Daniel @hellurdan

Steve Kerr says Roger Federer taught his Warriors team the secret to sustained success wasn’t outworking everyone, it was building a life around your craft you never want to escape from “I’ll tell you a great story about Roger Federer. We were playing in China with the Warriors in 2017. Roger was in Shanghai for the Masters tournament, so we invited him to come speak to the team.” “Draymond Green asked him, ‘How do you sustain success? How have you managed to win majors 20 years after you first won one?’ Everyone was expecting him to say, ‘I work harder than everybody,’ the will, all the clichés.” “Roger Federer says, ‘I get up every morning and I make breakfast for my kids. Then I take them to school and drop them off. Then I go practice tennis for about two hours, and I’ve figured out a really good routine where I don’t destroy my body, but I can get all the work in I need.” “‘Then I go have lunch with my wife. In the evening, we cook dinner together. The kids are all home from school. We ask them about school. There’s so much joy in the house. We put them to bed, and then I put my head on the pillow and go, “Man, that was just a great day.” And I’ve been doing that for 20 years.’” “And it was like, yes. That’s it. That’s the formula. That’s what leads to sustained success. He loves tennis. He loves his family. He loves life. It’s not outworking everybody and banging your head against the wall, ‘I’m going to be better than everybody.’ It’s allowing your natural talent to shine through with a work ethic, with a great family life, with perspective, with peace, with mindfulness.” “It’s perspective. It’s joy. It’s passion. It’s mindfulness. It’s an awareness that we are truly lucky. To get the most out of ourselves, it’s our daily rituals and experiences and love and joy.”

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We tell young people in our society that end of the rainbow is retirement at 65. We ought to tell them that "there is going to be this short but beautiful golden window from roughly age 3 to roughly age 12 where your kids are not only easy (comparatively to bottles & diapers), but are going to be these beautiful little creatures and it will pain your heart to be away from them for too long. So, prepare in your 20's, financially and career wise, to build that flexibility into that chapter of your life". You don't get another shot at living the "golden window". And, for me, leaning hard into that golden window has made everything else in my life feel fairly insignificant in comparison. I have made plenty of mistakes as a father, but what I won't have is the regret of having been distracted and absent from these formative years. In some cases, that has required financial sacrifices (declining a particular career opportunity that would have required relocation), but I personally have zero regrets. I also hear from some ambitious & successful people with a 4 year old that say "I've lost my ambition, I am so immersed in fatherhood". At least for me, and a number of my friends, it comes back. You can't keep an ambitious person down and if you have the fire, hanging at a playground on too many Tuesday afternoons is going to feel like torture after too long. My three boys are approaching 13, 11 & 9, and it's much different than 7, 5 & 3. This summer, for example, they slept until 11am and I hard an unencumbered 6am-12pm to work (being on PT helps), then got another great window 7-11pm, but was able to be present in the heart of the day, then weeks when they were at basketball camp, etc. It gets easier, your time frees up again (there's a sadness to that too), but I'm back to working as intensely as I did pre-kids just because my day to day presence requires fewer hours than it did before (also, my wife is just superbly wonderful). And that is the beautiful gift of entrepreneurship (or at least my sort of business), the ability to deliver still a high level of output but work that around your life rather than the opposite. TLDR, grind before, and grind after. Prepare for the golden window.

Nicholas Charriere @nichochar

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Underrated life advice: A good life is built by simply doing uncomfortable things sooner. The delayed conversation gets harder. The ignored problem gets bigger. The small repair gets more expensive. Peace is never found through avoidance. It’s found through direct early action.

I'm convinced that real success is often quiet. It's spending less than you make. Driving the simple car. Wearing what you like. Loving the same person forever. Showing up for friends. Avoiding drama. Doing hard things. Real success doesn't shout. Quiet is seriously underrated.

Michael B. Jordan’s advice for anyone feeling stuck in life “When you’re feeling the most trapped and down and nothing can go right, those are the moments that define you. People quit right before they get what they’ve always wanted” “Having the name Michael Jordan, knowing there was another Michael Jordan who was the best ever got me teased and picked on. For a moment, it made me not want to play sports but then I was like nah, I’m going to compete. It gave me a healthy chip” “For the people who are listening who feel like they can’t change their circumstances, just hold on. Just endure. Look at things differently. Challenge yourself to see the glass half full” “Find something that resonates with you, find your intuition within that thing and be obsessed about it”

90% dos problemas da vida adulta diminuem quando você: - Cuida do seu corpo como um templo. - Casa com a pessoa certa. - Aprende a viver um pouco abaixo do que ganha. - Tem 1 ou 2 amigos de verdade. - Trabalha com propósito. - Dorme em paz com a própria consciência. - Entende que dinheiro ajuda muito, mas não salva ninguém sozinho. - Coloca Deus no centro da vida. A maturidade é perceber que a felicidade quase sempre está nas coisas simples e consistentes.

🎓 Eric Schmidt’s commencement speech really bothered me. When I woke up this morning, I realized why: It’s a cautionary tale. Here’s a 71-year-old guy worth $50 billion — one of society’s “most successful” people. And yet… His message feels empty. There was no hard-won wisdom, just tired AI tropes and empty platitudes. Lots of corporate speak, little substance. The truth is, most people like Schmidt have lived narrow lives and are not the ones to emulate. They’re usually unhappy and unhealthy, with broken family relationships. I’m a huge Elon fan, but the world’s richest man refers to his life as a “tortured existence”. Is that what you want? 🎓 Here’s MY message to college grads: Be careful who you emulate because you just might pull it off. People who are extreme outliers in one thing (e.g. making money) are usually equally deficient in other areas. The people society celebrates the most have some of the worst lives. And conversely, those with the best lives aren’t famous—nor do they care to be. You know who should be giving commencement speeches? My friend Phil, who had a successful career in tech and now splits his time between Boulder and his beachfront shack in Nicaragua. At 55, he climbs 5.14, surfs big waves, and works remotely on projects he chooses. He’s been married for 30 years. I recently met Phil’s daughter and thought, “wow, what an amazing young woman.” To me, that’s real success. What is success to YOU? Each of us should search our soul to answer that question. This year, I’m writing a book on that surprisingly unexplored topic. In the age of AI, it’s more relevant than ever. My hope is that the next generation will keep pushing back on the Eric Schmidts of the world and will build not just great careers, but great lives.

If you're stuck in the Bay Area tech rat race / psychosis, make time to travel to other places. Go to a small town in Europe or visit Asia - you'll see that life can be about much more than whether you're IC7 or IC8 or what company you work for. Don't be the person to put on your tombstone: "He got divorced and neglected his kids but at least he made D2 at FAANG"

Deedy @deedydas

5 months ago

The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen. Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta TBD, founders - have hit retirement wealth of well above $20M (back of the envelope

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Whenever I feel stuck, I add structure to my days. Map out what you’re going to do for a day in 30 minute increments. It doesn’t have to be the “right” stuff. It just needs to be something. Then stick to it for an entire day. You’ll feel in control and create momentum. It works.

The Secret to a Great Life A couple years ago a friend sent me this passage from the book Hyperion. It beautifully articulates a life-changing truth. Society tells us that a great life is a highlight reel—a bunch of peak experiences strung together. Exotic vacations, front row seats, hot dates, big wins at work. It’s a lie. Not just wrong but the exact opposite of the truth. A great life is built on the mundane—the humdrum, “imminently forgettable” activities that make up 98% of our days. At 53, my only claim in life is that I’ve run harder than most for longer than most. I’ve been to the peak both literally and figuratively. I’ll compare my highlight reel with anyone’s. But when I reflect on my most cherished memories it’s not the triumphs that come to mind, it’s the imminently forgettable moments... my 3 year old daughter (now 19) dropping her toys and running down the hallway to greet me each day when I returned home from the office. THAT'S the stuff a great life is made from. Here’s a radical idea: What if, instead of organizing our life around peak experiences, we optimized for the ordinary by embracing the imminently forgettable moments that are happing right now?

Tom Brady shares the advice that changed his career and his mindset. He was at Michigan - he was only getting 2 practice reps while the starter got 20. He was complaining to sports psychologist Greg Harden: "How can I ever get better? All these guys get all the reps and I only get 2." Greg's response changed everything: "Just go in there and focus with the 2 that you got and make them as perfect as you possibly can." Focus on what you can control. So that's what he did. "They'd put me in for those 2. Man, I'd sprint in there like it was Super Bowl 49. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'" "I did really well with those 2 'cause I brought enthusiasm, I brought some energy, and I had a little more confidence in myself." You don't get what you want in life - you get what you earn. It starts with showing up and earning it every single day. "It went from 2 reps to getting 4 reps because those 2 were pretty good. Then I had 4 good reps. Then I got 10 good reps." You can always try to lead the team in effort, attitude, and perspective because it takes no talent. Then he shared the mindset shift: "Focus on what you can control. Focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting. Whenever you get an opportunity, you take advantage of it. You treat it like it's the Super Bowl." Stop complaining about what you don't have. Dominate what you do. Opportunity doesn't care about fairness - it rewards how ready you are. (🎥PBD Podcast )

Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings

6 months ago

Tom Brady was the 199th pick in the NFL Draft. At Michigan, the starter got 20 reps. The backup got 10. Brady got 2. His sports psychologist told him: "Make your 2 reps perfect." Here's his formula: (📌Bookmark this)

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Rory McIlroy shares one of his favorite mantras and mindsets. "One of the things that I love is focusing on the process over the prize." "I would say to myself a lot: 'Process over prize. Process over prize. Process over prize.'" "Just to take myself away from the outcome." Own the process and focus on what you can control. Then he mentions what happens to all of us: "I can get real caught up in the outcome. I just really need to remind myself that the outcome will ultimately happen if you just focus on the process. It takes care of itself." Everyone loves outcomes, very few love the process. It means focus, discipline, consistency, and relentless commitment. It doesn't matter what you want, it matters what you are willing to consistently do. (🎥 icanflypod)

I met with an early 30s real estate investor a few weeks ago for coffee. Probably has a $4 million net worth. Combined with his real estate they make about $500,000 annually. Owns 50 units by himself. No investors. Still works a full-time job. Wife still works. Good jobs. Couple young kids. And he thinks he’s behind. Thinks he needs to go bigger. Compares to big firms. Worries he not going fast enough. Asked me if I thought he should quit his job and “go all-in”. Here’s what I told him: 1) You’ve already won. You are crushing it. Take a minute to reflect on how unbelievable your life is. On track to a $10-20M+ net worth by 50 on cruise control. 2) Don’t get addicted to growth - remember the real estate is supposed to serve you. 3) Bigger isn’t necessarily better. Don’t romanticize bigger firms. There are trade offs to scaling. To taking investors. To taking on more debt. It isn’t all sunshine and lollipops. 4) Think long and hard about what you want. If you want to keep scaling up, recruit a manager to start. Highest and best use for him is sourcing good deals, not collecting rent. 5) Said if I were him, I wouldn’t leave a high income, low intensity job unless I had a very clear plan for what I wanted. That’s major security. Think through your goals intensely. Make sure the trade offs are worth it. No matter what he does, he’s made it. I’m happy for him. And to do so while working a job in his early 30s? Just amazing work.

There’s a big disconnect between parents and non parents about what it’s actually like to have a child because the hardships are describable but the joy is not.

If we assume the point of investing is ultimately to improve your quality of life and the quality of life of those you most care about, investments that consistently add stress over long periods of time probably don’t make sense. Money is traded for things or experiences that catalyze certain feelings. If your investments are generating the opposite spectrum of feelings, it might be time to reassess. It’s easy to miss the forest for the trees. Money is a means, not an end. And in the end, most things matter very, very little. Do what helps you sleep at night and wake up with a low heart rate. To me, those are the hallmarks of a world-class investor who gets the big picture.

Major cheat code for life: Increase your recovery speed. You will get rejected. You will lose money. You will embarrass yourself. The goal isn't to avoid the fall. It's to shorten the time between the fall and the reset. Fast recovery compounds.

Luís Castro falou sobre o sistema de jogo que está implementando no Grêmio 🎥 Lendo o Jogo #Gremio 🇪🇪

Tom Brady on not being mastered by your circumstances: