"No success in the professional realm can compensate for failure in the home." - A wise friend. Naval

Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I try to remind myself: No one really knows what the hell they’re doing. Some people are just better at smiling through the chaos and marching into the unknown.

A successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs told me today that he had no health issues of any kind when he was in the supposedly high stress job of running a fast-growing tech company. Once he sold his company (for mid 9 figures USD) and stepped away from a full time operational

People slowly waking to the realization that most of the conventional wisdom about company building from this last cycle was really really bad advice.

Harsh Truth: Your quest for perfection is hurting your progress. In Excellent Advice for Living, Kevin Kelly proposes an interesting idea: "When you have 90% of a large project completed finishing the final details will take another 90%." The idea here is that closing out that

Peter Thiel describes a startup category that is continually underestimated In the clip below, Peter Thiel explains why he believes “complex coordination” is a company category that’s continually underestimated. “The question we always focus on is ‘can this company become a

Daily Loud Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the more important thing to focus on here is why he said GFY

This is how the best pre seed founders build too.

milei’s speech should be the media event of the year. every high school class in the US should break and watch it, then spend a week understanding the historical context behind his devastating truths. if you haven’t watched, please do. and share widely.

"If you could literally just sit for 30 minutes and be happy, you are successful." Naval

early-stage startups - no one wants to say this part of the growth journey out loud but -- every day missed is 2-3 days further away from traction each day not spent executing in the market to engage or talk to customers is a day of not learning putting you 2-3 days further away

It doesn’t look cool. Looks like a normal F-150 but not as much range or towing/hauling capacity. Early adopters tend to buy things because they’re cool. Ford made a truck early in an innovative cycle with a design for Laggards and the Late Majority. Should look like a raptor.

Real

.Naval on the most important things in life - material needs (money / creation / leverage) - fit body - calm mind - house full of love

Starting startups needs to go back to being low status. Parents should not want their kids to do this. Too many VC-funding addicted status chasers want to live the founder lifestyle.

Weird. Seems like the groups most rapidly fleeing the Democratic coalition are the exact ones where Bernie Sanders was strongest (working class, Latinos, Bros!). Maybe that guy was onto something!

My view this morning; hazy but bright. When I ran for President I discovered we are not as divided as the political angertainment industry would have us believe. So turn off the tv, put down the phone, go on a walk, and say hello to some neighbors. 🇺🇸

If this new team genuinely improves the lives of working class Americans I will be glad.

I've experienced because of business: - awake all night due to anger - panic attacks - feeling like a loser - crying in the shower alone - dealing with no-win situations - awake all night due to stress - losing friends - breaking down in tears in front of family - being stolen

Even better than meditation.