millenials are coming around to the fact that the playbook they received for 20+ years was wrong
degrees don’t get jobs
the food pyramid is wrong
money isn’t happiness
disney movies are not real
adults know nothing
coupled with societal and technological changes:
atomization of society
restructuring of labor
heroin in your pocket
mental warfare
rupturing of moral fabric
it is easy to become nihilistic about the future. it’s trendy.
Sep 4, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
chasing leads to unhappiness but doing nothing leads to meaninglessness.
where is the middle ground? how does one “achieve” without feeling empty at the end?
my early 20s were all about chasing money, status and material things.
every “achievement” towards those things was a way to mask myself from seeing the treadmill i was on.
all leading to a pervasive feeling that i was never complete (money, dating, self, etc).
Feb 18, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Spent the weekend with a newborn.
Some thoughts on parenting, life and children:
Time.
When you have children, your time gets cut to 10% of what it is now.
If you are single, without kids, be SELFISH about your time. Use it wisely.
Soon, you won’t have it all to yourself.
Feb 1, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
“Life is unfair”
False.
Life just is.
We set expectations that blind us from seeing reality as it is.
Harsh truths to paint the picture:
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You will never “arrive” at the happy place.
Because there is no happy place.
The human exprience is suffering.
Every goal achieved leads to another.
To want is to suffer.
Peace *from* mind is the only place to retreat.
Jan 14, 2019 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
“You cannot win, you can only put yourself in positions to win”
This means systems thinking.
Instead of focusing on outcome, you focus on the actions that lead to that outcome.
All about where you FOCUS.
Examples below:
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Twitter:
Focusing on writing “THE” tweet that will go viral
vs
Focusing on writing 20 quality tweets per day.
Dec 14, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
You are leaving A LOT on the table if you think of MATH as some useless subject taught in school.
Math, when taught correctly, is a PRACTICAL skill you can use in your day-to-day to improve your life.
How though?
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A good understanding of Math will allow you to see the world more for what IT IS than for what you would LIKE IT to be.
All the while enabling You to make better decisions while dodging easy bullets:
Some examples:
Dec 12, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
We are not wired to handle our hyper-connected, always-on world.
The constant overwhelming of our sensory inputs and quick fixes is destroying our mental health.
- Social media, our relationships
- The City, our peace
- Capitalism, our health
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Social media is the ciggarette of our times.
Silently slipping by because it doesn’t cause physical illness but, even Worst, degrades us mentally.
Dec 3, 2018 • 15 tweets • 2 min read
Lessons learned, 2018:
On Markets and Life:
There are no instructions to win. All you can ever do is put yourself in a position to win.
This is because all big wins require Fortuna’s hand.
Nov 8, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
The book I have most gifted is The Richest Man in Babylon.
The absolute BASICS of finance.
Timeless, straightforward lessons that are worth MILLIONS over a lifetime.
The lessons are the following:
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Start thy purse to fattening:
PAY YOUR GODDAM SELF FIRST.
Every single dollar that comes in, take at least 10% of it and put it into your savings.
The goverment, your desires, your family, your friends, everyone and everything wants a piece. Pay yourself first.
