tldr of @naval’s timeless wisdom. key = time 1. Stop trading time for a paycheck. 2. Buy time: quit, cut distractions, focus. 3. Use your time to create income-generating assets. 4. Reinvest profits to buy even more time. 5. Repeat until you own 100% of your time.
2023 valuations: Nvidia: $1.2 trillion Intel: $180 billion 2003 valuations: Intel: $220 billion Nvidia: $3 billion
in hindsight, “think thoroughly first before making the first move” is the type of advice uttered by those who have never made any moves. it’s the trigger for eternal paralysis. the universe only helps those who are not afraid of sparking their own unique momentum. t.me/pollenround/...
we don’t own our ideas. the ideas just land on us, and pass by unless we do something with them. “that we are merely vessels that channel the ideas that find us, to this world.” https://t.me/tiny_notes/340
note to myself “the taste to discern which ideas fit together to spark something. the grit to..” https://t.me/tiny_notes/336
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taste and grit will truly become the only traits required for the best of entrepreneurs in the coming decades. the taste to discern which ideas fit together to spark something. the grit to pull thr...
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“building a product feels like sculpting but.. blind-folded, and given an unidentified raw [material] to touch, feel, carve away, polish.” https://t.me/tiny_notes/324
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product iteration: building a product feels like sculpting but, blind-folded, and given a raw [material] to touch, feel, carve away, polish. nobody wants to carve the statue out of worthless raw ma...
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advice to my younger self: “.. to take more risks early on. because in the end, even the fails fertilize the future grounds to finally win it all.” https://t.me/tiny_notes/323
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when i look back, one thing i’d advise myself is to take on more all or nothing risks. in the end, even the fails fertilize the future grounds to finally win it all
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“indecision and waking up wondering what i should do each morning is a compounding pain - it can be preempted in most cases.” https://t.me/tiny_notes/313
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most startups during pivots die from indecisions. i’ve seen some founders (including myself in the past) often going 3-6 months “thinking about” the next ideas. making a move of any sort has ...
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more startups die when founders run out of their spiritual runway, than financial runway. re: spiritual runway & pivots https://t.me/tiny_notes/313
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most startups losing steam during pivots die from indecisions. i’ve seen some founders (including myself in the past) often going 3-6 months “thinking about” the next ideas. making a move of ...
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many founders tend to put on the macho face and shout “i’m crushing it.” i don’t. if you want the fly on the wall view of my psychotic ups and downs, this is my public startup diary: 🤌 https://t.me/tiny_notes - ‘shittt is this pmf?’ - ‘fuckk.. what now?’ - 🎢🥲🎢🔥🎢💪🎢🫠🎢🎯
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