“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot”

–Michael Altshuler

Run. Your. Own. Race!

I’ve been mega-obsessed with this feeling.

A year as a 36-year-old seems so much shorter as compared to when I was a kid or even as a teen.

It seems cosmically unfair – we have fewer years to live, and each year flies by faster.

But, why is that happening?

Most impactful @naval quote on my life

Take a minute each day to call or email someone to express gratitude of some type. Consider someone you haven’t spoken with in a long time. It can be a one-line text or a 5-second voice note.

Never forget that you are presently living in the good old days.

As soon as you start thinking something nice about someone - send them a text and let them know right away. It costs you nothing. Makes their day. And, if it’s someone you haven’t spoken to in a while it will open a door for a conversation and possibly an opportunity.

YOU will be more successful if you SUPPORT others rather than tearing them down.

Your biggest competitor should always be your former self.

Smart people achieve less than dumb people because they aren't stuck in their heads over-analyzing the risk of an opportunity until it passes them, leaving them no choice but to stay in their same comfortable situation.

Just learned @sama is a prepper. The prepper mindset is "a downside-first" attitude. Take care of the downside, and let the upside take care of itself. Bodes well for AGI risk.

Steve Jobs' email to himself 13 months before he died... Hard work leads to accomplishment leads to humility

It is not the most intelligent who succeed, but the most determined.

"Everyone talks about how if you went back in time, some tiny change could make everything different now, but no one talks about how some tiny change now could make everything different in the future."

— 14 yo

Getting up at 5am and working for 4 hours straight on deep work with no distractions is how you win

The most underrated secret to success.

You say you will do a thing, then you actually do the thing.

90% do not do this.

TL;DR
Do what you really want in life
Because you’re dead soon
Hardest thing in life to do

People hurt themselves by trying to optimize a life they don't want to be living because they haven't taken the time to think about what they actually want to do or who they actually want to be.

Your mindset is your secret weapon. Stay positive, keep learning, and never give up.

Want to learn something new?

Get a personal teacher as soon as possible. If you don't have enough money to pay someone, find a mentor among your friends or a local club.

Here are the 50 ideas that changed my life.

These are my guiding principles and the light of my intellectual life. All of them will help you think better, and I hope they inspire curiosity.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Some people wake up every morning looking for something to be upset about

90% know what to do. 10% actually go and do it. 1% continue for long enough to win.

Steve Jobs was clearly a very smart man, without a lot of empathy for lesser beings. So is he saying “Everything was made up by people no smarter than Steve Jobs”, or does he actually mean it that the average world/company/industry leader really is no smarter than you?

Most people overestimate how well other people are doing and underestimate how well they’re doing.

Don't react. Respond.

Life is a series of obstacles and tests. Those who learn to be resilient, persistent, and optimistic have the upper hand. Let’s get after it relentlessly today 🔥

Edgy opinions that will be mainstream within 10 years:

• places where people live should be car free
• life shouldn't be about mostly working
• cities aren't a healthy, happy or good place to live
• home ownership isn't the smartest investment for most
• air quality is important

Someone with half your IQ is making 10x as you because they aren't smart enough to doubt themselves.

A small part of every day should be planning and working towards what you want your life to be like in 5 years.

Start that side project.
Start eating healthier.
Start moving more.
Start saving more.
Start learning more.
Start shipping more.

A little every day goes a long way.

The less time I spend on social media, the more at peace I am

A guide to avoiding burnout and establishing balance in your life

There’s a difference between being happy and being distracted from sadness

Don't wait for a life-altering event to make positive changes

My favorite indicators of wealth (that have nothing to do with money):

• How often you can say "no"
• Never using productivity apps
• A calendar without recurring meetings
• Never waking up to a shrieking alarm clock
• Freedom from spending time with anyone I dislike

The only way to get what you want in life is to repeatedly say no to what you don't

“Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty." Tim Ferriss

Weekdays are a free man’s weekend

Goal in life is to always be busy.

Busy doing nothing.

Ikigai: A reason for being

Rob Dyrdek was recently interviewed on the “My First Million” podcast. I didn’t have crazy expectations for this episode, but this man has gone through an incredible transformation from a skateboarding thrill junkie to an established businessman building generational wealth. It’s incredible, and reminds me of how much progress I have made in the last couple of years. It’s proof that anyone can rise to success and build wealth.

You are completely in control of your own happiness, and you have no control over the happiness of others.

My favorite conspiracy theory is that everything is going to be okay

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You can’t hack building relationships. It’s not like a podcast that you can run at 2x speed.

The hack is consistency. Show up every day, contribute every day, and give people time to fall in love with your generosity.

I don’t get offended when people pick on my accent but I do want to point something out. By speaking in a language you can understand, I am doing you a favor. Take it or leave it.

We think a lot about those black lines, forgetting that it’s all still in our hands.

Years ago I used to be a hothead. Whenever anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push back hard if something didn’t fit my world-view.

Your greatest (and only) enemy is your own mind.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

• Mark Twain

Find something to celebrate. Anything. There’s always something to be joyous about

Being easily offended means you're easily manipulated.

The best exercise for gaining strength is not missing workouts.

Arrogance is just a defense for weakness.

The modern devil is cheap dopamine.

Donald Knuth, a renowned mathematician and recipient of the Turing Award (considered the Nobel Prize of computer science), retired from using email in 1990.

He issued a public statement on his Stanford faculty page, which I saved to Evernote 1–2 years ago. I think of it often, and my favorite portion is below:

“I have been a happy man ever since January 1, 1990, when I no longer had an email address. I’d used email since about 1975, and it seems to me that 15 years of email is plenty for one lifetime. Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.”

How to live a miserable life:

• Never meditate
• Never go outside
• Stick to that shitty job
• Eat inflammatory crap
• Constantly check the news
• Surround yourself with toxic people
• Care about things you can't control

Staying miserable is a choice.

Porn is not sex.
Sugar is not food.
Gaming is not life.
Alcohol is not medicine.
Cigarettes is not breathing.
Social media is not freedom.
Energy drink is not hydration.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that these are substitutes for the real thing.

The modern individual:

⁃ Gets no sleep
⁃ Eats refined junk
⁃ Works in a cubicle
⁃ Never reads books
⁃ Hides from the sun
⁃ Plays status games
⁃ Is addicted to comfort

Modernity is a virus that breeds depression and sickness.

Minimize your needs, while maximizing your income.

How to be a rebel in the 2020's:

• be in great shape
• if male, embrace masculinity
• if female, embrace femininity
• get/stay married
• reject identity politics
• reject victimhood
• embrace capitalism
• procreate
• trust in God
• don't do drugs
• don't put pronouns in bio

You are responsible for your own happiness.

Focus more on the things that make you happy.

Focus less on the things that don't make you happy.

Can't go wrong with that process.

There’s a reason why you’re stuck in the same situation day after day.

You’ve tried to change things. Everyone does. You say today will be different, but then it just ends up being the same.

🎯 Eliminate distractions.
🏋️ Do your maintenance morning.
📅 Follow the schedule.
🔢 Guard your inputs.
📄 Document everything.
🥄 Less food. More water.
🛏️ Get to bed on time.
🔄 Consistency. Consistency. Consistency.

Overrated: inspiration. Underrated: discipline.

Overrated: talent. Underrated: time.

I'm still figuring out the whole "what am I doing with my life" thing, but one thing I can say with conviction: I never ever again want to spend 40+h/week of my life frowning at a computer so rich men in Patagonia vests increase their net worth

As you get older, if you’re at all self-aware, you learn two important things about yourself: what you like, and what you’re good at. Anyone who gets to spend his day doing both of those things is a lucky man.

Travel begins to lose its appeal when you no longer want to escape from your life.

“The most precious resource we all have is time.” - SJ. Remembering you always.

Toxic people get pissed at you when you won't join in on their negative energy.

The first time you see it, it's the most confusing thing ever.

A damaged person will turn on you; not because you defend what they're attacking, but because you refuse to join in.

Your actions are your real priorities.

Your phone is the adult marshmallow test you fail 250 times a day.

Negative people:

-Place blame instead of take responsibility
-Complain instead of solve
-Pull down instead of lift up
-Call out rather than show up
-Cause problems instead of generate solutions
-Hate instead of congratulate

This list is not exhaustive, but it will protect you

If you keep working on your strengths, you become unique.

If you keep working on your weaknesses, you become average.

Work with your strengths, delegate your weaknesses.

Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you.

Real wealth is not about money.

Real wealth is:
-not having to go to meetings
-not having to spend time with jerks
-not being locked into status games
-not feeling like you have to say “yes”
-not worrying about others claiming your time and energy

Real wealth is about freedom.

Більшість людей, живучи свої життя, схожі на господиню, яка так переймається тим, щоб усі гості були задоволені і все було ідеально, що забуває, що це ж її День народження святкується.

Зовсім не встигає насолодитися святом. А потім весь вечір миє брудні тарілки.

If you're waiting to hit a certain level of success before you work on being happy, don't. Start now.

Rules of Happiness

💖 Have friends around you
🌳 Have freedom
🎨 Do meaningful work
💳 Spend $ on experiences, not things
🤝 Help others with what you're good at
👇 Lower your expectations
💪 Exercise + eat healthy
🤔 Reflect on thoughts

My most cherished luxuries:

All the sleep (8.5h+), none of the ⏰.
A flow of clean, filtered air.
Regular exercise driven by an instructor.
Fresh, home-cooked meals.
A view of nature and water.
Meaningful work for 40h/wk (or less).
Two kids and a wife to love and laugh with.

Life doesn't get better. YOU get better.

A rich life:

1. You and your loved ones are healthy
2. Quality time with family, friends
3. People who love and trust you
4. Work that fills you with joy, pride
5. Opportunity to learn and grow
6. Freedom to express the true you
7. Courage to dare, dream and do
8. Wanting less

Criticism is easy. Creating something worth criticizing is the hard part.

Somebody out there is doing more with less than what you have right now.

The single most consistent thing I've noticed about successful people is this: they are eternally, often delusionally, optimistic.

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi

Unmotivated people gravitate toward other unmotivated people because they love to remind each other why it's everyone else's fault.

No one can compete with you on being you.

Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.

Можно во всем винить других и отчаиваться, а можно каждый день вставать пораньше и упорно добиваться успеха. Люк Дейли

Life is short, as everyone knows. When I was a kid I used to wonder about this. Is life actually short, or are we really complaining about its finiteness? Would we be just as likely to feel life was short if we lived 10 times as long?

“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” - Karen Lamb

Вы бедны, потому что неамбициозны.

Перед тем, как основать Alibaba, я пригласил к себе 24 друзей, чтобы обсудить эту бизнес-возможность. Мы проговорили уже два часа, но они все еще были немного сбиты с толку — должен признать, что тогда я высказывался не вполне внятно. Вердикт: 23 из 24, находящихся тогда в комнате, сказали мне бросить эту идею по множеству причин. Например: «Ты ничего не знаешь об интернете, и что важнее, у тебя нет стартового капитала».

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.

Can’t say it enough: surround yourself w/people who are trying to better themselves, growing + who appreciate life. It changes things.

Люси — представитель поколения Y: людей, рожденных в конце 70-х — начале 90-х годов. Сейчас им по 20-30 лет, они закончили вузы и теперь работают. Если они работают в большом городе и занимаются интеллектуальным трудом, их называют «Юппи» — young urban professionals, молодые трудоустроенные горожане. Люси как раз такая.