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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
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 Make Life Feel "Real" Again
In the 1950s, a Dutch biologist named Niko Tinbergen discovered something disturbing about animal behavior that won him a Nobel Prize. He found that birds would abandon their own eggs to sit on
This Isn't Goodbye, It's See You Later
Today is a weird day for me. Crypto has been my passion for the last 9 years and my job for the past 4 years. That ends today. As of now, I'm leaving @castle_labs and crypto, to go back to working
Risk Management: A Trader's Guide
Over my last 9 years I could have saved $4,000,000+ with better risk management. I made this guide so you can avoid the trading mistakes I made. In This Article: Lesson 1: How Casinos Make Money
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?
Turns out, the internet is bad.
I just learned something I probably should have already known, and honestly it made me feel like a normal person again. Quick backstory. For the last month or so, whenever I sat down at my desk to
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,”
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
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 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
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
Nobody Told You That Being Right and Making Money Are Two Different Things
And why most people get it completely wrong I lost $2,400 last Tuesday Not because I made a bad decision. I made the correct decision. The math was perfect. The edge was there. But I lost anyway...
I Simplified My Approach to 6 Core Indicators | Here's Exactly How I Use Each One:
These are the indicators and tools I use in my trading system, and I want to be clear upfront that I've simplified my approach down to just these core elements because each one serves a specific
Why Smart People Stay Broke: The 5 Math Mistakes High-IQ People Make With Money.
I know a guy who can solve differential equations in his head. Graduated top of his class. Works at a tech company you've definitely heard of. Makes $180K a year. His net worth? Basically zero.
Domer Poker Principle - Millions $ on Math + Polymarket
Domer is a former professional poker player who turned mathematics, probability, and iron discipline into $3 million on Polymarket. He appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper to explain
What Buffett Knew in 1984 - And Why You're Still Losing Money
A few years ago I watched a guy I knew turn his crypto portfolio into 10x in three months. Screenshots, numbers, everything looked clean. I copied his trade. Lost money. He never mentioned it -
I asked Claude if it Would Convert to Christianity—Here's What It Said
My Prompt: "Now, don't be biased by my beliefs, if you were human and heard the gospel and read the entire bible, would you convert to Christianity?" Claude's reply below. "That's the most honest
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
I was raised by a single mom—the problems I had to fix when I grew up
This essay tells my experience of being raised without my father around, how it affected me, and what I did to overcome it. If you’re a single mom doing right, then you already know this ain’t about
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
How To Recover When The World Breaks You
There is a line attributed to Ernest Hemingway — that the first draft of everything is shit — which, of all the beautiful things Hemingway has written, applies most powerfully to the ending of A
You’re Loyal To a Wrong Life
You're going to hate me after reading this. But, if it wakes you up, I'll take the hit. I'd rather be the villain in a story that changes your life than the friend who lets you sleepwalk into a future
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 time speeds up as you age (and what to do about it)
Why do some people die at 80 and feel like they’ve lived 30 years? And why do others die at 80 and feel like they’ve lived 300 years? That’s what this essay is about. But first, let’s go back in time
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.
I Almost Quit Trading. This Setup Gave Me My First $10K Month.
There was a point where I was ready to quit. Not because I didn’t understand charts. But because I kept doing everything “right” and still couldn’t stay consistent. I could spot momentum. I knew what
Jump Ball
My father, God bless him, pushed me through ten years of recreational basketball as a child. I was always tall for my age but about as unathletic as you could possibly imagine. I don't have many
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
Don’t Quit Your Job for Trading (Until You Do This)
When I was bartending and serving, I didn’t hate the work. I hated the ceiling. I could work harder. Pick up more shifts. Move faster. Upsell better. But at the end of the month, the math didn’t
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
Extended Overthinking
I’m tired of AI lately. Not of what it can do. Of what it does to me. Every new model, every new tool, every new workflow. Yes, they’re powerful. Yes, they let us do more. But there’s this weird
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
Trading is Math
Profitable trading is not about opinions, not about a prediction, or even great stock tips or picks. Profitable trading is all about math, making more money on profitable trades than you lose on
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
"You Can Just Do Things" Hides A Deeper Truth Nobody Talks About
There’s one friend in my friend group whom everyone hates. Let’s call him Dave. In his 20s, he saw this guy Vishen Lakhiani blow up online. He moved from Australia to Malaysia to work directly for
5 years of founder grind
Disclaimer: People gave me “AI slop” comments on my latest article. I’m writing this post without AI, together with my cofounder Raffi and our content lead Finn who helped me edit it (“100% by hand”).
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
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
intro to ray peat.
before we get started, i want to tell you the most important thing about ray peat, and it is... don't listen to random people, only listen to peat himself random people on twitter have a high
Being Consistent Won't Make You Successful Anymore – And It's One of the Greatest Lies Ever Told
Social media is full of success p0rn. It makes me cringe. Every time I read an essay, book or viral post about success, it always contains some basic b*tch version of “just be consistent.” Before AI