Breathing & Bracing
Bracing activates the core by pushing it out to increase stability for any movement.
Breathing creates intra-abdominal pressure that supports your ability to brace.
Use both of these while doing the core exercises above to protect & power the body.
39% of biz owners work 60+ hours a week.
That's not a business – that's a job.
If you're always on the clock, use this framework to buy your time back:
I am a financial planner that works with the wealthiest 1% of people in their 30s and 40s
I wish everyone understood these 10 critical lessons about finance:
Lenny Kravitz got his name today on a Hollywood Star, and his outfit is great. Black pinstriped suit with flared leg worn with a silky black shirt, narrow 1" belt, snakeskin boots, and a JLC Reverso.
Michael Saylor $MSTR today when asked if he would ever sell is $BTC Bitcoin:
“Let me put it a different way…people who use fiat currency as a store of value, there’s a name for them, we call them poor.”
Why do I have a man crush on this guy right now
Seems impossible...
But the vertical spikes up in the s2f model in '13, '16, '20 were all confirmed by price action within one year.
Suggests a 900k #Bitcoin price within 12-18mo.
Not my call, just reading how model has worked.
...red dots coming for @100trillionUSD
We invested $1M in a company called CANN.
Wildly, then Gwyneth Paltrow invested too.
This company has some of the best marketing I’ve ever seen.
Let me break down my favorites:
In the Elon Musk biography, Isaacson tells of a poker game where Musk went all-in every time until he won.
It's an analogy for how Musk - in Peter Thiel's words - "understands something about risk that everybody else doesn't", and how he's able to create companies that seemed impossible to everyone else.
I think the thing that Musk understands about risk that everybody else doesn't is what David Deutsch calls The Principal of Optimism.
P.O.O: Anything which is not prohibited by the laws of physics is possible given sufficient knowledge.
Musk has often referred to the laws of physics being the only constraint, like here:
https://t.co/nOcUA1swhf
Why is this interesting?
Personally, I think the Principal of Optimism is one of the most significant discoveries in Philosophy made this century.
Anytime you face a difficult problem, you can ask:
"Do the laws of physics say solving this problem is impossible?"
If the answer is no, then you know that there's only one thing in between you and the solution: knowledge.
And thanks to Karl Popper in the 20th century, we know the only way to create knowledge is through trial and error.
Conjecture and refutation.
Guess and check, and guess again.
You see this philosophy in action at SpaceX.
They got through 3 or 4 rockets before landing their first Falcon in 2015.
Trial and error.
And we all watched recently as they launched and blew up the biggest rocket to ever leave the Earth, yet calling it a "success" for simply detaching Starship from the booster.
Guess and check, and guess again.
And so in this way, even the most seemingly outlandish problems like landing (or catching) rockets falling from space become tractable issues to be solved by a small dedicated team.
While all the greatest entrepreneurs are singular individuals, on a deeper level, they all share a common trait: they don't take anyone's word for it. The only constraint they impose on themselves is that imposed on them by the laws of physics.
They're all guided by the same principal.
The Principal of Optimism.
How to get lucky (without being rich):
1. Luck Razor - If given 2 options, pick the one that has the most luck potential. E.g. Cocktail party vs watching Netflix. Which one has the highest potential for future luck?
2. Avoid Boring People - Avoid people that bore you. And avoid being the boring person in the room. The more interesting you are, the more interesting opportunities people share with you.
3. Poker Mindset > Roulette Mindset - Ridiculous but true statement...
Playing a game of roulette thinking it's poker is better than playing a game of poker thinking it’s roulette. Assume everything is a game of skill. There's usually something you can control if you look hard enough.
4. Delete The Scoreboard - Relentlessly give to good people with no scoreboard in your head keeping track. You’ll end up lucky, fulfilled, and have a packed funeral.
5. Introduce People - If friend A and friend B can get value from each other - introduce them. It's a 30-second email for you and may change their lives forever. Networks are unique because they don't divide when you share them -- they multiply.
6. Get More Curious With Age - Curiosity is like your joints - it weakens with age. Assume your first thoughts about new trends are wrong. Age like Gary Vee or Mark Cuban. Put 20 hours into a new trend before you have an opinion.
7. Pursue High Leverage Relaxation - Rank all relaxation activities on this:
A. Impact
B. Time it takes
Find the highest leverage one across both scores. Do it regularly. It's hard to notice lucky opportunities when your cortisol is through the roof.
8. Get Good At Marketing - The ultimate meta-skill. If you can create a persuasive ad or landing page, you can create a persuasive CV or job interview.
Lifehack: Most people are awful at marketing.
9. Reverse Prison Advice - The cliche prison advice to a new prisoner is to punch the biggest person in the prison. Flip this on its head.
Find the best people you know and help them as much as you can. (Share their projects, give feedback, make intro’s, etc)
Last night, Jensen Huang of NVIDIA gave his very first live keynote in 4-years.
The most show-stopping moment from the event was when he showed off the real-time AI in video games. A human speaks, the NPC responds, in real time and the dialogue was generated with AI on the fly.
#Bitcoin's Month of May has been in favor of the bears, just like the previous 2 years.
2021 and 2022 also saw a negative return for June, followed by a bounce in July.
$BTC
This is the move that I mentioned yesterday. Let's see if the rest of the projection plays out through the week.
Today I see:
- Asia pumps
- London holds
- NY reverses?
If so, we could see a stop hunt first before dropping. Invalidation is closing above daily 50 EMA.
If $BTC holds at current prices, it will open up with a CME gap tomorrow.
These gaps to tend to get filled, especially during a ranging environment.
It's good to note how during strong trends (up and down), these gaps are more likely to be left open.
Not trying to be "that guy" but ChatGPT has really been transformative for our real estate and cold outreach biz.
I can't keep this info to myself!
Here's a few ways we've been using it to save about 8 hours/week: