realising
Stop Overthinking Every Decision. Your Subconscious Already Has the Answer.
You've been agonizing over the same decision for days. Late nights replaying both options. Spending hours weighing pros and cons. Meanwhile, there's a network in your brain designed to solve exactly
Be delusionally optimistic about what you can achieve in life
Society mistakes delusion for stupidity. To be delusional is to believe in a dream that will never come true, that you keep alive because you can’t tell yourself the truth. I strongly disagree with
The 400 Trillion to One Mindset
400 trillion to one. That’s how rare it is to be a human being. When you understand that math, how can’t you live your life? So what are you waiting for? Existence itself is such a rare and precious
The Gravity of Winners
A Brief History of How Value Learns to Concentrate, and What Comes Next. There is a pattern running through the entire history of commerce that is obvious in retrospect and nearly invisible in the
Don’t Go To Business School. Read These 18 Books Instead
Warren Buffett considers the foundation of his multi-billion dollar empire to be a book. At 19 years old, he bought a copy of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. We don’t know exactly what he
don't be an a**hole, call your mom
My parents are getting old. I’m 37, and they’re 66. Or maybe 63? To be honest, I have no idea how old my parents are. Once a human passes 50, my brain stops using numbers, and switches to words to
Build Your Own Table
The psychological cost of building someone else’s dream. Someone offers you an opportunity, a partnership or a role or a chance to build something together. The pitch is good and the person seems
How to Engineer Your Own Luck
Most of us navigate life relying on a fuzzy, poorly calibrated instrument: our gut feeling. We make career choices based on what feels right, hold onto investments because we believe in them, and stay
the big lie about competition
People tell themselves all kinds of lies to protect their ego. Yesterday I heard one such lie… Someone said to me: “it’s hard to succeed, it’s soooo competitive nowadays.” Is it?? Yeah. Sure. A lot
Please Don’t Do This To Yourself
It wasn’t exactly a nervous breakdown, but it was something close. Around the time I was finishing Ego is the Enemy, I ran into a wall. I had just watched American Apparel implode. I had lost a
Everyone using AI has about 12 months to develop these 3 moats
Right now 90% of people using AI are doing the same thing: prompting, accepting, shipping. no judgment, no taste. that means if you develop even one of these three moats, you stand out immediately.
11 Books You Can Finish In One Sitting
Ok, so I have a secret that I use when I am in a reading rut: I read something really short. I love the feeling of sitting down and finishing a book…in that sitting. I get the whole rush of cracking
Fix Yourself in 1 Day (Do or Die)
You don't need 21 days to fix your life. Not 90, not even seven. You need one day, one decision, one moment where you stop lying to yourself and finally do what needs to be done. Because the truth is,
A Guide To Understanding the Psychology of Trading
The hardest thing about trading is not the math, the method, or the stock picking. It is about the emotions that arise from trading itself, along with the ego's need to be right. From the stress of
Your Head Is Full of Shit. Here's How to Fix it
Your head is full of shit. According to studies, the human brain processes an average of 6,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day. Some even say we have 7 thoughts per second. Don’t you sometimes feel like
13 Ways I Completely Changed My Life in a Year and So Can You
My life fell into a million tiny pieces. There were cries for help that nobody answered. It was a dark time. I had left a business behind that I loved like a child. My family relationships were a
Lessons I’ve Learned From Studying Money for 10 Years
I started learning about money more than 10 years ago because I didn’t understand it and kept losing and trying to play catch up in the game of money. The process of learning about money started with
HOW TO 1000x YOUR LIFE
Have more fun. Let them be. Be delusionally optimistic. You are "locked in" and losing, the guy who is winning is doing these three simple things. BOOKMARK THIS IF YOU WANT TO WIN. HAVE MORE
The art of not giving a f*ck
You care too much about things that don't matter. You’re stressed, overthinking, and drowning in opinions that have zero bearing on your actual life. Why? Because you haven’t mastered the simplest,
The Atlas Complex
“Why is it that when I mess up it’s my fault but when other people mess up it’s also my fault?” Let’s call this The Atlas Complex. If you care too much about harmony, you end up volunteering to be the
Why Is Everyone Playing Life On Hard Mode
People often tell me I'm a douchebag. I still don't know if I should take it as a compliment or an insult. Because I've realized that "everyone wants advice until you give it to them." They ask how to
Your Job Title Means Nothing. Here's What Actually Does
"Real status isn’t a job title on a lanyard. It’s the way a room shifts when you walk in." Let’s get something straight immediately. When we say status, we’re not talking about your LinkedIn headline.
How Ambitious People Actually Get What They Want
In every off-season teams in every sport begin a strange ritual. Prospective coaches are flown in to meet with management about open positions — sometimes they convene at the stadium, in nondescript
I Wish I Knew The Real Reason I Was Lazy Earlier (Wasn't Distractions)
An invisible enemy is sabotaging your performance. You encounter it dozens of times every day. It makes all your work harder than it needs to be and blocks you from getting into the zone. And by the
Bring Joy = Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Winning is not always about medals, rankings, or recognition, but about rediscovering why we started in the first place. @GuptaRK22's office is sparsely decorated, with a single handwritten index
You Don't Have an Anxiety Problem. You Have an Identity Problem.
3:47 am. Your eyes open against your wish. Heart already racing. Mind spinning through tomorrow's problems, last week's mistakes, and rehearsing conversations that haven't happened yet. You don't know
If You Read One Book This Month, Make It One of These
One of my absolute favorite experiences is discovering old novels I knew nothing about. Maybe you hear about them mentioned in a book you’re reading. Or you fall into some classic novel that was
How to Get Ahead of 99% of People Financially in the Next 6 Months (5 Steps)
Most people will never be financially free. Not because they're stupid. Not because they don't work hard. But because they're playing a game they were never taught the rules to. They wake up,
Turn Any Niche Into Your Own
most people make the mistake of trying to "find" a niche as if it's a lottery ticket. scroll youtube long enough and the right one will appear. it doesn't work that way. the most successful channels
You Must Kill The Boy (Parents Edition)
Forgive your parents for what they got wrong. Then surpass everything they thought was possible. You’re on the phone with your mother. You just told her about the business you want to start. There’s a
how to lock in (for real)
your attention has been strip-mined by apps built by billion-dollar teams whose only job is to stop you from doing exactly what you are about to learn in this biological playbook. i have listened to
how to replenish your dopamine receptors after exposure to porn and scrolling.
many people are aware of porn addiction, the same people are also aware of the scrolling addiction, yet they do nothing to fix it, why? if life feels flat, your motivation has tanked, and everyday
How To Get Ahead Of 99% In 1 Day
I’m 27. In my short time on Earth: I made a lot of mistakes I have done some things right I learned a lot of valuable lessons In this article, I'll share the best business and self-improvement lessons
Build a life worth living, don’t think inside the box
My Experience There is something I understood a bit too late in my life: the importance of thinking outside the box. There is a puzzle that perfectly illustrates this idea, one that 99.99% of people
How to Change Your Life in 365 Days
2020 was a make-or-break year. I talk to people about 2020 and you will hear stories like, “That’s the year I switched jobs,” or “That’s when I began my career,” or even “That’s the year I found