Ryan Blair

@craigclemens This is great!

3 Weird Things I Learned in 2025: 1. How to break an addiction or bad habit
 I’ve struggled with nearly every addiction or bad habit you can imagine. The latest is embarrassing - a few years ago I began getting dandruff spots on my head. I'd scratch the f out of them then they would scab then I’d scratch again - rinse repeat the next day, and because of this manic scratching they would never heal. 2 years would pass and I’d still have the same sores on my head! So I’m in an ayahausca ceremony and I go to scratch one. A phrase comes to me… “What happens if I don’t?” I realized that nothing would happen. Nothing bad, nothing great either. But certainly nothing disastrous - I wouldn’t bleed to death and the spot didn’t actually need a scratch. I realized i had a weird fear that if i didn’t do the action, I’d be missing out on the. oddly satisfying scratching sensation - but also... that the scratch sensation really did nothing for me. So, I didn’t scratch, and sure enough I soon forget about it. Later I get the urge to scratch again, so I ask myself the same, “What happens if I don’t?” “Nothing.” And again I don’t scratch. That was in early 2025 and all the spots on my head are now healed. The next implication was even bigger. Later that same night the ceremony ends, we get our phones back. And now I am so ready to do what all ayahuasca bros long for after being phone-less for 4 hours: I must check the price of bitcoin. But this time I ask, “What happens if I don’t?” Again, nothing would happen. I’d simply find out the price at a later time. What happens if I do check it now? Well if the price is down, it’s not like I’m gonna panic sell @ 3am. And if the price is up, same - maybe I get a little dopamine hit seeing my monies up, but I’m not selling. So again, nothing is going to happen if I check the price. So I don’t. And I sleep much better that night. The next week - I’m on X and going down a rage bait rabbit hole. 2 big influencers who I never liked anyways are in a fight. And one of them has just dropped 15 min vid blasting the other, that the whole timeline says is fire. So I gotta watch it, right? I click, then catch myself… “What happens if I don’t?” Nothing. I don’t miss anything relevant to my life. I don’t actually care about the influencers, let alone their beef. I move on and save myself 15 minutes. This little phrase has now helped me quit excessive snacking, feed scrolling, overly-checking email and texts - the applications are endless. Before you mindlessly take any action, try to stop and ask yourself, “What happens if I don’t? 2. You only get 80% of what you want My wealthiest friend is looking for a new pad in NY. He’s complaining that some are too old, or not great view, or great view but shitty entry, etc. I say, “Bro you are rich af - why not just pay up and buy one that has everything you want?” He says, “You don’t get it - when buying a house, you only get 80% of what you want. This is true no matter what you spend, and at all income levels. The only way it’s not true is if you buy a lot and build your home from scratch, but then you have to wait 4 years and that is never what you want. So you need to pick your 80%." I’ve begun applying this 80% model everywhere, and I’m amazed at how often it fits. Choosing a partner, a city to live in, a place to vacation, a school for your kid - turns out, it's extremely rare in life to get more than 80% of what you want. So your job when making a decision is now simple: Figure out which 80% is a must for you, and focus on getting the best of that. 3. You only get 3 billion prompts There is a house I wish we would have bought in 2019. It was perfect, but we couldn't afford it until our other house sold. Which took too long, so someone else bought the dream house. Now every time I drive by, I find myself going into fantasy land… “Would we have liked the neighborhood? I wonder if the streets are nice for walking. Would we have redone the back yard? What would the kids have done with that big tree?” I have probably driven by this house 20x over the last 6 years and every time I would do this mind larp of “What if we had bought that house?” Then I read somewhere that your brain is like an LLM, and based on time alive for an average human, you only get 3 billion “prompts” of your own brain. You can use them to ponder the future, further enjoy the present, or “what if” about the past. But once they are gone, that is it, and you do not get more. So now, when I find myself bemoaning about a house I didn’t buy, a 100x investment that I failed to make, a 4x investment I failed to take profits on and now it’s worth zero, etc etc - I remind myself that I only get 3 billion prompts, and that I should either use them to focus on the present, or improve my future. I hope these 3 learnings help you prompt your own brain for a better 2026.

@elonmusk @realDonaldTrump We have all made mistakes, owning them is true leadership!

I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.

@elonmusk @DOGE @USTreasury @elonmusk Our Founding Fathers would be proud of this work! Every tax payer should thank you for volunteering your time and energy to improving our country.

To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following: - Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible. - All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING! - The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily. The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already! Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious. When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately.

@matt_gray_ You can’t build a world-class company with “B” players. I wish more founders and CEOs understood this!

I’ve hired 90+ high performers in the last 3 years. Here are 8 rare traits I see in every single one:

@AlexHormozi Optimize speed to lead!

I spoke to a business owner last week who gets to 100% of leads within 60 seconds. Guess what is close rate OF LEADS was… 55% Today’s reminder to call your leads faster.

My life as an entrepreneur took on a new meaning when I realized that my purpose is to create a positive impact with my business and exemplify our creator in the process.

Pray for LA. Friends have lost their homes. People have lost so much. Please do what you can to support those in need. God bless you.

Beware of destination addiction: The idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, or the next nice house. Until you give up that idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.

Your entire life can be altered by associating with people who are positive, uplifting, and growth-minded.

The best entrepreneurs don’t have it all figured out. They just focus on the solutions instead of their problems. They focus on the very next step they need to take instead of being paralyzed by decisions. That’s what matters.

@elonmusk Dancers dance.

Haters will say this is AI 🕺🕺

@jeffskoll @elonmusk @YouTube Anyone know what the word count was interviewer vs interviewee?

Elon Musk STUNS Jordan Peterson youtu.be/x0uiD362T48?si… via @YouTube I watched the full 2 hour version of this interview this morning. This encapsulation by @farzad really hits on the salient points. It takes arguments about strength and weaknesses in leadership and its effect on society and children to a very clear position, as discussed by two highly intelligent and clear minded people in @jordanbpeterson and @elonmusk. This conversation makes evident why societal change is necessary and must be discussed, seriously, even if it means supporting people who’s other views you might not agree with. It is a must watch.

I have seldom had much to say that has been positive about President Trump. Perhaps I should change that in light of our absolute partisan derangement. This polarized environment will be the death of a nation I still truly love and believe in. I wish the best to his family, and hope and trust that he makes a full and speedy recovery. May his attempted assassin’s name be cursed. Thank god for our secret service.

Got to meet the incredible @RyanBlair while going out for breakfast today. Check out his books and the #AlterCall Life is amazing. ✨️

Generational wealth, impact, and legacy starts with one risk taker. This is your sign to keep going, playing small isn’t an option.

God isolates you so that you can find your soul’s purpose. It may seem like you’ve lost friends and opportunities but finding your path, passion, and purpose is worth so much more. For what your soul yearns, there you’ll find your treasure.

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