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I’m a Carpenter, So is my father, So was his father. I used to think I was a failure because I had a practical trade. The school system told me I would fail at the age of 7, yet I still... Passed high school with average grades despite this. I struggled in my late teens. For a while, I blamed the world. But when I hit my 20's I decided to come at life with a vengeance… A vengeance against… 1 The doubt of others. 2 And my own Ingrained self-doubt. A curse that afflicted me daily. For many many years. Fast forward to 2015… I'm 23. I move to Amsterdam to start a new life. I decided to start my own carpentry company immediately. I named it Bespoke Works. I wanted to: / Run my own jobs. / Create my own designs. / Take control of my time. And be my own boss. Eventually, I started to get some pretty nice projects… Through strategic positioning [Branding] I attracted Home Renovations… And Office Renovations… But there was a problem! I messed up, a lot. I had no free time. Too many clients. Not enough colleagues. I had way too much to do. I began to crack. My relationships broke down. But then I realized… Other people had done this before. I could find mentors online, on YouTube. So I hunted. I scoured the internet for the best mentors I could find. I discovered: - Mental Models - Marketing Tactics - Seo Strategies And so on… In time I began to develop my own models and frameworks. I realized that some tasks were more important than others. And I began to prioritize effectively. If you got this far congratulations… I am wrapping it up now, but here is my list of top mentors by subject: - Writing - Dan Koe - Graphic Design - Chris Do - Financial - The Swedish Investor - Marketing & Sales - Alex Hormozzi - Marketing & Sales - Daniel Priestley - Regenerative Agriculture - Richard Perkins - Happiness and AI - Mo Gawdat - General Business - DOAC - Life - Annemiek Streng - Soil - Allan Savoury Chuck us a follow if you liked this post and drop a comment with your favorite mentor.

Came to the edge of the world... To rest.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you. — Carl Jung

Every villain was once somebody's hero in their own story. Teach your children this early. It'll save them from a lot of disappointment.

@rktalkscopy Reach is dead for small accounts. The centralisation continues.

Who's with me?

Growth doesn't exist in isolation... Todays letter explores why we need community: open.substack.com/pub/legacylett…

Every school should teach children to build a healthy relationship with money. That it is a tool, not a master. That we can use it to buy freedom, not stuff. We should grow up knowing wealth is built through discipline, not luck or fame.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are what you believe yourself to be. — Paulo Coelho

Children spend 6 hours daily on screens absorbing stranger's values. You wonder why they don't share yours. The math is simple.

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Disney made $91 billion in 2024 programming YOUR kids. You pay them $15/month to replace your wisdom with corporate values. The irony is suffocating.

All things good are wild and free. — Henry David Thoreau

Write the story only you can tell. Your perspective, your pain, your truth. Generic stories die in obscurity. Personal stories live forever.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. — Rudyard Kipling

Most families outsource their mythology to Disney and Netflix. Missing the opportunity to craft narratives that reflect their unique values and experiences. Time to start writing your own.

Delay gratification. Not action. Start.

Don't take life and yourself too seriously… We are our own worst critics. Most other people are not watching and are only really concerned with themselves. Trust me, no one is watching.

Who's really raising your kids? Corporate influencers and fictional characters are shaping their values and worldview. It's time to reclaim that power. Write your own stories. Share your wisdom. And be their primary influence.

If you read a good book... read it again. If you took a good course... take it again. If you ran a lap... run it again.

This is Steven Kotler. The researcher who's spent 30 years studying what's REALLY behind peak human performance. His message? The secret to achieving the impossible isn't talent or 10,000 hours - it's accessing flow states. Here's his 6 strategies to accomplish the impossible: