The quality of your life depends on the quality of your decisions. And you develop the ability to make better decisions by making a lot of low quality decisions early on. That’s why everyone tells you to start early, because at that stage, there isn't much to lose.
Play to win, not for fame. Choose the playground where your chances of winning are highest, not the one that simply looks cool to play in. Win as big as you want the size of your playground changes respectively.
For a certain period of time, you might need to distance yourself from the people you love if they don’t understand your ambitions or aren’t as ambitious as you are. Friends, family, relationships, and even colleagues can all be part of that.
Lesson learned: As you grow, your risk appetite decreases significantly. To keep your risk appetite high, you need to build enough capital to buy yourself time and do that progressively.
Lately, have been realizing that I’ve made quite a few wrong decisions over the past few months. One of them was prioritizing work over health, which is costing much more than I could’ve imagined now.
fuck it, this should be illegal
i sent claude ONE message and it built me my own higgsfield
seedance 2.5, gpt image 2, kling, nano banana. all of it, wired to my own api keys
no plan. no throttle. no "renews at $129"
these platforms charge $99 a month for a queue position. the models behind them cost cents
everything in this video: $0.68
one message. one evening. mine forever
drop "studio" and ill dm you the full stack (must RT + follow so i can dm)
It's fascinating how there seems to be so little urgency around AI in India.
AI is already replacing many entry level tasks across industries, yet there doesn't seem to be much public discussion or concern about what that means for the workforce.
The ability to DM so many people without a response is likely a sign of extreme self-confidence
Belief in what you're building is so high that multiple rejections or nos do not matter
Combine that with talent to build, and you have a killer entrepreneur
With rising anti-immigration sentiment, racism, and uncertainty in many Western countries, more people are starting to rethink where they want to build their future. And increasingly, many are choosing to build at home, for home.
One question I've been asked hundreds of times is:
"Why don't you go overseas?"
Considering the opportunities, offers, and network I have access to, it's a fair question.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about it, and I have a few thoughts on why I've chosen a different path