1/ Followers on February 28, 2020: 58
Followers today: 10,000
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Since ~90% of you probably started following me after reading one of my threads, here is another thread to look back on this journey.
Followers today: 10,000
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Since ~90% of you probably started following me after reading one of my threads, here is another thread to look back on this journey.
2/ Just like life, you need to be lucky on Twitter as well.
@paulg's retweet of my $FB thread led to 1,500 followers in just one day and created a virtuous cycle that has continued to this day.
@paulg's retweet of my $FB thread led to 1,500 followers in just one day and created a virtuous cycle that has continued to this day.
3/ Twitter cares very little about your credentials (real world sort of still does).
Anonymity is not an obstacle and perhaps even a strength here on twitter.
Anonymity is not an obstacle and perhaps even a strength here on twitter.
4/ I have no doubt in my mind that I am not in the top 10 percentile in terms of intelligence among my followers.
Twitter is a great platform to ensure you are never the “smartest person in the room”.
Twitter is a great platform to ensure you are never the “smartest person in the room”.
5/ Once you have more followers, you also tend to generate more (and sometimes better) content.
I believe many people have good ideas, but in the absence of a platform with feedback loop, many of those ideas never get to flourish.
I believe many people have good ideas, but in the absence of a platform with feedback loop, many of those ideas never get to flourish.
6/ Once I gained some followers, I told myself I would love to have 1,000 followers by end of 2020.
I reset my expectations once in a while, yet I continued to beat those numbers much faster than I ever had in mind...
I reset my expectations once in a while, yet I continued to beat those numbers much faster than I ever had in mind...
7/ This process made me realize why Compounder bro$ made so much money in investing.
We are perhaps hardwired to underestimate the power of compounding.
We are perhaps hardwired to underestimate the power of compounding.
8/ Twitter is also a great way to break your echo chamber. I know most people think the opposite.
The most powerful bubble we have is our families, and our friends, with most of whom we have political and philosophical alignment.
The most powerful bubble we have is our families, and our friends, with most of whom we have political and philosophical alignment.
9/ Twitter makes it so easy to break this natural bubble and get yourself acquainted with people who have very different ideas than yours.
Just try not to be angry when you find them.
Just try not to be angry when you find them.
10/ As I will continue to write here, be absolutely certain that some of my takes will be exceptionally naive.
Bear with me, and be charitable if possible.
It’s the cost of expressing ideas in public. None of us are good enough to be infallible.
Bear with me, and be charitable if possible.
It’s the cost of expressing ideas in public. None of us are good enough to be infallible.
End/ Thank you again.
DMs always open whenever you want to disagree on anything.
DMs always open whenever you want to disagree on anything.
