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Difficulty and value are inexorably linked. The only thing that gives said objective value at all is its difficulty. If money was everywhere, along with huge piles of gold, on every street corner - it would have no value at all. Understand that it is the difficulty that delivers... the DESIRE at all. YOU WOULDN’T WANT IT IF IT WASN’T HARD. Therefore... Complaining that it’s hard is a LOGIC FAIL. People complaining about things being hard is as stupid as complaining things are valuable. "Getting a 6 pack is hard" = "Getting a 6 pack is valuable" Be glad it’s hard. If it wasn’t you wouldn’t want it. Or you’d already have it along with everyone else and nobody would care. Hard to make a million bucks, that’s why it’s worth..... a million bucks. If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t be. I always say to replace the word HAVE with GET for an instant mindset shift. "I GET to go to work today" Here’s another: Replace the word HARD with IMPORTANT and you will instantly see how motivation appears from thin air. "Making money is important" "Being in good shape is important" Yes. It is. This allows you to eliminate the need for willpower, experience the world in a new light, and find a mental fortitude you never knew existed. Now... What will you do with it? Learn more:show more

Andrew Tate

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The Real World App3 years ago

Why does it have to be quick and easy?

AdinUpdate3 years ago

When are you coming on Adin’s stream? He’s been going downhill lately, especially since his recent opium addiction… you need to save him again

The Real World3 years ago

Have you ever thought about why you always fail to take the necessary actions to WIN? Maybe it’s because you are too afraid of difficulty and failure thats comes with taking action.

Janko3 years ago

I cannot emphasize enough how much Andrew is right about everything here.

Gabriel Haines.eth3 years ago

Give me pain top g

The Dany G. | MSV.GG3 years ago

For the trained mind, it's not hard, it's a challenge.

Gordon3 years ago

It’s very hard to find a 10x trade in crypto, but I seem to do it most days. Lesson in there. Do you understand?

Amiri King3 years ago

This is 🔥

PICKETTSBURGH3 years ago

I speak for everyone when I say, We stand behind the Top G

TheWowEffect3 years ago

It's great that you're recognizing this in this way and that you've enabled many people to change their perspective on "hard". I don't see "hard or easy". I will accomplish anything in time.

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12,428 views • 2 months ago

Jensen Huang explains how he designed NVIDIA from first principles “With respect to building a company, the first thing you have to do—as with all problems—is start from first principles. What is this machine that we’re trying to create? What is its input? What is its output? What are the conditions that it’s in? What is the industry like? Is it a fast moving industry? Is it a bureaucratic industry? Is it a highly regulated industry? And what are you trying to build?” Thinking about it from this perspective, there were several things Jensen wanted to do with the company: “I wanted to create a company that naturally attracts amazing people, and the reason for that is our company’s mission is to solve computing problems that are barely possible.” He also wanted a company that was “as small as possible” and “empowered people.” “If you want an organization that obeys command and control, then you make it a pyramid just like the military—all the way back to the Roman Empire. But If you want to empower people, you want to make it as flat as possible so that information travels quickly.” He continues: “We also don’t have business units. We don’t have divisions. Everybody works as one, and the company is shaped in a way that allows us to build accelerated computing best.” Video source: Sana (2023)

Jensen Huang explains how he designed NVIDIA from first principles “With respect to building a company, the first thing you have to do—as with all problems—is start from first principles. What is this machine that we’re trying to create? What is its input? What is its output? What are the conditions that it’s in? What is the industry like? Is it a fast moving industry? Is it a bureaucratic industry? Is it a highly regulated industry? And what are you trying to build?” Thinking about it from this perspective, there were several things Jensen wanted to do with the company: “I wanted to create a company that naturally attracts amazing people, and the reason for that is our company’s mission is to solve computing problems that are barely possible.” He also wanted a company that was “as small as possible” and “empowered people.” “If you want an organization that obeys command and control, then you make it a pyramid just like the military—all the way back to the Roman Empire. But If you want to empower people, you want to make it as flat as possible so that information travels quickly.” He continues: “We also don’t have business units. We don’t have divisions. Everybody works as one, and the company is shaped in a way that allows us to build accelerated computing best.” Video source: Sana (2023)

Startup Archive

63,899 views • 9 months ago

“I want to play, but it’s all about the team. I wanted to make sure that I came in the same if it’s a good day or a bad day… I think it’s important for young guys like TJ, Jaylen, Rob… As hard as it is, at times you gotta check your ego at the door” - Julius Randle

“I want to play, but it’s all about the team. I wanted to make sure that I came in the same if it’s a good day or a bad day… I think it’s important for young guys like TJ, Jaylen, Rob… As hard as it is, at times you gotta check your ego at the door” - Julius Randle

Timberwolves Clips

133,650 views • 1 year ago

Why NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang wouldn’t start a company if he had to do it all over again In this clip from the Acquired podcast, Jensen is asked what company he would start if he was 30 years old again today. His response: “I wouldn’t do it.” “Building a company and building NVIDIA turned out to have been a million times harder than any of us expected it to be. And at the time, if we realized the pain and suffering and just how vulnerable you’re going to feel and the challenges that you’re going to endure, the embarrassment and the shame, and the list of all the things that go wrong—I don’t think anybody would start a company.” Jensen believes that the superpower of entrepreneur is that they don’t know how hard it is. They only ask themselves: How hard can it be? “You have to get yourself to believe that it’s not that hard because it’s way harder than you think. And if—taking all of my knowledge now—I go back, and I said I’m going to endure that whole journey again, I think it’s too much. It is just too much.” And he believes entrepreneurs need to surround themselves with supportive family, friends and colleagues. “You need the unwavering support of the people around you… I’m pretty sure that almost every successful company and entrepreneur that has gone through some difficult challenges had that support system around them.” Video source: Acquired Podcast (2023)

Why NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang wouldn’t start a company if he had to do it all over again In this clip from the Acquired podcast, Jensen is asked what company he would start if he was 30 years old again today. His response: “I wouldn’t do it.” “Building a company and building NVIDIA turned out to have been a million times harder than any of us expected it to be. And at the time, if we realized the pain and suffering and just how vulnerable you’re going to feel and the challenges that you’re going to endure, the embarrassment and the shame, and the list of all the things that go wrong—I don’t think anybody would start a company.” Jensen believes that the superpower of entrepreneur is that they don’t know how hard it is. They only ask themselves: How hard can it be? “You have to get yourself to believe that it’s not that hard because it’s way harder than you think. And if—taking all of my knowledge now—I go back, and I said I’m going to endure that whole journey again, I think it’s too much. It is just too much.” And he believes entrepreneurs need to surround themselves with supportive family, friends and colleagues. “You need the unwavering support of the people around you… I’m pretty sure that almost every successful company and entrepreneur that has gone through some difficult challenges had that support system around them.” Video source: Acquired Podcast (2023)

Startup Archive

34,405 views • 1 year ago

Jeff Bezos on how to be innovative “To me, true innovation is something that is not only an invention but an improvement,” Jeff explains. “It’s not hard to make things different, but it is hard to make things different and better.” In Jeff’s view, there are endless opportunities for innovation: “Most of the problems in the world already have solutions of one kind or another, and all of those solutions can be improved upon. There’s no chance that anything is perfected yet. I don’t believe that . . . People have been working on solutions to most problems for a long time, but it wasn’t that long ago that somebody figured out that you should add wheels to suitcases. Pretty good improvement!” It’s hard work though, Jeff caveats: “It’s easy to have ideas. It’s very hard to turn an idea into a successful product. There are a lot of steps in between and it takes persistence and relentlessness. I always tell people who think they want to be entrepreneurs that you need a combination of stubborn relentlessness and flexibility. And you have to know when to be which.” Jeff explains: “Basically you need to be stubborn on your vision because otherwise it’ll be too easy to give up. But you need to be very flexible on the details because as you go along pursuing your vision, you’ll find that some of your preconceptions were wrong, and you’re going to need to be able to change those things.” He concludes: “Taking an idea successfully all the way to market and turning it into a real product that people care about and really improves people’s lives is a lot of hard work.”

Jeff Bezos on how to be innovative “To me, true innovation is something that is not only an invention but an improvement,” Jeff explains. “It’s not hard to make things different, but it is hard to make things different and better.” In Jeff’s view, there are endless opportunities for innovation: “Most of the problems in the world already have solutions of one kind or another, and all of those solutions can be improved upon. There’s no chance that anything is perfected yet. I don’t believe that . . . People have been working on solutions to most problems for a long time, but it wasn’t that long ago that somebody figured out that you should add wheels to suitcases. Pretty good improvement!” It’s hard work though, Jeff caveats: “It’s easy to have ideas. It’s very hard to turn an idea into a successful product. There are a lot of steps in between and it takes persistence and relentlessness. I always tell people who think they want to be entrepreneurs that you need a combination of stubborn relentlessness and flexibility. And you have to know when to be which.” Jeff explains: “Basically you need to be stubborn on your vision because otherwise it’ll be too easy to give up. But you need to be very flexible on the details because as you go along pursuing your vision, you’ll find that some of your preconceptions were wrong, and you’re going to need to be able to change those things.” He concludes: “Taking an idea successfully all the way to market and turning it into a real product that people care about and really improves people’s lives is a lot of hard work.”

Startup Archive

12,823 views • 5 months ago

Elon Musk: The real hard problem is to improve products while making them more affordable at the same time. “If you have a compelling product and it is affordable, so the value for money is good, and people have enough money to buy it, then demand is never going to be an issue. So, that is not something I worry about. I do worry about making sure that we can achieve affordability thresholds. Because even if you make the value for money infinite, if people do not have enough money to buy it, then it's just frustrating for people. They see this great product, too expensive, can't buy it. So, making the car affordable while continuing to improve the capabilities and quality of the product, that is the hardest problem.” Axel Springer Pioneer's Talk, December 1, 2020

Elon Musk: The real hard problem is to improve products while making them more affordable at the same time. “If you have a compelling product and it is affordable, so the value for money is good, and people have enough money to buy it, then demand is never going to be an issue. So, that is not something I worry about. I do worry about making sure that we can achieve affordability thresholds. Because even if you make the value for money infinite, if people do not have enough money to buy it, then it's just frustrating for people. They see this great product, too expensive, can't buy it. So, making the car affordable while continuing to improve the capabilities and quality of the product, that is the hardest problem.” Axel Springer Pioneer's Talk, December 1, 2020

ELON CLIPS

52,616 views • 10 months ago