Josh Etress

@morganjingram God’s plan is the best plan. Always.

Gods plan is always better than the plan in our heads.

@johnciannello Examples?

Anyone else tired of the hyperbolic posting on here? It’s weird.

@EmailCopyJames Helped that it was pouring rain and everyone else stayed home.

@JoshEtress I feel that in Monday we have more energy to do the hardest part of the workout.

I like to pair hard things w/ hard things. Leg days on Mondays. I don’t think either are inherently terrible. I actually like leg day and Monday. It’s just traditionally people dislike both so I go the opposite. Pain on pain.

Helps no one else was working legs this morning.

@Chrissssjohnson @ZubyMusic More is caught than taught.

You gotta push yourself as far as possible and test your limits so the people who love you & count on you or look up to you can do the same

@matt_gray_ Even better when you optimize for being where the people you want to find you spend their time. Find their “back-porch”. Get invited. And go from there.

A lesson I wish I learned earlier: you get opportunities by showing up long enough for the right people to find you.

@AlexHormozi People are like water. They flow to the path of least resistance. Meaning anything that goes against the crowd is like going against the flow of water. Worth it. And hard.

If you want greatness, expect resistance.

@blakeaburge If I think something good about someone I call and tell them. This has changed my life. That’s not an understatement.

Underrated life advice: Become a purveyor of encouragement. Notice what's good in people. Tell them when they do something well. Celebrate their progress. Root for them to win. Be inspired by their success. The world already has enough critics. Be different.

@thejustinwelsh The inverse is also true. Take money off the table when winning so that you can leave it on the table later. Ie fold.

People say don't leave money on the table, but you have to leave something on it. If it's not money, it's going to be health, family, friends, sleep, or something else. Once you have enough money, it's the best thing to leave on the table.

@LewisHowes Pruning is healthy for a reason. Healthy things grow. And really healthy things multiply. Is pruning painful? Sure. Does it work? Nearly always.

Some people are addicted to comfort and confused why they never grow.

@readswithravi Turn it into a competition and you lose the opportunity. The inverse is true too.

Being surrounded by people smarter than you is an opportunity, not a competition.

@JoeCassandra Kids bike to the school in our neighborhood.

@JoeCassandra This is my life. And can attest to the value. Our life might be more appropriate. 4 kids. Community pool. Highly engaged families everywhere. Friends wherever we go.

The most important thing a millennial family can do for their kids is: 1. Move to a neighborhood w/ enough young families 2. Get involved in school, church and sports 3. Let the kids 'off the leash' enough i.e. play outside w/o you having to be there the whole time 4. Invite people over to your house constantly... This has changed our social life dramatically in just 2 years where we have many friends + our kids do too *** #1. You must move to an area that is family centric and has young families. Do as much on-the-ground research you can of every neighborhood to figure this out. Be willing to overspend if needed #2. Be a part of the school as a parent whether PTA or volunteering . Do the same at church and your kids sports. People who 'lead' or 'coach' meet a lot of people very fast. Bleacher parents have a harder road. #3. Be willing to let your kids explore the neighborhood, go knock on doors, etc. Sure, schedule some playdates, but make sure they've also met all the similar-aged kids in the neighborhood. Go to the pool in the summer and talk to people #4. You must invite people. Those who connect people are the most magnetic. People want to be around those folks. Open your home even if it's a little messy. Doesn't need to be fancy. Order pizza for a group, people will love it. Invite different groups over. One group is from church, another is sports parents, etc. Combine the groups at the holidays so people can meet other new folks. This is how you build a community for your kids to thrive in. It took us 8 years from having a kid to figure it out. BONUS --- have more than 1 kid. Multiple kids expands your circle even more as it opens more doors to meeting new families.

@TheK_Nox Need a @Polymarket bet on this one. I’d take the under.

Would I be crazy saying the average man can’t bench press 135 pounds?

@BullandBaird No one actually believes Diet Coke is better right? No rational person at least.

Coke Zero is infinitely better than Diet Coke In fact, all the zero sodas are incredible

@matt_gray_ Did this as an SDR, AE, Dir, VP, COO and now business owner. I’ve never failed to find at least 4 people willing to share everything they do and have done to be successful. Not one time.

One of the biggest cheat codes in entrepreneurship is finding an expert that has done what you are trying to do and learning their tricks.

@garyvee 20’s are for learning. 30’s are for editing. I stand by this statement.

I’m tired of society making kids think they need to know what they want to do at 18,22,25,30 .. 18-30 should be the era of “testing” and “tasting” ideas, concepts, hypotheses, way too much pressure on the youngsters to “have it figured out.” Kids aka people under 35 years old: try stuff get new jobs meet new people live in new places try side businesses and ideas and art live humbly to do this but do this... It leads to a higher % chance of happiness ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@paulg And often this writing has no conviction. It’s hard to have conviction for something you didn’t create. You can. It’s just harder.

A lot of the emails I get from founders are now written in a hard-hitting journalistic style. I know they're written by AI, because no founder ever wrote this way before. And once you realize something is written by AI, it's hard not to ignore it.

@asmartbear Right or wrong, my go to is “Because of my commitment to my wife, four kids, business and community I’m not in a position to [fill in the blank].” A strong ‘because’ is usually enough for people to understand.

At first your job is to say “no” to nearly everything so you can say “yes” deeply to the few things that matter. Later, it’s to show others why it’s a “no” without them feeling bad, or unheard.