Why are we building?
Poors in concrete (then dumped in the Hudson).🦶🏻🧱
Doing Lie-all work.
Running H.V.A.C. High Volume Authentic Cocaine
Cutting down trees (mistaken for giraffes, elephants, and other exotic animals.
Running back hoes.
Eric Trump describes his blue-collar childhood: “I grew up wiring buildings with electricians, pouring concrete, doing tile work, running HVAC, cutting down trees, running backhoes.”
A storytelling trope is the guy who sells his soul to Satan for fame or power, but the devil tricks him out of his reward. There's a moment the guy realizes that he will never get what he wanted but has still signed his soul over to Satan. That moment looks just like this moment.
On the 30th January 1889, a man called Joseph Hoyos arrived in Vienna with an urgent message for Emperor Franz-Josef of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He brought shocking news of a tragedy which would shape the course of the 20th century...
1/The reason so many are bewildered by the apparent insanity of the current moment is because people just haven’t studied the history. Back in June I wrote this (long) piece that foretells of the moves we are seeing now.
https://t.co/r31mJsupzm
🎯 Build a System of Habits
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” - James Clear
Use big goals to set the direction.
Use strong habits to reach the destination.
The best thing you can do is ask the right questions:
Elon-Twitter is a distraction.
FTX is a distraction.
The only story that you should be paying attention to right now is the United States vs China situation.
Here's a primer on what's going on:
This feels soooo much bigger than a billionaire destroying a toy. This feels National Security big. Have you ever seen someone purposely destroy a company in a week?! It doesn’t happen. This is not about a company it’s about our country.
I have been hearing the idea from some Republicans that Ukrainian resistance comes at a cost to Americans. Nothing could be more wrong. Ukrainian resistance provides extraordinary security benefits to Americans. 1/