Visit all the places, eat all the food, read all the books, make all the friends, gather all the fame, support all the causes, build all the products, earn all the money... ...to see that the quality of your life is what it is when you are doing nothing.

Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are

To be right in the long-term, you must be willing to look wrong in the short-term.

Stocktwits Social $VIX back at all time highs... Past COVID levels of negativity....

A very powerful question to ask

a century ago, the richest guy alive couldn’t get penicillin, air conditioning, or instant global communication. today, a minimum wage worker has access to those things. so, what *exactly* is wealth today?

If you’d like to get rich or stay rich, I’d encourage you to develop the ability to change your mind. Most ideas are shitty. So staying fixated on shitty ideas creates an anchoring bias that will weigh you down to the mediocrity of the masses. Learn to change your mind and

It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.

You just need to take a good look at all the older people who didn't get to live the life they wanted, and it will become obvious that the causes are always the same, generation after generation:

Your environment can 100% ruin your potential.

Sam Zell’s entire playbook in one line The best deals are starved for investors Zell built billions on that truth

On my first day at work, I shared with the Opendoor team a copy of my personal blueprint - I am sharing this with you all today as well. nejatian.com/blueprint

I took delivery of a beautiful new shiny HW4 Tesla Model X today, so I immediately took it out for an FSD test drive, a bit like I used to do almost daily for 5 years. Basically... I'm amazed - it drives really, really well, smooth, confident, noticeably better than what I'm used

I have investors occasionally reach out about the fund. Many are good people, but they still lead with an impersonal - "Send me your letters, historical performance, pitch deck, etc, etc." I always respond, "No, I'm not sending anything right now. The minimum investment is

If you don’t commit to meaningful work, life will fill your time with busywork.

What you create is an honest reflection of who you are.

VC vs. founder

This was an eye opener from Jensen Huang When asked whether he would rather relive his 20s or be 20 years old today, this is what he had to say: "I thought our 20s were happier than these 20s. I think everyone deserves some time to be oblivious, and not wear all of the world's

There are three types of people who suddenly "disappear": those who are ashamed of who they are, those who have everything they want and understand the value of being low profile and private, and those who have a newborn to attend to.