Kunal Bihani

Shiv🙏 Stoic. Learning. Journey has just started. Onwards and upwards!
Retweets are reminder for self reflection!!

[Kunal Bihani @kunalbihani]

The idea of investing & holding period matters since some view markets as an avenue of wealth creation & preservation. This would be best understood by folks who have seen it work in their families. Compounding has to be experienced before appreciating it.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code for life: Learn to delay your reaction. Anger, fear, and impulse will try to make you move fast. There's power in pausing. In the pause, you see clearly, you respond wisely, and you avoid decisions you’ll regret. Slow down to speed up.

[Leo | Phalanx Labs @SpartanPsyche]

Relapse can happen after success, not just stress. Achievement creates relief, relief lowers vigilance, and the brain starts negotiating with rules that felt non-negotiable yesterday. Behavioral control is often lost when you feel safe enough to believe the old pattern can no longer hurt you.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

People who are consistently ready when an opportunity arises were actually people who were once completely ill-prepared during a previous opportunity, felt terrible, took it very personally, decided it would never happen again, and completely changed their approach with life.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Being stuck with difficult problems for long hours is how you grow your intelligence; being stuck with difficult circumstances for many years is how you grow your mental strength.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Friendly reminder that you choose your reactions. You don't have to go into a fit of rage when an idiot cuts you off in traffic. You could laugh instead, and if you choose to react that way consistently enough, the quality of your life goes through the roof.

[du @thedulab]

Tbh the most ideal forms of lifestyle design will always involve trading in some way. Always a handful of opportunities throughout the year that can set you up for the entire year if you're nimble enough to capitalize

The move is to just be perpetually tapped in to what the smartest people are talking about on here at any given time so you're able to quickly act on information whenever the situation calls for it and only when the situation calls for it

Not gambling. Not day trading. There's no desperation here. If you're patient enough then only a few trades or even one could basically allow you to make the proverbial "annual salary" in a day, week, etc and then do nothing until the next opportunity presents itself

But you're not going to do nothing. Instead you're going to continue working on your business, selling a product or providing a service you actually love, only now you get to do it without financial insecurity. You get to create, build, grow it properly rather than force operating decisions through a place of scarcity

Get a glimpse of what's possible and it's really hard to argue against a personal setup like this. See it work for others, see how it could work for yourself, just really hard to unsee it once you do

[Ananya🎀 @ananya_pvtpf]

Trust me on this: Possibility expands when you move. You meet someone because you went. Discover something because you tried. Find an opportunity because you asked. The world reveals doors to people in motion that remain completely invisible to people standing still.

[blue @bluewmist]

advice i heard from a psychologist:

if you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun.

submit your resume for fun. go to a job interview for fun. start a newsletter for fun.

anxiety feeds on importance. don’t make everything a matter of life & death.

[Hemant Mohapatra @MohapatraHemant]

The curse of discipline is that every day looks the same. The curse of indiscipline is that every year does.

[Leo | Phalanx Labs @SpartanPsyche]

The exhaustion you feel during early discipline is neuroplasticity in motion, because the brain burns significantly more energy building new pathways than maintaining old ones, and what feels like resistance is often just the cost of becoming mentally stronger.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

The mental health of your kids is a reflection of your vibes whilst you were raising them. You can't be anxious all the time and expect them to be confident. You can't be angry all the time and expect them to be calm. You can't feel lost all the time and expect them to be driven.

[du @thedulab]

The greatest wave to be on is wanting things, but simultaneously being fine without having them. Whenever I'm living in this state, I know I'm winning

Wanting things but also feeling like I need them is just desperation. All of my decisions are suddenly backed by scarcity. I can't mess up given the perceived risks, therefore I'm trying to prevent pain rather than embrace opportunity

Not wanting things but also feeling like I don't need them is just cowardice. I'm simply sitting out of the game. So much triumph to be experienced but I'm choosing to philosophize about my life instead of living it

Nothing more pure than simply enjoying the journey. You desire the sweet taste that comes with the potential for more, but it doesn't take away your ability to be present in the moment. You envision your ideal reality, but there's a calm excitement attached to it

Adorning it all is unforced gratitude. Perpetually thankful to be given another shot at another day. You see yourself as the luckiest person in the world just because you love who you are and where you're going

[Tehxi @yajnshri]

A conversation between me and Bhagwan Mahadev when I’m completely exhausted…

and somehow, I end up saying, Thank you, Mahadev Ji. ☺️❤️

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

Epictetus’ instructions:

- Separate things into what you control and what you don’t
- Choose not to be complicit in getting offended
- Prep for adversity in advance
- Realize every situation has 2 handles—grab the right one
- Memento Mori—let death put everything in perspective

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

What you do in private, shows up in public.

Reading shows up in conversation. Your diet shows up in body. Your discipline shows up in confidence. Your thoughts shows up in decision. Your focus shows up in results.

You are what you cultivate when no one is watching. Protect your time. Guard your attention

[conduct|r @conductr_]

whoever said “you MUST BY ALL MEANS develop a strong opinion of yourself so you don't end up internalizing the beliefs others have of you” changed my life.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code for life: realizing you really can just wake up one day and say "that's enough of that" and change direction completely.

[Naval @naval]

The problem with truth is, once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

[blue @bluewmist]

i'm in love with this quote:

"if you're persistent, you'll get it. if you're consistent, you'll keep it. and if you're grateful, you'll attract more of it."

[Krishna Dharma @KrishnaDharma]

Giving in to your impulses is pleasing at first but poison in the end. Controlling them is poison to begin with but nectar in the end. #Bhagavadgita