William

[William @Billyflips_]

I had $267 in my bank account this time last year

I've since made over 6 figures in profit

Here's how I did it👇

[William @Billyflips_]

Top 5 worst prospects on sales calls

1. Vaping while driving
2. "Wait until you're my age with a wife and kids."
3. 7 businesses make no profit claims to be busy
4. afraid to turn on camera
5. asks "what u do?" right away while having no idea what they want

What did I miss?

[William @Billyflips_]

😂

[Coltybrah @coltybrah]

nothing worse than being stuck around “my buddy” types…

meets a fool once & spends the next 6 months calling him “my buddy” while repeating all his fake accomplishments

“my buddy owns this” “my buddy did that”

strange watching grown men build personalities out of another man’s “status”

avoid

[William @Billyflips_]

A chubby young adult male tried to pass me during my morning run.

You know what happened next.

[William @Billyflips_]

In hindsight, Sidelines was the move!!

[William @Billyflips_]

Consider the fact you have no responsibilities and have lots of cash

Let’s say crypto rips face and pops so hard the entire world is cumming their pants

Being on the sideline will hurt 100x more than getting rugged

Cop a piece for the plot

[William @Billyflips_]

If you’ve ever been seriously hooked on nicotine, you know how difficult it is to “quit”

I was one of those people for 4-5 years. I’d even charge dead vapes with wires in high school to get a few extra hits, and avoid the cope of buying a new one.

Once I finally broke through it took a solid 90 days for the cravings to fully subside and identity to shift.

Phone / SM addiction is 1000x worse.

Checking at 8:30 won’t last if the desire is a fully reformed relationship… for me at least. Not a moderation type of deal IMO. It’s a mandatory 3 month cold reset THEN coming back with a strict structure in place, with 99% of the use case being creation.

This isn’t a restriction play, it’s a redirection play. The reason I keep failing isn’t intention or lack of willpower, it’s the architecture to redirect the energy.

The desire for cheap dopamine will fade so long as you’re able to consistently fill those gaps with real dopamine generating activities. Not just gym, walks, writing, reading… a real challenging, useful, monetary project to sink your teeth into.

Once the free attention goes stale you’ll be right back online. Have to shift it into positive outputs, and you’ll be shocked at how much more time and focus you have.

I made it about a week off SM and my resting heart rate noticeably dropped. Look into your DMN, variable reward, attention residue, and how this stuff floods your PFC.

[Connor @connorfowlerx]

Phones are drugs. Speed running devices for our own spiritual seppuku.

My brain is constantly looking for ways to get a quick hit.

The pull to check each social platform twice in quick succession is very strong. Not even to read the content, just to swipe through fast, open and close apps, and then put my phone somewhere in reach but out of sight.

So strong in fact it's syphoning energy away from the tasks that I actually want to get done. My potential wasted. This is definitely withdrawal.

Feels gross even talking about this. What do you mean you can't work without immediate proximity to a device? What do you mean you need a notification bell icon to feel something?

Fighting the gremlin is rough right now.

The withdrawal in the back of my mind, increasingly agitated by the "you're blocked" splash screen on any device I instinctively try to access content on.

"But what if we need to access something? What if I want to post something?" Scratching at the insides of my skull to get a tiny indication of relief. Any angle possible to get another hit.

What my drug-riddled mind doesn't realise though, is I can't unblock these sites anymore. There is no escape hatch. From midnight to 8:30pm every day they're locked. Truly nothing I can do.

With no back doors, cheat codes or workarounds. Cold turkey is the only way I can break this pattern.

And this is just day one of blocking social media until 8:30pm. I’m also exceptionally bored.

[William @Billyflips_]

The greatest desire is singularity. Work that aligns with natural pursuits, pursuits that yield the best relationships, relationships that feed the work.

There is no second-guessing. No decision fatigue. No regrets. Never required to wear a mask. One frame of mind, one north star that simultaneously elevates all areas of your life.

There is no leisure, downtime, or anything to escape from. There is no end goal. But the days are never shallow.

A path that feeds all of your life's infinite possibilities. A journey that fulfills every quirk of your personality.

[William @Billyflips_]

@zachpogrob No shot that’s him😂

[William @Billyflips_]

@bryson_blocker Dm

[William @Billyflips_]

@fbabraun @Whatnot Scammers

[William @Billyflips_]

Venezuelans would be great barbers if they didn’t take 2 hours to do a fade

[William @Billyflips_]

Worst case scenario I hire a videographer to follow me cold approach in the streets and become a dating coach

[Pyrate @CEOLandshark]

I think studying things like "storytelling" or "how to articulate yourself better" are the absolute gayest things possible. Never met a serious person who actually were into things like that. All performative.

If you want to actually have those, simply find the essence + fire + yearning/wonder within yourself and express and follow them. That's it.

[William @Billyflips_]

@AugustusDelano Every song makes me feel something

[William @Billyflips_]

@theoliverxp Really only works on desktop. Can try mobile too but not sure. Its an extension called "News Feed Eradicator"

[William @Billyflips_]

For anyone curious, I found the solution!!

Comment "shake it for me pops" and I will send over website

[William @Billyflips_]

I wish I could post and not see anything else. No feed, no likes, no comments, just a black void.

Zero distractions or feedback just a public note taker or creative engine where you can’t see the results.

Does a platform like this exist?

[William @Billyflips_]

@theoliverxp 😭😭😭😭😭

[William @Billyflips_]

@b0newalljackson @retirementkeys

[William @Billyflips_]

@joe__touring Fire bro

[William @Billyflips_]

@JamesonCamp Yea I think a lot of people crave it. Problem is the dissonance of wanting to be offline and needing to be online to promote.

Also not sure how to make it into a real business. Could do walks in the park to extreme mountain excursions or somewhere in between. Hard to choose

[William @Billyflips_]

@JamesonCamp Solid. Gonna market here on Twitter? I think outdoor stuff would rip too