This man healed what psychologists couldn't:

Søren Kierkegaard

It's impossible to be depressed, stressed, or anxious after understanding his philosophy

Here's his 7-step approach to reprogramming your mind that'll set you free: 🧵 Modern culture is now black & white.

You either voted red or blue. Or you love Elon or hate him. Nuance is lost.

Everything has become polarizing. People have been dumbed down to conform.

This is why Søren Kierkegaard's work is making a comeback.

I'm 39.

If you want to get ahead of 99% of people, read this: Step 1: Choose to be relentless

Most people give up at the first obstacle. They want the outcome but they don't do what it takes.

Every goal has KPIs. Increase the intensity.

If you normally do 3 follow-ups, do 12.
If you do 8 reps of bench press, do 16.
If you earn $100K, insist on making $1M.
If you post once a day on social, post 12 times.

Mindset: just don't take no for an answer. Do more.

I’m 39.

After 10 years in corporate, I’ve discovered 14 truths that'll make you question everything about your career.

Your boss will be pissed if you read this: 1. Promotions just force you to be stuck in back-to-back meetings

What we crave is free time and autonomy.

Without those things we die inside.

Time to build a side hustle has a far better ROI.

13 signs of high agency people:

1. They have a strong bias for action.

High agency people don't talk, plan & overthink. They get sh*t done. 2. They refuse to accept the status quo

They f*cking hate fitting in. They embrace their weird. They call out nonsense. They're a game-changer.

I'm 39.

When I was young I wasted years being broke, woke, anxious, and depressed.

Then I found Felix Dennis's "11 ideas to get rich" and it literally changed my financial future

This took me 20 years to realize. I'll teach you in 2 minutes: 🧵 Felix Dennis was a badass.

• Sold his publishing business for $240M
• Bought David Bowie's mansion
• Wrote one of the best-selling money books ever

Just before he died he bizarrely became a popular poet too

I took Naval Ravikant’s tweet thread "How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)" & made $1.55M with it.

Here’s how: On May 31st 2018, Naval Ravikant blew up the internet.

He posted a tweet thread that people still can’t get over 5 years later. It’s a tweet thread I re-read weekly.

If you haven’t read it then I insist you do.

After I read this tweet thread at age 32, I implemented the principles in my life.

I estimate they’ve made me approximately $1.55M since doing so.

Use these principles to do the same.

The book "The Psychology of Money" sold 7 million copies.

But 95% of readers are still struggling financially & missed the whole point.

Here are 9 harsh truths you completely overlooked (& still suffer because of it): 🧵 1. "Doing well with money has little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave."

• People know how to be wealthy, but they let a lack of discipline and temptations screw them.

• EQ over IQ

A simple funnel leads to a $1M/year business.

But 99% don’t know how to build a funnel.

Here are 6 powerful methods to build a high-converting sales funnel: 1. Core high ticket offer

Start from a single high ticket offer and work backwards from there on the funnel.

All roads should lead to and compliment your high ticket offer.

If you don't know what your core high ticket offer is, you have an unreliable funnel that'll crash & burn

Carl Jung once said:

"Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge."

Here are 11 things I learned from him: 1. “Where your fear is, there is your task”

This is why the work-life balance & self-care movements help people become losers.

Discomfort is where the opportunity is

Find what you fear & look it in the eyes

...otherwise you become mediocre and the rewards are terrible.

Charles Bukowski's work will change your life forever.

His work takes 100s of hours to read. I've gone through it so you don't have to.

11 ideas. 11 opportunities to upgrade your mind. “Find what you love and let it kill you."

I gave up my corporate career to let online writing kill me.

Find the thing you want to kill you. Take the subject you’re crazy about & make it your entire life.

Work on it after hours. Then have this wild task take over your career.

Keanu Reeves once said:

"I’m at the stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even if you say 1+1=5, you’re right. Have fun."

Here are 9 things I learned from him: 1. “I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit.”

– Keanu Reeves

I'm 39.

When I was 29 I worshipped identity politics, went woke & believed in the fantasy of equality.

Then I discovered Albert Camus, and he changed my life forever.

11 lessons from France's most controversial & unknown philosopher: Albert Camus won a Nobel Prize

He pissed people off by not supporting Algeria's independence from France. His decision didn't age well. Algeria won.

He wrote 2 novels that changed history & made him famous, then was murdered at 46 in a car crash caused by soviet spies.

The most dangerous, oddly glorified, yet overlooked problem in the world:

No sense of urgency

It's why you're stressed, lack opportunities, depressed & your life is always in chaos.

Here's Robert Greene's 10-step protocol to escape the hell of moving too slow: Most people have goals but they never achieve them. They...

• Overthink
• Wait for the right time
• Rely on "passion"

Without urgency all you have is a fantasy.

Codie Sanchez: "It's better to die with memories than fantasies."

The currency of life isn’t money. It is not even time. It’s attention.

– Naval Ravikant

A thread on ethically gaining more attention online: There is a formula for ethically gaining attention online without using ragebait or clickbait.

It's been passed down through generations and much of it is pre-internet.

Let's break it down.

I'm 39.

Depression.
An alcohol addiction.
10 years in banking.

All to learn 22 things —

If you're drowning in your 20s, 30s, or 40s, here's your lifeline: 1. Lost my close friend to drugs.

No purpose. No skills. So... he took drugs and ended up drowning in a river by accident.

If you're tempted to take drugs, try meditation first.

I'm 38.

When I was young I worshipped politics, went woke (broke) & believed in the myth of equality.

Then I discovered Thomas Sowell, and he changed my life forever.

12 lessons from America's most controversial & unknown philosopher: Thomas Sowell is a 93 year old badass.

• Studied at Harvard
• Political commentator
• Written for 150 newspapers
• Declined the role of Federal Trade Commissioner

He says F U to politicians and the system. His views are radical. Some good, some bad

But he'll make you think

Harsh truths I know at 39 I wish I knew at 29:

1. The solution to money problems is to make more money, not save money.

2. Entrepreneurship is hard. Being laid off as an employee is harder. 3. Cheat on everything. Not by lying or stealing, but by breaking the rules and challenging the status quo

4. Never trust a social media profile with a cartoon picture and a nickname.

5. It's easier to be weird than it is to try and fit in and be normal.

I bet my life-savings Roy Lee will become a billionaire by 2029.

Not because he made $5M in 2 months and went viral on every social media app.

Because he found the secret formula for online business (it’s so basic I couldn't believe it): 1. Take more risks

Roy risked his future job as a programmer to stand up for something he believed in.

He saw mediocrity everywhere & decided enough was enough.

Yes, he may fail and never get hired again. But that's better than 40 years at a boring job while settling for second best.

The people we look up to take risks. It's so rare so we pay attention.

Roy isn't using engagement hacks to blow up online. He's taking real risks with consequences

Harsh money advice no one wants to hear in 2025: 1. The answer to money problems isn't expense management. It's making more money. Figure out how to make more money as your #1 priority.

The most dangerous, common, and overlooked problem in the world:

Not wanting to self-promote.

It's why you lack opportunities, struggle with money & feel depressed.

Here is Gery Vee's 9-step protocol to beat the fear of self-promotion (for good): If you don't learn how to self-promote or you refuse to do it...

Then you will work for a corporation and outsource the sales & marketing to them.

That means they'll profit & you'll get far less than you're worth and have zero control / ownership.

If I woke up bankrupt and wanted to be rich by the end of summer:

• No climbing the corporate ladder
• No B.S. passive income scams
• No day trading

Here's everything I'd do (it's the simplest way to $20k/month): 1. Choose an obsession

Following trends is stupid.
Going for a niche cause it prints money is dumb.

Take what you're already obsessed with & research regardless...

...And turn it into a digital business.