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| 2 | +title: Advice |
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| 5 | +# Advice |
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| 7 | +- Source: https://x.com/SahilBloom/status/2010376554199572482 |
| 8 | +- I am 30 right now. In 5 years, I will be 35. |
| 9 | +- If I focus in the right way, we can achieve a lot in the next 5 years. |
| 10 | +- It is good to zoom out and see how to create a step-function change. |
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| 15 | +- You're one year of focus away from people calling you lucky |
| 16 | + - Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year. |
| 17 | + - Your entire life can change in one year. One year of focused, daily effort. |
| 18 | + - One year of showing up with intention and clarity. |
| 19 | +- You can reinvent yourself whenever you want |
| 20 | + - You are mostly not late. |
| 21 | + - You can just do things |
| 22 | +- Tolerance for uncertainty OR how you handle ambiguity defines a lot of outcomes. |
| 23 | + - The one who can tolerate the most uncertainty is the one who will eventually win. |
| 24 | + - Your professional success is proportional to your ability to figure it out. |
| 25 | + - Take pride in finishing things |
| 26 | + - By doing what you said you’d do |
| 27 | + - Real confidence is built on resilience. Adaptability. Tolerance for uncertainty |
| 28 | + - Emotional control is the ultimate sign of personal growth |
| 29 | +- Showing up is the key to life |
| 30 | + - Anything above zero compounds. |
| 31 | + - Ambitious people allow optimal to get in the way of beneficial. |
| 32 | + - Reliability is more important than talent. |
| 33 | + - You can get pretty damn far in life by just being someone people can count on to do the work. |
| 34 | +- Nobody cares |
| 35 | + - When you’re winning, nobody cares. When you’re losing, nobody cares. |
| 36 | + - Learn to work without validation. |
| 37 | + - Nobody is thinking about you. |
| 38 | + - Nobody is coming to save you. |
| 39 | +- Always get your dopamine from action |
| 40 | + - Dopamine from information gathering is a dangerous drug. |
| 41 | + - The real goal is to have a razor-thin gap between information and action |
| 42 | + - Your entire life will change when you stop gathering information and start acting on the information you already have |
| 43 | + - Do hard things every single day |
| 44 | +- Fear comes from inexperience, not incapability |
| 45 | + - Inexperience is the problem to be solved—and it's only solved through having the courage to act in the face of it |
| 46 | +- Never let your head outsmart your gut |
| 47 | + - Your gut is earned intuition—a refined, elevated biological protection mechanism |
| 48 | + - My rule: If your gut says no, the answer is no. |
| 49 | +- The most important things take a long time to build |
| 50 | + - Real, durable things take a long time to build. |
| 51 | + - Careers. Businesses. Relationships. Health |
| 52 | + - The long way is the right way |
| 53 | +- Be unapologetically yourself |
| 54 | +- Do what most people avoid |
| 55 | + - Doing opposite. |
| 56 | + - Obsess over one thing. |
| 57 | + - Have difficult conversations. |
| 58 | +- Your standards decide your future |
| 59 | + - Every time you let something slide just this once, you train yourself to accept less than what you deserve |
| 60 | + - Set your standards, then hold the line |
| 61 | + - Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. |
| 62 | +- Choose a partner you actually like being around |
| 63 | + - People make these long lists of values and traits they want to find in a partner, but so much of life just comes down to being kind and pleasant to be around |
| 64 | + - And if you’re going to make a long list of values and traits you want to find in another, make sure you’re embodying them yourself |
| 65 | +- Don’t wait |
| 66 | + - Just start. Take that crazy leap of faith. |
| 67 | + - Opportunities don’t wait until you’re ready. Miss them now and you miss them forever. |
| 68 | +- Stress and anxiety feed on idleness |
| 69 | + - You feel stressed and anxious because you’re not doing anything. |
| 70 | + - When you take action, you starve them of the oxygen they need to survive |
| 71 | +- You have to know when to stop |
| 72 | + - Stop arguing with people who don’t listen. |
| 73 | + - Stop chasing people who run away. |
| 74 | + - Stop forcing relationships that drain you. |
| 75 | + - Stop grinding on things that don’t matter. |
| 76 | + - Stop saying yes when you mean no. |
| 77 | +- Don’t complain about anything |
| 78 | + - If it’s within your control, go do something about it. |
| 79 | + - If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. |
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