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[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

Crypto-gaming is still in its nascent stage. There are a lot of gullible people and even more ready to take advantage of their naiveté. Cyber Wolves is a group of focused and dedicated individuals who want nothing but to help people navigate through this terrain intelligently.

[Payton @paytkaleiwahea]

In the next 15 days we will be outlining the Cyber Wolves Discord investment philosophy. I will be releasing a video and tweets in tandum during this time period

Investment Philosophy Intro for Crypto Video Games https://t.co/C7R67Y44b9

Tweet Format: Keep reading 👇🏽

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@mrahbayraktar 500

[Alex Becker 🍊🏆🥇 @ZssBecker]

The ugly truth about why .5% of men make it and most live sh!t lives...

Is that you can't work or motivate yourself to success.

You have to create a metaphoric gun to your head with a very real mental bullet. An outcome that is up there with death.

Let me explain:

You won't see growth in your life... personal or in income... from motivation. You can't willpower it either.

You will see it when you've endured enough pain that you have truly had enough and refuse to stay as you are.

Most men only stop drinking when it makes their life unbearable.

Most men only choose to take big risks and become successful when they reach a breaking point from the work they are stuck in.

I for example NEVER wanted to be an entrepreneur growing up. It wasn't till I was 22, broke and stuck and hating my job, that I literally couldn't live any longer in my current situation. I didn't want to build a business. I had to. My life was unbearable due to where coasting had gotten me.

Only when "at any cost, I can't live like this anymore" becomes your motivation will you see huge growth.

The way to achieve this is by removing what numbs you. The things that stop you from looking in the mirror and going "what the fucking fuck."

The cheap dopamine, cheap thrills, booze/pot/junk that leave you foggy and unclear. The things that let you feel okay, despite your life being very much "not okay" if you actually look it in the eye.

Most men never do this. They never look at the things they CHOOSE accept about themselves. Poor health. Poor habits. Awful results in everything.

They just open a beer, load up a video game, scroll social media and bury it. This is because looking at how ugly you are is hard. The best way to ensure you stay metaphorically fat and disgusting is simply to not look in the mirror.

You have to look at who you truly are and feel such disgust that you will no longer tolerate staying where you are.

Without this you will only get temporary bursts. You will only make do on willpower, which is finite.

Something close to a gun to your head must be created in your mind. You must vehemently reject who and what you are to the point that it keeps you up at night.

Then you'll simply make whatever you want happen.

This is why most men never unlock their potential till they hit rock bottom. Most, despite WANTING success, are always in a numb state of "mostly" comfortable. The years then pass, they get old, nothing changes.

Whatever it takes to trigger this. Do it.

The answer isn't a self help book. It isn't researching and admiring other role models. It isn't envisioning a better life and mapping out daily steps to get there.

It's unbridled-unholy-rage as a result of where your life choices have gotten you.

This won't sustain you forever....But shit damn...It will guaranteed get you over the initial hurtle and to the point where "love of the game" will carry you.

Like I said before, it usually comes down to removing everything that is distracting and numbing you so that you are forced to look at yourself for who you truly are.

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@Ssaasquatch Vacheron Constatins for sure

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@Donjaytrix001 A bunch of people are gonna take what you're saying the wrong way, but it's the literal truth

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@Linahuaa Qinwen is literally my goat for female tennis players. It's so sad she hasn't performed as well this year, but I know she'll do better soon

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Rafael Nadal, who won 22 Grand Slam titles during his two-decade-long career, has weathered a series of intense bodily ailments, which made his everyday life and, needless to say, his tennis playing, an exercise in near-constant anguish. But this pain, especially as the years went on, became almost a belief system. “It was a philosophy. To learn how to suffer through sport,” his mother, Ana María Parera, says, in the new Netflix docuseries “Rafa.” It’s a sentiment that his longtime physical therapist, Rafael Maymó, echoes, as well: “Rafa likes to suffer, to have the feeling that he’s pushed himself to the maximum.” Read more about Nadal’s career and the new docuseries: https://t.co/BldaDmtHzV

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@StudyTheGreatz Rafa Nadal!

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@Goodyyfx You really are your greatest enemy in the end. Always the best to work on your mindset

[David Perell @david_perell]

The Cultural Tutor grew to 1.6 million Twitter followers in less than two years of full-time writing.

He insists that his unique writing style comes from his unique reading style. He avoids new books and basically doesn't read anything published in the past 50 years.

The problem with new books isn't that they're bad. The problem is that everybody else is reading them, which doesn't give you much edge as a writer.

In the words of @culturaltutor:

"The simplest reason not to read something published in the last 50 years is because that's what everyone else is reading.

The only books that most people read are books published in last, not even ... In the last six years, in the last two years. I'm not disparaging these authors. They've done incredibly well for themselves, and I have no doubt their books are filled with marvels and wonderful, wonderful things, but the rest of the world is reading them.

And it's a simple fact of life that if you consume, you read what everyone else is reading, then the likelihood that you will write what they are writing, and worst of all, think what they are thinking increases.

It's not certain, but if we all read the same books, we all think the same things."

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Steve Jobs on one of the secrets of life.

[varepsilon @var_epsilon]

this post is always relevant: https://t.co/Rj3eBrthvn

[Sam Altman @sama]

The best way to have valuable ideas is to understand the entire landscape of a field and figure out what can emerge now that couldn’t before.

[varepsilon @var_epsilon]

fyi I keep a running list of things I’d like to build if I had more time here, in case you’re looking for ideas: https://t.co/OGMBz7Sm55

[David Perell @david_perell]

Sahil Bloom has gained 1 million Twitter followers in 36 months.

He did this with a unique mix of stories, data, and an intense work ethic.

Here's what he's taught me about writing, discipline, and his plan to reach one billion people:

1. Bill Gates popularized the idea of a “think week” because he needed to read, write, think, and sit with ideas. Maybe you need a version of that.

2. The most creative ideas stem from periods of space and stillness. You’re bored, your mind wanders, your thoughts mingle—creative insight strikes.

3. Aim for inception. A writer’s greatest achievement is implanting an idea that takes root in the readers’ minds and reshapes their life.

4. If you're serious about online writing, there's no substitute for showing up every day. Make writing a rule, not an option.

5. Less is more. The 280-character limit on Twitter forces Sahil to be direct and precise. And it’s not just about Twitter…there’s always been a positive relationship between constraints and creativity. Take Dr. Seuss, for example…

6. Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat using just 236 words. His publisher believed that was the absolute limit of simplicity and he couldn’t write a book with fewer words. To prove his publisher wrong, he wrote Green Eggs and Ham using only 50 words. It became one of the best-selling books of all-time.

7. Parkinson's Law says that work expands to fill the time allotted for it, so if you want to write more, set strict time constraints.

8. The Centipede’s Dilemma. A centipede’s hundred feet worked in perfect unison, right until a toad asked him: Hey, which feet moves after which? Pausing to consider this short-circuited the centipede’s brain, and he forgot how to move. This is not about toads or centipedes, but the cost of “hyper-reflection.”

9. Warren Buffett is the OG content creator. When you think of a “content creator,” you think of a Youtuber with an iPhone, but Warren Buffet has created “content” (annual letters) for decades and turned it into financial and social capital.

10. The Creative Cliff Illusion. You start inspired, but then ideas stop flowing. You think: that’s it for the day; my creativity has fallen off a cliff. But that’s the creative cliff illusion. Keep going and you will see your creativity ramp up again, and hit greater heights. But if you give up too soon, you will never catch the second wind.

11. No fancy tools. No fancy note-taking apps. Just a dotted journal that fits in his palm.

12. Sahil has one rule though: every time he writes a note, he has to talk about it with someone in 24 hours. This helps him consolidate and clarify what originally caught his attention.

13. The Persuasion Paradox. Have you noticed that argumentative people rarely persuade anyone of anything? Persuasive people don’t argue—they observe, listen, and ask questions. Argue less, persuade more. Persuasion is an art that requires a paintbrush, not a sledgehammer.

14. The biggest gains in life don't come from finding better answers, but asking better questions.

15. Physical wandering unlocks mental wandering. Many of history's greatest thinkers, entrepreneurs, and writers unlocked creative ideas by going on long walks. What’s stopping you? Now you even have a podcast to listen to…

I've linked to my full conversation with @SahilBloom here.

You can also find it on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube by looking at the replies below.

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@ronawang @kylerywang GOOD LUCK KYLER!

[a^🗡️ @0xnullcline]

physics gives you read access to the universe, engineering gives you write access

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@The_Plain_Bagel On competition, by Michael E. Porter

[Jabier @Its_Jabier]

@wolfejosh @DannyCrichton I love every single security issue. You know the topics he discusses are complex and nuanced but he finds a way to make you flow with him.

[Dr. Tech @doctechmd]

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