Swen Romijn

Founder, Leadlift Media 🚀. AI lead-gen at scale. Also building a life across borders — expat ops & global mobility. 🌎 →

[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

1/ One of the best investments I made when buying my last house wasn’t a stock, business or piece of real estate.

I hired an interior designer to turn an entire room into a library.

These 7 books changed how I think about people, business, marketing and human behavior.

A better understanding of people creates better entrepreneurs.

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[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

@ManOfFocus_ No. History has already proven this wrong. There are plenty of examples of great thinkers who were never rich but still have a lasting influence.

[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

@SchopenhauerNow Freedom

[quotesophy @quotesophy]

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

— Viktor Frankl

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

[Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F]

"To live alone one must be either a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher."
Nietzsche

Night

[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

Amazing tool but I got a 403 when using a VPN. Anyone found a solution for this? Tried different VPN’s and protocols. Only local model without ai enhamcement is working with vpn here.

Hope I can solve this. Perfect to use this in combination with Claude if speech to text isn’t available in your language.

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The problem with these workflows/templates is that they create echo chambers and mostly not real unique hooks and content. At the moment, social media is overloaded with the same content. Same top 10 books, same top 10 habits, same top 10 supplements. You name it. It does not mean that it does not work. It works. But for the long term, focus more on filling this gap. That is where I see the real opportunity.

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Agree. Especially when you live in a country where you can not get every supplement quickly. Besides having a stock, it is often cheaper for me to ship it from another country. Here in SEA it really depends on the product. Some supplements are cheap locally, while for others i pay the jackpot. It is getting better though. Even the price difference between capsules and powder can be huge. For me that was a real game changer. I noticed it with Lions Mane. Always test first, but price is really a thing. By the way, i still see a lot of opportunities in the SEA supplement market.

[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

Depends. I lost my iPhone in Bulgaria and got it back. I also lost money in Vietnam. Both involved taxi drivers.

In Bulgaria i called the taxi company myself. In Vietnam i had just arrived after a long flight at night. The hotel reception kept calling me, but i got annoyed and ignored the first few calls. When i finally answered i was completely surprised. i had no idea i had even lost the money. The taxi driver was not related to the hotel.

You will find good and bad people everywhere. i have to admit though, in my experience taxi drivers are more often trying to scam you than return your money. 😅

[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

Good list. It definitely makes you a better person. But I do not agree with the 7 hours of sleep. Donald Trump claims he sleeps around 4 to 5 hours. Elon Musk says around 6 hours. Peter Thiel has said around 6 to 7 hours, while Jeff Bezos aims for around 8 hours. I think it depends on the person. There is no universal rule for this.

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Agree. They need to design a clear and more open program. The time is now. So many people are migrating at the moment, and many are looking for a Plan B, C, D, or whatever comes next. One ECOWAS country already has a CBI program. Ghana also looks likely to introduce one following the recent law changes. So they should not wait too long.

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@theriac33 I take both. I can easily work and study for 16+ hours hehe 😅 If you really want to go hardcore, add MOTS C, NAD+, and Semax. No medical advice.

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@kir4ly @limitlesstack Thanks sounds worth to try. Don’t see it here on grab Mart but let me try my local pharmacy if he can fix it.

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@imidaily Dont know what he is waiting for. Drop the prices and accept all nationalities 🏆🏆 No discrimination in CBI. It is not in line with each other.

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@CoachJulianNiko First of all, I think you underestimate how much people spend on supplements 😅 How did you come to the conclusion that only 3 supplements are worth buying? You already recommend 5 in your own thread.

[Swen Romijn @SwenRomijn]

You literally start by saying the client wants to keep living in his home city in Canada near family. That is exactly what a centre of life analysis looks at. Canadian tax authorities are not exactly easy when it comes to tax residency. I would be interested to see how this holds up in 10 years.

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200k USD for a property ikamet. Easy to get, and you can even apply for citizenship later. No need to go the passport route if you plan to live there tax free. Personally, I would not bet on the digital nomad one. Of course, if money is no issue, you can still go the passport route, but the process takes much longer.

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@brandonschubert Wow amazing! You made a lot of people happy with this!! Thanks A lot

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@WisdomStoics The only way to truly fail is to give up