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Modern meditations on living well, building wealth and maximizing freedom and fulfillment | “Retired” at 30

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Legs are power Back is strength Chest is confidence Abs are discipline Arms are pride
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Tell your plans to no one Disappear Return with stories, scars and treasure Repeat forever
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Friends are the people who show up when the risk is greater than the reward.
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Confidence looks like arrogance to the envious
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Building muscle is hard, So most are physically weak Starting businesses is hard, So most work jobs they hate Saving money is hard, So most are always broke Being hungry is hard, So most are overweight Reading books is hard, So most are glued to screens DO THE HARD THINGS
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If you can drop and do fifty pushups at any given time, If you can listen to evidence against your strongest held beliefs without anger or offense, If you can see others making millions while you’re losing your shirt and never for a moment hope they lose theirs, If you can
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The best status symbol is owning 100% of your time.
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WHEN BOYS BECOME MEN A boy becomes a man when he starts trying to impress himself more than others. A boy becomes a man when he learns to value respect more than attention. A boy becomes a man when he stops altering his behavior to please women. A boy becomes a man once he’s
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Finance attracts greedy people Law attracts manipulative people Politics attracts corruptible people Psychiatry attracts damaged people Journalism attracts miserable people Remember this when you deal with bankers, lawyers, politicians, shrinks or journalists
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A boy becomes a man when he begins teaching his parents more than they teach him.
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All men suffer. Great men choose to do it on their terms and to their benefit.
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The only way to improve the quality of politicians is to improve the quality of the people who elect them.
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All humans are religious. Some just never acknowledge what they’re worshipping.
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Everyone who’s dead thought they had plenty of time, too.
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I saw a guy lifting weights today. No Beats headphones. No gallon water jug. No selfies. He just stood there. Deadlifting. Like a psychopath.
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HOW TO JUDGE WOMEN Judge a woman by how she feels about her father. Judge a woman by how she responds to babies, pets and plants. Judge a woman by how she speaks about men. Judge a woman by how well she controls her tongue. Judge a woman by how many children she wants to
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In a hyperconnected world, being unreachable is a status symbol.
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Free speech isn’t free. It costs $44 billion.
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History rarely remembers the people who followed the rules.
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One of life’s simple pleasures: An empty gym
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Pain is the father of philosophy.
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Show me an unhappy man and I’ll show you a man who knows he isn’t living up to his potential.
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Judge a man by his level of self-reliance.
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Weak men seek attention. Average men seek respect. Great men seek self-respect.
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The cure for hard times is hard times.
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Feels like the stock market of 1999, the housing market of 2007 and the crypto market of 2017. All at the same time.
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The challenge for men is to become hard without becoming heartless, knowledgeable without becoming cynical and competent without becoming arrogant.
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Strong men prefer weak government. Weak men prefer strong government. It’s really that simple.
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Happiness is forgetting what you’re supposed to want.
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HOW TO JUDGE MEN Judge a man by the quality of the people who seek his opinions and advice. Judge a man by his effort to improve. Judge a man by the maturity of his children, the femininity of his wife and the discipline of his dog. Judge a man by the quality of his scars.
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Action cures anxiety Accomplishment cures insecurity
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Social Media algorithms are the most powerful mind control technology ever created.
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Eliminating the risk of death eliminates the value of life.
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Hate yourself enough to want to change. Love yourself enough to actually do it.
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Visit poor areas to refuel gratitude and rich areas to refuel ambition.
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Be disciplined when you need it the least so you’ll have habit when you need it the most.
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Whoever writes the algorithms programs humanity.
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A man with no regrets is either a fool or a sage.
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2020 showed how easy it is to brainwash people. 2021 will show how hard it is to reverse it.
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Judge a man by his effort to improve.
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Educate the people you care about. Validate the people you don’t.
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Elon spent $44,000,000,000 so you would no longer be lied to on nights like this
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The only thing standing between modern society and primitive savagery is electricity.
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In a world of constant distraction, presence is a superpower.
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When I was a kid, I was certain that adults were wise, rational and competent. Now I see them driving around alone in their cars wearing masks. I was wrong.
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Don’t waste your time with people who constantly waste their own.
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Judge a man by the maturity of his children, the femininity of his wife and the discipline of his dog.
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Say nothing about your plans. Disappear. Return with stories, scars and treasure. Repeat forever.
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Studying history and human nature is the closest you can come to seeing the future
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We are witnessing the largest transfer of wealth in history from future taxpayers to present asset owners.
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Watch how fast they lose their minds when you decide to stop living in fear.
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Accept neither criticism nor advice from those seeking comfort and conformity.
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Life gets a lot easier once you realize that most people are just making things up most of the time. And none more so than the “experts” and “authorities.”
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A man dies the day he stops flirting with danger in pursuit of adventure.
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They don’t hate you for who you are, they hate you for reminding them who they aren’t.
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First they tax earning: Income Tax Then they tax spending: Sales Tax Then they tax owning: Property Tax Next they’ll tax existing: Carbon Tax
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The worst days of your life will almost always turn out to be the catalysts for the most valuable lessons & transformations you’ll ever learn & undergo.
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Mercedes and Gucci profit handsomely from poor people trying to look rich. Here’s how they do it:
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Only poor people are afraid of looking poor
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Respectable men protect the reputations of respectable men.
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Most of your problems would be solved if you stopped trying to impress others and started trying to impress yourself.
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Journalism dies when truth becomes the obstacle rather than the objective.
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Yesterday they destroyed the value of your money and blamed it on terrorists. Today they’re destroying the value of your money and blaming it on a virus. Tomorrow they’ll destroy the value of your money and blame it on the weather.
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A boy becomes a man when he stops altering his behavior to please women.
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Judge a man by his reaction to greater men.
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Knowledge is collecting dots. Intelligence is connecting dots. Wisdom is seeing the images the connections produce.
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“The closer the collapse of an empire, the crazier its laws.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“Depression” in men is just the delta between performance and potential.
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The highest pain tolerance wins The longest attention span wins The greatest emotional control wins The strongest truth preference wins
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If you’re pursuing wealth to buy anything other than freedom, you’re just a slave seeking a new master.
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Masculinity isn’t what you eat or drink, the length of your beard, how much you lift or how often you smoke cigars. It’s living life on your own terms, how you respond to pressure, who looks to you during crises, the quality of your character and the reliability of your word.
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Exercise is not expensive, Medical bills are Sunlight is not expensive, Depression is Healthy food is not expensive, Obesity is Saving money is not expensive, Consumer debt is Knowledge is not expensive, Ignorance is Gratitude is not expensive, Envy is
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Western media have become so addicted to watching the world burn that they’ve begun setting the fires themselves.
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Weak men cause the wars that strong men are forced to fight.
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@naval The Basics:
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The worst days in the arena are better than the best days in the stands.
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Man’s first sin wasn’t disobeying God It was refusing to say “No” to his wife Genesis 3:17
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Disrespectful wife, disruptive children, disobedient dog. Never rely on a man who has any of these. If a man can’t even keep his own house in order, how do you think he’ll handle everything else?
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As a kid, you didn’t dream about living an average life.
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If Bitcoin should be outlawed because it can be used by criminals then government should be outlawed for the same reason.
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Imagine never worrying about paying for groceries, gas, clothing, rent, mortgage, utilities, medical bills, car payments, car repairs, etc. Imagine living in the exact home in the exact city in the exact country you want. Imagine never waiting in lines or sitting in traffic.
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A man dies the day he settles for less than the life he desires.
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A successful legacy is leaving your children and grandchildren with a greater financial, intellectual, emotional and spiritual inheritance than you received from your parents and grandparents. And it’s not a luxury. It’s a duty.
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Podcasts and audiobooks are great but have you tried listening to your own thoughts?
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Modern culture is just endless manifestations of people’s desire to act like children and still be treated like adults.
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Balls will bring you more success than brains alone ever could
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If you value your body, you’ll seek health. If you value your freedom, you’ll seek wealth. If you value your mind, you’ll seek wisdom. If you value your happiness, you’ll seek purpose. If you value peace, you’ll seek all of it.
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Younger men should pay more attention to the things that make older men happy.
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Flirt with opinions, date ideas, marry principles
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A man dies the day he stops taking risks.
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Buy land Learn to hunt and grow your food or buy directly from those who do Have children Eat meat, fish and eggs Spend most of your time outdoors Lift, hike, climb, swim Listen to nature, markets and your gut Study history, human nature and incentives Sunbathe nude
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The strength of a nation is directly proportional to the percentage of men willing to tell women and government to fuck off when they deserve it.
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High ROI Habits Lifting Fasting Smiling Stretching Sunbathing Tipping Heavily Taking the Stairs Writing Every Day Monthly Massages Reading Before Bed Only Buying the Best Always Dressing Well 100% Nose Breathing Always Being On Time No Screens After Dark Praising People Publicly
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Books are software updates for humans.
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True wealth is never again having to interact with or spend time around undesirable people
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If you think self improvement is painful, imagine laying on your deathbed after 60 years of stagnation.
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2022 Recommended Reading List • 1984 • Dune • Meditations • Atlas Shrugged • Disunited Nations • 48 Laws of Power • Millionaire Fastlane • Richest Man in Babylon • The Sovereign Individual • On The Shortness of Life • Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
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