People thought Mark Zuckerberg was crazy when Meta paid Alexandr Wang $5 billion to be Meta’s Chief AI Officer.
At the time, the price looked outrageous.
Fast-forward to today: Meta’s new AI products developed under Wang’s leadership have added roughly $200 billion in market value.
Suddenly, paying billions to secure world-class talent doesn’t look quite so crazy.
That’s how great entrepreneurs think.
The question isn’t:” How much does this person cost?”The question is: “How much value can this person create?”
If someone can help you create $10 billion in value, paying them $1 billion can be an absolute bargain.
And the same principle applies if you are an employee.
If you want to earn a higher salary, don’t just ask, “How can I get paid more?”
Ask yourself: “ How can I create so much more value for the company that they would be happy to pay me more?”
If you want to be paid $1 million a year, start thinking about how you can develop the skills, capabilities, relationships and judgment to create $10 million or more value for your company.
Don’t focus only on increasing your income. Focus on increasing your value.
When the value you create grows dramatically, your earning power will naturally grow with it.
Being a stoner teaches you to appreciate the little things.
A good playlist, a quiet evening, your favorite snack, good company, and a peaceful mind can turn an ordinary day into a memorable one
Sometimes the simple sessions hit different
Qué hijueputa mierda esta esclavitud de tener que estar pensando todo el tiempo cómo carajos hacer plata. Qué vida de mierda, qué puto sistema de mierda.
PewDiePie announces he’s ENDING his family vlogs after 4 and a half years as his son Björn gets older, saying he wants to give him PRIVACY and the choice of whether he wants a public life ❤️
“I do not love being famous, I kind of hate it. I hate that I can’t go to certain places and have to be mindful of other people staring, sneaking photos, following you around… For Björn, he deserves his own privacy.”
Andrew Huberman just put out a 540-page operating manual for your body.
It's split into 7 sections: sleep, exercise, stress control, nutrition, light, focus & learning, and personal growth.
It's packed with knowledge, but if you don't have time to read the full thing...
Here are the MOST important tips from "Protocols":
1. Light
Get outside in the first 30-60 minutes after waking. 5-10 minutes if it's clear, longer if it's overcast. Has to be real outdoor light too, since a window filters out the wavelengths doing the actual work. This is what sets your circadian clock for the day, which affects when you get tired at night and how well you handle a bad afternoon at work.
2. Stress control
Two short inhales through the nose, one long exhale through the mouth. It's called the physiological sigh. The second inhale reopens collapsed air sacs in your lungs, and the exhale drags your heart rate back down. Takes under 30 seconds, no quiet room required. Do it walking into the meeting.
3. Exercise
Train early in the day if your schedule allows it, and try to keep the timing consistent. But the more useful shift is dropping "what's the best workout" for "what do I actually want to keep being able to do." Strength. Endurance. Mobility. Still moving well decades from now. That's most important.
4. Focus & learning
You learn in the zone where you're bad at something & keep messing it up. That friction is the signal your brain uses to rewire. If a task feels easy, you've probably stopped growing from it. One real block of hard, focused effort beats several hours of comfortable work, and the phone goes in another room, not face-down on the desk.
5. Sleep
Lamps instead of overhead lights once it's dark. It's not just melatonin. Bright light late in the evening keeps cortisol up, and cortisol has to drop before your body lets you fall asleep. Pair that with a dark room and you've knocked out two of the quieter disruptors to sleep quality.
6. Personal growth
You're playing a role most of the day. Employee. Parent. The person everyone dumps their problems on. Step out of all of it for a few minutes and do something that produces nothing for anyone. No output, no audience, nobody waiting.
7. Nutrition.
There's no one-size-fits-all for nutrition. But good rules of thumb to follow: 90% or more unprocessed foods, fibrous vegetables & fruits for carbohydrates, Protein at every meal, & hydration is a top priority.
What stood out to me about all of this:
Huberman already has one of the biggest podcasts in the world. He doesn't need the money or attention.
He still wrote & published this book.
Why?
Because books are the most underrated authority builders in the world.
If you know a subject well, fitness, parenting, investing, etc...
Putting that knowledge into a book does more for your credibility than anything else.
If you're interested in learning how to self-publish a book yourself...
DM me "Authority" & I'll show you how.