Definitely one of the best research on Almanak

If you’re losing weight, take creatine. If you’re gaining muscle, take creatine. If you want a better brain, take creatine. Creatine is one of the safest most effective supplements on the planet. Take it.

Neuroplasticity works faster under high emotional intensity. If you can resist a craving when it’s at its peak, you get a bigger rewiring effect. This is why the hardest moments matter most, they’re not setbacks, they’re high-voltage opportunities to change.

Talking to a designer who I reached out to because he shipped a wonderful app. Turns out he taught himself to code 2 years ago. How? "By hammering prompts into ChatGPT until something worked". Don't underestimate vibecoding. This is the new way to kick off a successful career.

A very good and important thought It emphasizes that the hardest moments are not failures but points of growth, when the brain gets a chance to rewire connections and reinforce new habits What is usually perceived as struggle or challenge is, in fact, the moment of maximum

Founders can delegate everything except recruiting, fundraising, strategy, and product vision.

The brain rewards repetition, not intensity. One perfect day doesn’t rewire anything. Ten imperfect but consistent days begin to reshape circuits. Frequency beats force. Repetition is what forges the loop.

Exactly correct. A similar tragedy unfolded in the US back when anyone with a child was allowed entry in the spirit of being humanitarian. This unfortunately backfired, resulting in massive child-trafficking, physical abuse and rape, as evil criminals would snatch kids to use

"I want to build my own punk with DePunks"

a lot of ppl build brands by attaching themselves to logos: vp of strategy @ meta, c suite @ instacart, head of product @ xyz, etc. i always found that weirdly funny. i never really wanted my identity outsourced like that. i’d rather be known for my thoughts. feels way more

I wonder if there is a second CT bubble. They have no idea we exist and we have no idea they exist. But both bubbles think they are the elitist bubble and the only true CT bubble

People who talk a lot but don’t get to the point annoy me It is all about efficiency

If everyone wants to become a community builder, who is actually joining these communities then? Don't stress yourself being a community builder, content creator, product builder, etc. You can be a normal user and still have a lot of success

If you’re selling, your job isn’t to sell, it’s to build trust.

The modern flex is being completely unreachable.

Find a problem so big that you can spend at least 10 years of your life on, but that you can also demonstrate incremental progress towards.

that’s a big result, respect to you bro

lol, google reviews have hit the inflation phase where 4.3 stars w/ 2k reviews means literally nothing. half of them are mid at best. what’s your strategy to deal with this signal vs noise issue?

Great work is fractal in nature - elegant from a distance, exquisite in the details.

it's fascinating to see how much openai’s starting to feel like facebook 2.0... not just in personnel but also in philosophy. buying statsig is a full embrace of facebook’s internal product ideology which was roughly dashboards over instinct, a/b testing as gospel, & growth loops