Your brain is under attack.

In 2004, the average attention span was 2½ minutes.
Today? Just 47 seconds.

And every scroll, swipe, and click is making you think less, feel less, and forget everything.

Here’s how endless distraction is rewiring your brain (and mind): The data is alarming.

Dr. Gloria Mark has studied this for 20+ years and tracked 50,000+ hours of digital behavior.

In 2004: People focused on a single screen for 150 seconds.
By 2012: 75 seconds.
By 2023: Just 47 seconds.

That’s a 70% drop in 20 years.

Your anxiety started when you made others happy.

People-pleasing is a trauma silently destroying your life, relationships and your sense of self.

It rewires your brain and is fear disguised as care.

Here’s the psychology behind it (& how to fix it):🧵
We typically think of stress responses as fight or flight.

But trauma research identifies two more:
Freeze & fawn.

Fight = confront
Flight = escape
Freeze = immobilize
Fawn = appease

Unfortunately, fawn is a people-pleasers default.

I made $700,000 ghostwriting on X.

I started with 0 writing experience. I sent no cold DMs.
But I found a broken system.

And turned it into the most scalable, remote service business I've ever seen.

Here’s how you can copy me: Most ghostwriters are freelancers with prettier job titles.

- They chase clients
- They burn out writing content they hate
- They get stuck at $3k/month because they are the business

I never played that game.
I built a system instead.

The most misunderstood "drug" in the world:

Ayahuasca.

It can heal you, humble you, and for some—traumatize you.

How I used it to heal deep shame and childhood trauma (backed by science): 🧵 Ayahuasca isn’t a trend.
It’s an ancient tool.

For centuries, shamans have used it to confront trauma, shift identity, and accept death.

Entrepreneurs, therapists, and Navy SEALs fly to the jungle to use it.

But most of them have no idea what they’re walking into...

Everyone talks about IQ.

But no one talks about thinking style.

Each one is powerful or dangerous depending on how it's used.

Not knowing mine in my 20s made me broke, distracted & depressed.

7 thinking styles; 7 ways to master them in months not years (with AI):
In this thread I'll be presenting each thinking style with:

- An explanation
- A pro (advantage)
- A con (disadvantage)

And as a bonus for any writers out there:
a tailored AI prompt to use in your writing.

Let's begin:

Your brain is lying to you.

After 40 years of research, Nobel Prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman found the shocking truth:

Most of your decisions aren’t yours.

Here are 8 powerful lessons he teaches on how people actually make decisions (use to reclaim your mind):
1/ You don’t think the way you think you do

Your brain runs on two systems:

System 1 = fast, automatic, emotional
System 2 = slow, deliberate, logical

Most of your decisions are made by System 1.

Most people rationalize with System 2 after foolish decisions from System 1.

The single most powerful "skill" you can develop: Learning quickly.

But the way schools teach us to learn is a horrible way to learn in the real world.

Textbooks, memorizing facts, formulas—all of it a waste.

Here’s what neuroscience says about how we truly learn: Our education system is built on a flawed assumption.

Learning = memorizing facts + procedures

But the brain has a third, more powerful system:
Autobiographical memory.

This is the memory of who you are, what you believe, and how you want to live.

This month, my ghostwriting agency hit $33,000 in revenue.

You can do the same without cold DMs or a big audience.

I’m not here to sell you a dream.

Here are 3 ways to start earning as a ghostwriter this month (completely remote): First off, I don’t ghostwrite for clients anymore.

I could. But I don’t.
Instead, I handle strategy and sales calls.

My COO, Shayan, runs ops.
We have a team of 3 writers who handle the delivery.

This gives me time to build Growth Ghost and coach students.

You’re not in control of your emotions.

A Roman Emperor spent his life proving it.

He uncovered a flaw in human thinking that keeps people weak, anxious, and reactive.

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And it will change how you handle every challenge in life: 1/

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius

Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens for you.

Every mistake, setback, and failure sculpts your character.

Viewing life this way builds resilience.

The biggest medical scam:

ADHD

Most people think ADHD is a focus problem, but it’s a focus superpower with a motivation glitch.

Here’s how you transform ADHD attention into productivity (backed by science): People with ADHD can hyper focus for hours.

On video games. Books. Art. Coding.

When something is interesting, attention isn't a problem.
In fact, they can go deeper than most.

The problem isn’t attention.
It’s attention regulation.

On the latest episode of Modern Wisdom:

​Naval Ravikant goes DEEP on wealth, fame, and freedom.

Nothing was off limits, from attention as currency to productizing your identity.

Let me save you 3 hours:🧵 1/ “Fame should be a byproduct of doing something worthwhile.”

Earned fame, built on value, can serve your tribe.
Chasing it for its own sake is fragile.

Fame can get you in the room, but it also traps you on the stage.
You’ll perform, people-please, and fear losing it.

Katsushika Hokusai spent 60 years drawing.

He changed his name 30 times, moved 93 times, and called ALL of his art garbage.

But at 70, he created one of the most iconic images in history.

The truth behind Hokusai’s madness is WILD: Hokusai started drawing professionally as a teen.

But didn’t find his true voice until after age 70.

He was struck by lightning.
Suffered a stroke.
Lost his wife and children.

Died penniless because he paid off his grandson’s gambling debt.

And he still kept creating.

In 1985, Studio Ghibli was crumbling.

Totoro flopped. Box office numbers tanked. Shutting down felt inevitable.

Then they made ONE bold move that transformed Ghibli into a Billion dollar box office cash cow.

Here’s the fascinating story of Studio Ghibli’s comeback: Hayao Miyazaki grew up during WWII.

His dad built fighter plane parts.
His mom was bedridden.

These fragments of war, illness, resilience shaped his films.

“I make films for 10-year-olds. Not to entertain them, but to prepare them for the weight of life.”

This book changed everything for Sam Altman.

It's not about self-help, business, or money.

But written by a holocaust survivor in a Nazi death camp.

Here’s why “Man’s Search for Meaning” became his bible: 🧵
Viktor Frankl wrote this book after he was imprisoned in Auschwitz.

• He lost his parents, brother, and wife
• He was starved, beaten, and forced into labor
• Death was a daily reality

But he found something most people never do in the middle of all that suffering...

Overthinking is mental procrastination.

But no one talks about why your brain is addicted to it.

Dr. K walked away from a prestigious Harvard career, became a monk, & now helps thousands with mental health.

Here’s why your brain won’t let go (and how to fix it): 🧵
Meet Dr. Alok Kanojia, aka Dr. K.

A Harvard-trained psychiatrist and co-founder of Healthy Gamer.
He has over 2 million subscribers on YouTube.

And has worked with esports pros, content creators, and 1000s of overthinkers to help rewire their brains.

People read books to escape reality.

Richard Powers writes books to change reality.

This Pulitzer-winning Stanford Professor’s storytelling reshapes how we think about life, nature, and human existence.

Here’s how he does it: 🧵 Richard Powers is celebrated for his unparalleled innovative storytelling:

• 14 novels
• Pulitzer Prize (2019): The Overstory
• National Book Award (2006): The Echo Maker
• Taught creative writing at Illinois & Stanford

He shared his secrets in an interview with David Perell:

The poor learn by memorizing.
The average learn by consuming.
The rich learn by doing.

Alex Hormozi cracked the code to learning at 10x speed and built a $100M empire.

Here’s his simple learning framework I stole to turn my writing habit into 6-figures/year:🧵 1. Hormozi uses a 4-step system that accelerates learning and problem solving

• Identify the ONE thing that moves the needle
• Set deadlines and focus your energy
• Remove everything unnecessary
• Fix it, then move to the next big challenge

You have to learn this…

This is Hans Zimmer.

He doesn't know anything about music but composed over 150 films:

Interstellar, The Lion King, Inception, Dune...

His philosophy for creativity made him Hollywood’s most sought-after composer.

Here’s his philosophy:
Hans Zimmer never had formal musical training.
- Got kicked out of piano lessons.
- Thrown out of 8 schools.
- Modified pianos with chainsaws.

All he had was a relentless obsession and curiosity for sound.

Here’s how he changed music forever...

Overthinking is slowly killing you.

After 40 years of research, Alan Watts found that overthinking is the hidden root of all anxiety, self-doubt, and unhappiness.

Here are 5 fascinating lessons he teaches to stop overthinking and reclaim your mind:
1) “You cannot live at all unless you can live fully now.”
-Alan Watts

Overthinking is the mind clinging to the past or worrying about the future.
But happiness exists only in the present.

Fail to master mindfulness and your mind will always find a way to make you miserable.

In 1934, Karl Popper exposed a fatal flaw in how humans think.

He discovered why being WRONG is the key to being RIGHT...

What he did next changed how NASA, billionaires, and Nobel Prize winners think.

Here's his genius framework (read this to become smarter in 2 minutes): Before we begin, I'm not approaching this as a scientist.

I see it from the lens of a:
• Creative writer
• Seeker of wisdom
• Lover of knowledge

Karl Popper’s theory changed how I view writing, ideas, and creativity.

Let’s get into it…

On a new episode of JRE:

Gad Saad dives into the blueprint for surviving the chaos of modern information overload.

Nothing was off limits, from mind viruses to the dark side of the school system.

Let me save you 3 hours: 1/ "The human mind hates being wrong more than it loves being right."

Gad breaks down cognitive dissonance:

When new facts threaten our beliefs, our brain does backflips to defend them.

Don’t marry your ideas. Always be ready to be adaptable.