9AM Mentality: The day is young, stress is low, opportunity is high. People are much more likely to be in high spirits at 9AM. The first 5 years of your career are to your career what 9AM is to any given day. Treat them accordingly.

For example, everyone is talking about cracks in the financial system. Rather than read headlines, get in the models and see how things look. It will give you greater insight into how the pieces of the puzzle fit (or don't) than reading a headline that likely isn't impartial.

I find that reading headlines about your industry is not the best way to learn what is going on. Better to discuss with your smartest peers or better yet do the work necessary yourself to answer your own questions.

As of late: Drinking: Coffee. Water. Electrolytes Eating: Paella last night. Focused on a slight increase in protein consumption Reading: Lone Survivor. An Awakening of Sleepy Hollow. Thinking: Mental Inertia. Use your mind to get out of a rut That's my DERT. What's yours?

If you're young, focus on building (metaphorical) houses - Whether it's a career, your health, relationships, or a side gig, it takes time to get good at anything - Brick by brick progress is made - After lots of monotony, a foundation is built that can be leveraged for years

We are all highly prone, in good and bad ways, to the law of inertia. Hard habits are not easy to break and good ones are easy to continue. Awareness of this is the key. More on the idea below: https://t.co/ZmltEZx1XI

Spending time on the things that interest you is never a waste of time. - Worst outcome: you learn and occupy more time with things you already enjoy. - Best outcome: you grow something really cool and meaningful in the process. Never think twice about time spent on passions.

Optimized vs. Simplified Sometimes we need to take a step back from "optimizing" every piece of our lives and rather look to simplify as well. My further thoughts below: https://t.co/BDQBedBhQi

Rec for young professionals: Take any chance you get to teach something. For 2 reasons: - One: to help someone else do their job better. - Two: teaching-->retention. It's amazing how enriching it is to your knowledge base on something to teach it to others.

Even for a non golfer, check out my recent writing piece on the inevitable ups and downs of the game. This thinking can be applied to anything in life. TLDR: play a game of long term averages rather than worry about singular outcomes. https://t.co/2PISTQ7bWY

Something I'm working on: Mental compartmentalization Especially early in your career it's easy to allow work to consume your thoughts for 16/17/18 hours a day Ultimately, I find this counter productive to the actual work you do Show up, turn it on Clock out, turn it off

Currently reading Freezing Order by Bill Browder. HIs first book "Red Notice" is one of my all timers and a great read for anyone interested in Russian corruption. Freezing Order thus far has been just as good. Would highly recommend.

Talking about how hard you work is rarely well received. No one cares, first and foremost. And more importantly, it comes off as only being able to think of yourself.

A reminder to all growing an audience in any space: - Doubling your audience doesn't get harder as you grow - 50 to 100 is just as hard as 1000 to 2000 - Staying in the game to get to the "bigger doubles" is the challenge When growth stalls, keep this in mind

Is the ultimate form of confidence not the willingness to do what you know you are good at? Even when it may not seem like the best path, doing what you are better than others at and betting on your ability to make it work is what true commitment to self look like.

Most important thing in sourcing good books: Find writers who are deeply interested in what they are writing I'd rather read about how to make paint from someone who is enthralled by the topic than something I am into that the writer is fully into Interest is interesting

Something I'm learning lately: Hard days are never that bad but are absolutely necessary. If you see yourself as a resilient person, hard days become less hard, drive more growth, and make the good days better. Embrace the hard days

"Riding The Wave" of productivity: I wrote about it this AM and how to get on the proper side of inertia on a daily basis here:

What I'm learning recently in podcasting: - Interest is everything - It's rarely the "Do this interview so I grow" episodes that push growth - It's choosing people and topics you want to learn about Hint: don't over prepare to interview. Follow what they want to discuss

Further thoughts on the matter here: https://t.co/bqY06w9hWK Choose what you will put your max effort into!

As a young guy, I find very few friends who truly enjoy their work lives. Is this how it should be and just a product of being 25? Or are many people going about things the wrong way? The answer is both, but curious to hear thoughts.