Italian efficiency when it comes to coffee should be studied.
In Italy:
- Walk into a bar and look at the guy
- Un caffe
- 30 seconds later it’s ready
- Shoot it
- Leave €1
- Walk out
In the US:
- Join a line
- Wait
- Order coffee
- Answer 12 questions: Size? Milk? Roast? Sugar? Temperature? Colombia beans? Name? How do you spell it?
- $12.34
- Ask for a 20% tip. Click 5 times on a ipad to have a custom tip
- Tap phone
- ask where to send the invoice
- Wait again on a different line
- Someone call a name that sounds similar to mine
- get the coffee
- too hot, can't drink it
- finally at temperature
taste like shit
A father told his daughter, "Congrats on your graduation. I bought you a car a while back. I want you to have it now."
Before I give it to you, take it to a car dealer in the city and sell it. See how much they offer.”
The girl came back to her father & said: "They offered me $10,000 dollars because it looks very old"
Father said: "Ok, now take it to the pawn shop".
The girl returns to her father & said: "The pawn shop offered $1,000 dollars because it's a very old car & a lot of work done".
The father told her to join a passionate car club with experts & show them the car.
The girl drove to the passionate car club.
She returned to her father after a few hours & told him, “Some people in the club offered me $100k because its a rare car that's in good condition.”
Then the father said, "I wanted to let you know that you are not worth anything if you are not in the right place. If you are not appreciated, do not be angry, that means you are in the wrong place. Don't stay in a place where no one sees your value ."
The moral of the story : Know your worth and know where you are valued. A diamond doesn't shine on the bottom of a cave.
Nobody tells you this: Growth takes much longer than you expect, then happens much faster than you ever thought possible. The best things in life come from allowing compounding to work its magic. Growth happens gradually, then suddenly. Slowly, then all at once.
Advice for my 20-year-old self: Life is full of problems. Wisdom is realizing you don't have to solve every single problem that comes your way. It's focusing your energy on the problems that are actually worth solving.
Major life hack: Make a rule to never think twice about investments in yourself. Quality food. Fitness. Sleep. Books. Personal development. Mental health. These investments compound and pay dividends for a long time.
There’s a strength training method called
Progressive Overload:
It’s a slow increase in the load placed on the body over time. You add a tiny amount of weight each week.
It’s very boring—but also very effective for long-term growth.
This isn’t a tweet about strength training.
My definition of success is waking up energized and going to bed exhausted. Waking up energized means I’m doing meaningful things with people I love. Going to bed exhausted means I gave my all for those things. That’s a good life.
The recipe is simple: Do what most people avoid. Wake up early. Focus deeply. Move your body. Eat real foods. Obsess over one thing. Go on adventures. Read old books. Be present. Be kind. Have difficult conversations. Love ferociously. Simple is beautiful.
The older I get, the more I realize confidence is less about knowing you’ll win and more about knowing you’ll bounce back even if you don’t. Real confidence is built on resilience. Adaptability. Tolerance for uncertainty. Fear loses when you embrace that failure is never final.
The older I get, the more I realize you can reinvent yourself as many times as you need. New habits. New mindsets. New standards. New people. New career. You’re never stuck. You’re allowed to change. Today, tomorrow, and as many times as it takes to create the life you want.
The truth about struggle?
(most people miss this):
Hard things don't get easier. You get stronger.
I learned this at 4:30am in a freezing gym, struggling with weights that felt impossible. Six months later, those same weights were my warm-up.
The weight never changed. I did.
We waste so much energy wishing things were easier. Looking for the hack, the shortcut, the cheat code.
But here's what I've learned: The struggle is the point.
Every hard thing you face is a weight in the gym of life. And every rep makes you stronger.
That's why 800,000+ readers trust my newsletter. Not for shortcuts, but for systems that build real strength.
Mental models for better decisions. Systems for consistent execution. Frameworks that actually work.
No magic pills. Just proven methods to help you grow stronger every week.
Because the goal isn't an easier life. It's becoming someone who can handle a harder one.
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Underrated life advice: Do what most people avoid. Wake up early. Focus deeply. Move daily. Be present. Have difficult conversations. Do what you say you’re going to do. Recipe for a good life.