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@readswithravi The best lives often look boring from the outside. The inverse is also true.

“I love being at home. My life is very simple. I reada lot of books. I watch a lot of films. I listen to a lot of music. I tend the garden. I cook with my family. Yeah, I'm boring.” — Cillian Murphy

@signulll And courage is the most rare

intelligence is the most important attribute in a man.

@pmarca “A man’s future is what he acts upon all day.”

“A man is what he thinks about all day.”—Emerson

@CoachDanGo Building the habits and fitness app I always wanted for myself

What's something you're doing now to avoid regret when you're 80?

You are spot on with tracking food and macros being a pain in the ass. Some new age calorie trackers tried to make it easier to track just by taking photos but we all know that is totally inaccurate. I’ve been thinking about how to strike the balance between accuracy and convenience of tracking calories. If you could magically create any experience you’d like what would it be? Asking because I’m building an app in this space.

Tracking food and counting macros is a total pain in the ass. But I’ve been doing it for a few months, have found the process to be very valuable in informing my nutrition. I have even made some changes because of it. Anybody else track (regularly)?

@bryan_johnson What’s your breath work routine like and what benefits have you measured? Curious because I’m building an app for it and find it hard to convince people to do breath work everyday.

My Sunday morning: > breath work > light breakfast > claude code > exercise > 230°F (110°C) sauna > sauna makes me so sleepy

Marcus Aurelius, running the Roman empire and writing to himself at night, kept returning to the same instruction across the Meditations. Most of what we say and do, he wrote, is unnecessary. Remove the unnecessary and you'll have more time, and more calm. At every moment, ask: is this one of the unnecessary things? Marcus was not arguing for less. He was arguing for more — more of what mattered. He understood that more-of-what-matters requires less-of-what-doesn't. The man with the barest desk has the most space to work. From my latest essay:

Sure, but you’ve spoken extensively about the timing of the coffee and of the workouts. My point being that these micro optimisations are relevant only for maybe the top 1% of the population. Those who have already been doing the fundamentals, the basics consistently for years. For the rest of us 99% common busy people living our lives, the micro optimisations of timing the coffee or workouts perfectly is a distraction. The information overload misses the big picture of what actually moves the needle on our health and longevity. It’s not the timing of the workouts. It’s doing the workouts consistently that matters. Difference between working out versus not working out is greater than the difference between working out in the morning versus later in the day.

@zenoapp @realPatrickJr @TheConquerMM I never said no coffee. You’re mistaken.

A 43-year Harvard study of 130,000 people dropped some major news about your morning coffee. It's more than a stimulant. It's the best way to prevent dementia. There is also one big catch, though. What the JAMA study found: (1/12)

@ValaAfshar That’s the definition of wisdom

“The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.”

@NavalismHQ @naval When you remove everything that doesn’t work, what remains is the work.

"Pay attention to what actually remains." @naval

@joeroganhq Difference between working out versus not working out is greater than the difference between working out in the morning versus later in the day. Most people will optimise for when they work out than working out consistently.

Andrew Huberman explains the difference between working out in the morning versus later in the day.

@RyanHoliday Or as Nassim Taleb would put it: have skin in the game.

Too much study and not enough doing creates a paucity of knowledge, a shelter of naïveté, no matter how smart you are.

@CoachDanGo Boring is good. Boring works. Be boring.

The biggest cheat code to getting in shape is repetition. Eating the same meals, doing the same workouts, going to bed and waking up at the same times. It's easier to create a fit body with boring consistency. Want to get fit? Stop seeking variety and start finding a routine.

@NavalismHQ @naval You don’t have to try to be selfish. It’s wired in us by evolution.

There's a category of purchase I want to name. I don't have a term for it, so I'll try one: The proof-of-intent purchase. It's the app bought on a Sunday night, full of resolve. The supplement stack ordered after a podcast episode. The kettlebell on the porch. The second pair of running shoes for the running you intend to start next week. The purchase isn't about the product. It's about the feeling of having decided. The credit-card charge functions as evidence that you are the kind of man who would do this. The doing itself, in your head, is now a formality. Check your recent health-related purchases. A third of them are proof-of-intent. You didn't waste the money. You bought a story about yourself. The receipt is the only evidence it ever happened.

@0xmitsurii Psychological problems are best cured by philosophy. Older the problem, older the solution.

Psychiatrists when asked how many patients have they cured.

@NavalismHQ @naval Simplicity is the result of long, hard work. Not the starting point.

"I have to be able to put it in simple words and simple frameworks and simple concepts." @naval

@wingingitmate @realPatrickJr @TheConquerMM Yup. If it worked for your ancestors, it will probably work for you. We don’t need to over-complicate and micro-optimise at the expense of consistency.

@zenoapp @realPatrickJr @TheConquerMM True, I think we could save a whole lot of wasted time or falling for horseshit for years just LIVING in moderation