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[Andrew Aziz @BearBullTraders]

Doing more won’t make you better.

Focusing will.

The gap between average and exceptional performance is attention.

Cal Newport’s Deep Work explains something simple:
The ability to work without distraction is becoming rare.

And that’s exactly why it matters.

When you study high performers long enough, you see the same pattern.

👉 Real performance comes from going deep on what matters, not trying to do everything.

Here’s how to apply it in practice ⬇️

🧠 Internal: Focus & Execution

Deep work creates results.

And Covey shares specific steps to do this:

✅ Block time for one task (no switching)
↳ Focus on one thing until it’s done.

✅ Remove distractions before you start
↳ Turn off notifications. Close what you don’t need.

✅ Finish what you started before moving on
↳ Switching kills momentum.

Most people confuse activity with progress.

But focus is a skill.
And like any skill, it needs to be trained.

That's why you don’t need more time.
You need protected time.

That shift changes everything.

🌲 External: Environment & Systems

Distraction is the default.
Your phone, notifications, people.

If you don’t control your environment, it controls you.

Your setup shapes your behavior.

✅ Decide your priority before you start working
↳ Clarity removes hesitation.

✅ Remove anything that can interrupt you
↳ Design your environment for focus.

✅ Set clear start and stop rules for your work
↳ Structure protects consistency.

And just as important, recovery.

Real focus is about working with intensity, then stepping away.

Burnout comes from constant shallow work.
Consistency comes from structured recovery.

People struggle to sustain focus because they:

❌ Work all day but produce nothing meaningful
❌ Ignore recovery and lose consistency
❌ Stay busy instead of focused
❌ React instead of execute

High performance comes from protecting your attention.

That’s the core idea behind Deep Work:
If you can control your attention, you can control your output.

The real question is not:
“Are you working hard?”

It’s:
“Are you focused when it matters?”

What’s your biggest distraction right now?

[Andrew Aziz @BearBullTraders]

The best personal finance education in the world costs nothing.

Most people just don't know where to find it.

I've put together 10 free courses,
From some of the most respected universities and platforms out there.

Start one of them today:

(Check out the graphic for what you'll learn from each one!)

1️⃣ Finance Theory: MIT
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2️⃣ Financial Markets: Yale
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3️⃣ Introduction to Financial Accounting: Wharton
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4️⃣ Shaping the Financial World: MIT
https://t.co/xRdpZ2VqNw

5️⃣ Personal Finance Fundamentals: Duke
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6️⃣ Introduction to Corporate Finance: Columbia
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7️⃣ Household Finance: Copenhagen Business School
https://t.co/gLwcqMtyhA

8️⃣ Making Sense of Money: University of Michigan
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9️⃣ The Global Financial Crisis: Yale
https://t.co/D5JQnM1Uas

🔟 Economics of Money and Banking: Columbia
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The problem was never money.
It was not knowing where to look.

Now you do.

Which one are you starting with?
Let me know in the comments.

Want to go deeper? Read my published research on trading and investing:

https://t.co/7xWslrMewU

[Andrew Aziz @BearBullTraders]

Most people ask the wrong question when they start investing 👇

"What should I buy?"

The best investors ask something different.
They ask: "How do I make fewer mistakes?"

I've spent years studying how the greatest allocators think.

The lessons aren't complicated, but most people never hear them.

Here are 7 principles from 7 high-performers:

1️⃣ Warren Buffett - Only own what you can explain simply.

You need to be able to describe what a company does in one sentence.
↳ Complexity doesn't give you an edge. Clarity does.

2️⃣ Charlie Munger - Start with what could go wrong.

Before you invest in anything, write down 3 ways you could lose money on it.
↳ If you can't answer that, you're not ready to buy.

3️⃣ Benjamin Graham - Price and value are not the same thing.

The market is emotional. Assets get overpriced and underpriced constantly.
↳ Your job is to know what something is worth and wait.

4️⃣ John Bogle - Simplicity beats complexity over time.

Most active strategies underperform a simple index fund over 20 years.
↳ Before chasing sophisticated approaches, see if a simpler one would serve you.

5️⃣ Peter Lynch - Your daily life is a research tool.

Some of the best investment ideas come from paying attention to your daily life.
↳ Observation is one of the most underrated skills in investing.

6️⃣ Jesse Livermore - The market will always punish impatience and ego.

Most losses come from acting too fast or refusing to admit you were wrong.
↳ Discipline protects capital. Ego destroys it.

7️⃣ Morgan Housel - Behaviour matters more than knowledge.

You can understand every investing concept perfectly and still lose money.
↳ The gap between knowing and doing is where most investors fail.

These 7 investors have 7 different approaches.
But they all have one common thread holding them together.

👉 They all prioritized process over prediction, and patience over impulse.

None of them won by finding the perfect asset.
They won by having a process and staying in the game long enough for growth to work.

Process beats prediction every single time.

What's the best lesson on investing you've been taught?
Drop it in the comments.

Want to go deeper on this? Read my published research on trading and investing:
https://t.co/7xWslrLGHm

[Andrew Aziz @BearBullTraders]

You don't need a $5,000 coaching programme.

You need the right YouTube channel.

There's good content out there, but it can take a long time to find it.

Especially when it comes to building a strong mindset.

So I've done the work for you.

Here are 9 YouTube channels for anyone serious about peak performance:

(They're all free, so you can start watching them from today!)

1️⃣ Huberman Lab — Andrew Huberman

Science-backed tools for focus, sleep, stress, and performance.

✅ Subscribe if you want to understand how your brain actually works.
https://t.co/8DV99qB9CU

2️⃣ The Diary of a CEO — Steven Bartlett

Honest conversations with high performers, founders, and thinkers.

✅ Subscribe if you want lessons from people who've built something.
https://t.co/7v2hUqfEdG

3️⃣ Bear Bull Traders — Andrew Aziz

Trading education, performance mindset, and discipline in practice.

✅ Subscribe if you want to see how peak performance translates into results.
https://t.co/vo3cTpswtJ

4️⃣ Impact Theory — Tom Bilyeu

Mindset, identity, and what it takes to change how you think.

✅ Subscribe if you're serious about rewiring your habits and beliefs.
https://t.co/HB3e7o61Yy

5️⃣ Modern Wisdom — Chris Williamson

Psychology, self-improvement, and how to perform well across all areas of life.

✅ Subscribe if you want ideas that change how you operate.
https://t.co/taOhHYtpHQ

6️⃣ Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday

Stoic philosophy made practical for everyday decisions.

✅ Subscribe if you want a framework for staying calm under pressure.
https://t.co/o2SiEE4tvt

7️⃣ Mark Manson

Clear thinking on values, responsibility, and what actually matters.

✅ Subscribe if you need someone to tell it to you straight
https://t.co/b1mPKgVR93

8️⃣ Lex Fridman

Long-form conversations on science and what drives high performance.

✅ Subscribe if you want depth over soundbites.
https://t.co/hDWjuQUBWT

9️⃣ Big Think

Intelligent ideas from experts in psychology, neuroscience, and human behavior.

✅ Subscribe if you want to learn something useful in under 10 minutes.
https://t.co/JN7RcXB2zw

The best education in the world is free.

But if you want to see results,
You have to be willing to use it consistently.

Watch one video a day from someone on this list.
In a year, you'll think differently.

And that's where real performance begins.

What's one YouTube channel that's taught you something new?

Drop it in the comments, I'm curious.

[Andre @chilupula_andre]

@mukasareef8 Pure skill. Respect. 🔥

[Randy Skeete @RandySkeete]

Love, not law, prevents sin ❤️
Happy Sabbath 🙏

[Andre @chilupula_andre]

Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles https://t.co/QPgofsrSPf

[Edgar Chagwa Lungu @EdgarCLungu]

I have appointed BOZ Deputy Governor, Dr Bwalya Ng’andu as Finance Minister and nominated him to Parliament.
I am confident that Zambia’s next phase of economic devpt will best be managed under him -a Rhodes scholar holds a PhD in Applied Psychology from Cranfield University, UK.

[TB Joshua @SCOANTBJoshua]

Today, you have received that uncommon blessing that will make you to forget the pain of the past.

It is a new dawn today. Whether the devil likes it or not, it is a new dawn!

[Sam Otigba @SamuelOtigba]

I DON’T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO SEE THIS “MARRIAGE IS A STRATEGIC MOVE. MARRY WELL OR MARRY UP”

[Moses Mwanza @moses_tnp]

I want to believe that these words were NOT said by His Excellency but am failing...

[Andre @chilupula_andre]

BBC News - Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 https://t.co/e5C3uywGbb

[Robert Kiyosaki @theRealKiyosaki]

Cash flow is far different than profit. I strongly suggest you find the difference. #richdad

[Robert Kiyosaki @theRealKiyosaki]

The responsibility of an entrepreneur is to solve a problem. Don't worry about the money. If you solve a problem and seek out ways to serve more people, money will find you.

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

“Work is self-expression. We must not think of self-expression as something we may do or something we may not do. Self-expression is inevitable. In your work, in the way you do your work and in the results of your work, your self is expressed.”
—Agnes Martin

[Kula Wandi @kulawandi]

“In the deepest sense of the word, a friend is someone who sees more potential in you than you see in yourself, someone who helps you become the best version of yourself” — Sheryl Sandberg (in the Foreword to Adam Grant’s “Originals”)

[Maximus Admin Support @MaxAdminSupport]

Education is a tool that imparts empowerment through various means. It gives a human a sense of rationality, truthfulness, empathy, honesty etc. However, it requires the consonance of both mind & heart. Without any of the two, it is not worthy. #Ubuntu #Ethics #Wisdom https://t.co/OK1VziMDty

[Christine Comaford @Comaford]

Happy Friday twitter tribe! Take a break this weekend! #FridayFeeling

[Ulrich Janse van Vuuren @UlrichJvV]

Abigail Urey is incredible! She's CEO and co-owner of Edgail Recycling in Liberia. She's turning waste into manufactured goods for post war export. She encourages young entrepreneurs to not be afraid to fail. I caught up with her at #AfDBAM2018 🌍