The fastest way to improve your life is not adding new things to serve you, but quitting what no longer does.

Here are 9 things I quit to transform my life: I quit focusing on my potential.

I think the whole “alcohol is poison” thing is too black and white.

Social connection is one of the most important factors for your physical health.

If having a beer with your friends promotes that connection, good for you.

If it doesn’t, also good for you.

The point: Do you. I’ve personally reduced my alcohol consumption about 90-95%, but if I’m with a new or old friend and they want to share a drink of something special, I’m in.

John Wooden was a treasure trove of wisdom.

My favorite piece of Wooden wisdom: 9 promises for a life well-lived.

These 9 promises create the foundation for happiness and success: 1. I promise to talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.

Your thoughts and language shape your reality. Choose them wisely.

People obsess over the Hamptons but ignore the fact that this is 90 minutes outside NYC in Northwest Connecticut.

Please don’t community note me, the realtor swore this was legit.

I'm thrilled to announce that my first book—The 5 Types of Wealth—is officially ​available for preorder​ everywhere books are sold!

I believe this book is going to change millions of lives. Its ideas have already changed mine...

So, what is ​The 5 Types of Wealth​ all about?

It's about rejecting the default and living life by design.

It's about realizing that your wealthy life may involve money, but in the end, it will be defined by everything else.

In this book, I offer a new way for you to think about your life centered around five types of wealth:

• Time Wealth
• Social Wealth
• Mental Wealth
• Physical Wealth
• Financial Wealth

A new way to measure what matters, make better decisions, and design your life around the pillars that truly create lasting joy and fulfillment.

Importantly, this book will not give you the answers. It will give you the right questions, so that you can uncover and act on them.

While the lens through which you view them will be individual, the stories, questions, ideas, and tools contained in this book are universal.

No matter who you are, or where you are on your journey, this book is for you.

If you’ve enjoyed any of my work, you’re going to find immense value in this book. I guarantee it.

My humble ask: Preorders are extremely important for the success of a book—retailers use the data to determine buys, placement, and more—so I'd be truly grateful for your support as I continue on my mission to create millions of positive ripples in the world.

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If you reply and share this tweet, I'll personally message you my thanks and a few ideas I think you'll enjoy in the book. No automations, just me, because real impact is personal and human.

P.S. I'm also offering a bunch of bonuses for anyone who preorders one or more copies (a video series, access to a monthly live AMA/office hours, and a virtual book club appearance). Drop your order number in the portal on the website to access those bonuses. I used to make fun of my Dad for buying People Magazine at Hudson News to read on planes.

He just got the last laugh.

The silent productivity killer you've never heard of...

Attention Residue (and 4 strategies to fight back): The concept of "attention residue" was identified by Dr. Sophie Leroy in 2009.

The idea is simple:

There is a cognitive cost to shifting your attention from one task to another. When our attention is shifted, a "residue" remains and impairs our performance on the new task.

In 1958, a 20-year-old Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter to a friend with his advice on finding his life purpose.

It is a work of art.

5 brilliant lessons on finding purpose (everyone should read this): Lesson 1: Avoid the Perils of Advice

Using someone else's map of reality to navigate your terrain is risky.

My advice (ironic, I know): When giving or receiving advice, focus on the general, not the specific.

Take the general, wrestle with it, and make it specific to you.

This is the best thing you will read all week...

A beautiful true story, written by a woman named Pam Kearney, on the impact of even the most tiny, inconsequential actions... Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Every single day, you will face moments when you'll feel completely helpless—unable to move or create the necessary momentum to improve the situation.

In these moments, you have a decision to make:

Ok, random interesting experience yesterday that I want to share:

Playing in the backyard with my son, when I notice some bees flying around a tree.

Take my son inside and get closer to investigate.

Here's what I saw (and what I learned): Let me preface this by saying two things:

1. I hate bees. Got stung by too many wasps and hornets while playing barefoot as a kid.

2. I know nothing about the different types of bees.

Worried about my kid getting stung, so I start looking for exterminators.

10 differences between amateurs and professionals:

1. Amateurs make it look effortful, Professionals make it look effortless.

Effortless, elegant performances are the result of a large volume of effortful, gritty practice. Small things become big things.

(thread) 2. Amateurs love the prize, Professionals love the process.

You’ll never make it if the view at the summit is the only thing motivating you to climb. The hunt has to be just as exciting as the meal at the end.

Professionals truly fall in love with the process.

My Anti-To-Do List

(15 things I want to avoid on a daily basis)

1. Do not complain about anything.

If the thing is within your control, then go do something about it. If the thing is out of your control, then it's just a waste of energy to complain about it. 2. Don't allow negative people to steal your energy.

Stop avoiding difficult conversations. Embrace the need to remove toxicity from your life.

3. Do not allow more than 2 hours of inactivity.

Get up and go for a walk. Do a few pushups or lunges. Move your body regularly.

These 7 questions changed my life...

(ask them and they may change yours): 1. If I repeated this day for 100 days, would my life be better or worse?

You live your life zoomed in. It makes it difficult to assess your course.

Force a zoom out:

How would your actions from a typical day compound?

Would they steer you off course?

Adjust accordingly.

Last weekend, I attended Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Omaha.

It was an incredible experience.

9 ideas from the event that I can't stop thinking about: 1. Go where you don’t belong.

One truth I’ve learned over and over again in my life: Good things happen when you put yourself in rooms where you don’t feel like you belong.

Remember: That feeling of uncertainty, fear, and discomfort is usually a sign of growth.

This may be the best definition of success I've ever come across...

Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's 9 Pillars of Success: Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote the following passage on his definition of success:

I'd break this down into nine items...

In 2009, Stanford business professor Tina Seelig split her class into groups and issued a challenge:

Each group had $5 and 2 hours to make the highest return on the money.

At the end, they'd give a short presentation on their strategy.

What happened next was fascinating: Most of the groups followed a simple approach:

• Use the $5 to buy a few items.
• Barter or resell those items.
• Repeat
• Sell final items for (hopefully) more than $5.

These groups made a modest return on their initial $5.

Here's the secret of the most charismatic people in the world...

The 3 Levels of Listening: I used to think that being charismatic meant talking the most.

I was wrong.

Charisma is about being interested, not interesting. Charismatic people are present and engaged.

They are exceptional listeners.

I recently learned that there are three levels of listening:

Your entire life will change the moment you...

(thread) Your entire life will change the moment you…

Stop gathering more information and start acting on the information you already have.

I can't stop thinking about this idea...

The 3 Types of Friends:

(everyone should read this) The idea originates from Tyler Perry (portraying his wise Madea alter ego).

It's a brilliant framing for thinking about your relationships.

There are three types of people in your life:

1. Leaves
2. Branches
3. Roots

Here's what they look like...

The secret to success that no one tells you about...

Avoiding the Compound Mistake:

(thread) Let's begin by referencing the image made famous by Atomic Habits.

While most of the dialogue focuses on the 1% better every day, which results in a ~38x improvement, the 1% worse every day is just as important:

It effectively zeroes you out—it knocks you out of the game...

I challenged myself to cold plunge every morning for 100 straight days.

- Three different continents
- Several frozen rivers and lakes
- Dozens of hotel bathtubs
- One icy shower at 40,000 feet

10 lessons learned from 100 days in the cold:

(a video thread) Lesson 1: Discipline is about what you do on the days when you feel like crap.

It's easy to be disciplined and consistent when you feel great.

It's hard when you feel like crap.

Those are the days when you remind yourself that you are a winner.

This idea changed my life (and may change yours)...

The Law of Reversed Effort: In a Zen parable that I love, a martial arts student approaches his teacher and asks, "How long will it take me to master this craft?"

The teacher replies, "10 years."