Nick Allen

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As AI proliferates, sports will be more important. We’ll have to fill the void of doing real things, a feeling of connection & mastery. Both watching live events & participating in them will explode as we fulfill our basic needs Similar to how run clubs took off post covid

Alex Honnold just climbed the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 building live for the world to see. No rope. No harness. No safety gear. 101 floors. His first words at the top? "Sick." Then he took a selfie. How does someone deal with the fear and pressure of knowing one mistake means death? Neuroscientists peered into Honnold's brain to find out:

The best routines are invisible. They don’t scream “look at me”—they quietly make the hard stuff easier to do. Great performers don’t chase complexity. They refine simplicity until it becomes second nature.

There is no secret. Consistency over intensity. Small wins instead of chasing heroic efforts. Progress beats perfection. Solid work. Repeated for a long time. That's it.

Sharing this again for all interested in run clubs on Auckland's North Shore nightninjas.run/2025/09/17/top…

A simple rule for life that rarely fails: Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it.

One of the most underrated skills in life is performing well even when you don’t feel your best. Optimization culture makes us fragile. Not every negative feeling needs to be fixed. Not every night of sleep needs to be perfect. You can show up and get the job done anyways.

Stay on the bus. It's Silverdale not Helsinki, but shows you that you've gotta stay on the bus to get anywhere special and different. jamesclear.com/stay-on-the-bus

There seems to be a high correlation in '26 between something being straight forward and uncomplicated, when a person in a suit claims to be complicated and not so straight forward. @nickallen329541/note/c-195763705?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1c4mi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@nickallen3295…

Seems to be a high correlation in '26 between something being straight forward and uncomplicated when person in a suit claims to be complicated and not straight forward.

One key differentiator for elite performers? They don’t see it as a sacrifice. Going to bed early, skipping the party, putting in hours of practice... That’s not giving something up. It’s living in alignment with what they care about most.

What happens after this? open.substack.com/pub/geopolitic…

@stevemagness “What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret! And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with...

The best fiction book for understanding performance in just about anything? Once a Runner Why? It clearly outlines that there is no secret. If you want to be good, you've got to consistently do good solid work for a long time. "The trial of miles." Applies to everything

When the USSR and China saved humanity: How they won the World Anti-Fascist War, by @BenjaminNorton open.substack.com/pub/geopolitic…

@VisualCap I think we'll get a full card on that, not just a line.

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The deliberate enshitification of all customer services - humans replaced by closed loops of AI that waste hours of your day and still you get nowhere. The message is clear, you, the consumer, no longer matter - go away.

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Incredible new cartoon from @mluckovichajc. 🇻🇪🇺🇸