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@bloomentities Co-CEO, CFO// @bloomentpod Co-Host// pre-dental// OUAZ// @LibertyLionsMBB Assistant

[Q @q2entin]

Two years ago I was a retired d1 athlete with a 2.3 gpa. Today, I am three weeks away from graduating with a 3.7, and en route to applying to applying to dental schools around the country. Here are THE SIX principles that have helped me get all A’s in my last 64 credit hours, and pivot the trajectory of my life.(THREAD):

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

Huge wknd for our season as we take on 6 more top teams in OKC. @PRO16League gave us no favors making us play 8a games both teams both days…. TJ and Jacob will try to play for both teams after sitting out last wknd to injury. @TreySterner5345 @EthanPiechota @GreggRosenberg1

[Montana State Men’s Basketball @MSUBobcatsMBB]

📰 | "As a program that really values the development process, James is a young man that definitely has his best basketball in front of him, a high ceiling, and the character and work ethic to really improve quickly" - @CoachLogie

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#GoCatsGo

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

LIVE PERIOD Wichita, KS @PRO16League @NxtProHoops @PrepHoopsAZ @GreggRosenberg1 @ArizonaPreps @TreySterner5345 @FrankieBur @ebosshoops @EVision_AZ @HOOP_AZ @AZSports @azc_preps @TheCircuit @tjharris_2 @ajharris07 @KalikilwaSamuel @TEEBYRD11 @Devin_Ugland @EthanPiechota

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

You don't need a new plan. You need to give your current plan enough time to work.

[EVision @EVision_AZ]

Uriah Tenette OFFICAL Senior Year Mixtape! | 5'10 With CRAZY BOUNCE! | New Mexico Commit!

Link: https://t.co/T69aqGrdrZ

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[Q @q2entin]

@Factorybball @Kaimarr 22-8 since trade deadline for GS— a few of those losses without jimmy. Top 1-3 in every defensive category since jimmy’s been on board league wide. I got Steph winning #5 this year. I project a good series GS v OKC WCF though. Kerr is a chess master, warriors in 6

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

this is not wow.. Most great shooters do this. We teach this! Ask the kids… pass on the laces. Shoot on the laces. 🏭 the real teachers can tell you whyyy ✌🏼

[Q @q2entin]

Ant-man >> Book 🫣

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Anthony Edwards is really THAT GUY 🔥

43 PTS
12-23 FG
14-17 FT
9 REB
6 AST

Wolves lead series 3-1 🐺

[Ring @Ringnyerii]

Committed

[Q @q2entin]

I’m in shape for this one.🫣

[Mark Wood @LHSCoachWood]

This one is going to be good!!!! May 9th. 7 pm. Can Team Red get back to their winning ways?

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

It wasn’t posted anywhere on social media. Just like last year. But, after 1st wk, we are #1 ranked @PRO16League nxt team. Next stop, Denver session 5. We’ll see how they change over next month.

[Ring @Ringnyerii]

Ring Nyeri Freshman Year Highlights
6’8
7’2 wingspan
Transfer portal

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

RING NYERI frosh highlights 👀🤯😤

[Q @q2entin]

https://t.co/xP9lKDRQvJ

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

this is factory... Current pro TK workin w our newest Big C 2027 Milton Phinnessee iii watch out guys, 3 workouts already huge 📈. This kid is very Big, & crazy long. Wayy more athletic then seen in hs gms. He puts his elbows in the rim! Just shy, needs confid. raw. learning gm

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

I think about this twice a day.

Every morning when I sit down to read & again when I begin to work, I say to myself,

“Accept the initial agitation.”

When you try to focus, Andrew Huberman explains, “the brain circuits that turn on first are of the stress system.”

Meaning:

“The agitation and stress that you feel at the beginning of something—when you’re trying to lean into it and you can’t focus: you feel agitated and your mind’s jumping all over the place—that is just a gate. You have to pass through that gate to get to the focus component.”

There’s a common misconception, @hubermanlab continues: “the misunderstanding around how these brain circuits work has led to this idea...a kind of obsession with the idea that we have to feel good in order to be productive.”

“And nothing could be further from the truth.”

The truth is it’s the reverse: we have to be productive—we have to start working, we have to lean in and get going, accepting the initial agitation—in order to feel good.

So along with “accept the initial agitation,” sometimes—when I don’t feel especially good, motivated, interested, or energized—I say to myself,

“Forget how you feel right now.”

“It will feel good,” Huberman says, “but there’s a whole staircase in which it feels kind of lousy...The early stages of hard work and focus are always going to feels like agitation, stress, and confusion.”

“Remember: there’s a gate of entry. You have to wade through some sewage before you can swim in clear water. That’s the way I always think about it.”

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“Mood follows action.” — @richroll

The clip below is from Andrew’s 2020 interview on Rich’s podcast (https://t.co/HqdLeNKTxm)

[Factory 🏀 @Factorybball]

Zane, 1k pt ceremony Ln
TJ 1k pt last Mon
James 1k pt Ln
Kaleel 1k pt ceremony Mon
✌🏼🏭🏭🏭🏭🏭🏭 #goodwk @coach_hill_HP @q2entin @PRO16League @GreggRosenberg1

[Q @q2entin]

@JamesStewardiii @mdnboysbball @Factorybball @MdNAthletics Congrats big fella🤙🏾

[Q @q2entin]

@coach_hill_HP @Factorybball @gaul_zane @prescotthoops @GreggRosenberg1 @ArizonaPreps @PrepHoopsAZ @jacob_seliga @KevinMcCabe987 @azc_preps @PRO16League Good to see you too Coach🤙🏾