Genghis Khan was sold into slavery as a child. His father was poisoned. His wife was kidnapped. He had nothing.
By 20 he'd been captured, escaped, and was living as a fugitive in the Mongolian steppe. No army. No allies. No resources. Just an obsessive refusal to accept his circumstances.
He didn't start by conquering. He started by listening. He learned every language, every custom, every tribe's weakness. He promoted soldiers by merit not by blood. Revolutionary for the time. The illiterate nomad was building the most advanced military system on earth.
He created the first international postal system. Established religious freedom across his empire. Built trade routes that connected China to Europe for the first time. The "barbarian" was more civilised than most of the civilised world.
At his peak. His empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history. 24 million square kilometres. He conquered more land in 25 years than Rome did in 400.
All from a kid who was sold as a slave.
Your starting point is irrelevant. Completely. Totally. 100% meaningless. The only thing that matters is your refusal to stay there.
Most people with 10x his starting advantages do nothing with their lives. Because advantages breed comfort. And comfort breeds inaction. The man who has nothing to lose and refuses to accept it. He's the most dangerous person alive.
Never give up fren.
El Salvador siempre fue un país subdesarrollado, pero el peor lugar, el más peligroso, abandonado y golpeado, era el Centro Histórico de San Salvador.
Fue una zona destruida por terremotos, una guerra civil, décadas de desorden y más de 30 años de pandillas. Se le llamó "Centro Histórico" porque el verdadero centro de la ciudad se desplazó, y ese lugar quedó abandonado a su suerte.
Recuperarlo es mucho más caro y difícil que simplemente desarrollar un área nueva, pero lograrlo es una muestra clara e innegable del renacimiento de El Salvador.
JUST IN: $NBIS announces multi-billion dollar agreement with Microsoft for AI infrastructure. 🔥
Under this multi-year agreement, $NBIS will deliver dedicated capacity to Microsoft from its new data center in Vineland, New Jersey starting later this year.
Arkady Volozh, Founder and CEO of Nebius, said:
“Nebius’ core AI cloud business, serving customers from AI startups to enterprises, is performing exceptionally well. We have also said that, in addition to our core business, we expect to secure significant long-term committed contracts with leading AI labs and big tech companies. I’m happy to announce the first of these contracts, and I believe there are more to come. The economics of the deal are attractive in their own right, but, significantly, the deal will also help us to accelerate the growth of our AI cloud business even further in 2026 and beyond.”
$NBIS expects to finance the capital expenditure associated with the contract through a combination of cash flow coming from the deal and the issuance of debt secured against the contract in the near term, at terms enhanced by the credit quality of the counterparty. The company is also evaluating a number of additional financing options to enable significantly faster growth than originally planned and will update the market on its financing strategy in due course.
Shocking stat of the day:
Inflation has not fallen in a single month since January 2021, according to Zerohedge.
This means that overall prices are up a whopping 19% in less than 4 years.
We have not had a year-over-year inflation print below 3% in 36 consecutive months.
Furthermore, inflation has been above the Fed's 2% target for 37 straight months.
Inflation is now building on previous years of inflation; we effectively have compounding inflation.
But don't worry, the labor market is strong.
@ripster47 I have never seen the labels until I clicked into this one, I will keep following closely and watch morning updates. I saw they were above your clouds so I gave it a shot