Vijay#6 September/2020 toots thread..
#5 August/2020 thread (68 toots)
https://mastodon.social/@vjy/104605706830855674
The goal of the rich is not wealth, it is to add value, at scale.
Wealth is a side effect.
— @.wisdom_theory /1
You don't need more time, you need more focused time.
— @.mkobach /2
You don't need a record label to release an album
You don't need a publisher to put out a book
You don't need an agent to produce a podcast
You live in the future
The only thing in your way..
Is you.
— @.akirathedon /3
Self abnegation is the key to life's best experiences.
- Want the best meal of your life? Fast.
- Want to deeply enjoy the company of friends and family? Be alone.
- Want to find enjoyment in the simple things in life? Avoid dopamine optimized stimulus.
— @.real_vijay /5
Vijay
Apple lost $179.92 billion in market capitalization Thursday (03/Sep/2020), the largest one-day loss for a US-listed company on record.
The drop was larger than the individual market capitalizations of 470 of the 500 companies in the S&P 500, according to Dow Jones.
— @.fxmacro /9
You are your habits. You are the things you do every day.
— @.smilingerik /10
Knowing how little you matter is very important for your mental health and your happiness
— @.naval /11
#ADHD is not a disorder, the study authors argue. Rather it is an evolutionary mismatch to the modern learning environment we have constructed.
h/t @.alex_petralia /12
It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.
the Smiths /13
Fear is an excuse created by your mind to stop you from doing what you want.
— @.Thenakedpoet2 /14
Failure is success in progress.
— Albert Einstein /15
100 million sats is your favorite #bitcoin unit? 1 trillion sats is my favorite unit.. it's so convenient. /s
1 trillion sats = $104 million
/17
King Tutankhamun's mummified body contains the oldest known genetic proof of the existence of #malaria.
— @.UberFacts /18
You cannot go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
— CS Lewis /19
#atmanirbhar idly maavu
/20
As of block 646,800, 88.0% of all BTC has been mined. Only 2,520,000 BTC left to mine!
#bitcoin
— @.BtcBlockBot /21
Much of the problems of modernity is taking religion literally and science metaphorically, rather than the reverse.
— @.nntaleb /23
The simple path to wealth - JL Collins
https://youtu.be/T71ibcZAX3I /24
https://youtu.be/T71ibcZAX3I /24
Don't seek respect from others.
Seek self-respect.
— @.orangebook_ /25
Let’s get real. No vaccine will work as if by magic, returning us to ‘normal’: Jeremy Farrar
These past few weeks I've learned something about the phrase:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Most people hate themselves, judge themselves, spite themselves. Then they "do unto others".
— @.jaltucher /27
The difference between successful social media accounts and really successful social media accounts is that really successful social media accounts say no to posting almost everything.
— @.mkobach /28
Your brain loves shortcuts.
Whatever you keep repeating, the brain will make automatic; so use this to your advantage when forming good habits.
— @.PathPolymath /29
Sai Vishal@Vishsai boiled channa + jaggery + coconut filling, dipped in maida batter, fried in oil..
You are richer than 93% of people.
Not in money, but in time.
108 billion people have lived throughout history. 93% of them are dead.
You have what every king & queen, every pharaoh & ruler, every CEO & celebrity of the past would give their wealth for:
Today.
— @.JamesClear /31
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.
— @.Austen /32
Changing your interpretation of your past is often just as good as changing your past.
— @.naval /34
Get it done now. The anxiety of continually thinking about a task you're not doing, and beating yourself up over it, is often more difficult (and time-consuming) than actually doing it.
— @.neilstrauss /35