@diegodazan I just spent a week across Bialystok, Warsaw & Krakow. I’ve now been to every country in Europe and Poland would be my first choice to live in. Who gives a fuck if your GDP is a bit lower
Shopify billionaire co-founder & CEO Tobi Lütke — one of the most analytically rigorous founders alive — uses affirmations.
His exact words:
"If you tell yourself or write down something about yourself 100 times, it writes into the neurofrontal cortex at such a deep level that your brain will start reconciling you to that. It just works."
His personal example:
He was terrified of public speaking.
For one week he sat down every day for 10 minutes and wrote: "I love public speaking."
A week later the fear was gone.
"It's not like a placebo. You just actively change your neurofrontal cortex in this moment."
Your brain starts shaping your behavior around the identity you rehearse most.
One odd gender stereotype that actually seems reverse-true is the idea that men love telling their friends about their sexual exploits in great detail. This definitely seems heavier weighted towards women imo.
rest in peace dolly parton. she had absolute rocket propelled milk bombs on her chest. would’ve cracked that up until the day she died. probably still would