This neuroscientist spent 50 years & gave the greatest line of all time:

"We are not thinking machines. We are feeling machines that think."

Emotions >>>> Logic

Without emotions, people can’t even decide what to eat.

8 facts of “decision-making” that will change how you think:
Meet Antonio Damasio.

One of the most influential neuroscientists of our time.

He spent decades studying emotions, the mind-body connection & consciousness.

His work proved: Emotion isn’t a flaw in decision-making — it’s the foundation.

Without it, rational thought breaks down.

This is Markus Persson.

At 32, he sold Minecraft to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

Then he bought a $70M mansion… and disappeared into depression.

Here's how a billion dollars ruined his life:
Markus Persson was a coder, not a CEO.

In 2009, he built Minecraft almost entirely solo.

A simple, blocky game with infinite creativity.

No ads. No publishers. No focus groups.

Just raw, open-world imagination.

It exploded into a global phenomenon.

Look at this guy.

By 16, he dropped out of school, started his first company at 17, sold it at 21 & became financially free at 28.

Now? At 39, he’s a multi-millionaire running multiple businesses.

This is my story, and the brutal lessons I learned building real wealth:

// A no-fluff THREAD 🧵 1. No one’s coming to save you.

Not your parents.
Not your boss.
Not your followers.

The faster you accept full responsibility for your life, the faster sh*t changes.

Ownership is the first step to power.

Daniel Kahneman spent decades studying this invisible force:

System 1 vs System 2 thinking.

Your brain is lying to you more often than you think.

Here’s a 2-minute breakdown on how to think clearly even under pressure & save yourself from ruining your life: 1. Your brain runs on two operating systems

Kahneman’s legendary book Thinking, Fast and Slow revealed something most people never notice:

You have two minds.
One is fast.
The other is smart.

He called them:

• System 1 – Fast, intuitive, emotional
• System 2 – Slow, deliberate, logical

What if I told you that billionaires pay less in taxes than you?

One legal loophole allows them to avoid billions.

Here’s how they use tax codes and shell companies to keep their wealth (while you foot the bill) 🧵 The Billionaire Tax Playbook:

Billionaires don’t “cheat” the system—they use it.

While the average person pays taxes on income, the wealthy structure their assets to avoid taxable events altogether.

It’s not luck. It's a strategy. Here’s how they do it:

Charlie Munger swears by one mental model:

Inversion Thinking.

Most people can avoid disastrous life moments by following it.

Here’s a 2-minute breakdown of how to solve problems by thinking backward: 1/ What is Inversion Thinking?

Most people solve problems by asking:
"How do I succeed?"

Inversion flips the question:
"How do I fail?"

By identifying and avoiding failure points, you reduce risks and improve outcomes.

Success is often about avoiding stupidity.

I'm a millionaire, but I:

• Don't read 52 books a year
• Don't meditate for hours
• Don't recite morning affirmations

Here are 7 ways to build wealth (without all this BS): 1. Solve Expensive Problems

Wealth flows to those who fix problems people hate dealing with.

• Taxes → Wealth advisors
• Tech headaches → Software companies
• Weight loss → Fitness programs

The bigger the problem, the bigger the payday.

Stop chasing passion—chase problems.