Justin Cheung

Building something new. Founder of @Larkandco. Prev. Designer @ Kraken, Rocket Money, Coinlist & Commure.

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

most “productivity apps” try to control your behavior

this one doesn’t

Drift shows up right before you scroll
and gives you a moment to choose
that’s it

join the waitlist → https://t.co/RSEM2YHAPb

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

Meet the billionaire who made $15,000,000,000 in a single trade by weaponizing panic.

He dropped out of school at 15, out-negotiated the British Empire, and became known as "Superman."
The insane story and 4 wealth rules of Li Ka-shing 🧵👇

**1/ The Refugee Kid**
In 1940, Li’s family fled war-torn China for Hong Kong. Shortly after, his father died of TB.
Infected with the disease himself and entirely broke, 14-year-old Li worked 16 hours a day in a plastics factory. He bought secondhand textbooks, teaching himself chemistry and accounting by candlelight.

**2/ Catching the Wave**
At 22, he risked his entire $50k life savings to start a factory.
He noticed a massive, untapped global trend in foreign trade journals: plastic flowers. He taught himself the chemical engineering needed to mimic real plants. Within a few years, he monopolized the global market.

**3/ Buying the Blood in the Streets**
In 1967, violent political riots caused Hong Kong’s economy to tank. Everyone panicked and sold their real estate for pennies.
Li did the math. He knew the chaos was temporary, but the land was finite. He bought up massive swaths of distressed land. When the market recovered, he was the king of HK real estate.

**4/ Slaying the British Giants**
In 1979, Li pulled off the ultimate corporate heist. He bought a controlling stake in Hutchison Whampoa (a massive British colonial trading house) for less than half its asset value.
He turned it into a cash-flow fortress: ports, utilities, and retail monopolies.

**5/ The $15 Billion Flip**
In the 1990s, he built the UK mobile network Orange.
In 1999, sensing the absolute peak of the dot-com bubble, he flipped it to a German conglomerate for a staggering $15 Billion cash windfall.
**6/ Betting on the Future**
Even in his 80s, his instinct never failed. Through Horizons Ventures, he became an early anchor investor in:
• Facebook
• Skype
• Spotify
• Zoom
He didn't just understand bricks and mortar; he understood where the world was going.

**His 4 Brutal Rules for Life and Wealth:**
**I. Spend 90% of your time preparing for failure.**
Li was obsessed with downside risk. He kept his corporate debt incredibly low and cash reserves insanely high. When crashes hit, everyone else liquidated—Li went shopping.

**II. Reputation is an un-falsifiable asset.**
Early on, Li refused a 30% higher profit margin because he had already given a verbal promise to another buyer. He proved that a temporary financial loss is nothing compared to the permanent destruction of your word.
**III. The 5-Bucket Budget.**
No matter how much you make, split it strictly:
• 30% Living expenses
• 20% Networking (take smarter people to lunch)
• 15% Books & learning
• 10% Global travel
• 25% Investment war chest

**IV. The "Third Son" Rule.**

In 2006, Li took 1/3rd of his entire global multi-billion dollar empire and legally designated it to his charitable foundation. He didn't view philanthropy as an afterthought—he legally gave it the exact same status as his biological children.
From a penniless factory boy to a legendary global investor.

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

@JedBridges ❤️ this is dope Jed!

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From the Alcaraz doc on Netflix

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waitlist - https://t.co/zk0WeAYMLP

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Baby steps.

Launching our first app in the App Store soon.

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

@FarzaTV i know not really related here, but we built an app that helps us be more intentional in life? Join the waitlist, be an early user, and let us know how you feel? https://t.co/RSEM2YHAPb

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

@BenJames_____ I made an app that helps me focus. Drift is on. What if you join, and let us know how you feel? https://t.co/RSEM2YHAPb

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

how to fix your attention span (no one explains this)

Join the waitlist and let's be more intentional in life: https://t.co/RSEM2YHAPb

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#Productivity #tutorial #focus #adhd #howto

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

this is exactly why we started building Drift 😅

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@pushmatrix this is good! How to do that?

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

this is exactly why we started building Drift 😅

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#productivity

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

it’s not the café
it’s not the setup
it’s the moment before you get distracted

that’s what I built this for

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#productivity #cafe

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

same habit
same distraction
every day

so I built Drift
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#Productivity #apps

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

most tools try to control what you do

this one focuses on when you do it

join the waitlist → https://t.co/RSEM2YHAPb

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Also - I need this sticker

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Another banger of an essay by @tferriss

https://t.co/4rCLaV2wkn

[Justin Cheung @jaycebaggio]

Weavy understands how creatives work.

Took a few hours to really find a flow, but its been addicting.

Best flow I've used is:
- Using midjourney to get a good starting point
- Claude to refine a prompt
- Veo 3.1 to turn that image into beautiful videos

Been loving getting back to my filmmaking roots and playing with #weavyai

Cooking up some cool background videos for a new focus app - coming to you soon.