Ewonro Amune (Mr. E)

This is Paul Graham. Aka, “Father of Startup Acceleration.” His message? MAKE SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT. Today? His YC startups are worth over $600 BILLION. Here’s how Paul Graham disrupted the entire venture capital industry through WRITING 🧵👇.

Success in every domain requires 2 parts: discovery & development. Discovery without dev gets you great ideas hanging only in the air. Dev without discovery gets you results that are mostly wrong. With discovery & development, sky's the limit. Your job is to align both.

Systems and systems thinking is key to scaling success. You don't just want to build a great idea, but a system for building multiple great ideas.

Self-development without self-discovery is performance in captivity.

With the right frame and mindset, adversity becomes a tool to help you discover what’s possible, a key to unlock hidden strengths, and a weapon to dominate regardless of the situation.

If you want true success for a long lasting business, try solving problems related to human needs that are anchored in timeless principles. Then expand, scale, or accelerate it using technology.

Skill without intention is like a ship without a compass. It drifts aimlessly despite its powers. Mastery begins with the hands, and ends in the mind. Don’t let your skills control you. Channel them with intention. So you don’t become a slave to your own talents.

That amount, salary, or fee you're expecting someone to pay you for, will not come because they like you. It will come because you worked hard to become the person it takes to earn it. Are you working harder on the job, or on yourself?

If your goal is to play, good. If your goal is to win, understand the rules, and work hard to get competitive advantage. If your goal is to dominate, then rewrite, own, and control the rules. Competition is for losers. Break the rules legally.

I stopped writing to impress.
I started writing to discover. The pressure lifted.
 The joy returned. I met the page like a mirror.
And what stared back… was me. Writing is not what you do.
It’s how you remember who you are.

The kind of move that will give you massive success will not come from general mainstream advice. It will come from discovering & doing unusual things that seem strange to others.

Building requires action and feedback. Action gives you raw data, feedback interprets data to give direction. With both, you learn faster and build a better experience.

Invest in good actions. Everything else can be taken away from you, but your good deeds will always remain.

Success is not built on a microwave. Success takes time and effort. Most times it might seem like you’re lagging behind. Keep moving, testing, experimenting, until you find what works for you.

@neda_sefati Looks so nice Neda. You seem to be having a wonderful time. Love the way you captured the place— the scenes and stuff. Great job!

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A balanced life is a harmonious transition between obstacles & progress. Day & night, action & reflection. Without challenges, there’s no path, no destination, and no celebration

By doing, you find the better path for your thinking to excel.

Your quality of life is determined by the quality of your questions.

If intelligence is a commodity, and platforms are black boxes, then "studying" them is a fragile, linear activity.

What is made to fly will never succeed inside a game whose rules are based strictly for the ground.

Your identity crisis is not a flaw. It’s a rebellion. The system wants you addicted to external validation and vanity metrics Why? Because a person who knows himself, and who is self-aware cannot be controlled. This is the secret your pain is trying to tell you: What others call “failure to fit in” is not a weakness. It’s a compass to your real self.