"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are". -John Wooden
Whether it is in work, play, fun or hopefully a combination of all the above… https://t.co/0UBWsXVKR8
On a previous #TeawithGaryVee I was asked "Why do I stop giving my all after a little success, and why do I care about other peoples' opinions?"
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After a Final Four run, Coach K told JJ Redick the truth nobody else would:
"We didn't win a National Championship because you weren't worthy of being a champion."
JJ said it was the worst and best thing anyone ever said to him.
Here's what happened next:
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Charlie Munger's advice to Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen: “The key to success is dumb competition.”
“I always say that to people who are building AI companies. What a nightmare. Your competitors are literally AI geniuses.
You should find a way to apply AI in some other domain so you're not competing with the smartest people on planet Earth.”
@Flexport CEO @typesfast on The Knowledge Project Podcast with
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Lovely paper here highlighting how a simple self paced run/walk program can significantly reduce chronic low back pain AND fears and misinformed beliefs!
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this thanksgiving, I am grateful for reinvention, safety nets, and the land of opportunity 🇺🇸
I took this picture 5 years ago, Thanksgiving 2020
I had gone all in, and lost everything
I’d left a demanding but lucrative PE job to launch a short term rental biz (a la Sonder RIP 🪦) - which went great!, until it didn’t 🫠
we raised money, hired wonderful people, built a portfolio … and then got completely obliterated by COVID
I lost my life savings, my home, and ultimately, my marriage and family as then constituted
At the time this pic was taken, I was hanging on by a thread
It took me a good two years to sort through the wreckage and get to a place where I could even think about what I’d do next
I moved back in with my parents (at 35), licked my wounds, and started going for twice daily walks - piecing life back together one mile at a time
somehow, on one of those walks, in early 2022, West Coast Deck started as a glimmer in my mind’s eye - and then that glimmer turned into a spark and I scrounged up the last remaining kindling I had to my name (about $14k) and tried to start a fire …
it was not smooth sailing
trying to figure out how to build decks while also rebuilding my own confidence and somehow also convincing other people (clients, employees, vendors) to believe in us AND attempting to make a profit
LOTS of bumps in the road
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.
.
… this November my team delivered $346k of sticks and bricks (deck projects across Southern California). We will install another ~$350k in December (on the books). And really, this is just the beginning! 🚀🚀🚀
I live in a peace-filled home
my family is thriving
my team (WCD) are absolute killers
I have wonderful friends and family
I have a meat smoking addiction!
I am so, so very back 😤
this time around, any hubris is tempered by a quality of character that I assume one can only achieve by spending a fair bit of time in the refiner’s fire (if there’s an easier way, I’m all ears 😅)
the lesson for you, dear reader, is that
yes,
You can just do things
and, some of this is because of the divine power which we each carry,
but recognize also that a big piece of it is because of the people who carry *us*, and lift us up when we stumble - who want to see us win
I will never, ever, ever forget the arms who reached out to lift me when I was falling. my spark never went out but it got really close and other people kept me going: you know who you are.
Reader: I’m rooting for you: if I can do it, so can you 🤟🏼
DECKS FOREVER
Feeling tired? Walk.
Feeling anxious? Walk.
Feeling stressed? Walk.
Feeling unmotivated? Walk.
One of the best health changes you can make in 2026 is walking more.
Dr. Andrew Huberman: "I don’t care if you’re atheist, agnostic, or a believer — when you truly study the brain, neuroplasticity, and biology at the level I have, you have to step back and just say: Wow. I believe in God."
Don't miss the medicine that doesn't come in a pill:
Sunshine.
Laughter.
Stillness.
Prayer.
Whole foods.
Forgiveness.
These get to the root and help us heal in body, mind, and spirit.
65M Americans take psychiatric drugs.
1 in 4 adults. Nearly 1 in 10 kids.
Millions are medicated, numbed, and stuck with no safe way out.
If this affects you—or someone you love—this thread matters 🧵
Bryan Johnson’s Best Health Hack Will Help You Sleep Better and Live Longer
“The single best thing I've learned out of everything I've ever done is (lowering) your resting heart rate before sleep is the best thing you can do for your health. Hands down.”
“Let's say it's 60 beats per minute. Your goal over the next month is to lower your heart rate by 10% or so. So if you're 60, be down at 54.”
“Here's how you're going to do it.”
1) No food for 4 hours before bed
2) No screens for 1 hour before bed
3) Amber and red lights in your house, no blues
4) No caffeine after 12pm
“The reason why your heart rate is so important is the lower your heart rate is, the better your sleep, the better your sleep, the better your willpower.”
“Did you know, if you don't sleep your prefrontal cortex goes offline and you lose your willpower?”
“So when you're trying to not eat the cookie, you're powerless. You can't do it. It's gone.”
“I promise you, this is the single best thing you can do for your health.”
@bryan_johnson
Why Kids Shouldn’t Specialize Too Early in Sports | Gabrielle Lyon, D.O. (@drgabriellelyon), Mike Boyle (@BodybyBoyle), and Jeff Cavaliere, M.S.P.T., C.S.C.S. (@trainer2thepros)
This clip is from episode # 365 of The Drive which was released on 9/22/25.
In the full episode, we cover:
-Why so many people struggle to begin and sustain resistance training despite its proven health benefits
-The essential role of nutrition and protein in shaping body composition, recovery, and long-term performance
-The trade-offs between unilateral training and heavy bilateral lifts, and their impact on strength, aging, and injury risk
-The long-term effects of early sports specialization in children versus the benefits of multi-sport development
-More
Watch or listen (Ep. # 365) to the full episode on my website (https:/peterattiamd.com/trainingforlongevity) or your favorite podcast player.
“Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT
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