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[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize that the happiest people are very difficult to rush.

I recently sat next to a gentleman on a flight who was returning from his 60th high school reunion. We struck up a conversation and ended up chatting for the whole time we were in the air.

When we landed, everyone leapt up to grab their bags as fast as possible. Except for him. He sat there, sipping the plastic cup of wine from the flight.

I asked if I could grab his bag, but he just shook his head. I must have given him a funny look, because he smiled:

"I never understood the rush. We're all going to the same place, after all."

I figured he meant baggage claim, but as I walked out of the airport, I realized my mistake. The same place was more meta than I originally understood.

And he was in no rush to beat everyone there.

The world wants you to rush into everything. Rushed decisions. Rushed conversations. Rushed relationships. Rushed timelines.

In doing so, you slowly relinquish your agency. You give up your claim on your own life. Surrender authorship to a pen that was never even yours.

In a world that wants you to rush, the ultimate act of rebellion is presence.

The happiest people always strike me as very difficult to rush.

They act slowly and deliberately. When they move with urgency, it's because they want to, not because of some arbitrary pressure.

It's small things that give it away:

• They let people go ahead in traffic
• They greet workers at a coffee shop
• They look up instead of down at their phone

I've started trying to embrace a few tiny acts of slow rebellion per day. And while the rush instinct is still there, every time I resist it, I think of that gentleman on the flight.

Smiling, sipping his airplane red wine, in no rush to beat anyone to the place we're all headed.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Do hard things. Because there’s nothing better than a hard-earned win. The pain. The struggle. The resilience. The grit. And then, the reward. The joy of knowing that you paid the cost of entry for the thing you wanted to achieve. Hard things are good for the soul.

[Miles Deutscher @milesdeutscher]

The best (simple) way to prompt AI is to bombard it with context.

Most people get bad results because

I like to send long voice notes explaining my requests in detail.

In life, sometimes less is more.

In prompting, more is more.

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

@Vagabonde1995 @_buildspace I would love to have access to a central portal like this that enables connection with experts in various fields of interest! This would definitely also be beneficial for those experts as well to be able to mentor others and be compensated for their time

[Thomas DeLauer @ThomasDeLauer]

The Lost Art of Being Bored:

1) Rebuild Focus (less distracted)
2) Understand Your Emotions (less distraction)
3) Build Mental Stamina
4) Be Happy With Less
5) Boost Creativity

We don’t need to constantly be occupying our time

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

@elev808designs https://t.co/57E8Zzi1oO

[Alex Becker 🍊🏆🥇 @ZssBecker]

If you're a young dude and you feel lost/directionless..especially in terms of success

This is why. It comes down to 3 things

Brain Deficiency, Brain Addictions and Life Overcomplexity

Fix these...you'll likely figure out what you want and make it faster than you think. Thread

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

“I’d rather be optimistic and wrong then pessimistic and right”

[Bricks Assembled @bricksassembled]

i’ve either made a great discovery or a terrible mistake

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

boogie signing w the warriors proves that we’re living in a simulation

[Josh Avsec @Wes_03]

Hahahaha one day I'm going to meet this girl and it's going to be epic. Look at the dates of our tinder texts.

[Jason Witten @JasonWitten]

14 Years

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

@Natashaburklow wow you're old

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

time is the most valuable commodity

[Total Frat Move @totalfratmove]

Peyton promising to drink a lot of Budweiser tonight in his post game interview. #TFM

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

Resolution lifters at the gym are like a pack of wolves going after one bone😓

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

@Travis_Krause13 @allencapasfat frat cat deserves love

[vlad g @thisisvladg]

@Brwnbeast24 @UTProbs wearing two of those items rn, oops😂