Rana Vishal Singh

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@corevats Looks fun

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@krandiash Sonic

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@ShridhantS @grok which stock looks the best?

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@Aditya_joshi12 @Aditya_joshi12 - For a beginner - shouldn't one invest in an MF that focusses on microcaps like Motilal Oswal Microcap 250? Given the risky nature and the information gap in microcaps - isn't that a better risk vetted strategy compared to direct investments in Microcaps?

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@NITESHP49007816 @sahilbhadviya 1 good result will change the PE

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@sahilbhadviya Could you share more about how much did YouTube reward you with? I can’t fathom YT views earning you your salary!

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@sahilbhadviya I truly enjoy your videos and the fact that you're not monetising your content like others. Pls. continue the hard work and it'll be good if you can also start publishing your research in a text format. Happy to help if you'd like in the same! :)

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@tapak7 A hack I use to save myself from such frauds is check the stock on https://t.co/sRJFrdoBdv - their financial manipulation indicator is a saviour! Include this in your checklist before investing. Anyone know of any other tools that help with fraud detection?

[Mangalam Maloo @blitzkreigm]

This is the most thrilling 2 mins of badminton I’ve seen in a while

Korea vs Malaysia!

The tension towards the end is insane :)

https://t.co/Ywq1FnqQnp

[Alex Lieberman @businessbarista]

When I tell people I sold my business, they always ask me the same question.

How does it feel?

Here's the honest answer.

I sold my business 3 years ago and I'm 2.5 years out of leaving the CEO role.

I'm mostly happy, I'm definitely a little bit lost, and I'm 100% not fulfilled.

When I share this with people they’re a little bit taken aback.

They think to themselves how is that possible?

Alex is 30 years old, sold a business by 28, made life-changing money, has a big audience online and has been wildly successful by every objective measure.

How isn’t he fulfilled & how is he lost?

It's a very fair question and honestly one I feel nervous to talk about publicly out of fear about complaining about a highly privileged problem.

But it's a problem nonetheless and one that I know a lot of professionals experience in their lifetime.

So what's my answer to their question?

It's simple.

1) Identity is a prerequisite for happiness.
2) Personal accomplishment does not equate to fulfillment.
3) And you can’t truly feel settled in your direction unless you understand your purpose.

Let’s start with why I’m generally happy.

I’m happy because I have immense gratitude for the position that I’m in.

Financial freedom has given me freedom for how I want to spend my time and because of that I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to avoid a lot of the typical stressors in life.

I’m not worrying about money on a monthly basis.

I’m not worrying about work-life balance or if I’ll be able to spend enough time with my family or friends.

I’m not worrying about if I have the time or money to care for my physical or mental health.

And the gratitude I have for not having these worries gives me a high level of base happiness.

So why am I not fully content?

I think it’s because I don’t have clear direction or purpose.

After leaving the CEO seat for Morning Brew, I didn’t just give up my job.

I gave up my identity.

Because from 2015 to 2021, I was Alex Lieberman CEO & face of Morning Brew.

That’s how I perceived myself and that’s how I believed the world perceived me.

And because that’s how I thought about things, I perceived my value as a person to be a reflection of that identity.

Not the identity of Alex Lieberman the boyfriend.
Not the identity of Alex Lieberman the son or brother.
Not the identity of Alex Lieberman the member of his community.

My entire self-worth was defined by my work.

And so when I left the CEO role two things happened.

First, I didn’t know who I was.

Second, I had 40 hours per week to ruminate about how I didn’t know who I was.

And that was a realization for me.

I always thought financial freedom leading to time freedom was a good thing.

And it is, but there’s a very important nuance.

The beauty of not having to worry about money is about being able to choose how you spend your time rather than just having a ton of free time.

Which is why, candidly, the first 6 months after selling Morning Brew was brutal for me.

It was the most directionless I’ve ever felt.

Since I was a kid, I wanted to be like my parents and work on Wall Street. So every moment leading up to me getting that job on Wall Street was in service of that goal.

And then, once I decided to make the leap to Morning Brew, every moment was spent in service of making it a successful company.

So April 2021 (when I stepped down) was truly the first time in my life that I didn’t have that next thing.

Now I’ve definitely made progress over the last few years in emerging from what I dramatically call the valley of despair to being in a better place.

How have I done that?

First, I spent time identifying the things that made me feel most alive during my time building Morning Brew.

And that was actually pretty easy for me to figure out.

I loved being creative.
I loved being scrappy.
I loved problem solving with smart people.
I loved bringing a product into existence.
I loved selling/storytelling.
And I loved meeting other founders.

Between my work with Morning Brew as well as pursuing other endeavors like @storyarb, coaching founders, and creating content online, I’ve kept myself busy scratching the itch of those professional things that I’ve loved most.

Second, I have tried to better prioritize all of the things in life that were put by the wayside during the most intense building years of Morning Brew.

I got married to my amazing wife who I feel so lucky to have as my partner and honestly best teacher.

We got a dog, which is literally the single highest ROI purchase of my life. Our dog brings me an irrational amount of joy.

I’ve tried to prioritize more things that feel like play, whether it’s building lego sets or going to an immersive theater show with my wife or taking Spanish classes.

And I’ve spent money on things dedicated to my health like a therapist, nutritionist, and personal trainer, all of which I would have been way too frugal to pay for prior to exiting the brew.

But despite doing all of this reflection and the things that I’ve done to try and push the ball forward, I don’t feel full.

I don’t feel like I have a clear direction & I don’t feel like I’m fully living my purpose.

And herein lies the problem.

I have a few potential paths, but none of them feel like great options.

One direction is finding a problem & an idea that I’m excited enough about and going all in on building that business like I did with Morning Brew.

But then the question is for what?

Without an idea of something to build that is in service of something bigger than myself (which @nytdavidbrooks refers to as the second mountain), I’d be victim to a trap that I believe many entrepreneurs fall into.

Business building can be great for ego building.

It offers you recognition.
It offers you financial abundance.
It offers you a feeling of power.
It temporarily masks feelings of FOMO or comparison.

It’s actually a great way to scratch our extrinsic itch for power, pleasure, greed, and wealth.

But if I learned anything from my experience with Morning Brew, none of those things have actually brought me true purpose, direction, or fulfillment.

So why would I go through it again?

Only to be 40 years old and be back in the same spot I am at this very moment.

From my perspective, the only reason I’d want to fully commit myself to building any business (or anything for that matter) is if I feel like it allows me to live my purpose and be in service of something bigger than myself.

But I don’t know what that is yet.

Which brings me to the other possible path.

Doing a lot of things, but not going all-in on anything.

And that’s kind of what I’m doing right now.

I’m serving as Executive Chairman for Morning Brew.
I’m co-founder an Chairman for storyarb.
I’m spending time meeting with, advising, and coaching founders.
I’m playing a little bit of golf.
I’m spending time with my wife.
I’m finding opportunities to satisfy my need for learning & play like legos, art, and Spanish.

Yet I still don’t feel full.

So that leaves me right here, in this very moment, thinking about what I do next.

And the honest answer is, I have no idea what my next move is & I don’t know that there is a right answer.

But here’s what I’m thinking.

I need to find my Second Mountain.

Something that I feel called to.

Something that allows me to serve others rather than myself.

Something that I don’t even question being fully committed to because full commitment becomes the only option.

But as I try to climb to the peak of this Second Mountain, there are a few ground rules I know I have to set for myself.

The first is that there is no timeline or time limit.

I feel so grateful that I’m able to have the privilege to tackle questions around purpose & fulfillment at 30 years old.

These are questions that can take a lifetime to answer & it feels like a true gift to have a early start in that journey.

But finding something that you want to truly commit to (like actually go all-in on) is a lofty goal and it will likely take a ton of trial and error.

I need to have self-compassion during this journey.

Which leads to the second rule.

Try a lot of shit & be in tune with your body.

I believe the only way to find your purpose is to look for your purpose, not think about your purpose.

Because it’s so easy to over-intellectualize this journey rather than experience things and feel your way through them.

And as I try shit, I shouldn’t discriminate from the stuff I try.

Finding a mission with a new business can be one of those things. But I also want to explore things that have no financial or social upside whatsoever.

Volunteering with causes I’m passionate about (like mental health non-profits or non-profits that support anti-bullying or children who lost parents).

Spending time being creative whether it’s learning how to woodwork or refine my photography skills.

Spending time being a present parent if & when I have a child.

Maybe going back and teaching a class as an adjunct professor.

Nothing should be off the table as I try to be called to a vocation, and I should use my intuition to decide what I should test next.

And the third rule is to acknowledge and navigate what I call ego creep.

As I’m on this journey I’m going to inevitably feel drawn to opportunities that serve my ego.

Building another business, doing another podcast, creating more audience on social media.

Those things feel familiar & comfortable and are things that 14-year-old Alex who was bullied and lonely feels so drawn to because he wants to protect 30-year-old Alex.

I shouldn’t judge this ego creep, it’s in all of us, and trying to push it away won’t do anything.

But as I’m thinking about what I give my time to, I just need to remind myself that I got here, to this very moment of directionless & lack of purpose, by spending most of my life chasing ego.

So that’s where I’m at.

I’m very grateful.
And I’m generally happy.
But I do feel a bit lost.
And I don’t yet have a deep sense of purpose.

I don’t know exactly how I’m going to get there, but I have a plan and I’ll keep you in the loop along the way.

[Vishal Gondal @vishalgondal]

This photograph is black and white picture. An artist has drawn some colour lines through it. The human brain is filling the rest of the colours even though they aren't there. zoom in look closely.
We tend to fill in using the availability heuristic which is a cognitive bias.

In art and life, our brains paint familiar patterns to fill gaps. Like a touched-up photograph, our views are shaded by past experiences. Yet, it's key to stay open to new perspectives.

'The real voyage of discovery... is in having new eyes.' - Marcel Proust

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@arindam___paul Pls show to Dr. Mihir Bapat. My wife suffered immense pain from her slip disc and tried QI spine and a physio but nothing worked. Upon meeting Dr. Mihir he asked her to strengthen her core and lose weight - both of which have worked wonders!

[Max Haining 💯 @HainingMax]

This kid made $30M at the age of 17.

Sold his first startup to Yahoo, and second to Twitter.

Here's the story of this genius kid you've probably never heard of👇

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@LearningEleven did you follow your own advice in this one? I mean are you as convinced on Linc that it is a higher allocation than any of your existing ones? (within microcaps obv.)

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

Such an insightful read.. do you agree? https://t.co/NbJLNwTWze

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@adi408b What's your take now?

[Rana Vishal Singh @ranavishals]

@pratbrat @LearningEleven Following the thread to know the reason..

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