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- While You Were Away: Jan 23, 2022
While You Were Away: Jan 23, 2022
🧠 Thought for the upcoming week:
“There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” —Nelson Mandela
I'm 10 days away from my next big adventure -- continuing my life goal of becoming the first American to circumnavigate the globe on human power. I'll be rowing the Caribbean from Antigua to Miami (1,500 miles) with @gregmaud. With cooperative weather, it should take 20-28 days.
— Daley Ervin (@daleyervin)
1:59 PM • Jan 21, 2022
My yoga teacher always starts class with this line:
"Congrats. The hardest part is over. You showed up."
I feel like that mindset applies to most other things.
Worrying about a task often is far worse than the task itself. Starting is the hardest part.
— Steph Smith (@stephsmithio)
6:28 PM • Jan 20, 2022
I think Rich Dad Poor Dad got it completely wrong
Here's how wealth actually works, and why:
— Codie Sanchez 💥 (@Codie_Sanchez)
5:30 PM • Jan 18, 2022
The past week was brutal for anyone holding stocks or crypto. Everything corrected and then corrected more. 💥😵💫💥
Some voices are shouting “buy the dip” while others are predicting the beginning of “a crypto winter”.
My framework for thinking about “corrections”: 🧵👇
— fintechjunkie.eth (@fintechjunkie)
6:36 PM • Jan 22, 2022
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Get a cup of coffee.
In this thread, I'll walk you through the "magic of retained earnings".
This is the basic theory behind why stocks grow exponentially over long periods of time.
As investors, we'd do well to understand this theory -- and the assumptions it's based on.
— 10-K Diver (@10kdiver)
9:47 PM • Jan 22, 2022
I grew Mint from 0-1M users in 6 months
Here's the 7 step quant-based growth marketing framework I used that you can steal
— Noah Kagan (@noahkagan)
6:52 PM • Jan 21, 2022
How to get access to Twitter’s new hexagonal NFT avatars.
And if you don’t have NFTs yet, no sweat. I’ll show you how to upload a custom one in five minutes. 🧵
— cantino.eth (@chriscantino)
1:26 AM • Jan 21, 2022
How to generate 100 ideas to write about in 30 minutes - even if you think you have nothing to say (THREAD):
— Dickie Bush 🚢 (@dickiebush)
1:20 AM • Jan 19, 2022
If you're feeling stuck in your professional life, start writing online.
Here's how it can accelerate your career:
— David Perell (@david_perell)
1:34 PM • Jan 18, 2022
You ever win a stuffed animal playing the claw machine game at an arcade?
Well in 1974, the CIA played a claw machine game of their own...except it wasn't at an arcade.
It was in the Pacific Ocean.
And the prize wasn't a stuffed animal.
It was a Soviet submarine.
A story👇:
— David Zabinsky (@DavidZabinsky)
1:06 PM • Jan 16, 2022
5 years ago I was broke & unemployed.
Last year I received multiple six-figure job offers.
Here's a list of everything I know about making money I wish I knew sooner: 🧵
— Zain Kahn (@heykahn)
5:15 PM • Jan 18, 2022
22 Habits for 2022
A thread...
— Ankur Warikoo (@warikoo)
5:33 AM • Jan 21, 2022
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