8 Tweets 20 reads May 03, 2023
Today's my 31st birthday.
I'm still a young 'un.
But over the past year I've managed to start my dream business and I've picked up a few great lessons along the way.
Here're the best:
1. Follow your energy - nobody can compete with you if you're having fun.
2. Most opportunities are disguised as obstacles.
3. You don't need to be an expert to have something worth selling - just empathy in a problem worth solving.
4. You don't 'find' passion. You create it.
5. The fear of failure is really the fear of judgement.
6. You'll never think clearly if you spend no time alone
7. The most powerful question in business & life is, "what am I optimizing for?"
8. Who has the best ideas isn't important. It's who can communicate them best.
9. For 99% of your problems, action is the answer.
10. Don't study the rich. Study the free
11. The most profitable niche is the one you're most excited to write about every day
12. Spend the first hour of your day building your dream, not your boss's
13. 'Starting from the bottom' is only a problem if you live by comparison
14. If you want to excel at one thing, say no to almost everything.
15. Be open to change - there're no points for climbing the wrong mountain.
16. No skill will make you happier, smarter, or more introspective than writing.
17. Don't follow the crowd, follow your curiosity.
18. You become powerful when you realise most risks are much worse in imagination than reality.
19. Wealth isn't how much you own. It's how little you worry.
20. Don't let the fear of not being an expert stop you from becoming one.
21. When you overthink you underperform.
22. Acting on one book is 100x more effective than reading 100.
23. A meaningful career is built in decades, not days.
24. The more you work on an idea, the stronger it becomes.
25. Enjoy yourself - the worst thing you can do is look back and realise you never had fun.
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