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Justin Kan

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14 May

It took me a long time to learn that happiness is something you can train yourself to become better at it. It just takes some dedication, practice and persistence.

These habits have helped me become a much happier person:

1. Gratitude Journaling:

Find three things that you are grateful for in your life, and write them down every single morning. It could be anything as simple as your morning coffee to being healthy.

2. Negative Visualization:

Close your eyes and visualize a really bad hypothetical situation. What if you suddenly went blind, or suffered from a serious injury?

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

6 May

When I started justin.tv, it felt like an impossible task.

Here's some important advice on how you can start doing anything:

[thread]

Many people, when faced with doing something new that they know nothing about, won’t ever get started.

The idea behind justin.tv was simple enough: a 24 hour livestream video feed of our SF adventures, which would be broadcasted from a portable camera to online viewers.

Like most things in life however, theory and practice are very different things.

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

22 Apr

@garrytan

@garrytan's initial investment of $300K in @coinbase since 2012 is now worth over $2 billion.

But his journey to success has been no fairytale.

Here's what you need to know about masks, expectations, and mental health in your own journey to success:

Garry grew up with an alcoholic father, and suffered abuse and traumatic events that affected him throughout his life.

A fearful mindset of scarcity was seared into his mind at a young age.

Throughout Garry’s life, extrinsic markers such as good grades, financial success, and even his YouTube channel have created a performance of his identity.

This mask was a defense mechanism against the painful world around him.

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

19 Apr

@thequest_pod

We are halfway through April, where we are celebrating Asian icons on @thequest_pod to #stopAAPIhate.

I want to bring back this gem from the archive w/ @jaesonma and his crazy stories: kicking it with @JLin7, working for @MCHammer, and founding @88rising.

[A video thread]

@jaesonma

The #linsanity story is my favorite.

@jaesonma met @JLin7 before his big play for the @nyknicks. The young Jeremy was nervous: JMA thought he might get dropped.

Everything changed in MSG. 'You could feel the electricity. This was an AA moment 🇺🇸'

@JLin7

Seeing @JLin7 walk into the locker room, @jaesonma held prayers.

'[He was] glowing. Like a young David who just killed the Goliath.'

In a few weeks, #linsanity took over the world by storm.

'When one Asian talent breaks out, it changes the world.'

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

15 Apr

@ycombinator

Before applying to @ycombinator, read this thread.

Here's the story behind my shitty first company, Kiko, our *almost* trainwreck demo, and what I learned from going through the very first YC batch.

@Twitch

Kiko was founded with no skills and no money by three clueless college students: myself, Emmett (CEO of @Twitch) and Matt. At that point, I had never even worked at a full time job.

We were inspired by gmail, which had just come out at the time. We wanted to create a similar outlook-style calendar app to sync and share events.

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

10 Apr

@mwseibel

New episode of OnlyFriends is out now! This time, @mwseibel, @jamiequint, @tikhon, and I talk about:

- Hot takes on how the 1st remote YC batch went
- Jamie and Tikhon joined the dark side and raised a VC fund
- Donuts and the rise of vaccine passports

Let's play a game of who said what!

Which one of the OFs said this?

“3 days later, I’ve made it rain on Indian companies"

Which one of the OFs said this?

“Being a VC is possibly the easiest job on Earth. A lot of VCs will say that’s true, which is laughable to me”

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