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Posts about life and mindset: habits, decisions and living abroad.
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Doing things right only gives you a 40% chance of success. In such a complex world, chance determines most of what ends up happening. Doing things right simply skews the odds in your favor. Instead of succeeding 1 out of 5 times, you can get it to work 2 out of 5 times. And that’s more than enough, but it takes patience, repetition, and discipline.
I’m almost embarrassed by how many hours I put into work for the results I get. But that’s what you’ve got to do: learn, try, fail and repeat. If I make it, it’ll be because I tried MANY times; not because I’m the smartest…
Read the rest on XIt’s scary to realize that you can **really** do whatever you want with your life. If you’re young and don’t have anyone depending on you, nothing’s stopping you from starting over from scratch anywhere in the world. And yet, few people take that opportunity.
We live in the age of molds. Templates for everything. Frameworks that promise results in days. Tools that do the work for you. Molds democratize. And that’s a good thing. But there’s something they’ll never be able to replicate.
Moving to another country is a punch on the table against fate. It’s telling life: "If you won’t give me what I deserve, I’ll go find it, even if it’s on the other side of the world!"
Most of what happens day to day is noise. Almost none of it will matter in 10 years, and most of it doesn’t even matter today.
💰 The mental model that has helped me make €100,000+ →THE SECRET: positive optionality and asymmetric risk.
Everyone’s looking for advanced hacks to improve their lives. Then you ask any AI which simple habit has the biggest impact, and the answer is always the same: “Getting good sleep.” Maybe we’ve been underestimating the obvious for years.
In Switzerland, I work like a beast: day, evening and night, without a break, even on weekends. I stick to a strict diet, train hard and get almost perfect sleep. Torture? Not at all. I love the grind, but I also enjoy relaxing and spending time with my girlfriend, friends and family. That’s why I go back to Spain once a month. Best of both worlds
Human beings need to create to be happy. I think the creation-to-consumption ratio should be close to 70-30. Right now, I’m at 90-10. How are you guys doing?
