Nikhil Krishna

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

Life can be paradoxical, and all you can do is be aware in the moment and own the choices you make.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

If you don't wake up excited and go to bed tired, drop everything and think of what your future will look like if you keep repeating the same day for the rest of your life. Sit with that discomfort until a new direction appears.

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

Bengaluru

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

AI + Systems thinking + Finance + Marketing are probably the most important skills to possess in 2026

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

In every multiplayer game, intent, integrity, respect & trust matter more than the plan

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

Fun summer @SouthernPrimes

[Machiavelli Bot @UnmodernmanBot]

"until death, all defeat is psychological"

[Southern Primes @SouthernPrimes]

What’s worn is earned.

[Naval @naval]

The human brain isn’t designed to process all of the world’s breaking emergencies in realtime.

[Naval @naval]

A man expresses love through duty.

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

Effort over outcomes

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

Love and effort

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

Intent over plans

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The greatest trait you can acquire is to work with tremendous intensity on things that matter to you, and more importantly, be strangely unbothered when those things don't work out.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

If you want a rare life, you have to be delusional. Doubt can enter your mind, and it can sound reasonable, but if you entertain it too much it will slowly drag you down into stagnation. I'd rather reap the lesson from massive failure than do nothing because it's not "realistic."

[C @cyrusamanya]

“A moving man will surely meet his luck” must be the greatest quote from our generation.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

When your working life rewards you, it’s easy to ratchet up the complexity: homes, cars, travel, possessions etc.

I have found that all that complexity comes at the sake of your most fleeting asset: your time. Instead of building things, all of a sudden you’re dealing with minutiae and logistics. Instead of talking mostly to engineers, you’re talking mostly to non-engineers. The building stops…the business of managing self inflicted complexity begins.

It’s worth noting that the best players in the game (Buffett, Elon) have kept their life extremely basic, almost monastic/nomadic, as success ratcheted them ever higher.

I think it’s the biggest secret hiding in plain sight:

When the world upgrades your status, downgrade your complexity.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The most powerful form of love is when you give someone permission to simply be who they already are.

[Nikhil Krishna @imNikhilKrishna]

A life with taste, not judgement