Carter Shaffer

Founder focused on living a life of significance, not just success.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” -Richard Branson

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

@Marty_FTT @WHOOP Very well put. I was not a part of the 4.0 to 5.0 upgrade debacle from 2 years ago but it definitely gave me pause in buying my first whoop. Overall I’ve enjoyed tracking my data but the only reason I went with whoop over garmin was the bicep band capabilities. It’s a shame.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

Is @WHOOP ever planning on restocking their other colors of bicep bands? I’ve been trying to pick up a cream colored bicep band for months and it’s been out of stock and just disappeared from the website. It seems wrong that the arguably best way to wear WHOOP is so under loved.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

“If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.”

-Mario Andretti

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Going to leave you with this tonight:

The best thing you can do for yourself is actively increase your surface area for luck to hit you.

Go outside, travel more, go to new cafes, museums, events, take a new route home, go for hikes, see cities, countrysides, take your notebook, speak to people, ask questions, start businesses - go on more side quests.

You can literally just do things, and the more you do, the more serendipity and synchronicity will find you.

Night gang.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

@MichaelKitces I’d also imagine that quite a lot of clients that come through robinhood are DIYers. Not the ideal client for most advisory firms. I think we all know what it’s like to work with someone who “thinks” they know what they’re doing.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

@polyaivoice PolyAi

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

@aakashgupta This is why Apple has consistently been operating on a different level. They let other companies be the first mover, figure it out, spend all the money, fail hard and build the infrastructure.. then Apple shows up and pours all their capital into a polished final product and wins

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

Hot take:

If your post says
“This isn’t about X.
It’s about Y.”

We already know ChatGPT wrote it.

We’ve officially beaten that structure to death. Time to retire back to originality!

(This post written by ChatGPT)

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

The more I’m in business the more I realize that long term planning is a time/energy/capital suck and you really have to focus on today and what’s right in front of you.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

Learn like you'll live forever, live like you'll die tomorrow.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

Having a broad skillset developed from years of trying new things continues to be shown to improve success over time. I’ve been saying this for years and really learned more from the book Range.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

A massive new study on peak performance included 34,000 international top performers: Nobel laureates, renowned classical music composers, Olympic champs, and the world’s best chess players. It shows early specialization is a trap, and the road to greatness is long and varied.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

A massive new study on peak performance included 34,000 international top performers: Nobel laureates, renowned classical music composers, Olympic champs, and the world’s best chess players. It shows early specialization is a trap, and the road to greatness is long and varied.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

@SMB_Attorney We cover DC/Maryland/Virginia and work almost exclusively with SMBs. Full service tax, accounting, payroll, CFO consulting, retirement planning, etc.

https://t.co/LVAMZAFX5r

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

To live an exceptional life, you must be the exception not the norm.

Stop playing other people’s games!

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

I’ve been preaching this for years and it’s more true today than ever before!

[StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent]

One of the biggest mistakes people in their 20s make:

They buy a house.

It's very early in your career.

You don't know if that next job opportunity will be across the country.

You may meet you future spouse soon, and they may not love your bachelor pad.

Optionality has a ton of value, and it's a cost few consider.

Many say: But I can just sell it, or rent it out.

Really?

Selling scenario:

You put $200k and bought a $1M house.

The selling commission is $50k, wiping out 25% of your equity. Ouch.

Renting scenario:

You have $200k tied up, and you can't use it for your next home.

In the meantime, you collect rent -- but after paying property taxes, interest on the loan, insurance, HOA, and covering the cost of random stuff breaking / painting and fixing things up after each tenant leaves:

Your return on that $200k is close to zero.

Don't rush to buy. Don't listen to your parents. Don't buy into the "renting is just throwing money down the drain" narrative.

Wait until things are more settled, and then buy that place you love.

Optionality in your 20s is GOLD.

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

Bonus leverage: If you're young, most successful people will be willing to give you an hour of their time. Most people love to see someone young and hungry who wants to learn from them. Leverage your youth while you can because one day you're just a competitor to them

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

One thing I'm certain of is that most people could build a surprisingly successful business just by being willing to ask the right questions to people they don't know well. Majority of people are just too scared to ask "how do you do it & would you be willing to show me how?"

[Carter Shaffer @cartershaffer66]

@pnegahdar We are very quickly entering into a world where the last 5% is just about the only thing that matters

[weber @weberwongwong]

two sides of the same coin