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- While You Were Away: May 22, 2022
While You Were Away: May 22, 2022
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Life
Your marriage is more important than your career or raising kids.
7 strategic investments in your most valuable relationship.
— Bryan Porter (@jbryanporter)
12:45 PM • May 21, 2022
HOW TO PHASE INTO AVIATION AS A MID-LIFE PROFESSIONAL OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER 🧵
You've been dreaming about it your whole life. It's not that hard. Time to become a pilot. 🛩️
I'm a CFI and small biz owner and own my own plane I fly for biz and fun. I'll walk you through it!
— Clint Fiore 🛩 DM for Biz Deals (@ClintFiore)
12:03 PM • May 21, 2022
Markets falling. Mortgage rates rising. Offices re-opening.
Is now the right time to buy a home?
5 level-headed questions to help you decide:
— Marsden Kline (@marsdenkline)
1:12 PM • May 15, 2022
In my baseball career, I've set strikeout records, thrown complete games, and felt the highs of being a first rounder.
I've also intimately known the pains of injury, failure and depression.
Lately, I've been pondering the idea of suffering.
Suffering (a series), Part 1:
— Mark Appel (@markappel26)
2:09 PM • May 21, 2022
Your habits aren't sticking because you're building them wrong.
Here's 1 simple tactic to DOUBLE your output and build habits that last.
— Jeremy Singh (@singhcredible)
6:19 PM • May 19, 2022
Business
My friend took a company to $100Million in revenue and profitability w/o VC funding.
I sat with him to learn how to do the same; here's what he told me:
— Codie Sanchez 💥 (@Codie_Sanchez)
1:07 PM • May 18, 2022
9 Psychology Secrets that will 3x your conversions:
— Theo Ohene (@theoohene)
2:16 PM • May 16, 2022
How To Delegate Your Inbox
About two years ago, I finally nailed how to delegate my inbox.
With the help of my EA, and our email system, I spend about 10 minutes a day on email across four businesses.
Here's a breakdown of how I do it:
— Christine Carrillo (@ChristineCarril)
5:05 PM • May 15, 2022
The whole indica/sativa thing was made up by some dude 240 years ago.
It was wrong then and it’s wrong now, so why is it the foundation of the entire cannabis industry?
It's time for a thread:
— Colin Landforce 🛠,🛠 (@landforce)
3:52 PM • May 21, 2022
Everyone thinks great returns come from great risk.
But that’s not true.
Here’s 9 examples of low risk, high reward investments:
— Sieva Kozinsky (@SievaKozinsky)
3:21 PM • May 21, 2022
Master psychology and you can basically print money at will.
However, 99% of creators have no clue how or where to start.
After reading 9 books and studying 47 websites, I finally figured it out.
13 psychology truths to *ethically* market products that sell like crazy: 🧵👇
— Jon Brosio (@jonbrosio)
2:30 PM • May 17, 2022
I've had several people ask about what an index fund is and how to get started investing in them
Here is a breakdown for you:
— Jrod Money 🇺🇸 (@MoneyJrod)
12:59 PM • May 17, 2022
The market crash is here
Forget profits -- Free cash flow matters now more than ever
If you're an individual investor, you MUST know how to read a CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Here's what you need to know:
— Brian Stoffel (@Brian_Stoffel_)
1:48 PM • May 21, 2022
In the past 5 years, I have conducted numerous job interviews.
Those who got hired had 1 thing in common.
They had one or more of these 13 UNIQUE traits:
— Vibhor Chandel (@VibhorChandel)
11:59 AM • May 15, 2022
Web3
What is the future of Ethereum?
Last week, Vitalik Buterin co-published a paper predicting Ethereum's future.
I read the 37-page paper and interviewed its co-authors so you didn't have to.
[🧵 THREAD]
— Jason Levin (@iamjasonlevin)
3:51 PM • May 19, 2022
1/ Earlier this week, @coinbase launched a web3 browser built directly into its main mobile app, powered by MPC tech that eliminates the need for you to manage your own keys.
🧵🧵🧵Here's why it's a big deal. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
— Pete Kim (@petejkim)
8:45 PM • May 18, 2022
Entertainment / Sports
Citicorp Center was built in 1977.
Located in NY, it was the world's 7th tallest building but had a big structural flaw: a very strong storm wind could knock it over.
The expert architects had no idea, until an anonymous Princeton undergrad cold called them.
Here’s the story🧵
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan)
3:07 PM • May 21, 2022
The 10 wildest videos I’ve seen on this blue bird app:
1/ A surfer (Sebastian Steudtner) rides a record 115 foot wave in Nazare, Portugal
— Nathan Baugh (@nathanbaugh27)
12:06 PM • May 19, 2022