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Dec 18, 2021 • 12 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
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4.66 Billion internet users

Searching almost 2 billion sites.

Here are 10 of the best bar-none: 🧵
The Moth: @TheMoth

Real-life stories.

Told by the people that lived them.

Astronauts, rock stars, Nobel Prize-winners, and more.

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100,000 Stars:

Trust me, you'll want to see this.

A virtual tour begins at the Sun and travels through space until you reach the outer edges of the galaxy.

Fascinating stuff.

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Wait But Why: @waitbutwhy

A long-form blog covering a wide array of topics.

•AI
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A bit of everything & very well-written.

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Information is beautiful: @infobeautiful

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Storytelling at its finest.

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How it started:

A pet project for two self-described "Swedish aviation geeks"

How it's going:

The most popular flight tracking site in the world.

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Warning: This rabbit hole is deep!

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My favorite: "The Riddler"

Weekly puzzles posted to the community related to math, logic, & probability.

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Jun 1, 2024
Steve Harvey often talks to the studio audience during commercial breaks when filming Family Feud.

According to him, there's one difference between successful people and those who aren't:
"What goes on in here." (Your own mind)

" The hard part is believing that it's applicable to you. You've just gotta get out your own way sometimes."

I think a lot about that first point.

It applies across so many areas of life.
Relationships, careers, health and fitness, you name it.

How many times do we decide something isn't "for us."

We rule ourselves out and say we're not smart enough, we don't know the right people, we don't have the resources.
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May 27, 2024
In 2011, Denzel Washington was asked to give a commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.

Although the entire message is quite good, a single 54-second segment changed the way I think about life...
In less than a minute, Washington hit these 3 points:

Point 1: If you don't fail, you're not even trying.

Point 2: To get something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.

Point 3: Imagine the ghosts of your unfulfilled potential.
The third one really struck me.

It's from a larger quote by motivational speaker, Les Brown.

“Imagine you’re on your deathbed—and standing around your bed are the ghosts representing your unfilled potential...
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May 25, 2024
I'm convinced that there is one skill that separates truly intelligent people from those that aren't:

Listening.

This concept of "being a recorder" by Rick Rubin explains it perfectly.

In less than a minute, Rubin provides 4 simple steps that will change how you think about...
your interactions with others.

Step 1: "It starts with coming in blank. Not having any preconceived ideas, being open, and really listening.

Not thinking about what you're going to say next or what your opinion is."
Step 2: "Basically being a recorder.

Just hearing what comes in.

Processing that information and trying to do our best to do that without any of the beliefs we might have to impact what that is."
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Jun 24, 2023
2 months after Rocky I was released in 1976, Sylvester Stallone did an interview with the BBC.

But it wasn't the Italian Stallion throwing punches.

It was the host––who at one point said:

"It was fairly presumptuous of you wasn't it? To expect to be able to star in it, because… https://t.co/5tQrGh80iMtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
You can watch the full interview here:

If you like content like this, I also write a weekly newsletter. It's free, and nearly 30K people read it every Sunday.
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This part where Stallone talks about how much money he was offered to "just go away" is pure gold.

A lot to be said for failing on your own terms:
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May 27, 2023
"The solution to your problem is not going to be found in the problem."

I've spoken with 3 different friends in the last week (all high-achievers) who've expressed to me some level of feeling overwhelmed.

They all use the same tactic to get back on track––

Detachment:
Everyone has the same issue.

We're so narrowly focused on our own problems, the immediate issues in front of us, the trees instead of the forest, that we can't find our way out.

We've narrowed our field of vision to the point we're unable to see what we need to do.
I've always been hesitant to speak up in meetings.

Fear of sounding dumb, or giving an incorrect answer has held me back.

Jocko provides a great illustration here:

Sometimes, a perspective from the outside (even from someone less experienced) is exactly what is needed.
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May 10, 2023
Humans have a tendency to believe false information.

It's called the "Illusory Truth Effect"

Here's why it happens and how you can train your brain to overcome it: Image
First, some background...

In 1977, researchers from Villanova and Temple were the first to coin the term during a study conducted over a 5-week period.

Separated into 3 sessions, participants were given a list of 60 statements.

Their task was simple.
Determine what was true & what was false.

In each session, 40 statements were unique, while the remaining 20 were repeated from the previous rounds.

Over the course of the three meetings, researchers noticed an interesting trend...
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