Everyone seems to have all the answers, but few have the money and success. Many years ago, I woke up one morning; I looked into the mirror and I ask myself a very important question: if you're so smart, why aren't you rich? That was the day I started shutting my mouth and listening carefully to those who had more success than me. Because the truth was - at that point - I wasn't that smart yet. But I had to get my ego out of the equation. Then my life changed profoundly.
A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:
“New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.”
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:
“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”
The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.
My current lifemaxxing stack:
- 6AM wake up, no alarm
- Play video games and drink an energy drink
- Write for a few hours
- Protein shake, extra creatine because look at me mom, I'm a biohacker
- Another energy drink, more work
- Lunch break while watching YouTube videos
- 1PM: last energy drink
- Afternoon: meetings, interviews, give team feedback
- 4PM workout and/or sauna, sometimes nap
- Dinner w/ wife, hang out
- 8-10PM more writing, plan next day
- Phone in bed, philosophical convos w/ AI, laugh at stupid cat videos
- Lights out by 11PM.
The older I get, the more I realize that success at most things isn't about finding the one trick or secret nobody knows about. It's consistently doing the boring, mundane things everyone knows about but is too unfocused/undisciplined to do.
Get good at boring.