You would be richer if you did more of fewer things because when you do fewer things, you only do the things with the highest return.
And when you do more of things with the highest return, you make more.
The problem is we're too afraid to commit.
Which means a lack of courage prevents more people from getting rich than a lack of intelligence.
Everything you want is on the other side of not giving a fuck, asking again, and taking another shot. Life gives you endless lottery tickets to try and you only need one win to change your life forever .
Everyone wants "fuck you" money.
No one wants to be told "fuck you" on their way to getting it.
Rejection is closer to success than wishing for success.
Failure and success are on the exact same road. It's just that failure is an earlier exit. And so one is a requisite for the other. But the thing is, thinking about success leads you to failure. So failure is closer to success than thinking about success.
Sat down with a liquid billionaire yesterday.
His best advice for every business owner: Hire a “send and delete” person.
You fire off the request → immediately delete the task from your brain. They handle it. No follow-ups. No mental overhead. Once you hit send, you consider it done.
If you ever have to remind them? They’re not an asset; they’re slowing you down and stealing your bandwidth. Fire and move on as quickly as possible.
This one hire changed how he scales everything. Hope this helps anyone who needs it!
Some of my personal finance rules:
1. most all money goes into index funds. virtually 0 stock picking.
2. stick to a monthly budget
3. meet monthly with spouse to review past spending, discuss if we're happy/not about it, any changes we want
4. try to be intentional about stuff i buy. spend on hobbies that i love, buy stuff that lasts, not disposable amazon junk.
5. assume my private company is worth very little or nothing
6. wanted to maxmize time i can spend without income. very conservative. (even though i know i'll keep working). used to have a sheet that counted the months/years.
7. every month, deposit money into index funds.
8. spend little on things that don't bring joy (luxury clothes, owning a home, jewlery, nice hotels) and a lot of stuff that does (weekly cleaner, nice apartment, eBay clothes, services around the house, trainer)
9. tip a lot
10. say no to most all investments
11. remind myself that money's a tool to help get to the end game, not the end game.
12. don't let money be the number 1, 2, 3 reason to do a project.
Not for everyone, but these rules help me sleep like a baby.
Too many people are directionless, giving room for many forms of “ the answer” to their problems.
Go to the gym.
Don’t go to the gym.
Only do compound exercises.
Focus on HRV.
Only walk but with a vest.
Must sleep 8 hours.
Must not oversleep.
Must not under sleep.
No meat.
All meat.
All veg.
All farm to table.
Organic is a scam.
No alcohol.
No sugar.
Natural sugar only.
No Rx drugs.
Yes Rx drugs.
Yes peptides.
No peptides.
No HRT.
Yes HRT.
At some point, we will all realize that none of these are the answer. You are looking to fill a hole because your current life has made you an NPC playing someone else’s game by their rules. It’s their game, not yours that is making you unhappy.
Find your game and go play it.
You’ll probably be happy as a result, do a bit of everything from the list above and will end up living to whatever you’re supposed to - very, very happily.
Everyone is always rooting for you. Your parents want you to be a great son. Wife wants you to be a great husband. Your boss wants you to be a slam dunk hire. Every first date you’ve ever been on they’ve been rooting for you to get laid. Every time you started to tell a joke people hoped it would have a hilarious punch line. Your proximity to anyone is a reflection of themself, meaning the deck is never stacked against you, and your failures are completely your own
Somewhere along the way, startups got it in their heads that the way to take care of employees is to throw amenities at them.
Kombucha on tap. Nap pods. Fireman poles between floors. Cold brew, hot yoga, catered lunches Tuesday through Thursday.
It’s ridiculous. None of that is what your best people actually want.
What they want is agency — the freedom to make real decisions and own real outcomes. And they want to be surrounded by other people who are just as talented and just as committed as they are.
You dont want a yacht. You dont want a big house. You dont want a super car, a $40,000 watch, or shoes you worry about getting dirty. You want free will.
You want to wake up naturally on a Tuesday and you want to go to bed when you’re done having fun. You want to say yes to everything that excites you without having to request time off. You want to go to the the gym at noon, in absolutely no hurry. You want to spend 18 hours a day doing what you love. You want to be exactly where you desire being, always. You want to spend as much time with the people you care about as possible.
You’re saying you wanna be rich? In what?
The older I get, the more I believe happiness lives in the ordinary. Pets. Plants. A quiet morning coffee. Blue sky. Cotton clouds. Birds singing. The gentle breeze through the trees. A clean, cosy house. Good food. Good hearted simple poeple. So much of life’s beauty is quiet, gentle, and already here. And somehow, one of the sweetest feelings is knowing I get to wake up and meet it all again tomorrow.
A girl just said she tried to get rejected 1000 times in 2025 and ended up being cast in plays, winning pageants, securing hella paid brand deals, and appearing in commercials.This is your sign to chase rejection to the point of "accidental" success. You'll be surprised.
There’s a lot of alpha in putting your ego aside by being willing to be cringe, willing to fail in public, willing to ask for what you want and face rejection, etc.
I often speak about the "Hedonic Treadmill". For high achievers in their 40s and 50s, this is an ongoing reality. We buy that luxury SUV, buy that Omega/Rolex/AP, take that trip to Lake Como/Northen Lights- and within weeks the joy fades. We need the next buy/trip just to feel the same level of "Joy".
Yesterday, while watching a Mark Manson video, I revisited two Greek terms that describe this: Hedonia vs. Eudaimonia. I thought I should share my learnings with you.
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The dumbest and easiest management trick in the book is to just be super positive and encouraging all the time. It really does help, it requires 0 brain cells, and so few people do it that it really stands out. I cannot express just how well this one dumb trick works.
The goal life:
- Work for yourself
- Have a portfolio of paying clients
- Have a portfolio of private investments
- Friends and family think you're unemployed
- Have a full travel calendar for the next 6 months
- Have nowhere you need to be in the morning
- Take your kids to school
- Hang with spouse/partner
- Walk around the city, go to the gym
- Grab a magazine and hit up local cafe
- Check emails
- Check portfolio
- Post on social media
- Be enigmatic
- Do some work
- Pick kids up from school
- Hang with kids at park
- Family dinner
- Bed time
- Do some work
- Walk around the city, go to the gym
- Go to the bar, movies, hang with friends
- Do it again tomorrow