Thread by @Levijameshere

I read a fantastic thread by @brentBeshore that really stuck with me and got me thinking about my own list of answers to the question:

“What are the ten most powerful ideas that changed your life”

Here is what I came up with 👇

1⃣Radical Transparency / Honesty

The world already has enough puffery and fluff.

I decided many years ago that I would instead lead with the truth even if it was ugly, and let the pieces fall where they may. I can say with certainty this changed everything for me.

2⃣Look at the Big Picture

I worked with a partner who was easily 10X smarter than me. He would find genius-level solutions to complex problems yet miss that the project should be dumped because the market shifted. Sapiens by @harari_yuval brings focus to our place in history.

3⃣ Respect Everyone.

This sounds obvious, but I can assure you it isn’t. Respecting everyone, regardless of what they can do for you is something that pays off in 🪣🪣 over time. I don’t always get this right, but I am committed to never stop trying.

4⃣Strong Opinions Weakly Held

Or a different way to say it is, “You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind”. The world is in a state of constant change, and we should always-always-always be learning and evolving to keep up.

5⃣ Talk Less, Listen More

I can’t say enough about how things changed for me when I learned to ask a few simple yet powerful questions and then shut my mouth and wait for an answer. Allow the awkward silence to hang in the room, just sit quietly and listen. Observe. Learn.

6⃣ Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. Voltaire

The older I get the less I am sure about. I’ve tried hard to embrace the fact that we can only know part of the truth about any situation, the key is learning to identify relevant data then play the odds.

7⃣ Never underestimate the power of a good story

Whenever possible, communicate what you have to say through a story, and you will get 10X the buy-in from your audience.

Also, don’t be afraid to repeat a story.

8⃣ Everything will be ok as soon as you are ok with everything.

Learning to calm my heartbeat, feel my breath, and know deep inside of my core that I am fundamentally ok regardless of what is going on around me has been transformational for me. The @10percent app is 🎯

9⃣ Extreme Generosity

Learning to hold what you have with open hands changes who you are for the better. Give 💰 and ideas and both will come back to you in multiples.

🔟 Change the landscape - things and people will change themselves.

We often get stuck thinking that the best way to change our world is by complaining. Instead, I have been learning to change the landscape. Change jobs. Move cities. Stop going to those crap meetings.

Hop back to the top and retweet if you learned something new today! 👊

You can follow me at @levijameshere, I tweet about real estate and growing Harbor Capital where we are assembling a $1B portfolio of industrial properties in Texas.