Derryck🌱

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

You're a man.

Get out of your fucking room.

Pack your laptop and go to a coffee shop. A hotel. Rent a bnb for the weekend. Go to a different city.

Go ANYWHERE, but your room

After 37 years of age as a man, I’ve finally come to realize that the only cure to depression is just leaving the house at every single possible opportunity no matter how badly you don’t want to.

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

Get a haircut every 2 weeks to stay sharp, wait 5 secs before answering the phone to control the rhythm, always arrive 15 mins early, stay away from free lunches, never talk about people who aren't in the room, and when anger rises, wait 10 mins before reacting. These habits may look rigid, but they're the hidden discipline of the elite.

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

The older I get, the more I realize this:

A $50K Mercedes and a $25K Toyota will still take you to the same place.

A $5 million mansion and a $500,000 home will still give you the same sleep.

Happiness is not found in things.

It’s found in peace, purpose, and the people you love.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Don’t focus on getting rich.
Focus on getting better.

[Mind and Glory 🎖 @mindandglory]

Poor men fear starting over. Wealthy men know that starting over with experience is not starting over. It is starting ahead.

[Words of Wise | Mindset Coach @Wordofwise_]

A man never forgets the days he stood alone, was betrayed, overlooked, and treated like he never mattered.

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

Nothing beats the presence of a guy who is street smart, book smart, and spiritual.

Triple threat.

Very uncommon combination.

[R @AlphaWizarDD]

“I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.”

— Charlie Munger

[Mind and Glory 🎖 @mindandglory]

A disciplined man treats every setback as data. He does not mourn the loss. He studies it, adjusts, and moves again.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

The only shortcut is doing the work.

[Immortal Tessy @TheresaArueyin1]

David messed up, but he still prayed. Peter denied Jesus, but he still prayed. Don’t let guilt keep you from God.

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

When a man has seen a lot, he stays quiet.

When a man is working to save himself, he stays quiet.

When a man is winning, he's quiet.

As a man, silence is your best weapon.

[theendeavorpath @theendeavorpath]

“You suffer less when you stop resisting what reality is trying to teach you.”

— Master Shi Heng Yi

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”

— Voltaire

[Mind and Glory 🎖 @mindandglory]

Study the man who mastered the art of walking away without anger. That mastery gave him a freedom most never find.

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

“Rockefeller would focus on the highest priority.

When he gets into the oil refining business it has no barriers to entry.

It costs $1000 to start a refinery and only requires a few people to run it.

And one thing he notices is that transportation is the largest expense. It costs more to ship a barrel of oil, than to refine it.

So if transportation is your highest priority that means the location of your refinery is key. 

The site that he chose was genius. He selected a location that was next to both the railroad and on the banks of a river. Why? Shipping by water was 50% cheaper than shipping by rail. 

If something is your top priority you should spend the majority of your time thinking about how to develop an edge there.”

—From episode 405 “How Rockefeller Worked”

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Carl Jung: "No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you."

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses.

Envy creates silent enemies.

It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable.

Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Robert Greene was right when he said:

“Eventually, the time that was not spent on learning skills will catch up with you, and the fall will be painful.”