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[josh @joshevanlu]

fire post. definitely a longer read and will need to revisit many times

now the hard part.. actually revisiting this and acting on it

[BOSS @thebeautyofsaas]

life maxxing heavily depends on your ability to find things you are passionate and curious about

everyone obsesses about chasing numbers, and no one tells you that you will never feel like you are working a day in your life when doing something you are passionate about

[josh @joshevanlu]

Loafers with a thin coat of dr marten sole

[josh @joshevanlu]

The difficulty of having difficult conversations

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Underrated life advice: A good life is built by simply doing uncomfortable things sooner. The delayed conversation gets harder. The ignored problem gets bigger. The small repair gets more expensive. Peace is never found through avoidance. It’s found through direct early action.

[josh @joshevanlu]

I remember Kevin Durant aka slim reaper mentioning this as well during an interview

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A mentor once told me this: Reduce the amplitude of the wave. Never get too high on the wins. Never get too low on the losses. Emotional stability is the real cheat code for adapting to the inevitable uncertainty of life.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major cheat code for life: The ability to recognize things that don’t matter. The world will pressure you to care about every single thing. To chase every problem. To take every slight personally. To have opinions on everything. Reject that trend. Focus on a few, ignore the rest.

[josh @joshevanlu]

second time now i've hopped out the uber wondering why i smell like cologne.. the seatbelt 🤢

[josh @joshevanlu]

i miss using imessage on the computer.. texting on the phone/with my thumbs feels extra shitty lately

[josh @joshevanlu]

why they always gotta make the wide fit running shoes way uglier 😭

[josh @joshevanlu]

note to self:

no twitter before bed.. spurs way too many thoughts 😵‍💫

[@levelsio @levelsio]

how to build a bootstrapped startup without funding:

1. pick a problem you personally have. if you don't use your own product daily, quit now

2. skip the pitch deck. open your code editor. ship something ugly in a weekend

3. charge money from day 1. free users give you nothing but support tickets

4. use boring tech. PHP, SQLite, vanilla JS. frameworks are a trap that mass waste your time

5. host on cheap VPS ($5-20/mo). not AWS. you don't need kubernetes for 1,000 users

6. do customer support yourself. it's the fastest product feedback loop that exists

7. automate everything you do more than twice. cron jobs > employees.

8. grow on Twitter/X by building in public. your journey IS the marketing

9. keep your burn rate near zero so you never need to raise. ramen profitable > series A

10. say no to investors, cofounders, and "advisors" who want equity for intros

i've been doing this for 10+ years now. no employees, no funding, no board meetings

the entire VC game is designed to make you think you need permission to start

you don't

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Building self-confidence is the art of closing the gap between what you claim you want to do and what you actually do.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

There are generally 2 types of LLM users, those that use it to learn everything , and those that use it so they don’t have to learn anything.

[Grant Lannin @retirementkeys]

"It doesn't take you a long time to build a successful business. It takes you a long time to become the person who's willing to do it.

...But it doesn't have to take a long time to become that person"

- Myron Golden

[josh @joshevanlu]

Flat white is my favorite espresso + milk ratio

[josh @joshevanlu]

One of the worst ways you can let something impact you is by letting it kill your confidence

[josh @joshevanlu]

opportunity is everywhere

[du @thedulab]

Become financially stable doing something you're good at. Find yourself an honest lover to build a purposeful life with. Live within walking distance of a friend or two you enjoy working out and eating with. Design your home in such a manner that warm is the best way to describe it. Have niche interests that excite you to talk about. Remind yourself throughout the day how lucky you are to have been blessed with the opportunity to create a perfect existence

[josh @joshevanlu]

@tyler_agg context

[josh @joshevanlu]

ok so imagine this situation.. someone says something to you and now you're unhappy. I mean understandably so..

but is that REALLY how cheap your happiness is?

I think not!

think it was @ShaanVP that I heard talking about this

[josh @joshevanlu]

@NoahEpstein_ ASSASSIN