Most people don’t need more advice. They need mentors who pair advice with support + accountability:
• Join a cohort-based online class
• Get a boss who wants to mentor
• Find similar folks on Twitter to form a peer group
Mentorship + camaraderie can turn advice into action.
- Julian Shapiro
• Join a cohort-based online class
• Get a boss who wants to mentor
• Find similar folks on Twitter to form a peer group
Mentorship + camaraderie can turn advice into action.
- Julian Shapiro
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Think like a philosopher.
Train and rest like an athlete.
Take action like an entrepreneur.
- Shane Parrish
💭 @TheBestTwitterThreads
Train and rest like an athlete.
Take action like an entrepreneur.
- Shane Parrish
💭 @TheBestTwitterThreads
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The sooner you make a choice, the sooner you can make an adjustment.
-James Clear
-James Clear
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Material progress doesn’t make us happier. If it did, the ancients must have been a miserable bunch.
Instead we compete for status, an older, zero-sum game.
We don’t want things, we want to be things.*
A rational person recounts their blessings and rejects society’s games.
-Naval
Instead we compete for status, an older, zero-sum game.
We don’t want things, we want to be things.*
A rational person recounts their blessings and rejects society’s games.
-Naval
THREAD: 10 significant lies you're told about the world.
On startups, writing, and your career:
People don't have short attention spans:
• They finish 3 hour Joe Rogan episodes.
• They binge 14 hour shows.
They have short *consideration spans:* they must be hooked quickly.
Point: Don't fear making great, in-depth content. But, ensure your first minute is incredible.
In observing friends who’ve sold startups and made millions:
After a year, they’re back to toying with their old side projects.
They used their money to buy a nice home and eat well.
That’s it. They’re otherwise back to who they were.
Point: Aim to be fulfilled, not rich.
Reading many books is the most socially accepted vanity metric for adults.
You get zero kudos for reading 100 books a year.
You get massive kudos for learning efficiently and making interesting things.
Bloggers who post frequently (2x/wk) are rarely worth reading consistently.
I read for insights. And no writer can generate profound insights on a fixed schedule.
I aggregate writers who publish sporadically. When they post, they truly have something to say.
The world is not run by exceptional people.
This is the hidden reason for imposter syndrome.
We mistakenly think imposter syndrome is due to low confidence/anxiety.
No, it’s caused by not accepting that your new, world-class peers aren’t that special. It’s mostly discipline.
Success isn't an end state. Success is having the freedom to focus on the grind you actually enjoy.
Most people should spend way less energy trying to get rich and way more energy building a tight-knit friend group that will be with them until old age.
"You should work your butt off in your 20s."
This misses the point.
Your primary goal isn't to work hard. Your goal is to build leverage.
How? Start with delegation:
"Find someone who can do what you do at 70% the success. Teach them the extra 10% and be okay with 80%."
Beware signing up for tools that can read your email. This includes inbox apps and Chrome extensions.
You're giving a team of 20-year-olds access to the equivalent of your ID, bank vault, and diary combined.
Online privacy is an illusion.
If you construct your identity on what you’re a fan of (sports, media, brands), you’re a vessel. You’re lending out ownership over your identity.
Instead, if you construct your identity on the things you create, you’re a craftsperson—someone who keeps refining who they are.
Most friends aren't friends. They're acquaintances.
Friends phone you out-of-the-blue because they want to hear your voice. Friends would drive you to the emergency room at 3 AM.
Friends are the family you choose, and they're key to happiness in old age.
Invest in good people.
And the biggest lie there is.
-Julian Shapiro
On startups, writing, and your career:
People don't have short attention spans:
• They finish 3 hour Joe Rogan episodes.
• They binge 14 hour shows.
They have short *consideration spans:* they must be hooked quickly.
Point: Don't fear making great, in-depth content. But, ensure your first minute is incredible.
In observing friends who’ve sold startups and made millions:
After a year, they’re back to toying with their old side projects.
They used their money to buy a nice home and eat well.
That’s it. They’re otherwise back to who they were.
Point: Aim to be fulfilled, not rich.
Reading many books is the most socially accepted vanity metric for adults.
You get zero kudos for reading 100 books a year.
You get massive kudos for learning efficiently and making interesting things.
Bloggers who post frequently (2x/wk) are rarely worth reading consistently.
I read for insights. And no writer can generate profound insights on a fixed schedule.
I aggregate writers who publish sporadically. When they post, they truly have something to say.
The world is not run by exceptional people.
This is the hidden reason for imposter syndrome.
We mistakenly think imposter syndrome is due to low confidence/anxiety.
No, it’s caused by not accepting that your new, world-class peers aren’t that special. It’s mostly discipline.
Success isn't an end state. Success is having the freedom to focus on the grind you actually enjoy.
Most people should spend way less energy trying to get rich and way more energy building a tight-knit friend group that will be with them until old age.
"You should work your butt off in your 20s."
This misses the point.
Your primary goal isn't to work hard. Your goal is to build leverage.
How? Start with delegation:
"Find someone who can do what you do at 70% the success. Teach them the extra 10% and be okay with 80%."
Beware signing up for tools that can read your email. This includes inbox apps and Chrome extensions.
You're giving a team of 20-year-olds access to the equivalent of your ID, bank vault, and diary combined.
Online privacy is an illusion.
If you construct your identity on what you’re a fan of (sports, media, brands), you’re a vessel. You’re lending out ownership over your identity.
Instead, if you construct your identity on the things you create, you’re a craftsperson—someone who keeps refining who they are.
Most friends aren't friends. They're acquaintances.
Friends phone you out-of-the-blue because they want to hear your voice. Friends would drive you to the emergency room at 3 AM.
Friends are the family you choose, and they're key to happiness in old age.
Invest in good people.
And the biggest lie there is.
-Julian Shapiro
1/ An investment in your mental health is the single most important investment you will make.
"Being happy personally is the pathway to help everything else make sense."
Open up. Talk to someone. It doesn't make you weak.
It will make you a stronger, happier, clearer thinker.
"Being happy personally is the pathway to help everything else make sense."
Open up. Talk to someone. It doesn't make you weak.
It will make you a stronger, happier, clearer thinker.
2/ Embrace imposter syndrome.
"The sense of being an imposter is overpowering. And it's like this dragon that I've been trying to slay my
whole life, and I haven't been able to."
Embrace this feeling. Get uncomfortable. Let it fuel you to learn and grow.
"The sense of being an imposter is overpowering. And it's like this dragon that I've been trying to slay my
whole life, and I haven't been able to."
Embrace this feeling. Get uncomfortable. Let it fuel you to learn and grow.
3/ Providing a path to financial freedom will solve many societal inequities.
"I think that if more people believed that they could be economically self-sufficient, it would solve a lot
of the societal implications of inequity."
If we light the path, people will walk along it.
"I think that if more people believed that they could be economically self-sufficient, it would solve a lot
of the societal implications of inequity."
If we light the path, people will walk along it.
4/ Go long on growth.
"Because whether rates are at minus five or plus five, the thing that overcomes all of that noise is fast
growth. CEOs that can invest all the money they make today for the future."
Let the best capital allocators reinvest for you. Let compounding work.
"Because whether rates are at minus five or plus five, the thing that overcomes all of that noise is fast
growth. CEOs that can invest all the money they make today for the future."
Let the best capital allocators reinvest for you. Let compounding work.
5/ Create rules that prevent you from falling into psychological traps of investing.
"I think it is that if you define certain behavioral principles that protect you from the worst parts of your
own psychology, that’s a winning strategy."
Create these rules. Stick to them.
"I think it is that if you define certain behavioral principles that protect you from the worst parts of your
own psychology, that’s a winning strategy."
Create these rules. Stick to them.