Steve Spain

Husband, Father of 3. Own & operate 5 businesses in Real Estate, Personal Finance, and Landscaping.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

It's amazing this happens while you sleep

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[Steve Spain @SteveSpain]

@Rainmaker1973 Great story of love and perseverance. If you haven't also seen what @Benaskren just did, it's somewhere similar. Was in a coma and his deathbed last year and battled back and competed in wrestling one last time this past weekend before retiring.

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[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

One of the greatest comeback stories in sports 🙌

Ben Askren calls it a career following his final match ❤️

[Teddy - PolyBackTest.com @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Richard Nixon's brutal truth on happiness that hits harder in 2026:

"The unhappiest people in the world are those in the watering places—south coast of France, Newport, Palm Springs, Palm Beach—parties every night, golf every afternoon, bridge, too much drinking, too much talking, too little thinking. Retired, no purpose."

He saw it decades ago: Endless leisure without struggle isn't paradise—it's a slow death of meaning.

"What makes life mean something is purpose, a goal, the battle, the struggle—even if you don't win it."

In an age of quiet quitting, early retirement dreams, and infinite scrolling... Nixon reminds us: The fight is what keeps the soul alive.

What keeps you in the "battle" right now—even when it's exhausting?

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

“It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

[Steve · Millionaire Habits @SteveOnSpeed]

It never fails.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“The strongest version of you is buried under the habits you're afraid to break.”

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

There is an African Proverb that I love:

“A cat that dreams of becoming a lion must lose its appetite for rats.”

Meaning: To achieve greatness, you must let go of old habits that could hold back your progress.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“The art of not being ready and doing it anyway will take you so far.”

[Prompter @PromptLLM]

Crazy take from Claude

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:

“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

[Kevin Carpenter @kejca]

Warren Buffett: "I have everything I want in life."

"I could have ten houses instead of one. Would I be happier? No way. I could have ten cars instead of two. I wouldn't be happier. It would drive me crazy."

"I could have a 400-foot boat and then I'd [need to] have a crew of fifty or sixty. Some of them would be stealing from me. Some would be sleeping together. Who knows what would be going on? If I wanted to be a ship's captain, I'd have gone into a different profession."

(Charlie Rose Show || 2009)

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Discipline:

[dank @cptdankkk]

J.R. Smith says retirement made him realize how much money he wasted: “Why did I have 7 cars?”

“Half the shit I bought in the last 10 years, I barely use. I pretty much wear the same golf outfits every day”

“Even the watches. Buying all these fancy ass watches and shit, I don't wear them. I don't go anywhere to wear them”

“To me, I think, why did I spend all this money on stuff that I don't really use? But not only that, I don't really care about”

“I had seven cars at one point and we were in Cleveland. I'm like, ‘Why did I have seven cars?’”

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. This is one reason why meaningful change does not require radical change. Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements.”

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel:

“The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, ‘I can do whatever I want today.’ People want to become wealthier to make them happier. Happiness is a complicated subject because everyone’s different. But if there’s a common denominator in happiness—a universal fuel of joy—it’s that people want to control their lives. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is priceless. It is the highest dividend money pays.

Use money to gain control over your time, because not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want to, pays the highest dividend that exists in finance.”

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

An African Proverb:

[Suhail @Suhail]

My favorite @elonmusk quote that I often send friends:

Do not fear losing. “You will lose,” Musk says. “It will hurt the first fifty times. When you get used to losing, you will play each game with less emotion.” You will be more fearless, take more risks.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jimmy Carr nailed something a lot of us feel but can’t explain.

We’re living better than 99.9% of humans who ever walked the earth, hot showers, modern medicine, endless entertainment, kids that actually survive infancy, yet so many of us feel miserable.

He calls it “life dysmorphia.” We get used to how good we have it (the hedonic treadmill), then compare ourselves to everyone else and tank our own happiness.

As he puts it: happiness = quality of life minus envy.

Marcus Aurelius put it perfectly: “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”

When was the last time you caught yourself feeling unhappy despite objectively having it pretty damn good?