Statistically speaking, a “normal person” is physically unhealthy, emotionally anxious/depressed, socially lonely, and financially in debt. Fuck being normal.
-Mark Manson
Fast, lift, sprint, stretch, and meditate.
Build, sell, write, create, invest, and own.
Read, reflect, love, seek truth, and ignore society.
Make these habits. Say no to everything else.
Avoid debt, jail, addiction, disgrace, shortcuts, and media.
Relax.Victory is assured.
@naval
"The measure of wealth is freedom.
The measure of health is lightness.
The measure of intellect is judgment.
The measure of wisdom is silence.
The measure of love is peace."
@naval
Humanity has harnessed the power of language, with its infinite words, as a tool of communication and self-expression. But do we merely react to these words in predetermined ways, or do they strike at the very core of our being, influencing our nature itself?
I am an immigrant from communist Soviet Union.
Started with $0.
Didn't complain, made countless mistakes, hustled for 15 years straight, and built 5 companies that generated $500M+.
The American Dream is alive if you internalize these 11 principles:
Develop yourself as a Founder.
Eat right
Exercise
Sleep well
Meditate
Read good books
Get therapy
Grow yourself so you can grow your business.
Your bottom line, investors, cofounders, and employees will thank you.
"Emergence is the observation that entities have properties and abilities that their parts do not have. So an ant colony as an entity can do complex things, while the individual ant can't." And you can apply that to humans as well.
"So young people pay good money to get tattoos removed that teenagers paid good money to get. Middle-aged people rushed to divorce people who young adults rushed to marry. Older adults work hard to lose what middle-aged adults worked hard to gain. On
and on and on" -Morgan Housel
"At every stage of our lives we make decisions that will profoundly influence the lives of the people we're going to
become, and then when we become those people, we're not always thrilled with the decisions we made."