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Eddy Quan

@waronweakness

10 Sep

📕 7 uncommon non-fiction books every man must read

Hint: you won't find any of these titles on your guru's reading list

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1) The Conquest of Happiness - Bertrand Russell

Don't let the cheesy name fool you.

This book goes deep on what causes unhappiness and happiness.

Written in 1930, the lessons are just as applicable today if not more.

If you only read one book from this list, make it this one

2) Rebel without a crew - Robert Rodriguez

True story about how a 23 year old filmmaker made a feature length film on a $7,000 budget and sold it to one of the biggest players in Hollywood.

A must read for all creative people.

Extremely under rated autobiography.

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Eddy Quan

@waronweakness

31 Aug

@shaanvp

Threads are the # 1 moonshot strategy to grow your Twitter following.

Ex: @shaanvp gained 20k followers in 24 hrs from ONE thread.

The crazy part?

He uses a backdoor 7 step technique that hijacks the human brain.

Here’s a summary for those who are locked out :

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Building an audience on Twitter boils down to one thing:

Optimising for shareability.

On Twitter, this means retweets.

You might have the best content on the platform but who cares if no one is seeing it?

The solution:

Start by asking “what do you want them to feel?”...

Step # 1 pick a core emotion

There are 8 core emotions that maximize shareability

1) NSFW that's crazy!
2) LOL that's so funny
3) OHHH *now* I get it!
4) WOW that's amazing!
5) AWW that's sooo cute
6) YAY that's great news!
7) WTF that pisses me off
8) FINALLY someone said it!

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Eddy Quan

@waronweakness

25 Aug

Your guru lied to you.

Non-fiction books are overrated AF.

Brain scans show people who read fiction have healthier brains than people who only read non-fiction

Here’s why 👇👇

Disclaimer: non-fiction isn’t bad for you. But nonfiction is limited in terms of what it can do for your brain.

Ideally, your reading diet should have both fiction and nonfiction titles.

If you only read nonfiction, you’re limiting your ability to...

think and improve your brain health.

Have you ever wondered why it’s so rare the movie adaption is as good as the book despite all the advanced special effects?

It’s because no special effect can beat your brain’s power to imagine.

Studies show that reading fiction...

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Eddy Quan

@waronweakness

18 Aug

Benjamin Franklin:
> Born into poverty with 16 siblings
> Dropped out of school at age 10

Also Benjamin Franklin
> Got wealthy as a publisher
> Co-authored the US Declaration of Independence and U.S Constitution

Here are 3 methods he used to teach himself how to write well:

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What I'm about to share with you is short but immensely useful for learning how to write, learn and think.

I suggest you bookmark this thread and read Franklin's autobiography.

If you want to share the love, I'd appreciate a retweet of the first tweet ☝

Let's get you writing

Background:

At age 16, Benjamin Franklin comes to the realisation he doesn't know how to write well

“I fell far short in elegance of expression, in method and in perspicuity…”

perspicuity = clarity

Franklin devised a plan to clever plan to become a better writer ...

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Eddy Quan

@waronweakness

10 Aug

If you took the top 1% of people from 4 different industries, you'll find they all have one thing in common

They're Masterful Storytellers.

Here are 5 Neurological reasons why storytelling is the number one skill you can learn, regardless of your job or career

**THREAD**

1) (MRI) Brain scans show that stories activate more parts of your brain than facts and figures

You literally use more of your brain when you listen to a story vs reading a list of facts and figures.

Stories give you a richer neural experience which means you...

enjoy the experience more, you comprehend the information at a deeper level and therefore you'll retain it longer.

This is why we forget 90% of what we learned at school because schools mostly teach you lessons through rote memory rather than through stories.

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Eddy Quan

@waronweakness

22 Jul

7 movies every man must watch

//Thread//

1) Gattaca

A man cannot truly be a man if he doesn't believe in himself to the point of delusion....

even if that means fighting his own genetic limitations.

This movie seeks to answer the question "you limited by logic or are you powered by God?"

2) Rocky III

Contrary to popular belief, the hardest test for a man isn't how he reacts when he's at rock bottom.

It's how he reacts to his first success.

As Mickey told Rocky "the worst thing happened to you that could happen to any fighter... you got civilized"

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