🎯 a fit body, choosing how to spend time, optimizing for happiness and longevity. those are the new status signals

Yes but use the bought time wisely

Pretty interesting: Companies that have adopted AI aren't hiring fewer senior employees, but they have cut back on hiring juniors ones.

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instead of creating spreadsheets, I'm vibecoding

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the older i get the more i realize how simple a good life really is. wake up early. lift 3x a week. walk 30 minutes a day. eat real food. drink water. sleep well. read. obsess over something that matters. spend time with loved ones. avoid drama. be grateful. you’ll already be

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Don’t focus on the goal, focus on becoming a version of yourself that can enjoy the journey that leads to the goal.

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

My 11 year old son is severely dyslexic and has serious ADHD. I show him clips of Alex Karp and Steve Jobs to remind him that minds like his build extraordinary things. Anyone shaming Alex or people like my son for learning/thinking differently is likely low IQ.

How much each sport increases or decreases your life expectancy, per GeroScience.

Lack of success is lack of focus and wrong priorities. No one ever got talented by spending their time admiring talented people. No one ever got healthy without sticking to some "boring" eating, training, sleeping habits. No one ever got wealthy by constantly spending their

💯💯💯 this is both true and unintuitive

If I could send my 18 year old self a message, it would have three parts: 1. Prestige is often mistaken. Follow curiosity instead. 2. There's no way to avoid hard work. It's not sufficient, but it is necessary. 3. Don't take your parents for granted.

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