Life advice nobody told you: Build momentum early in the day. One small win in the morning creates energy that compounds throughout the day. 10 minutes of reading. A quick workout. A finished task. Great days are built on tiny wins that ripple. Small things become big things.
A few lessons learned from 2025:
1) Life has a way to give you what you want after you give up on chasing it directly.
2) The best conversations happen serendipitously between people with no agenda.
3) If you are not becoming more humble as you get older, you are running in the wrong direction.
4) If you married someone thoughtful who genuinely cares and who is committed to building a better life together, you’ve already won the lottery.
5) Kids completely change your routine, but it doesn’t mean you will be less productive, you just need to be more efficient with your time and focus on the right things.
6) If your environment doesn’t reflect your vibes, the faster you have the courage to move on, the earlier you will start getting lucky.
7) You can always take a good guess at how much time left you have with your parents, it’s up to you to make the most of it, for them but also for you.
8) People who don’t grow much are just people with too much pride and not enough humility to question their methods.
9) Everyone should have one hobby that forces them to be the healthiest and physically strongest version of themselves, and another hobby that forces them to maintain mental sharpness and bold creativity.
10) Lack of courage to speak your mind ruins all relationships regardless of your intentions.
11) The most talented people don’t take themselves seriously, otherwise, they wouldn’t have made all the necessary mistakes to get where they are.
12) Being well-dressed and aesthetically pleasing is underrated, for yourself but also for others; most people who claim it’s narcissistic just don’t have the discipline to make the efforts.
13) People with clear and ambitious goals, and a loving family, don’t have the time or the energy for any unnecessary drama.
14) Introducing people who might get along great with each other is an underrated habit.
15) You are more resilient than you think, especially when you do things for people you genuinely love.
Happy new year to everyone! All the best for 2026!
Naval Ravikant on how to find the right business partner:
"So what I usually say is that you should find a great partner, no matter what it is that you're doing, and you should look for someone who has:
very high intelligence, very high energy, and very high integrity.
And you need all three of those, and you can't compromise on any one of them.
Otherwise, you'll end up with either someone who's not smart, which does you no good, or someone who's not hardworking, which also does you no good, or the worst case is you end up with a smart, hardworking crook who ends up working against your interests.
And integrity is something that takes a lot of time spent with someone to figure out."
Cliques divide people into insiders and outsiders. Healthy groups offer everyone a sense of belonging.
It's not enough to be polite. It's critical to convey that we value each member's contribution.
The foundation of respect is making sure others feel seen and heard.
In your career, the most valuable currency is not how much you know. It's how well you learn.
In a stable world, success depended on building expertise. In a changing world, it hinges on evolving expertise.
Potential is no longer defined by ability. It's a function of agility.
@tedielts I guess we are missing "that" in the sentence after website?
The police are investigating after an e-commerce website that was hacked last weekend.