Ryan

Vulnerable Conversations with Extraordinary Entrepreneurs.

[Ryan @theryanle]

I didn't have a microphone to use for my podcast.

So I used the sh*tty laptop mic.

I didn't have a camera to record my podcast.

So I used the sh*tty laptop webcam.

I didn't have a clue how to host my podcast.

So I used the sh*tty laptop.

[Ryan @theryanle]

It's so interesting to see the market on X change from where it was several months ago.

It's a whole different world.

People that used to do LFs and MFs are now doing SFs.

There's some survival of the fittest and Darwinian adaptation and evolution shit going on here.

So, so dope to watch.

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Stop reading books for self-improvement.

Start reading books out of curiosity.

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@martinmasrna

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Is it a coincidence that people who change the world have all faced trauma or had a psychological condition?

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@yourgwriter

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Your problems don't get easier to solve.

You just get better at solving.

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@ColdsireSetup

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@martywallwood literally

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@HertzKegan just gotta show up and solve problems tbh

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@zyadsaman

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@harry_ngala10

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@seancanela lmao new va

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@theStroupe

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@Mehharr but is the goal for something to be easy tho?

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@mrbrandonspring proportional

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@IAmAaronWill

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@UrbanGibon us vs our problems

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@thejimshields

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@jakeglmn

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I used to think setting higher expectations was a good thing.

But upon achieving those expectations...

I find myself asking:

"What's next?"

Am I enough?

I always wanted more.

- More girls
- More money
- More followers

The common thread is attachment to outcomes.

When your goal is a material outcome or something to "prove your worth" to society...

You chase an endless horizon.

There's always more to prove.

And for some people, they love it.

There goal is to stretch their horizon and never look back.

But for everyone else?

We just want peace.

There was a moment on an early podcast episode where a guest said:

"I'm here so that in the future I can just laze around at home, work for an hour a day, go do MMA, and come home to spend time with the wife and kids and just have fun."

I think we all want peace.

Even the "hustlers" want it.

Peace from our demons, fears, and past.

You don't magically stumble across peace.

You create it. You live it.

Doesn't matter how broke, how sleep deprived, or how burnt out you are...

You get to choose how you feel.

You get to choose how to live.

There is a life that you want that you can live right now.

I lazed around outside yesterday under a tree for 7-8 hours devouring a biography about Albert Einstein.

It was a brief escape from the world.

It was peace.

Alex Hormozi and David Goggins have convinced you to "just work harder"...

But think about what that means.

Alex Hormozi works harder than you could imagine on his businesses and he absolutely loves it.

It brings him peace.

David Goggins runs himself into the ground and goes through physical pain and mental suffering and he absolutely loves it.

It brings him peace.

Does Alex Hormozi care about running 20 miles a day?

Does David Goggins care about acquiring and scaling businesses?

No.

But they both have peace.

They've found the thing to throw themselves into without looking back.

Most of us look up to these guys and want to be more like them.

But I think it's a mistake to try and live their life.

Don't take their advice as prescription for your life.

You go hard in the gym because David Goggins told you to "stay hard."

You work 16 hours a day because Alex Hormozi does.

Maybe you don't actually want to do these things...

But you keep whipping yourself into doing them.

I think everyone must do hard things.

But the beautiful thing is...

You get to choose your hard.

When you choose something for yourself, you realize that you can work for 16 hours a day AND "stay hard" without even trying to.

I wish someone would've told me this 5 years ago.

But at the same time, I don't wish that because then I wouldn't have learned the lessons and the story would've been less epic (a little Hormozi for you).

Hope this helps

[Ryan @theryanle]

@J_Podzimek gotta have boredom to find what sits on the other side