While You Were Away: March 13, 2022

I challenged myself to a week of rejection.

At first, it was just for fun.

Turns out, if you don't ask, you don't get. I've gotten access to some crazy experiences and met some really cool people. Also got a ton of free stuff.

🧵

— Maggie Chen (@cxqmaggie)
2:20 PM • Mar 7, 2022

You might read 52 books per year…

But I’m more impressed if you read one book and let it change you.

Here are 9 tips to maximize your reading:

— Wes Kao 🏛 (@wes_kao)
4:43 PM • Mar 12, 2022

We all get burnt out…

But some manage to bounce back quicker than the rest.

Their secret?

It’s all about the Re-Charge Ritual.

👇

— Shane | Achievement for Soloprenuers (@Shane___Martin)
5:33 PM • Mar 12, 2022

The great secret has always been resilience.

The most successful people bounce back no matter what comes at them.

But they’re not born that way, it’s learned.

And to do that, you just need to have one thing:

— Ndamukong Suh (@NdamukongSuh)
6:35 PM • Mar 11, 2022

How to approach mastery of your craft in 8 tweets 🧵:

— Andrew Barry 🦁 (@Bazzaruto)
9:20 PM • Mar 10, 2022

Memento Mori—the powerful daily reminder we all need:

— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
1:43 PM • Mar 12, 2022

“One of the things that made Apple great was that in the early days, it was built from the heart.”

~Steve Jobs, 1989

— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman)
6:15 PM • Mar 6, 2022

Have you ever made a bad decision that cost you $100 million?

I have.

It gives me a chip on my shoulder that drives me today.

I’m a bit nervous to share the story on Twitter, but here goes:

— Xavier Helgesen 🌍📚🌳🇺🇦 (@XavierHelgesen)
6:33 PM • Mar 12, 2022

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:

💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year.

What are the generation-defining stats of today?

I'll post a few to kick things off...

— Steph Smith (@stephsmithio)
12:05 AM • Mar 8, 2022

I've written copy for websites that generate over 5,000,000 visits every year.

Here are 7 learnings to help you create a killer landing page:

— Zain Kahn (@heykahn)
6:15 PM • Mar 9, 2022

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Creators:

— Nathan Barry 🇺🇦 (@nathanbarry)
2:32 PM • Mar 9, 2022

🧵12 Threads for Learning to Trade Options🧵

Stop wasting ur time and money on 600-page textbooks & 2 yrs of MBA.

The BEST RESOURCES on options trading come from actual pro traders, many of them right here!

A syllabus of 12 threads/pods/blogs to grow your knowledge & PnL:
👇

— Ming Zhao (@FabiusMercurius)
4:19 PM • Mar 12, 2022

I applied to 300+ jobs in 2013.

Got rejected from all of them.

Two years later, I was in final rounds at Microsoft, Google, & Twitter.

The result?

An offer from Microsoft with a $70k+ raise.

Here’s a🧵 with the 9 steps I used to make it happen. ↓

— Austin Belcak (@austinbelcak)
2:06 PM • Mar 11, 2022

Today's thread is on valuations, the economy, and where I think things are headed for the rest of the year.

Read on >>

— Elizabeth Yin (@dunkhippo33)
8:20 PM • Mar 10, 2022

Whether you’re building in web2 or web3, the recipe for winning looks the same.

Between scaling a multi-million dollar CPG brand and one of the fastest-growing crypto communities, I’ve learned firsthand the rules every founder should build by. 🧵

— Jaime Schmidt (@jaimeschmidt)
7:12 PM • Mar 7, 2022

The son of a diamond factory worker in Gujarat founded a $11 billion crypto startup called Polygon.

This is the story of Jaynti Kanani👇👇

— Shreyans Singh (@shreyans512)
4:39 AM • Mar 7, 2022

The future of NFTs for brands and their communities. 🧵

— cantino.eth (@chriscantino)
6:22 PM • Mar 10, 2022

Sara Lee, Wonder Bread, Entenmann's. All-American staples, right?

Wrong.

They’re owned by a Mexican conglomerate.

Here’s the story:

— Chantelle (@ccmarce_writes)
12:58 AM • Mar 10, 2022

The world has been surprising close to nuclear annihilation multiple times.

But perhaps never closer than in October 1960 when, if not for the intuition of a great leader, 1000s of nukes would have been launched.

This is the story of Canadian Air Marshal Charles Roy Slemon:👇

— Jon Derkits (@guyfosel)
5:46 PM • Mar 9, 2022

The world's 50 most beautiful sports venues — a thread:

1. Henningsvaer Stadium in Henningsvaer, Norway

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano)
6:10 PM • Mar 6, 2022