Sahil "No meetings" Lavingia

@shl turned @gumroad from a venture backed startup to a company with

• No meetings
• No deadlines
• No full-time employees

The Motto: Freedom at all Costs

5 of his frameworks for life👇 Image
"Invest your time before you invest your money.

Start running before you buy running shoes.
Build something before you buy the domain.
Learn via YouTube before paying for a course."

DO > PREPARE

Efficiency is an excuse to not do the work.
How to Write a Good Cold Email:

1) Be specific
2) Be personal
3) Add value
4) Go away

Example of @dvassallo getting a job at @gumroad:

Simple does NOT mean Easy

"People confuse simple for easy, and complex for difficult. It's often the opposite."
Winning can be as simple as continuing.

"Most people don’t start.

Most people who start don’t continue.

Most people who continue give up.

Many winners are just the last ones standing."
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Mr. Viral: @ShaanVP

He went from 30k to 100k Twitter followers in 60 days.

How did he do it?

Keep reading for more followers👇
PRINCIPLE 1: Find Your Tribe

If you want to learn something, surround yourself with people with the same goal.

For Shaan, it was poker in college.

Now, it's Twitter with a 100k club.

Some members (I think):
@Julian
@gregisenberg
@austin_rief
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PRINCIPLE 2: Optimize Everything

Treat your profile like a store: Why should someone buy from (follow) you?

1) Have a clear bio with value prop

2) Have some social proof as the pinned tweet

3) Add a call to follow you at the end of threads
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Happiness is learned.

Happiness is earned.

5 of @naval's frameworks for fulfillment👇 Image
FRAMEWORK 1: The Fundamental Delusion

= Something will make you happy and fulfilled forever.

Desire is just a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.

If you understand this, you won't seek fulfillment ONLY BY conquest. Image
FRAMEWORK 2: A Firefly Blink

Our time on earth is brief like a firefly blink in the night.

If you acknowledge the futility of our time, this can bring great peace.

You realize life can be a fun game and what matters is your experience of reality. Image
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THE DISCIPLE OF DISCIPLINE: @jockowillink

He spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL.

He wrote multiple NYT bestsellers.

5 of his FRAMEWORKS for life🧵👇
FRAMEWORK 1: Accountability is a CRUTCH

"I don't INSPECT things, I EXPECT things."
@jockowillink

People shouldn't do their job JUST because you hold them accountable.

Great teams know the WHY and OWN IT.

Align teams so individuals inspire themselves.
FRAMEWORK 2: "There are truly no bad teams, only bad leaders."

Teams fail because leaders fail.

Leaders do these 5 things:

1) Set + ACHIEVE Goals

2) Solve Problems + Make Decisions

3) FOCUS on the MOST Important THING

4) Inspire others to Believe

5) Get RESULTS
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What if you never ran out of ideas?

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1/ @david_perell's FRAMEWORK FOR IDEAS

COLLECT: Collect nutrients for your mind like a chef

CONNECT: Make sense of ideas through reflection + conversations

CREATE: write + edit
2/ COLLECT

"If you curate a unique information diet, you'll have a combination of ideas nobody has ever seen before."
@david_perell

Collect through...

• Epiphanies
• Reading
• Experiences
• Conversation
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The Warren Buffet of the Internet: @awilkinson

You don't need to build a unicorn to be successful.

He's built an empire of 25+ profitable businesses.

5 of his FRAMEWORKS 🧵👇
FRAMEWORK 1: CEOs Should Do Nothing

Stop performing company duties.

Real CEO jobs...
• set strategy
• set culture
• delegate
• incentivize

"Build a system and make yourself a human router."

Stress comes from failure to build the right system.
FRAMEWORK 2: Stop Hiring Execs for Potential

Don't overcomplicate hiring.

(1) Hire someone who has done the exact task you need completed

(2) Make sure they fit with the team

Rinse and repeat.
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Harry Holmes just made a billion dollars.

He was really happy.

for maybe a year.

And then felt the exact same as before.

Welcome to the Hedonic Treadmill.

Keep reading...
1/ Harry's dream was always to build a unicorn and impact the world.

He worked hard, got into Stanford, and pursued a degree in Computer Science.

He graduates and joins an early stage startup....
2/ It fails.

He joins another startup.

It is moderately successful.

After learning for 5 years, he leaves and starts his own company.
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