Mohammad Hamid

The most thought provoking article I’ve read in a long time, maybe ever. Really do yourself, your family, and your finances a favor and read it. I don’t think everything in this article will come true, but only a fraction is necessary to turn the world economy on its head.

Your entire life will change when you start to embrace what most people avoid. Wake up early. Focus. Move your body. Eat real foods. Obsess over one thing. Read old books. Be present. Listen intently. Change your mind. Have difficult conversations. The recipe for a good life.

Everyone needs to hear this…

Fantastic summary of the most effective negotiating techniques.

Andrew Huberman just had the world's top ADHD doctor on his podcast. He revealed mind-blowing facts about ADHD that 99% of people wouldn't know. Be prepared to have your mind blown... Here are my top 8 takeaways: 🧵

70% of second businesses fail after an exit. Anastasia Koroleva studied post exit founders for 13 years and came on Moneywise to explain why. Her exit: -Built a bootstrap company to a "nine-digit" exit (over $100M) -Lost half her net worth through divorce and "stupid mistakes" -Now worth high eight figures -Started a second business that failed miserably Her money setup: -Spends $650K-$1M annually for family of 5 -No wealth manager (tried many, didn't like any) -Portfolio: 65% liquid assets, 25% private credit, 10% private equity -Owns homes in London and South France But after studying hundreds of post-exit founders, she found many follow the same psychological pattern. The common traps: -Starting too soon (using business to escape identity crisis) -Starting too late (skills atrophy, relationships fade) -Naive industry jumps (no competitive advantage -Misunderstanding your strengths (creator vs. operator) -Sudden Wealth Syndrome (irrational fear of losing money) Her biggest insight? "Most of us don't actually look at the big picture, and because of that, we fall into a very predictable trap." She believes it takes about 10 years to fully adjust after a big exit, and everyone struggles during this period. There's no escaping it. What she recommends: -give yourself 1-2 years to let things sllow down -Rebuild your basics (community, purpose, health), which is what your company likely gave you -Attack the next thing with clear motivation Full pod is live. Harry said it's the most important episode we've done. Agree?

The hardest part of innovation isn’t finding unmet needs—it’s noticing them before the data does. People adapt, stay silent, build workarounds. Real insight comes from sensing what’s been normalized but still painful. Reframing > reacting.

We labor like machines, love like contracts, rest only to recharge for more. But a soul is not a battery. In forgetting how to simply be, we’ve made life a ledger. What if the deepest work is learning to need nothing to feel whole? #life

This is wild. Nothing is real anymore. China's ByteDance dropped Dreamina (formerly called OmniHuman-1). This is 100% AI from still image and audio reference. 10 wild examples:

This is Kevin Kelly. The close friend Tim Ferriss goes to for advice. He taught him a philosophy for life that made Tim stop giving a f*ck. Here's the philosophy:

Within the same hour a founder received a pass email from a VC telling them their market is too small, team isn’t qualified and they don’t believe. The second email was a commitment to invest with unwavering belief in all of the above. From one of the top firms in the world. One mans trash is another mans treasure.

The state of technology is Insane. Prepare to reconsider EVERYTHING. 14 bizarre technologies you should know about: 🧵THREAD🧵

It costs $300 per month for your kid to be a trust fund baby if you start early. Here's the hack all smart families use:

I charge $1,700 an hour to consult businesses scaling to 8-figures and beyond. Here's my most common advice so you don't have to hire me:

JUST IN: Blackstone sells NYC office building at a shocking $420M 'haircut' 1740 Broadway sold for $185M Blackstone paid $605M in 2014 and millions on renovations during their ownership US office has gone from scary to apocalyptic for many cities across the US For the latest updates on commercial real estate just like this, make sure to follow @TripleNetInvest

55% of Harvard students are under psychiatric care. 60% of them say they are unhappy. Careful what we let our kids aspire to.

my ecom stack (to get to $25m/yr) - here's each tool that I use, and what I use it for. 1) @triplewhale - mobile dashboard is great. I can monitor the business at a glance on my phone. 2) @NumeralTax - state taxes. If you're not doing state taxes right, you're going to end up royally screwed. Numeral just handles it for me. 3) @FinaloopTeam - finance/P&L in realtime. I used to have to wait till the end of the month for a bookeeper to finish my books in Quickbooks. Finaloop is realtime and made for ecommerce specifically 4) @northbeam - ad attribution. Figure out which ads to spend more/less on. 5) @Shopify & @klaviyo - pretty standard store/email sender 6) @PostscriptIO to send SMS. We used to have another provider. so janky. Postscript interface so much easier to use, and they have features that generate more revenue 7) @PassportShip - this is how we do international shipping. They integrate w/ 3PL and make it super easy to grow internationally 8) @getpostpilot - I think of them like "klaviyo, for sending physical mail". We run post card campaigns with them to retarget existing customers, and get pretty crazy roas 9) @weareshepherd - for hiring overseas talent (eg. data analytics, virtual assistant, marketing assistant, social media, designers etc... ~40% of our team is international). and @deel to pay them (they handle the payments, currencies, compliance) I'm probably forgetting a few more. happy to answer any Qs for anyone getting started. Pretty crazy how easy it's become to run an ecom brand. Traditional retail would take ~100+ employees to do the same thing we can do with 14, just because the software stack automates so much manual work. *note, I own equity in a few of these, because after being a customer I reached out to invest.

Last year we were under contract to buy an apartment building for $3M. During our inspection we meet the seller and within 10 seconds of meeting he exclaims “the price is as is! I won’t come down a dollar.” I think it’s a weird first thing to say, but ok. We finish our inspection and get the report back. The building is in really bad shape. It has $300k-$500k in deferred maintenance… So we tell our broker to ask for a $300k credit. Our broker hesitates. He says it’s a crazy request and even if we paid $3M and came out of pocket $300k we’d still be getting a great deal. He was adamant that this request would kill the deal and recommended we not do it. We tell him to do it anyways. Our broker calls the listing broker. The listing broker is pissed, but says he’ll ask. Listing broker comes back. Seller says he’ll do a $50k credit. But if we ask for anything more, he’s walking. Our broker comes back to us. He says we should take the deal. We think about it. $50k is fine, but this building needs $300k of work minimum and unlike our broker we’re not convinced this is a great deal if we have to come out of pocket $250k. We tell our broker we need $300k total. He says there’s 0% probability seller will budge and again to take the deal as is. Reluctantly, he goes back to the listing broker. The listing broker tells him the deal is dead and to prepare to cancel escrow. We tell our broker to cancel escrow. 30 minutes later the listing broker calls our broker and says the seller will do a $150k credit. Our broker calls us back. “Well guys, you’d be stupid if you didn’t take this!” We tell him again, our request is reasonable and this deal doesn’t make sense unless the credit is for $300k. At this point our broker is getting mad at us. He’s still trying to convince us this is a great deal, but it’s black and white to us. It isn’t. We tell him either go back to the broker or cancel escrow. Up to him. He says this deal is 100% dead. Then an hour later I get a call from the listing broker directly this time. “We’ll do it for a $250k credit. But that’s his best/final and you’re nuts if you don’t take this!” At this point we’re not only annoyed by the constant scare tactics by both brokers, but also a bit concerned. If this seller wasn’t willing to come down a dollar, and now he’s coming down $250k, what are we missing? Is the building in worse shape than we realize? What if actual costs are more than $500k? This whole thing just didn’t feel right anymore. So we went with our gut and canceled escrow. A few weeks later I’m speaking with another broker in the area. He brings up a deal his client just backed out on because of deferred maintenance. I ask him which one. It’s the same deal. At what price? $2.25M… The same deal our broker told us was a steal at $3M, the one he said we were stupid not to buy, the one the seller wouldn’t come a dime off of Now wasn’t even selling for $750k less… At that moment, I knew we dodged a bullet. Real estate investing isn’t easy and experiences like this make you realize how easily you can put your self in a bad situation by buying a bad deal. Here are the key takeaways: 1. Not all brokers have your best interest in mind. Always be mindful of that. 2. It is very easy to convince yourself to buy a deal. Unless it clearly pencils, don’t buy it. 3. Don’t be afraid to negotiate. 4. If you’re a seller, don’t be unreasonable. It could kill your deal. 5. Trust your gut Hope this post helps someone avoid buying a bad deal!

Have the sophistication to do your own research. Have the courage to own your point of view, and even if it different from that of your family/friends/colleagues/religious peers.

Simply supporting a POV on a defacto basis because you feel the need to support your religious group, ethnic background, or other special interest is about as anti-intellectual as one could possible be.