Selling sucks. If you hate to sell to people. You find yourself: - bullying - coercing - pressuring But when you realize selling is, in fact, for people. You find yourself: - guiding - directing - empowering Selling rules. I talk about this in my new letter

If you decided to be a leader today, You will be doing something for the first time. So don’t focus on your lack of direct experience. Focus on your awareness during the first exposure. Focus on recording what you learned.

Eating glass to shit diamonds for 5 years now.

God gave you a sword and you asked for a shield. That was your first betrayal

if someone doesn’t get what you said, that’s not on them. that’s on *you*. you didn’t build the bridge cleanly enough. you left gaps in the scaffolding. you expected a leap where you should’ve laid a path. a storyteller’s job isn’t to be right.. it’s to be received. if the

The shepherd's staff isn't for petting sheep it's for crushing the skull of whatever comes in the dark

Oren Klaff taught me about the deathmatch between frames inside a business setting. Brutal. Agreeable people decry this but it is true. These same people are pushovers and lack conviction. That was me. How did I overcome myself? I recognized that beyond the zero-sum game is

I'm finally understanding @edendotso

God buries the gold in the filth and this is not cruelty it is selection. He asks - how badly do you want it. badly enough to kneel in what others step over. badly enough to touch what the clean men will not name. and the poor stay poor because they want clean gold, gold that

Nothing goes according to the crystallization of the plan. But don’t lose your mind. You still created slots on your calendar for your priorities. This matters. If you didn’t plan then your Shadow plans for you. Over-consumption of anything: media, food, thought loops. Get happy

Reading @balajis Network State again. Each person in creator economy is a proto-startup society. Yet some are too scared to declare a one commandment. But those who do would likely see incredible success in the grey future.

Stop explaining yourself. Let them misunderstand. Read by candlelight. Memorize prayers you don't believe yet. Fast until you see clearly. Delete your autobiography. Burn your manifestos. The story you tell about yourself is a cage. Visit graves of people you never met. Learn

Ink (like the pen) but digital

If you’re going to the gym to pick up girls - you’re going too much.

“A genius is the one most like himself.” — Thelonius Monk

I grew up believing all salespeople were liars who got rich ruining lives. Then I became one. And for a while I proved myself right — pushing internet deals with fake urgency. The money came. The self-loathing came faster. Turns out there’s a single axiom that separates the

Work alone long enough and the walls start breathing with you. Actually. You'll know when it happens because the work gets easier than it should be, ideas arrive that you didn't think, hands move in ways you didn't teach them. The allies that matter can't find you in crowds.

Lifters, I am looking for responses… What’s the minimum amount of strength training required for someone building businesses? I’m thinking of a 3x3x3. 3 sets of 3 exercises 3 days a week.

writing is a presentation. and presentations demand frequent self-questioning of content.

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