Ben Chu

Building @Insfmedia | Prev. SONY

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Anything in life worth doing is worth over doing.

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Let's build - Do the hard stuff and the boring work

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My non quantitative goals this year:
- Consume knowledge: be a sponge and soak in information. Read Read Read
- Take risks: “Get into rooms you don’t deserve to be in”
- Putting my self out there: Talk to strangers, build new relationships and seek new opportunities.

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The goal should be to grow 1% everyday.

On paper 1% everyday is an improvement of 365% after a year, but it’s really more due to the compounding effect.

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Deliberately put yourself in uncomfortable situations.

Get comfortable being uncomfortable.

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Why would you not want to do the hard things in life.

Do them.

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You’re building your reputation one interaction at a time. Remember first impressions matter.

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@ClarixEsports Let's get to work FaZe Clarix Esports! 👊

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With enough persistence most things that seem impossible, become possible.

- Vinod Khosla

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Bill Ackman on dealing with disaster: “Make a little progress every day”

After losing $4 billion in Valeant Pharmaceuticals, other Wall Street investors started betting against his firm, Pershing Square, to further compound its catastrophic 30%+ loss and force a liquidation.

To make matters worse, his shareholders filed a lawsuit and he was in the middle of a divorce.

He eventually bought back control of his company with a loan from JP Morgan, settled the shareholder lawsuit, and resolved his divorce. But when asked how he dealt with his psychology during this period, Bill responds:

“This was not my first proximity to disaster. I had another moment in my career in 2002, and I learned this method for dealing with these kind of moments which is: you just make a little progress every day.”

During this period, he would say to himself:

“Today, I’m going to wake up and make progress. I’m going to make progress on the litigation; I’m going to make progress on the portfolio; I’m going to make progress on my life.”

He explains in the clip below:

“Progress compounds a bit like money compounds. You don’t see a lot of progress in the first few weeks and you can’t look up at the mountain top where you used to be, because you’ll just give up. Just take it step by step by step… And one day, you wake up, and you’re like ‘wow, it’s amazing how far I’ve come.’”

He reflects on the chart of Pershing Square’s share price:

“That huge drop that felt like a complete, unbelievable disaster looks like a little bump on the curve. And that really gives you perspective on these things. You just have to power through…. Nutrition, sleep, exercise, and a little progress everyday.”

Video source: @lexfridman (2024)

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CEOs are generalist - so learn a little bit of everything along the way.

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Pressure is a privilege

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Patience is a virtue

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I did not achieve one of these. Lowering the bar, building the base and gonna keep moving.

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New month (April)

Here are my goals for the month:

Career/academic:
- Finish second semester on deans list
- Get adventis certification
- Finish Excel Course

Personal:
- put on 5 pounds
- Tweet once a day
- Close 3 deals

What are your goals for the month?

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The opportunity to develop my career and get dumb rich this year is right infront of me.

- Freshman with a fortune 500 internship
- Extremely low stock markets
- Healthy Body and Mind
- And a shit ton of time 🎱

Patience, perseverance and persistence

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6. Execution
Go into activating your alter ego with a goal. for example Kobe's was dominating on the court.

Figure out your field of play, for basketball player its going to be the court. Golfer, it could be the putting green if that is where they struggle.

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Alter Ego, A thread 🧵

1. What is an Alter ego?
It is someone's secondary or alternative personality.

Example: Kobe Bryant's Alter ego = Black mamba

When you adopt an alter ego, your mind starts to focus on how you should act.

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5. Activating your alter ego:

Have something that "activates" your alter ego. Almost like a trigger. Whether it's putting on a suit, glasses or a certain object. Basically telling your brain it's game time.

EX: Lebron throwing chalk in the air before a game.