Most people walk into a room trying to prove something. Try walking in trying to learn something.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

It’s not complicated work, it’s just hard work.

Most of what feels like deep thinking at your desk is just the same thought looping with no new input. Your brain doesn’t get smarter by sitting still and trying harder.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Most of what I’m proud of came from showing up on days I didn’t feel like it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Someone asked me last week what the secret is. There isn't one. I write when I don't want to. I train when I'm tired. I ship stuff before it feels ready. I show up on days nobody would know if I didn't. And if I'm being honest, half the time I don't want to do any of it. I j

Half of you are grinding yourselves into the ground, the other half haven’t done anything in a decade. Crazy that a little bit of hard work and a lot of fun is the one thing nobody’s selling you. Also this isn’t about the gym.

Lucky people aren't lucky. They're in more rooms. More conversations. More situations where randomness can actually find them. The "lucky" person applied to 200 things. The "unlucky" person applied to 5 and decided the world was against them. Same world. Differen

Do more hard sh*t.

You’re complaining about things people are praying for.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Your backup plan is the problem.

Early in my career I avoided every uncomfortable conversation I could. Passed on the ambiguous projects. Let someone else deal with the messy client situations. I thought I was being strategic. Picking the clean wins where I could look good. Took me a while to notice the people getting pro

Early in my podcast I asked Anthony Scaramucci what his superpower was. He didn't talk about skills or habits or morning routines. He said he lost everything. No money. No connections. Nothing. And he'd bet on himself to rebuild it from zero every single time. That stuck with me fo

The moment you stop asking for permission is when you realize it was never required. - @markmanson Most people spend their entire lives waiting for someone to say "you're ready now." Nobody's coming. The people you admire didn't get a green light. They just started.

Read more books. Read to escape reality. Read to understand reality. Read to challenge what you believe. Read to think better. Read to write better. Read to argue better. Read to know yourself. Read to build something. A single book can completely rewire your brain. Not because it g

Two years ago I asked for something so unreasonable I almost didn’t send the email. I got a yes in 48 hours. Here’s what I learned: Most people negotiate against themselves before the conversation even starts. They water down the ask. Soften the number. Add qualifiers. The person on the

Mom came to visit so obviously we had to take her out to the best Mexican in Miami.

Most people wait for their turn to talk. They hear your story and immediately load up theirs. "Oh that's like when I..." Every conversation becomes a competition. The best connectors do the opposite. They ask the next question. They stay curious about YOUR thing. They don't ne

OpenAI is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. They've raised more money than most companies will ever see. And their output still can't replace a great writer. You still can't take what it creates and just hit publish. But here's the part nobody talks about. Even when AI

Everyone got access to the same AI tools at the same time. So what happened? The average creator started producing more content, faster. But it's still average content. The tool didn't fix that. Now there's a flood of stuff online that reads like it was written by nobody. No voice

Most people restart the same problems over and over. Not because the problems are hard - because they never finished solving them the first time. Pick the right partner once. Learn how to eat and train once. Build one business that actually works. It might take a decade. That’s fine. On