Greg

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

The happiest people I know grew up with parents who taught them how to appreciate and enjoy the smallest things and gestures; while the most difficult people to please are those who grew up with parents who were constantly judgmental and complaining about every little thing; in practice, it's really hard for someone who has learned to focus on what they don't have, to suddenly start noticing and be grateful for everything they are lucky to have.

[Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee]

Miraculous thing happens when you limit your time with people who see the downside of every situation: you become more optimistic.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Key to winning:

Choose to be positive and grateful. Then, just keep at it. Time is the great compounder and will do the rest.

So many people just don’t have the discipline to stay positive and grateful. Then time compounds the bitterness instead.

[Champagne Joshi @JoshWalkos]

Crosby gave this kid a core memory last night. This is what pure happiness looks like.

[Greg @topcheds]

@alextapscott @TenXprotocols *And host of the legendary podcast DeFi Decoded

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

James Clear: Embrace the fact that life is continual and look for ways to enjoy the daily practice.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Marcus Freeman shares why "leading by example" isn't enough.

"We don't love leaders by example. Because leaders by example are guys that do what they're told to do, they do everything they're asked, right?"

"But they don't say things when their teammates aren't reaching the standard. We can't have that."

Real leadership isn't just performing at the standard. It's protecting the standard.

"We need more leaders. Guys that are willing to hold their teammates accountable because it's gonna make your teammate better."

Accountability isn't about being hard on people. It's about caring enough to not let them settle.

"I wanna make everybody in our organization the best they possibly can be. So if I let you cut corners or I don't say something to you when you're falling under the standard, then I'm not helping push you to the best you can be."

Leading by example is the baseline.
Leading with accountability is the standard.
(🎥notredamebusiness )

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

[Andrew Yeung @andruyeung]

The most successful people I know all have an almost irrational belief that everything will work out

And I just recently learned the word for it: Pronoia.

It means the opposite of paranoia. The belief that the world is secretly conspiring in your favor.

The funny thing about Pronoia is that it's self-fulfilling.

When you believe things will work out, you try harder. You persist longer, and you see opportunities where others see dead ends.

What's that quote again?

"Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money." – Nat Friedman

We all need a little more pronoia in our lives.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A two-minute must watch on life.

[Words of Wise | Mindset Coach @Wordofwise_]

This advice will change your life.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

4 brutally honest reminders from Seneca:

1. Most suffering is self-inflicted
2. Stop putting things off
3. Stop acting like you’re going to live forever
4. Seek out challenges

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

You save so much time and energy once your relationships are with confident people. You never have to worry about whether facts might accidentally offend them. You can be yourself, they can be themselves. Everyone can focus on meaningful goals instead of each other’s feelings.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

A few lessons learned from 2025:

1) Life has a way to give you what you want after you give up on chasing it directly.

2) The best conversations happen serendipitously between people with no agenda.

3) If you are not becoming more humble as you get older, you are running in the wrong direction.

4) If you married someone thoughtful who genuinely cares and who is committed to building a better life together, you’ve already won the lottery.

5) Kids completely change your routine, but it doesn’t mean you will be less productive, you just need to be more efficient with your time and focus on the right things.

6) If your environment doesn’t reflect your vibes, the faster you have the courage to move on, the earlier you will start getting lucky.

7) You can always take a good guess at how much time left you have with your parents, it’s up to you to make the most of it, for them but also for you.

8) People who don’t grow much are just people with too much pride and not enough humility to question their methods.

9) Everyone should have one hobby that forces them to be the healthiest and physically strongest version of themselves, and another hobby that forces them to maintain mental sharpness and bold creativity.

10) Lack of courage to speak your mind ruins all relationships regardless of your intentions.

11) The most talented people don’t take themselves seriously, otherwise, they wouldn’t have made all the necessary mistakes to get where they are.

12) Being well-dressed and aesthetically pleasing is underrated, for yourself but also for others; most people who claim it’s narcissistic just don’t have the discipline to make the efforts.

13) People with clear and ambitious goals, and a loving family, don’t have the time or the energy for any unnecessary drama.

14) Introducing people who might get along great with each other is an underrated habit.

15) You are more resilient than you think, especially when you do things for people you genuinely love.

Happy new year to everyone! All the best for 2026!

[EndGame Macro @onechancefreedm]

Warren Buffet’s Quiet Framework for Not Waking Up With Regret

What Buffett is really passing along is a way to stop drifting. Not in some dramatic, motivational way, but in a very practical one. Instead of asking, “What should I do next?” he’s saying to ask, “How would I want to be remembered if this all stopped tomorrow?” Then work backward from that. Not the polished obituary. The real one. The one written by the people who actually knew you.

Once you do that, a lot of choices get clearer. Who you spend time with. What kind of work you tolerate or refuse to tolerate. How you treat your family when you’re tired. Whether you’re building something meaningful or just staying busy. Charlie’s point was that life compounds in the direction of your daily habits, not your stated intentions. If you want to be seen as generous, steady, curious, dependable then you have to practice those things now, quietly, when no one’s watching.

The career advice fits the same frame. Buffett isn’t saying chase your passion and everything works out. He’s saying pay attention to what holds your interest without forcing it. If you haven’t found that yet, keep looking but don’t forget that the goal isn’t status or money for its own sake. It’s work that fits who you are, done alongside people you respect. You’ll still make mistakes. You’ll still hit rough patches. But if you’re aiming at the right destination, the setbacks don’t feel like failure, they feel like part of the path.

The deeper message is simple and uncomfortable: no one fixes this later for you. There’s no separate chapter where you suddenly become the person you admire. You become that person by how you choose today and who you learn from, who you marry, how you work, how you show up. Do that long enough, and the ending tends to take care of itself.

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

This is a beautiful reminder that was written by an 85 year old woman who knew she was close to death.

(h/t @colejaczko)