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10 simple questions that CHANGED my life
(startup life, personal life)
Here they are:
10 simple questions that CHANGED my life
(startup life, personal life)
Here they are:
Q: Can you really control that?
Smart people know what they can and cannot control
If you're living in the past, you're nostalgic
If you're living in the future, you're anxious
If you're living in the present, you're at peace
Smart people know what they can and cannot control
If you're living in the past, you're nostalgic
If you're living in the future, you're anxious
If you're living in the present, you're at peace
Q: Did you start today with a victory?
Starting every day with a victory sets you up to win
I don't care what it is:
- Make your bed
- Make a wonderful coffee
- Hug your wife or children
No such thing as a small win. It's a win!
You'll win more, if you start winning early
Starting every day with a victory sets you up to win
I don't care what it is:
- Make your bed
- Make a wonderful coffee
- Hug your wife or children
No such thing as a small win. It's a win!
You'll win more, if you start winning early
Q: What are you optimizing for?
#MFSA
1. Money
2. Freedom
3. Stability
4. Ability
The world rewards those who are focused
Perfectly prioritize
#MFSA
1. Money
2. Freedom
3. Stability
4. Ability
The world rewards those who are focused
Perfectly prioritize
Are you being optimistic?
Guaranteed: more luck when you're optimistic
Guaranteed: more luck when you're optimistic
Q: Are you reacting or responding?
Remember:
1. Reacting is emotional
2. Responding is rational
My most terrible mistakes are when I act emotionally. True in both my startup and personal life
Act rational (especially on the internet)
Remember:
1. Reacting is emotional
2. Responding is rational
My most terrible mistakes are when I act emotionally. True in both my startup and personal life
Act rational (especially on the internet)
Q: Can you disagree politely?
90% of the time: how you say it matter more than what you say
The art of the disagreement is underrated
Disagreement breeds productive conversations
No disagreement, no growth
90% of the time: how you say it matter more than what you say
The art of the disagreement is underrated
Disagreement breeds productive conversations
No disagreement, no growth
Q: Are you thinking in decades or years?
10 year resolutions are the new “new year’s resolution”
10 year resolutions are the new “new year’s resolution”
Q: Are you earning trust?
Don't focus on building success, focus on earning trust
Trust is the rarest commodity on earth
If you can earn trust, you can build anything
Don't focus on building success, focus on earning trust
Trust is the rarest commodity on earth
If you can earn trust, you can build anything
Q: Do you understand the rules?
Every game has rules. Startup game, crypto game or school game
Success is 40% talent and 60% understanding how to beat the game.
Key: don’t hate the player, know the rules
Every game has rules. Startup game, crypto game or school game
Success is 40% talent and 60% understanding how to beat the game.
Key: don’t hate the player, know the rules
Q: Why don't you get straight to the point?
People are busy
When you want something from someone, just say it
Beating around the bush is a sin
People are busy
When you want something from someone, just say it
Beating around the bush is a sin
Q: Why do you take things so personally?
- "When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks
- When you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks
- When you’re 60 you realize no one was thinking about you in the first place." - Reddit
- "When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks
- When you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks
- When you’re 60 you realize no one was thinking about you in the first place." - Reddit
Q: Are you seeking the truth or do you want to just validate your beliefs?
Seeking the truth is courageous
Validating your beliefs is easy
Seeking the truth is courageous
Validating your beliefs is easy
Q: Are you learning fast or are you learning well?
Good learning is slow
And it's your ticket to a new job, raising capital, product market fit or startup success
Good learning sticks around longer
Point: learn slow to learn well
Good learning is slow
And it's your ticket to a new job, raising capital, product market fit or startup success
Good learning sticks around longer
Point: learn slow to learn well
Q: Are you building something authentic?
The internet rewards uniqueness
Be weird
The internet rewards uniqueness
Be weird
Q: If you could be paid to do absolutely anything on earth, what would you do for a living?
I hope something your childhood self would be proud of
I hope something your childhood self would be proud of
Q: Which parallel universe versions of yourself would you want to meet and why?
Explain this to me in one sentence
Explain this to me in one sentence
Q: If our legs bent the other way, what would chairs look like?
Q: What is love?
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