varun subramanian

PE investor at Ascent Capital | Mostly fintech

[varun subramanian @varunsubz]

Life is a game, and I play to win

[Sid @siddocode]

The most powerful thing a man can do is disappear, rebuild himself in silence, level up beyond recognition, and never explain what broke him.

[Alps @alpaysh]

i still think about this

[Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh]

The most unstoppable combination is fit, skilled, positive, and action-oriented.

[Leila Hormozi @LeilaHormozi]

Harsh truth: There is no amount of positive thinking that replaces execution.

[Mayukh @mayukh_panja]

Any one who is privileged therefore owes it to the world to work on the most obnoxiously hard problems, not just build a life for themselves, but uplift people by building great companies and employing as many people as they can.

The privileged must risk it all, over and over again, until they are tortured to greatness.

This is my version of socialism, re- distribute risk. The rich have a moral imperative to embrace more risk.

[5 @comeuptuff]

what a privilege it is to be exhausted by an ambition of your own choosing

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Being kind reduces inflammation and strengthens your immune system.

[Jil Theo @theo_jil]

Distraction is the new poverty.

Attention is the new wealth.

[™³k @_tm3k]

A retard in motion is always better than a genius at rest

[Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh]

Marry someone who is proud of your ambition but unimpressed by your status.

[varun subramanian @varunsubz]

@dharmeshba Great read Dharmesh!

[William Meijer @williameijer]

The path to heaven feels like hell, and the path to hell feels like heaven

[Kamal Ravikant @kamalravikant]

Heard this the other day and man, it hit hard…

When God wanted to make David king, he didn’t send him a crown. He sent him Goliath.

[Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh]

A very underrated life decision is marrying someone who wants a simple life.

[Incentivising @incentivising]

Game theory explains why working harder inside a broken system is the worst response to that system. Because a system is never truly broken. It's just producing exactly the outcomes its own incentive structures were designed to produce, whether intentional or not. Working harder inside this system increases your output in the payoff matrix, but it simply won't change the actual structure of the system's matrix. Thus, the correct response is not more effort. Instead, you must aim to identify whose interests the current structure serves and position yourself in favor of those interests rather than against them. Change the game, or play the game that is actually being played. Either way, you must stop optimizing for the game you wish it to be and start acting realistically.

[jo johnson @josbjohnson]

the fastest way to attract what you deserve is to become completely unavailable to what you don’t

[varun subramanian @varunsubz]

To be who I want to be

[Leila Hormozi @LeilaHormozi]

The fastest way to become confident is to become competent.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

The easiest way to avoid looking bad is to do nothing, but if you do nothing, you look bad too.

So if you're going to look bad either way, you as well do that thing you want.

[justine @justinemach_]

an idiot in motion goes further than a genius at rest