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@selfmasteredcom
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8 months ago I drunkenly accepted the challenge to do a Half Ironman.
Today, I finished one.
It was hard. Things didn't work out like I wanted during the run. My placing was very bad.
But I finished it.
@NielsKnk
beat me fair & square. A pleasure to have participated together.
Only mediocre people believe the following false dichotomies:
- Being either fit or smart
- Being either attractive or nice
- Being either smart or social
Many successful people are fit, smart, attractive, nice & social. Truth hurts as it forces the mediocre to look inwards.
My 3 year old son asked me: "why are Internet people mean?"
And before I could answer, my 6 year old daughter replied: "it is because they project their own insecurities onto people, it is the way the unconscious has to manifest itself."
I can't be prouder of these kids.
Bill Gates: "we're working on vaccines to erradicate diseases"
People: "omg he gonna microship & control us!"
Elon Musk: "I'm literally gonna microchip your brain"
People: "omg so cool he is soooo relatable when he shitposts on Twitter!"
Still think that memes have no power?
You before Twitter: "I'm a normal guy with normal struggles"
After Twitter: "I was a beta male incel simp who was cucked by Eve in Genesis & my 5h per day job at Starbucks serving pumpkin spice latte to college girls was literally slavery but now I'm on top & you can learn too"
In life, the most intolerant wins.
Always.
It's not about fairness, equality or ethics.
One is willing to die on a hill. The other isn't. First one wins.
To anyone wondering, it's not so much about the PhD but about people not really caring about you unless you can do something for them.
Do things for yourself, not for the approval of others.
I don't know if I'll be very wealthy one day or not, but I will 100% leave everything to my kids.
And I'll give them all the economic help I can while alive.
I am not working my ass off to have my kids start at the same starting point I have.
Disappear for 6 months to learn a skill & come back ahead of your peers. But it has to be 6 months of:
- true focus
- attention on the highest leverage tasks
- pure execution without distractions
Not all 6 months are created equal. Disappearing alone isn't enough.
Today I turn 27. Rather than do a "27 Lessons" thread, I want to dive deep into one:
The more I progress in life, the clearer it becomes that life is "unfair".
Meritocracy as we are told is a lie. Similar to a Matrix-style story we tell everyone about how *they* are the one.
The 7 Self-Improvement books that changed my life:
- Philosopher's Stone
- Chamber of Secrets
- Prisoner of Azkaban
- Goblet of Fire
- Order of the Phoenix
- Half-Blood Prince
- Deathly Hallows
Read these & win. Stack cash like magic.
My last two weeks at my current 9-5 start today.
Only once I resigned & found my next job have I started to realize how much of a self-limiting mental prison it has been.
Was slowly turning into a bugman, with small dreams & chasing stupid things.
My fitness conspiracy theory is that deadlifts became the most popular Internet movement because it's the one where fat people could be good at.
Pullups will never be as popular, as the base of fit people is way smaller.
Powerlifting is the other sport where being "Fat Jacked" got popular
Reality check: 90% of these guys at this size are on drugs, they still got better genetics than you, and their blood pressure is about 200/100 and they can barely move
This isnt an example of what to do
An economic redpill I learnt this year
The CPI basket of goods does not include housing, energy & assets.
The inflation rate the basket represents is a lie so we think that there's no inflation.
Fraudulent manipulation.
Mike Rowe's "Don't Follow Your Passion" speech from June 2016 changed my way of thinking & induced change in me a few years ago.
Not many short reads have had such a great impact in me as this one.
Read it & enjoy the paradigm shift (PDF):
When you get kicked out of a company or fired, nobody gives a shit about you.
When you leave on your own terms, people take it personally & all of a sudden you're Lucifer on Earth.
Interesting observation over the last couple days.
Back when I had an unchecked ego I was afraid of failing, so I would only engage in battles I knew I would win.
Now I welcome failure with open hands, because I know that even if it takes 20 iterations, I will achieve what I want.
You can't imagine how liberating the shift is.
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@alpharivelino
transcended our corner of Twitter.
People like to say they're "masters of memes"...
But nobody comes close to having their memes become part of the public conaciousness like Rivelino.
False dichotomies the mediocre believe:
โข Fit people are dumb, fat/skinny people are smart
โข Attractive people are unpleasant, unattractive people are nice
โข High IQ people have no social skills, low IQ people do
Truth is, people at the top are smart, fit & socially savvy.
A tough pill to swallow: content like below are directed to either:
- 20 year olds who've never had a girlfriend
- 40 year olds recently divorced & with a beer belly
If you resonate with these kind of statements, you will hopefully grow out of it eventually.
The more I read on Estonia, its tax system, its business & entrepreneurial culture, the transparency, etc.
The more attractive it is becoming to me.
Might fool around & move there.
People who eat carbs:
- Athletes
- Bodybuilders
- Strongmen
- Powerlifters
- Olympians
People who don't eat carbs:
- Youtubers/Tweeters wanting to differentiate themselves because niching down is a marketing practice which works well & talking about what works doesn't sell
Set your children's future up for success by preparing them for the hardships of today & tomorrow.
Not for the hardships of the past that aren't present anymore.
A year ago today was my first day at my current job.
9-5s are demonized online, due to their flaws. But nor all are the same, & the upsides are never mentioned.
Something which works for 99% of the people shouldn't receive the hate it gets online.
The other day I was told I was not allowed to work remotely a job I had worked remotely for 18 months.
On the same day I sent a resignation letter.
The amount of people offering to help, both in the company, Twitter & offline has been humbling.
I appreciate y'all.
You: *literally 21 years old, with zero capital, network or experience*
Your competition: +15 years older than you, with capital, network & experience
Maybe it's time we talk about things with less motivational BS & more truth. People make decisions based on what we tweet.
My red pill was the day I noticed everyone considered themselves Neo, like I did.
Everyone thinks they're smarter than the rest, like I did.
And that everyone thought that they were the special one in a sea of simpletons, like I did.
Twas a humbling moment. Transcendence.
Probably the main reason is that you're a normal 18 year old.
It takes time to grow as a man, both physically, mentally & socially.
Work on yourself in many ways & it will get better.
As I get older, I realize that youth hides many inefficiencies in your day to day life which build up over time in:
- Diet
- Health
- Fitness
- Finances
- Career/Biz
- Relationships
You can get away with a lot when younger. And it's not good for you if you don't correct.
"My morning routine consist of:
- Waking up
- Having breakfast
- Checking my socials
- Gym
- Stretching
- Cold shower
- Reading
- Writing
- Meditating
- Finishing my morning routine at 11pm & go to bed cuz I have no job
Yours?"
I joined this app at 23, last year at uni, basically unemployed, almost broke, no job prospects, no idea where to go.
Joined because my biggest fear in life is to waste my potential.
Ever so grateful for the friends & mentors I have met here who make this an excellent place.
Today I turn 28. Rather than do a "28 Lessons" thread, I want to dive deep into one:
The older you get, the less your "potential" matters. The less people care about you & what you *could* do.
And more about what you *can* do.
I don't care if Colonel Sanders started KFC at 65.
After 18 months of pandemic, some companies are adapting to WFH, improving systems, listening to their employees, raising wages & are more productive than ever.
Others are doing fuck all & are complaining about "labor shortages".
Companies need to self-improve.
Just discovered the most perfect crypto YouTuber & source of alpha:
- Less than 10K subs
- No soyface thumbnails
- Risk adverse
- Didn't make it by buying 5 years ago & holding
- Against trading
- Only invests in productive & collaterizable assets
Can't believe YT is free.
Every single friend of mine who used to love tweeting about philosophy stopped doing so the moment they got laid regularly.
Multiple life lessons here.
Luck can be manufactured.
Literally place yourself in positions to maximize serendipity.
Do what others won't do, go where others won't go, show up when other won't.
It's not that hard.
Society wants you to:
- Eat meat that isn't real meat
- Have relationships like in movies
- Fuck like in porn
- Talk in buzzwords
- Not take care of your health
Everything already pre-made. Everything already pre-fabricated.
Welcome to the Desert of the Real.
"Reading Twitter is stupid, go read a book", okay, without Twitter I would have never heard of:
- Memetics
- Mental Models
- Network Effects
- Optimization & iteration strategies
- etc
Twitter is a great INDEX, a place which points out where you should continue looking. Use it.
A true mentor expects to be surpassed.
A true mentor will give you the tools so, when the day comes that you learn, you can become independent & move on.
People fighting for you to never surpass them & keep you dependable are not mentors.
There's two kinds of people:
- those who are inspired by pushing the limits of human civilization
- crabs in a bucket who have lost the ability to be inspired by anything
I pitty the latter.
Billionaires, Musk in particular, spaffed ยฃ3,000,000,000 on this rocket.
It blew up within 240 seconds.
If this doesnโt convince you that we must tax the billionaire class, nothing will.
I've been on Twitter for long enough to share this piece of advice:
The more you avoid talking about your relationships online, the better.
I get it, we wanna share things on Social Media. Just don't.
Did my first triathlon today, made 14-year old me who always dreamt of doing one very proud.
I won't speak of my time or placing though, it's complicated...
That sexy picture of your wife? Don't share it.
That cute pic of your kids? Don't share it.
That couple pic where you're leaning in? Don't share it.
You gain nothing.
Reminder that 1% of the people online create 99% of the content.
A small group of people inclined to be online can have their struggles, insecurities & personality overrepresented.
Read here:
A friend of mine who doesn't have much idea about crypto asked about it in a group chat.
Before spending money on introduction courses or getting hyped by shills, read my FAQ reply:
Some learnings from Twitter I've had to un-learn:
- Hating on a 9-5
- Pseudo-intellectual concepts with different application in real life
- Bootstrapping being the only option for everything
There are many great ideas here. Not all are a one-size-fits-all.
I have a friend who says he has insomnia. My friend:
- No exercise
- Eats garbage
- Drinks all day
- Avoids the sun
- Smokes all day
- Very skinny with no muscle
"Insonmia"
Once had a chat with a friend who was very skinny & said he saw no point in doing any sport
I asked: "What if times get tough & we need to get physical to survive & protect others?"
"I'll be the dude making decisions while others go to war", he said
The youth is angry because they studied & can't get a job.
The youth can't get a job because they still add "powerpoint & word" as skills in their resume.
I understand the frustration of unemployment.
I don't understand not learming & developing skills.
The gold standard ended in 1971.
$1,000 in fiat from then is valued today at $163.2
$1,000 in gold from then is valued today at $44,680
Been reading on economics more lately due to crypto but this stat is honestly mind-boggling.