Nasriqul Afiq

I'm having fun cooking for my family

[Scribbler @Defi_Scribbler]

- be Dan Koe
- grew up in a religious home in Arizona
- middle-class kid
- no elite network
- no trust fund

age 16: discovers the internet

- realizes money can be made from a laptop
- becomes obsessed with the idea that work doesn’t have to look like work
- nobody around him understands what he’s talking about

age 18–20: enrolls at Arizona State University

- switches majors
- wastes tens of thousands of dollars
- learns web dev in two weeks on YouTube
- aces the class without attending
- realizes the whole thing is a scam and drops out

early 20s: hits rock bottom

- tries fitness YouTube, photography
- dropshipping, e-com stores
- most fail, some barely survive
- becomes broke
- depressed, overweight
- addicted to video games and distraction
- loses his dad’s money on blue-light glasses and minimalist wallets

2019-2020: decides to rebuild

- starts lifting and reading
- becomes obsessed with self-education
- studies psychology, philosophy, business
- goes all-in on Twitter with zero audience
- builds a content system
- $1k months become $10k months
- makes six figures in under 12 months

2021-2022: explosion phase

- launches courses, digital products, The Koe Letter
- hits $800k writing two hours a day
- hits $3M+ the year after
- writes The Art of Focus
- connects self-development, metaphysics, psychology, and entrepreneurship
- says most people aren’t failing because they’re lazy
- they’re failing because they never chose their own life

2023–2025: the one-person business

- builds Kortex, communities, systems
- writes Purpose & Profit
- teaches thousands how to productize themselves
- proves the model works at scale

2026: wins the Creator Choice Award

- best-performing article in the entire history of X
- awarded $250,000 for his framework on unlocking extreme focus on command
- recognized as the creator who inspired the whole contest

he achieved this with no employees, no office, no investors

just writing, thinking, and an email list

his core argument:
- school teaches you to be a good employee
- social media teaches you to be a good consumer
- neither teaches you to think
- the only way out is to build something from your own mind

[Tatty H. @tattyhassan]

Bila i tengok.

- Tok Ti bayar zakat 6juta
- Anas derma 50k untuk 🍉
- Founder Cubremi 50k untuk🍉
- Jungle Girl 100k untuk kegunaan sekolah
- Alif Syukri ade dana khas untuk bantu org miskin
- KA berhabis setiap tahun untuk belanja staff bawak berjalan dan untuk raya prep.

Orang Islam perlu kaya bukan semata-mata untuk kemewahan dunia, tapi sebab kekayaan itu kita boleh bantu saudara seagama dan alat untuk kebaikan bersama.

Korang ade cita cita untuk kaya tak??

[Stefan Moore ★ @2StefanMoore]

After hearing from the doctor that her son Léo’s cancer could no longer be treated, that no therapy was working anymore & the only goal was “to keep him comfortable until the end”… Claire went to his room.

Léo was sitting on his bed, watching videos on his tablet. She sat beside him, rested her head against his & they had this heartbreaking conversation:

Me: Breathing hurts, doesn’t it?
Léo: Uh… yeah.
Me: Does it hurt all the time?
Léo: (looking down) Yes…
Me: This cancer is awful… You know, you don’t have to fight anymore.
Léo: I don’t have to? (with a small smile) But I’ll keep fighting for you, Mom!
Me: No, sweetheart… You’re doing it for me?
Léo: Well… yes.
Me: And what’s a mom’s job?
Léo: To protect you! (with his big smile)
Me: My love… I can’t protect you here anymore. The only way to do it now is from the sky. (My heart shattered.)
Léo: Then I’ll go to the sky and play while I wait for you! You’ll come, right?
Me: Of course I’ll come! You know you can’t get rid of Mom that easily!
Léo: Thanks, Mom! I’ll play while I wait for you!

That was their last real conversation.

In the hours that followed, Claire never left his side. They played, laughed, watched videos. & fought the “bad guys” with their toy guns. They made the most of every moment.

An hour before he left, he snuggled into her arms again & told her how he wanted to be remembered: “As a policeman.”

A little later, Claire went to the bathroom. When she came back, Léo was sleeping deeply. His little body had given up. But in one final breath, he opened his eyes, smiled & whispered: “I love you, Mom.” Then he closed his eyes as Claire softly sang into his ear…

Léo passed away at just 4 years old, in his mother’s arms, after a brave fight against cancer.

The photo shared isn’t just one picture, it’s two. In the first, you see Léo lying on the bathroom rug, waiting for his mom to finish her shower. In the second… the same rug. Empty. Just a silent rug, where a perfect little boy once waited for his mom.

If tonight your child is near you, put your phone down, forget what you’re doing,
& give them the longest, warmest hug. 💛

[Shibetoshi Nakamoto @BillyM2k]

japanese volleyball player makes the most genuine apology after accidentally hitting someone with his serve

[石井孝明（Ishii Takaaki） @ishiitakaaki]

気持ち悪いな。ウイグル地区では。中国人と強制的にウイグル人が交遊させられているそうだ。この少女は中国人家庭で、酒を飲まされている。明らかに１５歳前後だ。心配だ。不愉快。ただトルコは、以前、中国とウイグル問題で対立していたが、中国の金で、強く批判をしなくなってしまったという。

[Yves ౨ৎ @yvessirae]

this lady on tiktok was asked when did she realize her husband loved her and she said “we got into an argument and i yelled at him LOUD AF.. he then said, "i’m in love with you and one day i want to marry you & have kids..so you're going to have to find a way to communicate your emotions without yelling because i’m not gonna have us arguing in front of our kids.".. and i think this is the type marriage im yearning for.

[Abū Lūț @lifeofmustapha]

Imagine this.

- A man marries you.
- He’s now your authority.
- You leave your family.
- You’re now in a new kitchen, cooking for him.
- New environment, away from all you’ve known.
- You have to obey this man and please him.
- You have to carry and have his children.
- You have a new family around you (in laws).
- You go to his family’s house for ‘Eid.

Wallah, women go through life altering & drastic shifts when they become wives - in a way men do not - and it is PURE EVIL to oppress them.

Men are like a train on a track, they just keep going. Their path is not being altered for anything. It is as they move, on their path, that they pick up the woman who becomes their wife. She’s the one who has to surrender her destiny to wherever the man’s character and destination is. This is the reality.

Now imagine your daughter marrying an oppressor. Against this backdrop, it is something which could make a parent’s heart bleed.

PS: Disobedient feminist-wannabes and micro-feminists are outside the scope of this post. Kindly kindly kindly kindly kindly don’t engage me

[goma @soigomaa]

For thousands of years, babies slept with their mothers. When they cried, they were attended to. Then two men came along: Dr. Holt and John B. Watson. They said babies should be trained. That babies had to fit the assembly line schedules of their parents. "Newborns must cry to expand their lungs," they claimed. "Simply let them cry it out." And that's how the "cry it out" sleep training method was born. Watson treated babies like experiments. "Never hug or kiss your child," he wrote. "Shake hands with them in the morning." After all, mothers needed rest, to attend to their husbands and households. Watson had four children. Three attempted suicide. One succeeded. And we still follow it today. Because once you convince a mother to ignore her baby's cries, you've broken something primal.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

The Aftermath of a Father Digging a Grave for His 2-Year-Old Daughter:

In 2017, Zhang Liyong, from a rural village in Sichuan, learned that his two-year-old daughter was diagnosed with severe thalassemia. The treatment required a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, with total costs approaching nearly one million yuan RMB. To save their daughter, Zhang Liyong and his wife exhausted all their family savings but still couldn’t afford the subsequent medical expenses.

In despair, the father dug a grave with his own hands for his daughter, saying that if she were to leave this world one day, he hoped she could adapt to death sooner. Zhang Liyong stayed with his daughter, sleeping and playing in that earthen grave.

After the video spread online, it touched the hearts of people across the internet.

Thanks to the power of the internet, Chinese crowdfunding platforms stepped in to help the family, raising the full amount of treatment costs in less than a month. Even more heartening, following the doctor’s advice, the couple had another daughter, and the younger sister successfully saved her older sister using her own cord blood. Later, a compassionate entrepreneur also covered all the recovery expenses for the older sister.

After his eldest daughter was discharged from the hospital, Zhang Liyong filled the grave back with soil and scattered sunflower seeds over it.

Love can traverse the deepest despair, blooming with hope even in the most barren soil!

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

What are YOU really made for?

[Nasriqul Afiq @nasriqul]

Orang semenyih jugak!

[Umar @umarmaggi]

Ada satu boulangerie dekat Malaysia ni nama dia ‘kecik’ tapi kalau tengok revenue FY 2024 dia tak berapa kecik 😂

FY2024, kedai ‘kecik’ ni buat 8,024,849!

Januari last year dia bukak 1 outlet dekat prime location: lalaport. FY2025, probably hit their first 8-figure revenue.

Ini cerita Chef Kecik boulangerie 🧵

[Umar @umarmaggi]

Ada satu boulangerie dekat Malaysia ni nama dia ‘kecik’ tapi kalau tengok revenue FY 2024 dia tak berapa kecik 😂

FY2024, kedai ‘kecik’ ni buat 8,024,849!

Januari last year dia bukak 1 outlet dekat prime location: lalaport. FY2025, probably hit their first 8-figure revenue.

Ini cerita Chef Kecik boulangerie 🧵

[Nasriqul Afiq @nasriqul]

Salam tahun 2026!

[𝟮𝟭.🛸 @Big_tagg]

Lack of discipline is the reason behind every single L I’ve taken in life

[Paddy Galloway @PaddyG96]

One page YouTube strategy for 2026.

I’ve grown channels from scratch to $1m+/year using these steps:

[Nasriqul Afiq @nasriqul]

Aku tengah tengok macam mana orang komen isu usahawan banyak keluar tiktok sebab tiktok fees

Aku tengok jugak respon

1.tiktok marketer cakap tiktok still the best
2. Website developer join the wave
3. Fbads marketer rise up and cakap "aku cakap dah.."

Korang rasa camne

[Nasriqul Afiq @nasriqul]

Quite wealth is the new trend

Sebab tu people are moving to website...

Its ok tak banyak like

Tapi duit kena ada

(Test post sebab berapa kali post hilang je)

[Nasriqul Afiq @nasriqul]

Aku suka cerita papa zola the movie sebab...

Sebab dia tunjuk realities sbnr lelaki

Dengan misai dia, dengan perut kedepan dia

That...the real alpha guys

Lelaki yg sanggup korban apa2 saja untik family

Haa...mana lagi nak tengok cerita laki perut boroi jadi hero...kan?