𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

A visual thread

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𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮

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"Everything happens for a reason"

This sentiment is very jarring to those with trauma as it's hard to find meaning in such a painful experience (e.g. abuse, witnessing a tragedy)

Canadian author & Elon Musk's ex-wife, Justine Musk's answer to the question:

"How can I be as great as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Sir Richard Branson?"

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Youngsters reading this;

If you're consuming content from fake self-help gurus, "Millionaire Motivation" pages & Think and Grow Rich

Which makes you hate "9 to 5" & tells you to "be your own boss";

You've fallen prey to the toxic hustle culture

Solution?

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This is a fake entrepreneurship epidemic and youngsters are ruining their lives by falling into this trap.

So, watch these videos religiously

Monopoly: Two firms that have control over the companies that own everything in the world.

Part - I

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The world is going through a lot due to this pandemic.

Millions have lost their loved ones, countless have lost their livelihoods, and unnumerable have lost hopes.

What if I told you that all these Blue Light filters, glasses and lenses are a proven scam?

And that there's no evidence for it providing any benefits against the claims?

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It feels like staring at a computer screen all day is physically bad for you.

And in some ways, it definitely can be.

Narrow-minded & arrogant people are the first ones to calls others the same.

Here's why.

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It seems to be an extremely common experience amongst people who don't believe in certain non-scientific concepts to be told by others who do to be more open minded.

Mark Cuban's final message for everyone on r/wallstreetbets Mark Cuban's complete Ask Me Anything session on r/wallstreetbets

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Elon Musk on Clubhouse

Complete conversation in text

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Question: You've frequently talked about expanding the scope of consciousness and life.

What does that mean for you and why it matters?

The time when Reliance went through a GameStop a like situation and and how Dhirubhai Ambani turned the tables on the Kolkata bear cartel

And a lesson for entrepreneurs on how to deal with the enemies

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India’s biggest private sector company Reliance Industries Ltd went public through its initial public offering (IPO) in October 1977, when it issued 2.8 million equity shares of Rs 10 each.

This guy, Michael Burry, reached a 1,500% gain on his GameStop investment on Monday, Jan 25, 2020.

His 1.7 million shares soared in value to $271 million at the peak.

The article below is from Aug 21, 2019. He had successfully predicted the future

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If you don't know him already, it's not the first time that his prophecy became true.

Michael had successfully predicted the 2008 housing bubble burst.

Everyone called him crazy back then, but his "short" stock made him his millions whereas the whole market collapsed

How Signal Grew From Privacy App to Tech Powerhouse

And how Signal became the top recommendation of @elonmusk as the better alternative to WhatsApp

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Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging service, similar to WhatsApp or iMessage, but owned and operated by a non-profit foundation rather than a corporation, and with more wide-ranging security protections.

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Startup Bharat: @naval & @balajis

The full Clubhouse session in text

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Question: What's your take on the farmers protests happening in India, especially with your interest in going to India?

Answer by Naval: Unfortunately I have no idea. I don't follow geopolitics. I can really be bothered to follow politics and other States it's nausea.

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Startup Bharat: @naval & @balajis

The full Clubhouse session in text

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Naval: It's funny because right now there's like that dude, where's my flying car mean, which is like, we were promised flying cars, but instead we got, 280 characters, 140 characters, and there's some truth to that. But at the same time, We're going to get our flying cars.

Startup Bharat: @naval & @balajis

The full Clubhouse session in text

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Naval: The Boston ecosystem has always regretting that they've sort of lost these companies.

India has to make sure it doesn't lose as entrepreneurs. And the way to do that is to give them the freedom to innovate. Everyone should be an entrepreneur.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | By @tferriss

In 1999, one day, Tim was sitting in his van, when he had decided to commit suicide.
And he went from deciding to full blown planning very quickly.

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He was really close to death. The only reason he took his finger off the trigger, was a few lucky coincidences.

The element of chance scared him the most. Tim was very methodical about ways of managing his ups and downs.

The Complete Guide to Crush it on Twitter: Part-I

How to become great at Twitter, from writing to consuming to networking

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Writing tweets has 4 things in common:

1. Compression: Make tweets as concise as possible.
Twitter rewards people who can take a lot of information and put it in a little bit of space

The Story of Freshworks

Journey of the company from an idea to being one of the world's top Unicorns

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For those who don't know, Freshworks is a company with various business products, which are easy to use. Freshdesk is a customer support software, freshchat is a customer messaging software, freshworks CRM is a CRM software.

The Story of Canva

How a 19 year old girl's vision took the company to valuation of $6 billion

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It’s super-rare for a tech start-up to succeed and join the billion-dollar club, so rare that those that do are called unicorns. Graphic design platform Canva joined these ranks two years ago, which meant a huge income increase for its three founders.

The way Indian society connects grades with intelligence is super toxic in long term.

I've heard many people say, "I was really intelligent back in school, idk what happened to me in college, I became really dumb"

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Folks really start measuring their whole self worth only on the basis of their grades, not realizing how it's hurting them

They then get trapped in a loop; "I'm dumb because I score low grades" 🔁 "I score low grades because I'm dumb"

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