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- While You Were Away: Jan 30, 2022
While You Were Away: Jan 30, 2022
Blake Burge
February 16, 2022
🧠 Thought for the upcoming week:
"If you have a choice between entering two rooms, choose the room where you are more likely to be the dumbest one in the room.
Once you are in the room, talk less and listen more.
Bad for your ego, great for your growth." – Sahil Bloom
Your mind is a powerful weapon.
The problem: sometimes it can be your worst enemy.
The bright side: you can train it and thrive.
THREAD: How to develop an unconquerable mind
— Sheila Gonzalez (@DanesaGlez)
11:45 AM • Jan 29, 2022
You must constantly learn new things to succeed.
But you forget 50% of what you learn within 1 hour.
A thread on how the science of forgetting works and how overcoming it can change your life... 🧠
— Shaan Hathiramani 🐘 (@shaanh)
11:03 PM • Jan 28, 2022
Have you heard of Wordle?
Of course you have!
Wordle is brilliantly engineered to drive word-of-mouth
And if *you’d* like to create the next viral sensation... there’s lots you can learn from Wordle... 🧵
— Katelyn Bourgoin ⚡️ (@KateBour)
7:52 PM • Jan 26, 2022
I am quitting my startup!
It has been 3.5 years since I started. Here are my learnings.
Top 10 things you need to know before you start your own startup! 🧵
— Kunjal Rupala 🚀 (@KunjalRupala)
2:19 PM • Jan 24, 2022
Tomorrow’s Federal Reserve meeting might be the single most critical event in determining the future of the economy.
Here’s a breakdown of why it’s so important (and why you should care):
— Tarek Mansour (@mansourtarek_)
6:15 PM • Jan 24, 2022
Tomorrow’s Federal Reserve meeting might be the single most critical event in determining the future of the economy.
Here’s a breakdown of why it’s so important (and why you should care):
— Tarek Mansour (@mansourtarek_)
6:15 PM • Jan 24, 2022
McDonald’s is often called a real estate company dressed up as a fast-food chain.
It's def true: McDonald's real estate holding is worth $42B and 35% of its $20B in revenue is from franchisees paying rents.
Here’s a breakdown🧵
— Trung Phan 🇨🇦 (@TrungTPhan)
4:43 PM • Jan 26, 2022
“Razors” are rules of thumb that simplify decisions.
The most valuable razors I’ve discovered:
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
2:45 PM • Jan 29, 2022
I made $0 online in 2019.
3 years later:
- 100M+ impressions
- $1.7M in online income
- 4 successful revenue streamsWhat changed?
I started writing online every day.
Here's my simple 4-step process.
[Short 🧵]
— Justin Welsh (@JustinSaaS)
10:58 PM • Jan 26, 2022
Twitter is free university.
But even 100k-impression tweets aren't seen by 99.95% in a day
Imagine what's shared & missed in a YEAR
Here are 100 of the most useful & educational resources shared on Twitter in the past 365 days:
— Justin Mikolay 💻 (@jmikolay)
10:35 PM • Jan 25, 2022