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Ghostwriter/Consultant | Scaling info products for Founders and CEOs on 𝕏 | 26M+ views in 7 days. Sharing my best frameworks daily.
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Aug 15, 2025 21 tweets 7 min read
This kid crashed the entire U.S. stock market from his bedroom.

He wiped out $1 TRILLION in 36 minutes.

The greedy Wall Street giants? They panicked.

This is how a London gamer outsmarted the world's richest traders:

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Navinder Sarao didn't start out rich.

He grew up poor near the Heathrow airport.

Quiet kid, with few friends.

His only passion was gaming.

More specifically, FIFA. Image
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Aug 8, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
Ex-Google exec Mo Gawdat just made the darkest prediction of his career:

“AI will trigger a 12-year dystopia starting in 2027.”

But he didn’t stop there.

He broke down exactly HOW it’ll happen.

Here's his framework for preparing before it's too late: 🧵 Image Mo helped lead Google X—the lab behind their wildest moonshots.

He’s sat in rooms with the people building the future.

He knows what OpenAI, xAI, and DeepMind won’t say publicly.

His warning isn’t speculation—it's insight.
May 20, 2025 20 tweets 6 min read
Nokia made phones that could survive war zones.

But they couldn’t survive one CEO...

He burned Nokia to the ground and sold it to Microsoft.

One guy from their "boring department" stepped in and saved them.

Here's the story of Nokia's quiet comeback:

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In 2007, Nokia dominated phones.

Then Steve Jobs changed everything.

He launched the iPhone...

It was sleek, and smart, with a touchscreen.

Overnight, Nokia’s brick phones became dinosaurs.
May 9, 2025 19 tweets 6 min read
In 1938, Harvard began the world’s longest happiness study.

They tracked 724 teenagers for their entire lives.

85 years later, the results are in.

Here’s what actually makes people happy (backed by science):

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Meet Dr. Robert Waldinger.

He has overseen the study for the past 22 years.

He dove deep into decades of data to find out:

What really makes people happy?

In a recent interview, he revealed the truth.

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May 7, 2025 16 tweets 4 min read
Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a book so dangerous it was banned for 200 years.

For centuries it was the playbook for power and control.

Presidents, CEOs, and world leaders still use it today.

Here are 9 ruthless laws from The Prince (and how to use them):

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1/ Never trust hired guns.

Mercenaries fight for money.

Not for you.

Machiavelli watched cities fall because their armies had no loyalty.

Build your own team. Loyalty > talent.
May 5, 2025 13 tweets 5 min read
Netflix used to dominate entertainment.

They had the chance to become the next Amazon.

Instead, they lost $55 Billion and millions of users.

Here's how one bad decision destroyed this streaming empire:

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Netflix launched in 1997 inspired by Amazon’s explosive growth.

Founder Reed Hastings even turned down a $50M offer from Jeff Bezos.

He was convinced Netflix was destined for Amazon-level success.

At first, it seemed smart.
May 2, 2025 19 tweets 7 min read
This kid wiped out $1 Trillion from the stock market.

He did it from his bedroom in under 40 minutes.

Wall Street panicked and lied to the public for years.

Here's how a gamer almost got away with the biggest trade in history:

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Navinder Sarao didn't start out rich.

He grew up poor near the Heathrow airport.

Quiet kid, with few friends.

His only passion was gaming.

More specifically, FIFA. Image
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Apr 25, 2025 22 tweets 7 min read
The man who started a $90 billion-dollar company by accident:

Meet John Pemberton

• Morphine addict after the war.
• Sold a cocaine wine rip-off.
• Died nearly broke.

Here's the bizarre story behind the world's most iconic brand:

🧵 Image John Pemberton fought in the Civil War.

He nearly died and left the battlefield addicted to morphine.

Years later, he tried to cure his addiction.

His solution? Mixing cocaine and alcohol. Image
Apr 23, 2025 15 tweets 5 min read
The most powerful psychological trap in retail:

The Labor Perception Effect.

IKEA has mastered this trick for over 70 years.

Their customers? They fall for it every time.

Here's why it works (backed by science):

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In 1953, An IKEA employee couldn’t fit a table in his car.

He asked: “What if we just remove the legs?”

That idea led to flat-pack furniture. Image
Apr 21, 2025 21 tweets 7 min read
The con artist who fooled Leonardo DiCaprio.

Meet Jho Low.

• Stole $4.5 Billion from his own country.
• Paid celebrities millions to party.
• Disappeared without a trace.

Here's how he pulled off the biggest scam you've never heard of:

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Jho Low grew up rich in Malaysia.

He went to England for boarding school

There, he met kids of billionaires.

He realized his family's millions were pocket change.

So he decided he'd fake it if he couldn’t match their wealth.
Apr 18, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
While everyone’s distracted by AI...

Apple is executing the perfect takeover.

For the past 5 years they have been crushing traditional banks.

The crazy part? This is just the beginning.

Here's the strategy behind the most diabolical move in Apple's history:

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Apple had a huge problem:

Their hardware sales dropped by 5.7% in 2023.

Now they're shifting focus—from phones to financial services.

And it could reshape banking forever.
Apr 9, 2025 13 tweets 4 min read
Ramon Llull predicted the rise of AI in the 13th century.

His "Ars Magna" system answered the toughtest questions in the universe.

700 years later:

His writings helped shape ChatGPT, Grok, and DeepSeek.

Here's the story behind the strangest prophecy in history:

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In 1274, Ramon Llull built a system to combine concepts mechanically.​

He called it "Ars Magna" or "The Great Art."​

It aimed to generate knowledge through logical combinations.​

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Mar 24, 2025 13 tweets 5 min read
This is Chris Voss.

He is the FBI's top hostage negotiator.

For over 24 years he has rescued lives using a simple psychological playbook.

Here are his 7 game-changing frameworks for negotiating anything:

🧵 Image 1/ The "first name" trick:

Your name is a powerful psychological anchor.

Voss trained FBI agents to make kidnappers say the hostage’s name.

It's harder to hurt someone when you feel a personal connection.
Mar 21, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
Most people think that Elon Musk founded Tesla.

That's a lie.

The real founder was kicked out and erased from history.

Here's how Musk pulled off one of the most hostile takeovers in business history:

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In 2003, an engineer and a finance expert built an e-reader startup.

They sold it for $187M and became partners from then on.

Their names?

Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Image
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Mar 17, 2025 15 tweets 4 min read
Sun Tzu was the greatest strategist that ever lived.

He wrote The Art of War as a cheat code to win wars effortlessly.

2,500 years later:

It's the ultimate guide for winning in life and business.

Here are 9 of his battle-tested strategies (and how to use them):

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1/ Pick your battles.

"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight."

Energy is limited so don’t waste it.

Focus on high-leverage moves.
Feb 25, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
I'm 34.

At 24, I thought being rich meant having a big paycheck.

Then I found Morgan Housel and he changed how I think about money.

On the Humbernam Lab podcast, he broke down the psychology behind real wealth.

Here are 10 psychological biases he says keep people broke:

🧵 Image 1/ No one is crazy about money:

People aren’t irrational.

They just have different experiences.

→ A millionaire might hoard cash because they grew up poor.
→ A lottery winner might blow it all because they never had wealth before.

Your money habits aren’t random.

Your past shapes them.
Dec 20, 2024 10 tweets 2 min read
To blend in online, keep posting facts.

To stand out, tell stories.

Here's how I use stories to make my content unforgettable:

🧵 The brain loves stories.

Stats target the mind; stories touch the heart.

A great story makes people feel, remember, and return.

Without stories, your content fades into the background.

You don't need to be a top writer, just follow these steps:
May 10, 2024 10 tweets 3 min read
Justin Welsh challenged his subscribers to make $100 in 7 days.

With that I made my first $100 on X.

Then I made another $2k after that.

Steal this blueprint (so you can do the same):

🧵 Image 1. Use Curiosity to Gather Date

I started sending DMs to my audience to build rapport.

"What are your long-term plans for X?"

"What's your biggest hurdle on X?"

I wasn't trying to coach or sell.

Ultimately I wanted to understand their goals and struggles.