Normalize realizing the whole cheat code to life is just confidence.

Marc Andreessen just revealed the Elon Musk philosophy that completely broke his brain: "The best product in the world shouldn't even need a logo." We all know Elon is relentless about quality. As Marc puts it: "Do you want the best car in the world or not, right? Like that's

Your brain fires dopamine at ~2ng/mL baseline… Porn spikes it to 1,500 Cocaine, 1,200 Alcohol, 300 Short form video, 200 Fast food, 150 Stack these up over 5-10 years. It’s obvious why “normal” feels so doom and gloom; And living properly feels like withdrawal. You need

C + memory management = Systems Programming C + networking + sockets = Backend Engineering C + OS concepts + scheduling = Kernel Development C + data structures + allocators = Runtime Design C + profiling + benchmarks = Performance Engineering C can literally make you dangerous

If you lose momentum, you die

A British kid became a chess master at 13, then a bestselling video game designer at 17, then a PhD neuroscientist at 33, then the CEO of the AI lab that won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. People called him unfocused for twenty years. He was running the most deliberate

A few good books worth reading: - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - a classic that celebrates builders. Once you read it, you’ll notice the same characters and events taking place today. - The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio - great for understanding how civilizations rise and

Ihtesham Ali Dr. James Joyce Check out the documentary, "The Thinking Gane." It tells this story and it is fascinating.

be a misfit nerd. fitting in is overrated. most groups reward sameness, not depth. what actually matters: • obsess deeply → go far past surface level. weird curiosity becomes rare skill • build strange combinations → robotics + biology, math + design, code + manufacturing

never apologise for being obsessed. read all day. work all day. run for hours. forget time exists. be everywhere but be a ghost. turn off the world and create your own. let craft become compulsion. positive obsession is a gift, disguised as a curse.

I believe movies are so underrated. you should watch one incredible movie a week to completely change your perspective and put you in a new mood. it works wonders.

the polymath is not a person who collects hobbies. it is a person who refuses artificial borders. • art and science • engineering and philosophy • history and design for most of history, these were not separate worlds. the polymath by peter burke shows that broad thinkers

Confidence is everything. Most people just fake it. 30 uncomfortable things to do alone if you actually want real confidence: Most people can’t sit with themselves for 10 minutes. That’s why they stay insecure. Start here: > Eat alone without your phone > Watch a movie by

Life equations Creating + selling = wealth Honesty + respect = friendship Friendship + affection = love Fasting + no carbs = health Reading + writing = clarity Discipline + struggle = talent Theory + practice = mastery Courage + vision = success Detachment + growth = happiness

Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop. Greg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style. After this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock

i hate how social media makes us forget that life has stages. it’s normal to be broke, to have broke friends or partners and yes it’s even normal to be unemployed at times. these are phases we all go through. some people are lucky enough to find good jobs at a young age and

7 Men You Should Study: 1. Marcus Aurelius - for self-control. 2. Miyamoto Musashi - for laser focus. 3. Leonardo da Vinci - for creativity. 4. Friedrich Nietzsche - for thinking. 5. David Goggins - for performance. 6. Steve Jobs - for vision. 7. Bruce Lee - for disciplined

Please, read books. Not just captions, or carousel posts, or what made it to the top of your feed. Read books. Long ones. Complex ones. You cannot build a mind with weight on the back of social media ephemerals. Intellectual depth demands patience.