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[Jack @Jackkk]

Tom Hanks shares the best advice he’s ever received

“Throw deep. If you’re gonna do it, do it”

“If you have the chance, do it. Don’t pause. If you’ve got an instinct, go at it”

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

Choose the most insane option every time.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Elon Musk on his advice for young people:

Lex Fridman asks: What advice would you give to young people who want to do something big in this world?

"Try to be useful. Do things that are useful to your fellow human beings... to the world. It's very hard to be useful. Very hard."

He continues:

"Are you contributing more than you consume? Can you try to have a positive net contribution to society? That's the thing to aim for. Not to try to be a leader for the sake of being a leader. A lot of times the people you want as leaders... are the people who don't want to be leaders."

Musk concludes:

"If you live a useful life... that is a good life. A life worth having lived."

On learning:

"I'd encourage people to read a lot of books. Basically try to ingest as much information as you can. Try to develop a good general knowledge... so you at least have a rough lay of the land of the knowledge landscape."

He explains:

"Try to learn a little about a lot of things. Because you might not know what you're really interested in. How would you know what you're really interested in if you aren't at least doing peripheral exploration of the knowledge landscape? Talk to people from different walks of life... different industries and professions and skills. Learn as much as possible."

On finding your path:

"Try to find something where there's an overlap of your talents and what you're interested in. People may have skill at a particular thing but they don't like doing it. You want to find a thing where it's a good combination of things you're inherently good at... but you also like doing."

On reading the encyclopedia:

"As a kid I read through the encyclopedia. That's pretty helpful. I learned about things I didn't even know existed. It's as broad as it gets."

His recommendation:

"Maybe read through the condensed version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I'd recommend that. You can always skip subjects. You read a few paragraphs and you're not interested... just jump to the next one."

On zero-sum thinking:

"When we see people... including some very smart people... taking an attitude that seems morally questionable... it's often because they have at a base axiomatic level a zero-sum mindset. And they don't realize it consciously."

He explains:

"If you have a zero-sum mindset... the only way to get ahead is by taking things from others. If the pie is fixed, the only way to have more pie is to take someone else's pie. But this is false. Obviously the pie has grown dramatically over time."

The danger:

"If you're operating from a zero-sum mindset without realizing it... that's going to result in you trying to take things from others. Which is not good. It's much better to work on adding to the economic pie. Creating more than you consume."

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

Enjoy suffering.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility.

That can mean taking ownership of your health or committing to a relationship or starting a business.

Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of responsibility usually has to change.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

A Monday morning question for you:

What are you doing today that will benefit you in a decade?

[James Clear @JamesClear]

At any moment, you are one good choice away from a meaningfully better life.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Don’t take advice on winning from people who aren’t winning.

Which is most people.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

So much of what we believe is the residue of someone else's thinking.

Pause and question things for a moment. Is this really how it has to be? Is this really what you want?

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Your professional success is proportional to your ability to figure it out. There's nothing more valuable than someone who can just figure it out. And it's never been easier to be that person. Do the work. Ask the key questions. Get it done. Do that and you'll find a way to win.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The magic is in that last 20%.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

It takes everyone a different amount of time to realize everyone is just thinking about themselves, no one was watching, and you should’ve just done whatever the fuck you wanted to all along.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

In 2018, Kobe Bryant gave a 1-hour masterclass on "Mamba Mentality" at USC.

The mindset behind 5 championships, 18 All-Star selections, and his 81-point game.

His ideas:
• Outwork your potential
• Protect your dreams
• Leave no stone unturned

15 lessons from Kobe Bryant:

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Nobody is rooting for you to fail.

Maybe you’ll succeed. Maybe you’ll fail. For the most part, nobody cares one way or the other.

This is a good thing! The world is big and you are small, and that means you can chase your dreams with little worry for what people think.

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Joe Rogan: "You've got to do things you don't want to do because you show your body that your mind is the boss."

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tesla Model Y is now officially the world’s best-selling car for the third year in a row!

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Joe Rogan: "When Elon Musk purchased Twitter — and I don't say this lightly, I think he changed the course of civilization. I really do. I think we were on our way to this weird dystopian censorship complex that was already moving."

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

If you’re struggling right now in any way, skip the life hacks for a minute.

Go to church this Sunday.

Even if you don’t normally go. Even if you’re “spiritual not religious.” Even if you have PTSD from the religious boredom of church as a kid. Just go sit in the back row and be still for an hour.

Almost everything in your life right now is optimized for production or consumption. Slack, spreadsheets, TikTok, email, sales calls. All output and input. Almost nothing is sacred, quiet, or unmonetized.

Church is one of the last places left that isn’t trying to sell you something or steal your attention. It’s an hour built around the idea that you are more than your revenue, or your value. It's one of the few places where the only goal is to confess your flaws, let them go and have some faith.

It's a place that will welcome everyone, even and maybe especially if you hate yourself right now.

Sit, stand, sing, or just listen. Let someone read words that have outlived every empire and every market cycle.

Let your brain remember: money is a tool, not a god. You are not the sole author of your story.

You’ll walk back out into the same world, same problems, same bank account, but it will feel a little less loud and a little less about you. That’s insanely useful if you’re carrying heavy stuff right now.

Tomorrow, you can go back to your problems.
Today, give yourself permission to just be a human.

If things are brutal right now, consider this your permission slip: Close the laptop. Go to church. Let God be bigger than your to‑do list for one hour.

[healthbot @thehealthb0t]

Here's Joe Rogan condemning the poisoning of the US flour supply.

- Why is it that so many people who eat "gluten-free" can actually eat flour in/from Europe, without issue?

- Because, in Europe, it doesn't get poisoned with folic acid and potassium bromate.

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

Starting a business will teach you more about business than getting another job where you work in a business disguised as an adult daycare.