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The most meaningful life hack is saying no to the things that drain energy and saying yes to the things that create it.
“Saying no” doesn’t necessarily mean eliminating the thing from your life.

That’s not always possible.

Sometimes it means making small changes to turn something energy draining (like a zoom call) into something energy neutral (like a walking call).
Important Note:

This is NOT about eliminating hard things.

Doing hard things is necessary for success.

There are plenty of hard things that create energy in my life.

When you have energy for the hard things, you do them more consistently and at a higher quality bar.
The "Yes, Damn" Effect says that we often say yes to things assuming that we will have more time or energy for them in the future.

As a rule of thumb, if you’re going to say yes to anything because you think you’ll have more time or energy for it in the future, say no instead.

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Aug 9
Life lessons from my father that I want to teach to my son:

1. You can tell everything you need to know about a person by observing how they treat service workers.

2. Hard work will never be overrated. You have to work hard if you want to get ahead.

3. You don't need to have… https://t.co/39cPvxlySItwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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When I say “teach” to my son, I’m not saying I will sit him down and explain these to him in explicit terms.

It doesn’t work that way.

Some of the best parenting advice I received:

Make a list of all the values that you want your child to live by, then go embody them yourself.
The harsh truth is that there’s a devastatingly short window of time during which you are your child’s entire world.

After it, they have others that fill that role.

This is the window where we can teach these principles and values by embodying them.
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Aug 5
The Harvard Study of Adult Development is considered the longest running study on adult life, health, and happiness.

The study looked at mechanisms through which participants dealt with life's challenges.

These 5 "healthy adaptations" were correlated with health and happiness:… https://t.co/3cUylX2IRttwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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I talked about adaptability on a recent podcast.

Adaptability comes from life. You can’t learn it in a classroom.
Suppression is about the pause between stimulus and response.

Viktor Frankl had a brilliant framing for this:

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response."

Our power is in the space that we can create.
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Aug 4
A 22-year-old follower recently messaged me asking for career advice.

Here are the 5 pieces of advice I shared:

1. Swallow the Frog: This is one of the greatest "hacks" to get ahead early in your career. Observe your boss, figure out what they hate doing, learn to do it, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Some of this is likely to elicit “Ok, Boomer” responses—and that’s ok.

I’m a big believer in balance, but I’m an even bigger believer that the early years of your career are the ideal time to do hard, unscalable, unbalanced things to build a foundation for life.
The whole narrative on working smart vs. hard has caused a lot of people to lose the plot.

Leverage is earned—not found.

When you’re starting out, you shouldn’t be focused on leverage.

You should be focused on creating value anywhere and everywhere.

Hard now, smart later.
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Aug 3
If you spend a lot of time thinking about closed doors, you'll spot a lot of closed doors.

If you spend a lot of time thinking about open doors, you'll spot a lot of open doors.

You'll always find what you seek.
Pessimists sound smart, optimists retire young on beaches.

😂😂😂
There was a great study I’ll dig up and write about that found that self-reported “lucky” people were much better than their “unlucky” counterparts at seeing opportunity before them.

The “unlucky” people didn’t see the opportunity, where the “lucky” people did.

Interesting.
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Aug 2
The most powerful paradoxes of life.

1. The Productivity Paradox: Work longer, get less done.

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2. The Advice Paradox: Taking more advice can leave you less well-prepared.

3. The Wisdom Paradox: The more you learn, the less you know. Image
4. The Opportunity Paradox: Take on less, accomplish more.

5. The Boredom Paradox: The most creative, captivating ideas stem directly from periods of intense boredom. Image
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Aug 1
Important Rule for Life: Never bet against the person who just keeps showing up.
If you do bet against this person, prepare to get run over.
PSA: Showing up isn't sexy.

It's ugly, painful effort in the dark, when no one is watching.

How you show up in the dark determines how you perform under the lights.
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