Madi Taskett

Honored to be featured in Austin Business Review! Still picking my jaw up off the floor at being called 'lightning, waiting to strike.' thank you @damn_ethan

@JakeNomada Both the Rio haters & lovers are right. It's insanely dangerous, but equally beautiful. The people are its best and worst quality. Living there is a daily contradiction. The beauty AND the filth, woven together, are what made Rio my first and most enduring love.

People are really on this app angry and upset that I'm saying positive things about... 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 - A city that features one of the "7 New Wonders of the World" with Christ the Redeemer - A city that is commonly referred to as "Cidade Maravilhosa" or the marvelous city - A city that is iconic in every sense of the word, blending urban life with stunning landscapes, featured in pop culture over decades - A city featuring dramatic granite peaks like Sugarloaf Mountain rising straight from the sea, one that offers the world's largest urban rainforest in Tijuca National Park - A city of 14+ million people surrounded by lush, green mountains on all sides and dozens of golden sand beaches Sure it might be a bit rough around the edges, but Rio de Janeiro is a VIBE Absolute MUST visit city

@stephsmithio I did swim team in high school- get your form down and practice consistently, and with time swimming will feel a little like flying (kinda magical) and 30 minutes will feel easy! You got this.

I took swimming lessons growing up but am an objectively bad swimmer. Decided 2026 is the year I become a good swimmer. Specific goal is to be able to calmly swim for 30 mins like running in Z2. Anyone else done something similar? Any tips or resources?

@thepatwalls @HubSpot Congratulations! Well deserved. 🥳🎉 I'd love to read more about your decision to get acquired, what will change after getting acquired, and your feelings about it all.

8 years ago, I started a side project inside of a tiny Starbucks. Today, Starter Story is being acquired by @HubSpot. Here’s how it happened.

@KevinEspiritu Wow, your art has transformed over the last few months! Super inspiring.

My latest piece "The Middle Of The Bed" is complete. I tried a totally new rendering style here, pen and ink + an ink wash, basically "painting" with various dilutions of black ink. I'm proud of how it came out Month 8 teaching myself art

@levelsio My former tech CEO Dad owns 130 acres of forest, which he's manicured and built trails on, planted an orchard and built a pond and stocked with fish. He spends all day working on his land, eating food from his garden, and he's the healthiest and happiest I've ever seen him.

People who bought this amount of land What do you actually do with it besides owning it? Like do you go for walks or drive around on a buggy and say "hahaha this is my land" Not hating but curious

All it takes is one year. Just one. To completely change the entire course of your life. One year of committing to your goals. One year of avoiding distractions. One year of ignoring your doubts and insecurities. One year of saying yes to the things that scare and excite you. One year of waking up early and getting after it. Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year. Don’t be most people. Go all in.

@TheAlex_Lewis @david_perell I second this. Sarabeth from Young Southern was just telling me that she has literal nightmares about getting the smallest minutiae perfect for her clients. There are people whose whole life is design, and thank goodness they are making our world beautiful again.

@david_perell Exactly what my wife does. She mixes modern design with local antiques and secondhand finds to make homes feel both stylish and storied. It's definitely about time, not money. See her IG: instagram.com/young.southern/)

I've been interviewing people who have beautiful homes about how they decorated them, and the biggest surprise is how they almost all insist that good design is more about taste than money. Yes, it costs more to buy a great sofa than a bad one. But there are plenty of millionaires living in homes that feel like an airport lounge. The actual limiting factor is taste and time. The taste to know what looks good and the time it takes to find what you're looking for. What's key is that the second-hand furniture market is quite inefficient. To be sure, there is a spectrum: at one end, you have thrift stores (cheap, chaotic, and unvetted). At the other, you have Sotheby's (curated, clean, and highly vetted). The sweet spot is somewhere in the middle. So how do you find pockets of glorious inefficiency? One way is to make friends with people who own antique shops. I have a friend in San Francisco who knows a few collectors in town. They know her taste, and when something comes in that matches her style, they call her. And because of this, she never has to wait 17 weeks for a backordered couch from CB2. Here's the key point: If you have a strong sense of taste and understand the game, you'll consistently spend less to design a house that feels alive and uniquely yours. Good design, it turns out, is a byproduct of taste and attention, not money.

"self" publishing is a funny phrasse self-publishing is basically "full-stack publishing" - you take more ownership, capture more upside, make more decisions, learn more skills, control your creative outputs

I committed to monkhood. Now I’m selling The Ultimate Sales Machine. I wasn’t planning on announcing my monkhood until after the sale… but then I realized I was hiding. And if I’m truly committed to finding the right steward for my family’s legacy, I can’t hold back now. For 13 years, I carried The Ultimate Sales Machine—protecting it, evolving it, doing everything I could to ensure my father’s work lived on. This decision didn’t come easily. But I’ve debated this spiritual path for 14 years—and I’m finally ready to accept what I know is my true destiny. I even told my father about this before he passed. Once he was gone, I stepped into his business—out of duty, grief, and love. Now, it’s time to find someone who will take it even further. I NEED YOUR HELP! If: 👉 The Ultimate Sales Machine has impacted you, please share this post. 📩 You know someone who might want to buy it? Tag them below. 🔗 You think it might be you? Fill out the form (link in comments) For potential buyers, here’s some highlights. The Ultimate Sales Machine is: • A platform beloved by 255,000+ businesses • A timeless proven system that’s helped clients generate billions in sales • A cult classic book, translated in 16 languages, still selling thousands per year without ads • A loyal audience hungry for real leadership This is your chance to build on one of the most trusted marketing & sales brands in the world. We’ve already had serious buyers. But I’d regret not opening the door to others—just in case the next steward is someone in my own community. I want to thank my Guru—Sarva Loka Maa Her Holiness Sri Sri Sri 1008 Guruji Poonamji. She helped me find the courage to step into this business—and now, she’s given me the clarity to step into my true purpose. Building a 1,000-acre healing center unlike anything that exists today is the next step. (More on that later.) If this resonates—or if you know the next person who can carry my father’s legacy business forward—I’d be forever grateful for your support. With a bit of fear… and a whole lot of trust, Amanda

@nateliason Congrats! My dad already read it and gave it 5 stars on Goodreads. My turn next! Cheering you on, here's to a great launch week!

IT'S TIME! My sci-fi thriller HUSK is here! 🚀 If you love: - Heart-pounding action - Dystopian worlds - Questioning the nature of consciousness Then grab a copy now -> amazon.com/dp/B0F162FTWR/ I poured my heart into it and can't wait for you to read it.

@heynibras love it!

@taskett thank you for the sweet compliment! it'd look a bit like this (i screenshot zoomed out but i think twitter will enlarge)

time for a new profile pic. help me pick, pls. 1, 2 or 3?

@stephsmithio Congrats! This is a huge deal Steph!

My first marathon! Not at all the race I’d hoped for. Shot for sub 4, but nausea (which I thought I solved) hit me harder than ever. Puked every mile from 17-24, despite HR dropping to <130. Nothing would stay down. 🫠 The marathon is no joke! 7 mos to before I try again.

@thepatwalls You gave Demi a beautiful final chapter of life. I'm sorry for your loss. 💔

My silent cofounder, my best friend, I love you. RIP Demi 💔

@stephsmithio I would lay down my life for that baby seal 😍

Just a few of the many amazing creatures I met in the Galapagos this week. If you haven't been, add it to the bucket list. 📌

@TheNoodnick @milky_selena Yes! My dad was this to me. This needs to be universal.

@milky_selena It doesn't have to be women. I am that to my son. This needs to be universal

Women give men the ultimate advantage in life

@therawhuni @zee_bee_zee_ We would love the recipe!

@zee_bee_zee_ hahaha it’s a cookie made with beef isolate protein, and I’ve perfected the recipe to get it to be 15 g of protein per cookie

160lbs 👉 129lbs wont even say this is embarrassing to post because when i had 30lbs to lose, transformation posts like this got me to stick with the plan. no embarassment if it helps people. 5’2 for reference. ate a beef cookie daily for reference. 😌

@neuranne Woohooo! Congratulations!! 🎉

someone pinch me please... my publisher is ordering a 2,500 copy reprint of Tiny Experiments!! 🥹🙏 social media can make us focus on the wrong metrics of success. this is a beautiful reminder of the power of communities. thanks so much for your support!

@nateliason Ordered! I can't wait to read it!

Extremely excited to share that my sci-fi thriller, Husk, is now available for preorder! If you enjoyed books like Wool (The Silo Series on Apple), Ready Player One, Dark Matter, or movies / shows like The Matrix and Fallout, you’ll find a lot to enjoy in Husk. I’ve taken a fun twist on normal preorders, too. If you preorder Husk, you'll get a signed first-edition hardcover, plus the ebook and audiobook for free. There's no extra cost for this bundle. I'm pricing it the same as what the normal, unsigned hardcover will cost. So if you might buy the hardcover at launch, buy it now for a signed copy plus both digital versions. I can’t wait to send it to you.

@reggaj @zachware @joshuamschultz Same!

@zachware @joshuamschultz Im curious too

Did a food allergy test finally to work on dialing in my health I have allergies and inflammatory responses to 90% of what I eat! 😲