Daily tips on business, entrepreneurship & health from a 5x entrepreneur & angel investor in 86 startups. Teaching success but without compromising your health.
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May 7 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
How to fix your dopamine-fried brain permanently.
It starts with 1 simple word you use everyday:
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that makes us feel pleasure.
And we get it from:
• Drugs
• Junk food
• Pornography
• Social media
• Video games
• Overworking
But if we get too much of it, our brains will build a tolerance, and we'll need more to feel good.
May 6 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Your brain is a hardware.
Every day the battery goes to 0
If you don't charge it, the software becomes useless.
Give me 2 minutes and I'll show you how to gain a super brain in 8 steps: 1. Meditation
↳ Sit down
↳ Close your eyes
↳ Breathe in and out
↳ Focus on your breath
↳ Thoughts will come, let them pass
↳ Keep your focus on your breath
Meditation reduces stress, increases focus, and boosts creativity.
May 4 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
How to 10X your productivity in 1 hour.
Use the Eisenhower Matrix.
Here's how:
The Eisenhower Matrix helps you prioritize tasks based on importance and urgency.
Divide a piece of paper into 4 quadrants:
1. Urgent + Important 2. Not Urgent + Important 3. Urgent + Not Important 4. Not Urgent + Not Important
May 2 • 40 tweets • 4 min read
38 today 🎉
85 angel investments, 5 companies, 2 cats, 1 wife, 1 daughter & some great life experience.
Here are 38 lessons I wish I knew at 20
1. The world is a cruel place, pretending it's not will only make things worse.
Dont let that make you cruel or bitter.
Let it teach you reality & from that place, choose to be optimistic.
Happiness is a daily choice, but still based in reality.
May 1 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Your Gut Feeling is Real
Here's why:
Since the 16th century, a Flemish physician named Andreas Vesalius speculated a gut-brain connection in 1514-1564.
He wrote in his book De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body) that the stomach was "connected to the brain by nerves."
Apr 30 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
How to make difficult decisions in 7 easy steps: 1. Define The Decision
Write down the fundamentals of the decision you're making:
→ What is the decision?
→ What are the consequences?
→ Who is involved?
→ What is at stake?
Be clear about the decision, it will simplify the steps needed to make it.
Apr 29 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
People with checklists complete their work 40% faster
But 99% of them are making their checklists wrong.
Here's how to do it right: (Using psychology) 1. Do a brain dump.
Write down all tasks in your head.
All projects, goals, and to-dos.
This releases cognitive load.
Apr 25 • 25 tweets • 3 min read
20 truths you're too scared to hear: 1. You're not special.
You're not entitled to anything in life.
You have to work hard, and even then, there's no guarantee of success.
Apr 24 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Ambitious goals don't have to be hard.
Spend 20% of your time finding the right 80% of tasks.
Dedicate the other 80% to executing those tasks with 100% focus:
Instead of doing more, focus on the right work.
The Pareto Principle states:
20% of input leads to 80% of output.
20% of effort leads to 80% of results.
So, you don't need to work harder; you need to work smarter.
Apr 23 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
How to finish work 50% faster than 99% people.
(Open this if you struggle to focus)
Ask yourself:
→ What is the task?
→ How much time should it take?
→ What is the outcome you are after?
This helps you stay focused on what you want to achieve.
Apr 20 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
I used to panic about huge tasks.
Now I don't.
Give me 2 minutes, and I'll show you how to break through mental barriers using the S.M.A.R.T System:
Specific:
Instead of a vague goal, like "start a business," set a specific target, such as "launch an e-commerce store selling handmade crafts in 3 months.
• Use systemize steps
• Define clear objective
• Use precise language to eliminate confusion
Apr 18 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
How To Solve Problems Better Than 99% of People:
It's called 'The Inversion Method' (and it might just change your life):
What's The Inversion Method?
It's a problem-solving framework that guarantees to help you get better results.
Instead of starting with the problem and working forward, it encourages you to start with the end result you want and work backwards.
Apr 16 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
99% of people fall victim to the "Frog in the Boiling Water Syndrome:
Here's how to recognize you're in it: 1. Comfortable Discomfort
You're in a job, relationship, or situation you don't love, but it pays the bills.
The idea of leaving seems risky or difficult.
But, staying may means a mediocre life.
Apr 15 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Naval Ravikant once said:
"The most dangerous thing is not making enough money, it's spending the money you have on the wrong things."
Here are 8 money habits keeping you poor: 1. Not Investing
Saving money is essential, but the goal isn't solely to have a big pile of cash. It's to make that cash work for you.
Invest in:
• Skills
• Habits
• Yourself
• Businesses
Building assets is how you increase your net worth.
Apr 13 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
You can learn more in 5 minutes than most people do in 4 years.
Here are my 7 favourite methods for accelerated learning: 1. "Unpack" the subject.
Break the subject down into its fundamental components.
→ What are the critical concepts?
→ What are the key pieces of jargon?
→ What are the most important principles?
By unpacking the subject, you can identify what you need to learn first.
Apr 11 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
If you're struggling to build good habits
Read this:
Identity-based habits are more effective than willpower-based ones.
Most people rely on willpower to form new habits. But willpower is a limited resource that runs out fast.
Identity-based habits rely on a deeper sense of self, which makes them more effective.
Apr 10 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
According to Steve Jobs.
This is the 1 reason why most people fail.
And how to avoid it:
“𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁.”
That was Steve Jobs.
He believed in his vision so deeply, he never needed slides to sell it.
Passion and belief, that’s it.
Apr 8 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
How to make difficult decisions in 7 easy steps: 1. Define The Decision
Write down the fundamentals of the decision you're making:
→ What is the decision?
→ What are the consequences?
→ Who is involved?
→ What is at stake?
Be clear about the decision, it will simplify the steps needed to make it.
Apr 6 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
How Elon Musk learns faster than everyone you know:
The genius behind:
- Tesla
- PayPal
- SpaceX
- SolarCity
- Neuralink
- And The Boring Company
Apr 2 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
How David Goggins hacked his brain into doing hard things:
(Formula below)
Born in Buffalo, New York, to a poor family.
David was overweight, bullied, and lost as a child when his parents got divorced.
At 18, he joined the Navy SEALs, one of the most elite military units in the world.
Apr 1 • 15 tweets • 2 min read
10 Habits That Destroy You Daily: 1. Gossiping:
A habit that never pays you.
Avoid people that gossip and avoid gossiping at all costs.