sup_mickey

At the end of the day, I just wanna be rich & autonomous. Dont wanna play status game status game. 💃🙈

The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline.

Mindset: i can and i will.

If you’re selling, your job isn’t to sell, it’s to build trust.

"I think the best way to prepare for the future 20 years is find something you love to do, to have a shot at being one of the best people in the world at it. Build an independent brand around it, with your name." @naval

@Suhail Money seems precious until you realize how much more important your reputation is 🫤

"The end state of all vehicles is autonomous. The end state of all military hardware is drones." @naval

You have to love this shit. The day-to-day grind. Small, unsexy progress daily that no one notices. The attention to details. The constant problems. Getting punched in the face over and over again. Day-after-day. And remain enthusiastic. If you quit, you lose.

The only real failure is abandoning your principles.

Notice which of your close friends has a tendency to optimize their life, for they will cease to be your friend.

Come for the trade, stay for the dazzling 60-minute education on the state of AI. ( h/t @snowmaker )

Reality is a big IQ test, and it starts with the question, “Do you want to stay where you were born?”

Canadians pay half their income in taxes, wait 2 years to see a specialist, and bleed for 18 hours in an ER next to a dozen addicts looking for free drugs, and then rave about how awesome it is that they have "free healthcare".

"Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know." - @naval

Happiness (if you want it):* 1. Meet basic needs 2. Avoid cheap dopamine 3. Leave the past alone 4. Limit desires to ones achievable at the edge of your capability 5. Find something beyond yourself (mission, children, God) *Most people want something else.

Building a generation of super problem solvers at Synthesis. These are the kids that will get us to Mars.

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie

It becomes very attractive to own a business when you realize the company you work for rents your time at a significant discount.

If you don't know how to code, but want to take advantage of AI to code, learn: - Math up to algebra - Statistics and probability - Data structures and algorithms - Game theory - Fundamental programming concepts (variables, loops, conditionals) - How to break down problems into smaller steps - Version control (e.g. Git) - SQL - HTML/CSS for web structure, styling - How HTTP requests and the web works

.@TEDchris: “There’s a whole generation coming through who seem really sad about the future. What would you say to them?” @elonmusk: “Well, I think if you want the future to be good you must make it so. Take action to make it good, and it will be.”

The smart social media platforms will hand the tools to the people or hide them behind inscrutable algorithms. Publish / subscribe of spam and block lists can clean up discussions in a decentralized way.