Lana

Gypsy by soul, wanderer by life, bedouin by heart, attorney by passion.

[Lana @Lana_isms]

Real question @elonmusk why don’t Tesla’s have interior door handles?

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Your entire life will change when you realize that nobody is thinking about you. I often wonder how many extraordinary people waste their entire lives fearing the judgement of people who were never even thinking about them in the first place. Fearing a spotlight that was never even on. Performing for an audience that was never even there. Because the truth is that you aren't afraid of failure. Not really. You're afraid of other people seeing you fail. You're afraid of what other people will think of you if you fail. But nobody is thinking about you. Everybody is too busy thinking about themselves. So, that thing you've always wanted to do? Go do it.

[Lana @Lana_isms]

In what universe is this okay?@AMCTheatres 🤮

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Underrated life advice: Nobody cares. When you’re winning, nobody cares. When you’re losing, nobody cares. It doesn’t mean nobody loves you, it just means nobody cares about your life as much as you do. It just means that you are in control. It’s on you. Nobody cares. Go do it.

[Leila Hormozi @LeilaHormozi]

I’ll likely never post about this again, but I felt compelled as someone many young women look up to and often misunderstand.

I love my husband.
I love my independence.
I love being a CEO.
But more than anything, I love love.

Somehow we’ve been told we have to choose:

Be strong or be soft.
Be ambitious or be nurturing.
Be independent or value men.
But the truth is, the most fulfilled women I know live on the AND, not the OR.

I want to build companies, lead teams, land make big decisions all day and I also want to come home, let my husband make decisions and cook for him because it brings me joy and comfort.

That duality doesn’t make me less. It makes me a human.

Being independent is empowering… but dependence (the healthy kind) is what creates closeness.

It’s what builds trust, connection, and a life that’s bigger than what you can do alone.

Somewhere along the way, hyper-individual culture convinced us that needing no one was the ultimate achievement.

That being self-sufficient in every area was the goal.

But that mindset the one that keeps you guarded, controlled, relentlessly “strong” is the exact energy that can quickly erode your relationship.

At work, that energy makes you extraordinarily successful.

At home, it makes you intolerable.

I see so many women struggling with this not because they’re wrong, but because no one ever taught them the tools to thrive in BOTH spaces.

An adaptive trait at work, is often maladaptive at home.

Meanwhile, a lot of girls are busy trying to impress other girls on IG… polishing an image instead of building a life.

Somehow it became “uncool” to love men, appreciate them, depend on them, or let them be what they want to be.

Unfiltered truth: If you refuse to depend on your man for anything, you remove the very thing most men find meaning in to provide, protect, and build something with you.

Not because you’re weak.
But because you’re worth providing for.

And men feel this deeply … even when they don’t say it.

Women feel it too the desire to contribute in ways that aren’t measured in dollars, but in presence, warmth, and care.

This isn’t about choosing tradition or modernity and it is NOT about choosing men over yourself.

It’s about the courage to want a life that includes both strength and softness, ambition and partnership, independence and interdependence.

I love my independence.
I love my husband.
But the real power .. or even *magic* is choosing a life where both can exist without canceling each other out.

A life where love isn’t a threat to your strength but the very thing that makes you stronger.

[Kevin Dahlstrom @Camp4]

Today I turn 55.

I’m the fittest, sharpest, and happiest I’ve ever been.

If I’m an outlier, it’s not because I’m built different or discovered a secret formula. The truth is far less glamorous:

It’s a million tiny choices, compounded over decades.

Here are 55 of them:

1. Walk 15+ miles a week, even if you do other exercise. Humans are uniquely made to move slowly over long distances—it’s critical to longevity.

2. Develop a writing practice. It’s the single best way to sharpen your mind. And remember, you don’t have to be a good writer to write. Start with 10 minutes a day.

3. Swap out your toothpaste, deodorant, lotions, soap, shampoo, and other personal care products for natural versions. Here’s a rule of thumb: Don’t put anything on your skin that you couldn’t safely eat.

4. If you have a positive thought about someone, don’t keep it to yourself—share it immediately. Encouragement defies the laws of physics: When you give energy, you also receive it.

5. Wear shoes with a wide forefoot (I like Topo Athletic) and wear toe spreaders around the house (search “yoga toes” on Amazon). Spine health begins with the feet.

6. Get sunlight regularly. Moderate sun exposure (without sunscreen) is hugely important for overall health.

7. Do a 3-minute deep (“ass to grass”) squat every morning. Deep squats are often called the anti-aging exercise. It’s been said that, “It’s not that you can’t do deep squats because you’re old, it’s that you’re old because you can’t do deep squats.”

8. Explore minimalism (it’s not what you think it is).

9. Set boundaries on toxic relationships. We tend to cling to relationships past their expiration date, and it takes a bigger toll on our health than we recognize.

10. Eat real food. Not too much. Don’t eat garbage. Binge occasionally. Fast occasionally. That’s the diet.

11. Learn about FIRE. It’s a great framework for financial success.

12. Don’t take antibiotics except in emergency situations. They’re massively over-prescribed and aren’t needed in most cases. Antibiotics have done untold damage to our guts, which is where health begins. Great natural alternatives are out there.

13. Get 8 hours of quality sleep each night. To optimize sleep:
—Don’t eat after 6pm
—Get blackout shades and cover LEDs with black tape
—No screens 2 hours before bed
—Try ashwagandha (an herb) to calm the nervous system

14. Stop drinking, even in moderation. People find all sorts of ways to justify drinking, but there’s no escaping the simple fact that alcohol is a toxin and it limits your potential.

15. Travel as much as possible. Nothing expands the mind like seeing the world. And travel doesn’t have to be expensive—the best experiences happen outside of fancy resorts, when you live like a local.

16. Let go of resentment. When you forgive someone, you release the prisoner, and the prisoner isn’t them… it’s you.

17. Show up on time, every time. Poor time management limits success more than most people realize. If you struggle with punctuality, stop everything else and fix that first.

18. Spend lots of time in nature and touch the earth. Humans evolved over 300k years to live in harmony with nature, and only recently have we retreated indoors. If you don’t spend time outside, you’re fighting biology (hint: You won’t win.)

19. Stop doing dumb things. As Leo Tolstoy said, “People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.”

20. Find your happy place and (eventually) move there. Most people live where they live because... that's where they live. We are products of our environment—choose yours carefully.

21. Find a hobby and pursue mastery. You can’t have a happy life without a passionate pursuit that isn’t your vocation. Your work—even if you enjoy it—isn’t enough.

22. Avoid mainstream medicine except as a last resort. The results are in—our healthcare (or more appropriately, sick care) system is badly broken and only makes people sicker.

23. Have a mindset of abundance. There is no advantage to being a pessimist—even if you’re right, it’s a miserable way to live. In a very real way… whatever you believe, you’re right!

24. Do hard things. Choose courage over comfort. Everything you want is on the other side of fear and hard work. As Jerzy Gregorik said, “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.”

25. Ignore haters. Hurt people hurt people. Negative/toxic people live in a prison of their own design. Don’t join them!

26. Say no. Protect your time and energy like it’s your most precious asset… because it is.

27. Become a water snob. As an alien said on Star Trek, humans are “ugly bags of mostly water.” You are what you drink—literally! We have Mountain Valley Spring water delivered in glass 5-gallon jugs and also have whole-house water filter (Aquasana Rhino).

28. Stop drinking sodas and sugary energy drinks. After a few weeks you won’t miss them, and a few months later they’ll seem disgusting. Refined sugar causes inflammation, which is the root of most disease.

29. If you’re over 35, find a good functional/longevity medicine doctor and start tracking your hormones. Modern life is hell on the endocrine system and restoring healthy hormone levels can change your life. As we get older, we either accept a slow decline in performance or we do something about it—choose the latter!

30. Develop a morning routine and follow it faithfully. Win the morning, win the day!

31. Invest in experiences, not things. People frequently regret buying things, but rarely regret investing in great experiences (especially when shared with loved ones). Remember, there’s nothing you can buy in a mall that you’ll remember in ten years.

32. Explore spirituality. It’s arrogant and small-minded to believe there’s nothing going on in our universe that is beyond our comprehension. We know less about our universe than an ant meandering on a sidewalk understands about this planet.

33. Have a strong bias toward action—doing rather than talking. If you ask a bunch of old people about their regrets, they’ll talk about the things they *didn't* do—the shots they didn’t take—more than the things they did do (even if it went wrong). As Wayne Gretzky famously said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Most people don’t take enough shots.

34. Stay lean. Men in particular are obsessed with muscle mass these days, but bulk doesn’t age well. The goal is to be strong but lean. The fittest guys in their 50s and beyond aren’t meatheads, they’re lean guys who are serious about a sport.

35. Curate your inner circle carefully. Surround yourself with people you admire and who challenge you to grow. Remember, we’re the average of our 5 closest relationships.

36. Be the fittest version of yourself. Your body is your only vessel for experiencing life—so treat it as such. Fitness isn’t working out a few times a week, it’s a lifestyle. The older you get, the more time you need to devote to your health.

37. Take the time to appreciate art and beauty in all its forms.

38. Think globally, but act locally. Too many people put their energy into far-away problems they don’t understand and can’t impact, while ignoring problems right under their nose. Want to change the world? Start at home.

39. Try psychedelics. It’s one of those things everyone should do at least once, and it might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for.

40. Limit bad habits, including unhealthy thought patterns. We all have them—practice avoidance and find substitutes. Get professional help if needed.

41. Be a lifelong learner. Your brain is just like a muscle—if you don’t feed and flex it regularly, it will atrophy.

42. Find your purpose. People with a strong sense of purpose are happier and live longer. Lack of purpose sucks energy and magnifies depression.

43. Only take advice from people who embody the traits you want to have. Talk is cheap—emulate those who have DONE it.

44. The goal is not to retire and do nothing, it’s to build a great day-to-day life that you don’t need to escape. A life of leisure is a slow death. Happiness isn’t possible without a little struggle, uncertainty, and skin in the game.

45. Have fun! Do frivolous and silly things that make you smile. As George Bernard Shaw famously said, “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

46. Whatever you want to do or achieve in life, start NOW. Don’t fall victim to “someday thinking” because someday never comes.

47. Accumulate assets—things that grow in value over time. It’s the #1 habit of rich people, and it can be done in tiny chunks. Instead of spending $100 on an impulse purchase that has no lasting value, put that money into an index fund or Bitcoin. It becomes addictive (in a good way).

48. Don’t ignore the big 3 canaries in the coal mine for health:
—Low libido (and ED)
—Frequent sinus & respiratory issues
—Depression
These usually aren’t medical conditions in themselves, they’re symptoms of an underlying problem. Find a good doc (outside of the mainstream) and figure out the root cause.

49. Have a clear vision for your future. How can you decide which direction to go if you haven’t clearly defined the destination? It sounds obvious, but 95% of people haven’t defined their “Ideal End State” in detail and in writing. (Check out my thread on this topic.)

50. Make your own decisions. We live in an era where most of what society tells us is wrong. Don’t be afraid to break from societal norms—if people say you’re crazy, it’s a sign that you’re doing something right.

51. Get hardcore about mobility exercise. As you age, it’s usually the knees, hips, and lower back that limit physical performance. 30 min a couple times a week can spare you a lifetime of pain. YouTube is a great resource.

52. Go all in on family. Get married, stay married, have kids. Burn the boats. In the end, family is all that matters.

53. Be ruthless with your time. Money comes and goes. Time only goes. Audit your calendar ruthlessly—cut the trivial, double down on the meaningful, and spend your hours like your life depends on it. (Because it does.)

54. Have a strong bias toward action. Be curious, try things, meet people—it’s how you increase your surface area for serendipity, the most powerful unseen force in our lives.

55. Reinvent yourself every decade. Over time, we slowly drift off course from our priorities, values, and true identity. Take stock and don’t be afraid to hit the reset button. Bold, calculated moves made for the right reasons almost always pay off—usually even more than you can imagine.

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[Ramzey Nassar @ramzeynassar]

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan @VisitJordan

[Lana @Lana_isms]

How do we watch Jordan v Kuwait World Cup Qualifier today?!? Asking for my very stressed dad! Please and thank you!

[USA Basketball @usabasketball]

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. 🦅

🇺🇸 #USABMNT #Paris2024 #Basketball

[Draymond Green @Money23Green]

Steph and Bron not tired

[Lana @Lana_isms]

Oh my God. @celinedion 🥹❤️ God is great.

[Lana @Lana_isms]

We bought another ticket because we don’t want to let her boys down (it’s not about the money) but you need to make exceptions for verifiable exigent circumstances. @Disney would never.

Sincerely, a Concerned Attorney

[Lana @Lana_isms]

She doesn’t want to let her boys down, and asked me to use his 2nd day pass today to help her (trust me, it’s the last thing I want to do). We explained the situation and offered to show the hospital record. Your team refused (rudely might I add). This is unbelievably heartless.

[Lana @Lana_isms]

Hi @UniStudios my cousin visited ur park with her husband & 2 kids on Friday with a buy-1-get-2nd-day-free. They were planning on returning on Monday (they’re visiting from Jordan). Her husband was admitted to the ICU Sunday. He is still there.

[LanaBNassarVision @LBNVision]

Success isn't chance but the result of persistent effort and preparation. John Simon of @SimonLawFirmSTL relentless dedication shows that excellence comes from unwavering commitment & groundwork. His journey teaches us that true achievement requires preparation & hard work.

[LanaBNassarVision @LBNVision]

Episode 6: Understanding Urology's Importance Out Now 🎙️

Dr. Salim Hawatmeh, a board-certified urologist, discusses urologic conditions including kidney stones, prostate cancer, enlarged prostates, female incontinence, vasectomies, erectile dysfunction, and low testosterone.

[Lana @Lana_isms]

@alextoussaint25 @onepeloton Hi Alex! I bought a Peloton again today to catch your energy daily as it changed my life a few years back. I would love to have you on my podcast @LBNVision. You’re one of a kind! Please let me know. Cheers 🙏

[Lana @Lana_isms]

Major shoutout to @onepeloton and more importantly to @alextoussaint25 & his Club Banger rides for getting me through 60 days of California Bar Prep. I passed the California Bar last night and dedicate 85% of that success to your soul talk,sir!“Spread Love, it’s the Peloton way!”

[LanaBNassarVision @LBNVision]

Failing the Bar exam isn’t the end of your journey; it’s a pivotal chapter in your story of resilience and determination. In this episode, Professor Sakai and I discuss our own struggles with the Bar exam in hopes that others will see they’re not alone.

#lawschool #barexam

[LanaBNassarVision @LBNVision]

Episode 5: Empowering First Generation Students and Professionals.

Professor Sakai of @usflaw and @uclaw_sf changed the trajectory of thousands of students lives through academic support including mine.

A conversation I will never forget. And one I hope you won’t either.

[Lana @Lana_isms]

My jaw dropped when I saw this in flight moments ago. Major props to @AmericanAir for highlighting Arab Americans during Arab American heritage month. I, do, however suggest you consult with folks regarding the choices. Nonetheless, thank you.