dude the universe is actually so fucking insane when you really think about it.
it came with a rulebook nobody handed us, written in a language nobody speaks natively, and somehow a few hairless apes with chalk and stubbornness started decoding it.
we noticed things fall. we wrote that down. that turned into newton. that turned into rockets.
we noticed light does something weird. we wrote that down. that turned into einstein. that turned into gps having to correct for time running slower near earth or your maps app would be lying to you.
we noticed sand can hold a charge. we carved pathways into it. that turned into computers. that turned into models that talk back.
the same species that loses its keys is out here reverse engineering spacetime in cheap notebooks.
90% of the thoughts you had today are identical to the ones you had yesterday.
in this clip, dr. joe dispenza breaks down metacognition, the power to step back and observe your own thinking instead of blindly believing every thought.
if you don't master metacognition, you aren't choosing your life, you're just running an old script on autopilot.
how to use metacognition to catch bad mental loops before they ruin your day in the article below.
Don’t get bored. Be violent. Create your own enemies. Break your own records. Leave no doubt.
At the end of your life, you’re never gonna want to be the man who gave up early.
The greatest mistake you can do when you're dealing with anxiety is trying to use logic.
You can't convince yourself out of anxiety.
It will never work.
Let me show you what works...
Sometimes the difference between a huge bounty and $0...
is 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Found a deep bug in a major smart contract protocol.
Instead of submitting immediately, I polished the report, went out for 2–3 hours after a 10-hour session, came back, polished it a bit more, and hit submit.
17 minutes later:
"Known issue."
The project had found it 1h 38m before my submission.
Not blaming myself, just a reminder that in bug bounty hunting, timing matters as much as the finding itself.
Anyway... back to the grind to $1M.
The primary reason people don't achieve big goals is because they don't realize that the only source of truth is making mistakes. They soak up advice and theory, expecting it to be an exact match to their mind, experience, and situation just to fail once and give up completely.
The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement.
Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered.
My favorite @elonmusk quote that I often send friends:
Do not fear losing. “You will lose,” Musk says. “It will hurt the first fifty times. When you get used to losing, you will play each game with less emotion.” You will be more fearless, take more risks.