Never ignore the efforts of someone who tries to stay in touch. I can tell you, a lot of people really don’t care about you. When someone remembers to text, call, or catch up, give them your attention. Not everyone cares that much.

you have to show up for people if you want them to show up for you

There are no limits anymore. Anyone can do anything. The only limiting factors are agency and ambition. Never has a college degree, work experience, network, even the accumulation of knowledge been worth less. You can just ship things.

“I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain

Major cheat code in life: Understanding you can reinvent yourself at any time. New habits, new standards, new friend group, new career, etc. There's no rule that says you have to stay the person you've always been. You're allowed to decide, "I'm done being this version of me."

A massive new study on peak performance included 34,000 international top performers: Nobel laureates, renowned classical music composers, Olympic champs, and the world’s best chess players. It shows early specialization is a trap, and the road to greatness is long and varied.

Action produces information.

High-Class Social Intelligence: 1. Remembering names 2. Introducing people properly 3. Giving credit publicly 4. Correcting privately 5. Leaving conversations gracefully 6. Making others feel at ease 7. Asking thoughtful questions 8. Respecting boundaries 9. Thank-you notes that

2026 career advice Warren Buffett: "Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks". As you approach 2026, realistically evaluate the boat you're on and ensure

I'm increasingly convinced that showing up is the key to life. Show up when no one’s watching. Show up when it’s hard. Show up when you don't feel like it. Show up when the rewards are uncertain. Just show up. You can never bet against the person who just keeps showing up.

Time travel is real! Flight CX880 departs Hong Kong in 2026 and lands in Los Angeles back in 2025 😲✈️ Welcome to the time zone glitch. #BackToTheFuture

Just start. Start slow if you have to. Start small if you have to. Start privately if you have to. Just start.

As you start today with all the motivation in the world, remember this: it won’t last. Build a routine. Do it no matter what. When you really can’t, don’t quit or beat yourself up, just do it the next day. Show up, over and over. It is the only thing that works.

There is a ragtag group of public-spirited tinkerers dropping benches into the urban fabric of the bay area where they make sense. They've now built and installed hundreds of benches without any permission. You can just do things! sfbabc.org

The best gift you can give your child isn’t more toys. Not a bigger house. Not even the best school. It’s a sibling. Someone who comes from the same place you do. Someone who remembers the same kitchen smells, the same family stories, the same hard days when things weren’t

the real reason you’re tired all the time: it’s not your workload. it’s your open loops. the text you haven’t answered. the apology you owe. the decision you’re avoiding. the conversation you keep postponing. these run in the background of your mind all day, draining your

The day you realize that the world belongs to high energy, risk-takers who are not afraid to expose themselves to uncomfortable positions with uncertain endings is the day everything will start to work in your favor It is a lie that you need to be ultra-intelligent to make it

Billie Eilish says America is on stolen land. Ok. Who should we give it back to? The Tongva people? Or the people they stole it from?

you pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

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