Steve

Lifemaxxing

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[Steve @s954595]

If you’re not credit card pointmaxxing you’re missing out big time.

I’ve traveled internationally for 6 years now without spending a dime on flights or hotels.

Checking off bucket-list destinations and creating memories I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.

I travel mostly for snowboarding but since 2020 I’ve been to:

- Zermatt, Switzerland 🇨🇭
- Cervinia, Italy 🇮🇹
- Dolomiti Superski, Italy 🇮🇹
- Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
- Mont-Tremblant, Canada 🇨🇦
- Big Sky, MT 🇺🇸
- Vail, CO 🇺🇸
- Beaver Creek, CO 🇺🇸
- Breckenridge, CO 🇺🇸
- Keystone, CO 🇺🇸
- Park City, UT 🇺🇸
- Heavenly & Kirkwood, CA 🇺🇸
- Whiteface, NY 🇺🇸
- Stowe, VT 🇺🇸
- Sugarbush, VT 🇺🇸
- Killington, VT 🇺🇸
- Okemo, VT 🇺🇸
- Mystic, CT 🇺🇸
- Boston, MA 🇺🇸
- NYC, NY 🇺🇸
- Washington DC 🇺🇸
- Yosemite, CA 🇺🇸
- Zion & Bryce Canyon, UT 🇺🇸

Without paying a single dollar on accommodations.

In addition, quite often I receive free upgrades to premium suites and dining / resort credits at high-end hotels.

I’ve gotten the most benefit out of AMEX and Chase Rewards and I rotate my business spend on them throughout the year to maximize point multiplier bonuses.

Both cards also offer $600 / year ($300 bi-annually) in hotel credits on top of the value you can squeeze out of their points. For me this = 2-4 additional trips fully covered depending on where I go.

AMEX also offers $400/year dining credit via Resy which further enhances the travel benefit I get out of these cards. If I drive somewhere, quite often I’ll pay nothing for the trip outside of gas and incidentals given my hotel and dining are completely covered.

Comment below if you’re also maximizing travel benefits or want to learn how to get started with maximizing your points.
#travel #travelhacking #snowboarding

[Steve @s954595]

Cigarettes are lame as fuck.

Ultra unhealthy with a laundry list of ingredients, pesticides and contaminants.

I prefer premium quality cigars.

One ingredient: Tobacco.

They’re not cheap and I’ve never regretted the splurge. I used to smoke cigarettes many years ago, I’ve never experienced the addictive qualities associated with cigarettes in cigar smoking. I pretty much take the entire winter off.

[Steve @s954595]

I don’t know shit but likely. I wonder if there’s any studies on high nicotine diets from foods such as eggplant & other nightshades but the concentration is likely not enough so my next thought is are there any concentrated smokeless forms of nicotine & any studies on them.

Some kind of powder, likely derived from nightshades. There’s obviously vaping but I think vaping is too new and suffers from many of its own issues. Namely being the compounds are usually suspended in an oil which then opens up its own range of concerns. Should we be inhaling oil, quality of the oil, pesticides and other contamination etc.

I don’t have the answers to anything here just expanding on the thoughts and theorizing.

[Steve @s954595]

@limitlesstack @grok who are the people in this clip, what podcast and specifically what episode?

[Steve @s954595]

Yeah and executives doing elementary-level “analytics” and blaming you for the problem.

I don’t get into any of these scenarios these days unless I have complete control of everything from the ads to landers to tracking.

It’s always idiots messing up perfectly good systems with useless crap. “Can we add an IVR?” “Can we add [complete message mismatch headline] to the top of the page?!”

“Can we route all callers to this nEw & SuPeRiOr Ai call center??”

[Steve @s954595]

@BossRule_12 Posts picture quite literally only of “things”

[Steve @s954595]

@foundmyfitness @grok can you transcribe this to a file to analyze / summarize later

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

The male body by age 50:

> testosterone down 30%
> arterial stiffness up 30%
> bone density down 10%
> muscle mass down 10%
> prostate enlargement: 50% of men

To halt this demise, weekly:
> heavy lifting 4 hr
> zone 2, 3 hr
> HIIT 45 min
> sauna 2 hr
> sleep 8hr/night

[Steve @s954595]

@BenJustman Lmk if you’re accepting applications for based-bros living on the vineyard.

We need to stack testosterone & secede

[Steve @s954595]

@TipOfTheBanana The bread is nasty too.

Way too sweet

[Steve @s954595]

@EndWokeness @grok create an image of her trying to put a banana into rice

[Steve @s954595]

@Casebradford Hell yea. I went for a walk around the lake the other day and decided to just pick up rocks and carry them along the way. Bear hug & overhead carries.

Forearms & shoulders absolutely demolished.

[Steve @s954595]

@paulsaladinomd Steak & eggs

[Steve @s954595]

@BossRule_12 Why

[Steve @s954595]

How to actually make $ in 2026 and into 2027:

Pick the hardest thing you can possibly find.

And shut the fuck up about it.

Seriously.

Find an industry, product, niche, vertical etc that can’t easily be infiltrated by some idiot with a $20/month Claude plan.

People’s attention spans are fried.

The playing field has never been more level. Anything can be replicated. Anything can be copied. Anyone can go from idea to execution with a simple prompt.

But how many people are willing to push beyond that prompt and hammer away at something until it works?

How many people are willing to send cold DM after cold DM until you get a reply?

How many people are willing to put in the leg work to actually jump on a call with a business owner and follow up on them until you close the deal?

You can’t automate that shit.

Sure you can try and get pretty far but Claude won’t take you over the finish line alone.

The harder it is, the higher the barrier to entry, the more obstacles in the way - the more insulated you’ll be.

Think of all these objections, obstacles and failures as a moat between you and the competition.

And if you do find something definitely don’t talk about it because competition will arrive in droves and snatch it away from you. Even if they’re not successful long-term their mere presence may be enough to drive up CAC costs that’ll erode your profit.

And if you see someone dropping “sauce” or courses or whatever on social media: The offer is likely already cooked or was never profitable to begin with.

Just some thoughts.

Peace.

[Steve @s954595]

Nike is cheap shit that’s the problem.

They outsourced everything and sourced the cheapest possible materials.

When was the last time you bought anything Nike? I don’t think I have anything Nike at all in my possession except for one specific T shirt I bought on sale at Modell’s at least 10-15 years ago that’s relegated to being worn exclusively st the gym when I haven’t done laundry in a few days.

Their shoes, the entire cornerstone of their brand, are dogshit that fall apart rapidly and aren’t even good for your foot at all. Triangular pointed foam blocks.

[alex @alextalksai]

The video I watched every morning At 7 AM for 7 months.

[Steve @s954595]

99% of people are checked out. Running on autopilot.

Your competition is addicted to scrolling, porn, their own egos and a multitude of other low-energy vices and habits.

In the age of Ai and rapid technological advancement the playing field has never been more even. Everyone is walking around with an extremely powerful personal assistant and network of specialized agentic employees in their pocket and yet most people use ChatGPT to create memes or change their hair color.

It’s never been easier or faster to take ideas and dreams to tangible reality.

Everything you want is on the other side of persistence and unwavering confidence.