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After Elon Musk reposted my Grok Bot guide, my friend Ryan used it to run his strip club. 7 days ago, he replaced his entire middle management with 8 Grok agents ($200/mo). Last week alone, he saved $10,000 in salaries and missed leads. Not because the club magically got better, but because he killed the middle layer that was eating his margin. Before that, the setup was classic and expensive. Back-of-house sat on 6 people: > 1 recruiter > 1 person on applications > 1 cashier > 2 shift managers > 1 person on after-close requests That layer cost about $8,400–$9,200 a week once you counted base pay, cuts, “bonuses,” and money that never made the report. The recruiter took $50–$150 per new girl. The cashier spent 1.5–2 hours closing a shift. On Friday the managers generated 80–120 messages on the schedule alone. The after-shift person held 10–15 requests in his head and lost 2–3 of them every week simply because someone did not answer in time. Ryan saw the formula fast. Those people almost never made hard decisions. They moved data. • An application came in → a person opened a chat. • A girl wrote “I can do Friday” → a person typed a row into a spreadsheet. • A client left a request → a person relayed it to a manager. • The manager opened the schedule → and texted the girl. • The shift ended → the cashier counted a stack and entered a number by hand. Every handoff leaked time and money. Applications. A live staffer used to review 40–60 incoming files a week. One file took 8–12 minutes. Total: 7–10 hours of raw review, plus another 3–4 hours on “send a reminder,” “send more,” “when can you work.” Out of 50 applications, 6–8 made it to a shift. Conversion was weak not because of the room, but because half the threads went cold for 24–48 hours. Scheduling. Friday looked like this: 12 people want on, 8 slots. 1 can start only after 21:00. 1 will not work after 00:00. 1 drops out with 40 minutes left. 1 wants a swap. A manager already promised the slot to a fifth person. One change created 5 new messages. One substitution cycle took 20–40 minutes. By the end of the night there were 3–5 holes in the grid. Money. That was the dirtiest part. By morning the count was off by $180–$400 on average. Sometimes $70. Sometimes $600. The explanations were always human: tips booked to the wrong place, a commission forgotten, a number rounded, an envelope put in the wrong pile, a shift closed from memory. The cashier was not an analyst. He was a loss point. After-shift requests. The old chain took 25–45 minutes: client → manager → spreadsheet → message to the girl → wait → reply to the client. Out of 12 requests, 2–3 died in transit. Not because of a refusal. Because of human lag. 7 days ago Ryan cut that layer and hung it on Grok. The application flow dropped into one funnel with statuses: NEW → REVIEW → APPROVED → SCHEDULED → ACTIVE → INACTIVE The bot sent the first packet itself, collected the fields, and closed the gaps. If data was missing → it asked. If there was silence for 48 hours → it nudged. Ryan no longer opened 50 chats. He opened one feed. He touched only REVIEW and exceptions by hand. First-pass review fell from 8–12 minutes per application to 30–90 seconds of control. In a week, 53 applications went through the funnel. 11 made it to a shift. That was no longer “we got lucky.” That was because no application rotted in a manager’s DMs. The schedule became a rule, not a group chat. A girl marked available slots. The system saw 8 seats, not “we’ll figure it out.” Overbook went to a waitlist. A drop with 40 minutes left no longer spawned a 5-chat mess: the slot jumped to the next person in line in 10–20 seconds. Friday noise fell from 80–120 messages to 10–15 exceptions. Shift manager as a job title became unnecessary. The register stopped being a notebook. Every operation was written immediately. Shift close produced one summary: - floor revenue - tips - commissions - payouts - adjustments - variance If the total did not match, the system did not say “error somewhere.” It pointed at the exact operation. Over 7 days, variance stayed in the $0–$25 range instead of the old $180–$400. The weekly difference was about $1,200–$2,500 on “it didn’t add up” alone. The client loop collapsed from 4 human nodes into 1 route. A request entered the bot. The bot pulled the standard fields, checked availability, pinged the girl, and after 2 confirmations closed both sides with a notification. Cycle time fell from 25–45 minutes to 2–4 minutes on a standard request. Burned requests for the week: 0. Before that, it was 2–3 lost checks every week. Ryan’s role got narrow and hard. The bot closed the rule. He closed the exception. Morning looked like a panel, not a meeting: > 3 new applications in NEW > 1 card in REVIEW > 2 shift cancellations > 1 operation for manual review > 47 automated messages already sent without him The only living parts left were him and the girls on the floor. Plus anyone who took an after-shift call. The middle layer: sourcing, screening, schedule, requests, counting → sat on a $200 subscription. In numbers, the week looked like this. Old model: > 6 people in the management loop > $8,400–$9,200 for that layer > 7–10 hours on applications > 80–120 messages on one heavy Friday > $180–$400 holes in the cash > 2–3 lost requests > 25–45 minutes per client cycle New model: > 1 person > $200 for the tool > 30–90 seconds of standard application control > 10–15 exceptions instead of a whole-floor chat storm > $0–$25 on the register > 0 lost standard requests > 2–4 minutes per standard cycle That is where the ~$10,000 in 7 days came from. Not “floor magic.” A removed human tax: - pay for 6 people - recruiter cuts - cash holes - burned requests - hours spent moving the same row from a chat into a spreadsheet In this system, those people were not the “soul of the club.” They were latency and leak. Every extra node added delay. Every live data handoff added error. Every notebook added a gap for rounding. Ryan removed the nodes. He left rules, statuses, a ledger, and one escalation point. So after 7 days the model already counted as a delta, not an experiment. $200 on top. About $10,000 in the plus. And the proof was short: the club ran. The middle-layer staff did not. Their job was done by the bot. bookmark this.
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After Elon Musk reposted my Grok Bot guide, my friend Ryan used it to run his strip club. 7 days ago, he replaced his entire middle management with 8 Grok agents ($200/mo). Last week alone, he saved $10,000 in salaries and missed leads. Not because the club magically got better, but because he killed the middle layer that was eating his margin. Before that, the setup was classic and expensive. Back-of-house sat on 6 people: > 1 recruiter > 1 person on applications > 1 cashier > 2 shift managers > 1 person on after-close requests That layer cost about $8,400–$9,200 a week once you counted base pay, cuts, “bonuses,” and money that never made the report. The recruiter took $50–$150 per new girl. The cashier spent 1.5–2 hours closing a shift. On Friday the managers generated 80–120 messages on the schedule alone. The after-shift person held 10–15 requests in his head and lost 2–3 of them every week simply because someone did not answer in time. Ryan saw the formula fast. Those people almost never made hard decisions. They moved data. • An application came in → a person opened a chat. • A girl wrote “I can do Friday” → a person typed a row into a spreadsheet. • A client left a request → a person relayed it to a manager. • The manager opened the schedule → and texted the girl. • The shift ended → the cashier counted a stack and entered a number by hand. Every handoff leaked time and money. Applications. A live staffer used to review 40–60 incoming files a week. One file took 8–12 minutes. Total: 7–10 hours of raw review, plus another 3–4 hours on “send a reminder,” “send more,” “when can you work.” Out of 50 applications, 6–8 made it to a shift. Conversion was weak not because of the room, but because half the threads went cold for 24–48 hours. Scheduling. Friday looked like this: 12 people want on, 8 slots. 1 can start only after 21:00. 1 will not work after 00:00. 1 drops out with 40 minutes left. 1 wants a swap. A manager already promised the slot to a fifth person. One change created 5 new messages. One substitution cycle took 20–40 minutes. By the end of the night there were 3–5 holes in the grid. Money. That was the dirtiest part. By morning the count was off by $180–$400 on average. Sometimes $70. Sometimes $600. The explanations were always human: tips booked to the wrong place, a commission forgotten, a number rounded, an envelope put in the wrong pile, a shift closed from memory. The cashier was not an analyst. He was a loss point. After-shift requests. The old chain took 25–45 minutes: client → manager → spreadsheet → message to the girl → wait → reply to the client. Out of 12 requests, 2–3 died in transit. Not because of a refusal. Because of human lag. 7 days ago Ryan cut that layer and hung it on Grok. The application flow dropped into one funnel with statuses: NEW → REVIEW → APPROVED → SCHEDULED → ACTIVE → INACTIVE The bot sent the first packet itself, collected the fields, and closed the gaps. If data was missing → it asked. If there was silence for 48 hours → it nudged. Ryan no longer opened 50 chats. He opened one feed. He touched only REVIEW and exceptions by hand. First-pass review fell from 8–12 minutes per application to 30–90 seconds of control. In a week, 53 applications went through the funnel. 11 made it to a shift. That was no longer “we got lucky.” That was because no application rotted in a manager’s DMs. The schedule became a rule, not a group chat. A girl marked available slots. The system saw 8 seats, not “we’ll figure it out.” Overbook went to a waitlist. A drop with 40 minutes left no longer spawned a 5-chat mess: the slot jumped to the next person in line in 10–20 seconds. Friday noise fell from 80–120 messages to 10–15 exceptions. Shift manager as a job title became unnecessary. The register stopped being a notebook. Every operation was written immediately. Shift close produced one summary: - floor revenue - tips - commissions - payouts - adjustments - variance If the total did not match, the system did not say “error somewhere.” It pointed at the exact operation. Over 7 days, variance stayed in the $0–$25 range instead of the old $180–$400. The weekly difference was about $1,200–$2,500 on “it didn’t add up” alone. The client loop collapsed from 4 human nodes into 1 route. A request entered the bot. The bot pulled the standard fields, checked availability, pinged the girl, and after 2 confirmations closed both sides with a notification. Cycle time fell from 25–45 minutes to 2–4 minutes on a standard request. Burned requests for the week: 0. Before that, it was 2–3 lost checks every week. Ryan’s role got narrow and hard. The bot closed the rule. He closed the exception. Morning looked like a panel, not a meeting: > 3 new applications in NEW > 1 card in REVIEW > 2 shift cancellations > 1 operation for manual review > 47 automated messages already sent without him The only living parts left were him and the girls on the floor. Plus anyone who took an after-shift call. The middle layer: sourcing, screening, schedule, requests, counting → sat on a $200 subscription. In numbers, the week looked like this. Old model: > 6 people in the management loop > $8,400–$9,200 for that layer > 7–10 hours on applications > 80–120 messages on one heavy Friday > $180–$400 holes in the cash > 2–3 lost requests > 25–45 minutes per client cycle New model: > 1 person > $200 for the tool > 30–90 seconds of standard application control > 10–15 exceptions instead of a whole-floor chat storm > $0–$25 on the register > 0 lost standard requests > 2–4 minutes per standard cycle That is where the ~$10,000 in 7 days came from. Not “floor magic.” A removed human tax: - pay for 6 people - recruiter cuts - cash holes - burned requests - hours spent moving the same row from a chat into a spreadsheet In this system, those people were not the “soul of the club.” They were latency and leak. Every extra node added delay. Every live data handoff added error. Every notebook added a gap for rounding. Ryan removed the nodes. He left rules, statuses, a ledger, and one escalation point. So after 7 days the model already counted as a delta, not an experiment. $200 on top. About $10,000 in the plus. And the proof was short: the club ran. The middle-layer staff did not. Their job was done by the bot. bookmark this.

Ridark

188,835 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

JJ Redick's offseason training was insanely rigorous and detailed: “If you want to have a full bucket of water, that’s the goal in life. You want a full bucket. But all you can do is add one drop at a time, so add as many drops as you can." "Every time you get in a cold tub. Every time you lift weights. Every time you have an hour-long shooting workout. Every time I did my pregame shooting workout. Every time I did my post-shootaround shooting workout. It’s all drops in a bucket." "My offseasons were harder than the season. That’s a fact. That’s a big reason I retired, because I couldn’t do another offseason." "My offseasons were six days a week, with two or three workouts a day. Saturdays were off. Every Sunday during the offseason, for the last 13 years of my career, I made exactly 342 shots." "Seven spots on the floor. Twenty spot-up twos. Twenty spot-up threes. Three-dribble pull-ups going right. Three-dribble pull-ups going left. Plus 20 free throws. That’s 342." "I started cold tubbing, and they wanted me to stay in for 12 minutes. Then I started thinking, ‘If I start my timer a little too early, I’m not going to get the full 12 minutes. I don’t want to cheat myself.’ So I started cold tubbing for 12 minutes and 25 seconds, just to give myself some wiggle room. "Everything in my routine was structured. On a normal game day, I knew exactly what I was going to eat for breakfast. I knew exactly when I was going to get to the gym. I knew exactly how many minutes I was going to spend in the hot tub before I got on the training table. "Then I got my activation work in the weight room. Then I did my pre-shootaround shooting. Then my post-shootaround shooting. Then my cold tub. I knew exactly what I was going to eat for lunch. "I knew exactly when I was going to nap. I had my naps timed out." "By the end of my career, if I said, ‘I need to fall asleep at 1:05 and wake up at 3:30,’ I could do it like that." "Especially once my kids were born, I didn’t take vacations. I would build three- or four-day breaks into the offseason just to give myself some clarity and relieve some of that pressure." "But my offseasons started the next Monday. If the season ended Saturday, I was in the gym Monday." "I loved the process. I loved everything that went into it.”
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JJ Redick's offseason training was insanely rigorous and detailed: “If you want to have a full bucket of water, that’s the goal in life. You want a full bucket. But all you can do is add one drop at a time, so add as many drops as you can." "Every time you get in a cold tub. Every time you lift weights. Every time you have an hour-long shooting workout. Every time I did my pregame shooting workout. Every time I did my post-shootaround shooting workout. It’s all drops in a bucket." "My offseasons were harder than the season. That’s a fact. That’s a big reason I retired, because I couldn’t do another offseason." "My offseasons were six days a week, with two or three workouts a day. Saturdays were off. Every Sunday during the offseason, for the last 13 years of my career, I made exactly 342 shots." "Seven spots on the floor. Twenty spot-up twos. Twenty spot-up threes. Three-dribble pull-ups going right. Three-dribble pull-ups going left. Plus 20 free throws. That’s 342." "I started cold tubbing, and they wanted me to stay in for 12 minutes. Then I started thinking, ‘If I start my timer a little too early, I’m not going to get the full 12 minutes. I don’t want to cheat myself.’ So I started cold tubbing for 12 minutes and 25 seconds, just to give myself some wiggle room. "Everything in my routine was structured. On a normal game day, I knew exactly what I was going to eat for breakfast. I knew exactly when I was going to get to the gym. I knew exactly how many minutes I was going to spend in the hot tub before I got on the training table. "Then I got my activation work in the weight room. Then I did my pre-shootaround shooting. Then my post-shootaround shooting. Then my cold tub. I knew exactly what I was going to eat for lunch. "I knew exactly when I was going to nap. I had my naps timed out." "By the end of my career, if I said, ‘I need to fall asleep at 1:05 and wake up at 3:30,’ I could do it like that." "Especially once my kids were born, I didn’t take vacations. I would build three- or four-day breaks into the offseason just to give myself some clarity and relieve some of that pressure." "But my offseasons started the next Monday. If the season ended Saturday, I was in the gym Monday." "I loved the process. I loved everything that went into it.”

Josh Chambers

62,462 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

I spent 2 hours of my weekend reviewing hundreds of charts so you don't have to. These are the setups that stood out and what you should focus on this week ✌️ The market continues to consolidate rather than break. The S&P 500 keeps absorbing selling pressure. Buyers continue defending key support while most of the Magnificent Seven are now through earnings. Software and semiconductors are waiting for catalysts this week, with AMD, SNDK, WDC and DDOG likely setting the tone. Here’s the watchlist and recording: $SPX: July finished as an inside month after the explosive April-May rally. That is constructive, not bearish. Buyers continue defending the 7350 area, producing another higher low. Above 7550 opens the door to 7600, then a retest of the all-time highs. Above that, 7800-8000 becomes the longer-term objective. Below 7350 would shift the technical picture. $QQQ: Reclaimed the 9-day moving average but remains below the 20 and 50-day. The next few sessions should determine whether this is the start of a trend reversal or simply another bounce within the recent downtrend. $IWM: Still trading inside a well-defined channel. Nothing has changed technically. A break above the channel is needed before it becomes attractive again. $SMH: Trading similarly to IWM with lower highs and lower lows. AMD, SNDK and WDC earnings could become the catalyst that finally resolves the current range. $AAPL: Huge post-earnings gap lower after being one of the strongest charts beforehand. If buyers begin filling the gap and reclaim 320, the technical picture improves significantly with potential for a move back toward the highs. Failure opens room toward 290. $NFLX: A great example of how strong charts can recover from earnings gaps. The previous gap has already been filled. Holding above 75 would strengthen the bullish case and open the door for another leg higher. $MSFT: One of the strongest charts after earnings. The market rewarded management’s AI spending, validating the CapEx story. Above 467-470 would reinforce the breakout and keep momentum pointing higher. $GOOGL: Strong earnings recovery brought price back to the same trendline that rejected price in mid-July. Above 360 targets 375. A break above 375 would put all-time highs back in play. $AMZN: Excellent post-earnings reaction and back near all-time highs. A couple of inside days followed by a breakout could set up a move toward 273-275, with 300 becoming the longer-term objective. $TSLA: Still one of the weakest mega-cap charts. Trend remains firmly lower and it’s difficult to find a technical edge. SpaceX earnings may influence sentiment, but for now this remains a hands-off trade. $NVDA: A couple of constructive sessions but still waiting for a true momentum shift. AMD, SNDK and WDC earnings could become an important catalyst for the semiconductor group. Better than Tesla technically, but still not a high-conviction setup. $AXTI: Finished Friday up roughly 20%. One of the stronger photonics names to monitor if AI infrastructure names begin regaining momentum. $AMBA: Buyout rumors fueled the recent move. Watching the 90 area to see whether buyers can build on speculation or if momentum fades. $VRT: Nice Friday bounce but still trapped in a heavy downtrend below the 200-day moving average. Needs far more evidence before becoming interesting again. $BABA: Quietly improving. Established a higher low and reclaimed 120 after bottoming near 90. Earnings later this month could provide another catalyst if the uptrend continues. $GTLB: One of the cleaner software setups. Watching 35 as a well-defined breakout level. $WDC: Earnings this week alongside SNDK will likely determine the next move for the memory group. Pulling back from highs but could become a sector leader if results are well received. $OSCR: Quietly consolidating near all-time highs. Above 31.5-32 could trigger another breakout leg. $V: Continues acting well near highs. One of the stronger financial names. Watching for continuation toward fresh highs. $SNOW: Broke above 300 before pulling back. A reclaim of 300 would put this back on the radar, especially if software improves after DDOG earnings. $BA: Earnings gap was bought aggressively. Consolidating well and showing resilience after results. $CRWV: Remains in a heavy downtrend, riding declining moving averages. No reason to get involved until the technical picture changes. $SPCX: First earnings report as a public company arrives this week. Trading well below the IPO price and deep below prior highs. Earnings will likely determine whether this finally begins carving out a bottom. $MU: A couple of encouraging sessions but still a difficult chart. Closely tied to SNDK and WDC earnings. Waiting for confirmation before becoming constructive. $COIN: Sitting on a major 140 support level after an 11% decline. A break below could accelerate downside, while a strong defense would improve the technical picture. $RDDT: Sharp post-earnings selloff. Either buyers reclaim the highs and fill the gap, or the breakdown continues. Waiting for confirmation. $RBLX: Clear double top around 145-150 followed by persistent selling. Trend remains lower and there is no technical edge yet. Overall theme: The market remains constructive despite recent volatility. The S&P 500 continues to build higher lows while defending the critical 7350 area, suggesting buyers still control the bigger picture. Most of the Magnificent Seven are now through earnings, shifting attention toward semiconductors, software and AI infrastructure. This week’s earnings from AMD, SNDK, WDC, DDOG and SPCX could become the next major catalysts. MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, OSCR, V, WDC and SNOW are some of my favorite charts going into next week. 🖤
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I spent 2 hours of my weekend reviewing hundreds of charts so you don't have to. These are the setups that stood out and what you should focus on this week ✌️ The market continues to consolidate rather than break. The S&P 500 keeps absorbing selling pressure. Buyers continue defending key support while most of the Magnificent Seven are now through earnings. Software and semiconductors are waiting for catalysts this week, with AMD, SNDK, WDC and DDOG likely setting the tone. Here’s the watchlist and recording: $SPX: July finished as an inside month after the explosive April-May rally. That is constructive, not bearish. Buyers continue defending the 7350 area, producing another higher low. Above 7550 opens the door to 7600, then a retest of the all-time highs. Above that, 7800-8000 becomes the longer-term objective. Below 7350 would shift the technical picture. $QQQ: Reclaimed the 9-day moving average but remains below the 20 and 50-day. The next few sessions should determine whether this is the start of a trend reversal or simply another bounce within the recent downtrend. $IWM: Still trading inside a well-defined channel. Nothing has changed technically. A break above the channel is needed before it becomes attractive again. $SMH: Trading similarly to IWM with lower highs and lower lows. AMD, SNDK and WDC earnings could become the catalyst that finally resolves the current range. $AAPL: Huge post-earnings gap lower after being one of the strongest charts beforehand. If buyers begin filling the gap and reclaim 320, the technical picture improves significantly with potential for a move back toward the highs. Failure opens room toward 290. $NFLX: A great example of how strong charts can recover from earnings gaps. The previous gap has already been filled. Holding above 75 would strengthen the bullish case and open the door for another leg higher. $MSFT: One of the strongest charts after earnings. The market rewarded management’s AI spending, validating the CapEx story. Above 467-470 would reinforce the breakout and keep momentum pointing higher. $GOOGL: Strong earnings recovery brought price back to the same trendline that rejected price in mid-July. Above 360 targets 375. A break above 375 would put all-time highs back in play. $AMZN: Excellent post-earnings reaction and back near all-time highs. A couple of inside days followed by a breakout could set up a move toward 273-275, with 300 becoming the longer-term objective. $TSLA: Still one of the weakest mega-cap charts. Trend remains firmly lower and it’s difficult to find a technical edge. SpaceX earnings may influence sentiment, but for now this remains a hands-off trade. $NVDA: A couple of constructive sessions but still waiting for a true momentum shift. AMD, SNDK and WDC earnings could become an important catalyst for the semiconductor group. Better than Tesla technically, but still not a high-conviction setup. $AXTI: Finished Friday up roughly 20%. One of the stronger photonics names to monitor if AI infrastructure names begin regaining momentum. $AMBA: Buyout rumors fueled the recent move. Watching the 90 area to see whether buyers can build on speculation or if momentum fades. $VRT: Nice Friday bounce but still trapped in a heavy downtrend below the 200-day moving average. Needs far more evidence before becoming interesting again. $BABA: Quietly improving. Established a higher low and reclaimed 120 after bottoming near 90. Earnings later this month could provide another catalyst if the uptrend continues. $GTLB: One of the cleaner software setups. Watching 35 as a well-defined breakout level. $WDC: Earnings this week alongside SNDK will likely determine the next move for the memory group. Pulling back from highs but could become a sector leader if results are well received. $OSCR: Quietly consolidating near all-time highs. Above 31.5-32 could trigger another breakout leg. $V: Continues acting well near highs. One of the stronger financial names. Watching for continuation toward fresh highs. $SNOW: Broke above 300 before pulling back. A reclaim of 300 would put this back on the radar, especially if software improves after DDOG earnings. $BA: Earnings gap was bought aggressively. Consolidating well and showing resilience after results. $CRWV: Remains in a heavy downtrend, riding declining moving averages. No reason to get involved until the technical picture changes. $SPCX: First earnings report as a public company arrives this week. Trading well below the IPO price and deep below prior highs. Earnings will likely determine whether this finally begins carving out a bottom. $MU: A couple of encouraging sessions but still a difficult chart. Closely tied to SNDK and WDC earnings. Waiting for confirmation before becoming constructive. $COIN: Sitting on a major 140 support level after an 11% decline. A break below could accelerate downside, while a strong defense would improve the technical picture. $RDDT: Sharp post-earnings selloff. Either buyers reclaim the highs and fill the gap, or the breakdown continues. Waiting for confirmation. $RBLX: Clear double top around 145-150 followed by persistent selling. Trend remains lower and there is no technical edge yet. Overall theme: The market remains constructive despite recent volatility. The S&P 500 continues to build higher lows while defending the critical 7350 area, suggesting buyers still control the bigger picture. Most of the Magnificent Seven are now through earnings, shifting attention toward semiconductors, software and AI infrastructure. This week’s earnings from AMD, SNDK, WDC, DDOG and SPCX could become the next major catalysts. MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, OSCR, V, WDC and SNOW are some of my favorite charts going into next week. 🖤

spacemonkey

19,842 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Roger Federer: "Effortless is a myth. I worked very hard to make it look easy." "I left school at age 16 to play tennis full-time. So I never went to college. But I did graduate recently. I graduated tennis. I know the word is 'retire', but retired sounds awful. Like you, I finished one big thing and I'm moving on to the next. Like you, I'm figuring out what that is." Lesson 1: Effortless is a myth. "People would say my play was 'effortless.' Most of the time, they meant it as a compliment. But it frustrated me when they'd say, 'He barely broke a sweat' or 'Is he even trying?' The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy." Roger shares the wake-up call: "An opponent at the Italian Open publicly questioned my mental discipline. He said, 'Roger will be the favorite for the first two hours. Then I'll be the favorite after that.' Everyone can play well the first two hours you're fit, you're fast, you're clear. After two hours, your legs get wobbly, your mind starts wandering, your discipline starts to fade. My parents, my coaches, even my rivals were calling me out. So I started to train harder. A lot harder." He explains the paradox: "I got the reputation for being 'effortless' because my warmups at tournaments were so casual that people didn't think I'd been training hard. But I had been working hard before the tournament when nobody was watching." Roger redefines talent: "Yes, talent matters. But talent has a broad definition. Most of the time, it's not about having a gift, it's about having grit. A great forehand can be called a talent. But discipline is also a talent. Patience is a talent. Trusting yourself is a talent. Embracing the process, loving the process, these are talents too. Some people are born with them. Everybody has to work at them." Lesson 2: It's only a point. "You can work harder than you thought possible and still lose. I have many times. Tennis is brutal. Every tournament ends the same way: one player gets a trophy. Every other player gets back on a plane, stares out the window, and thinks, 'How the hell did I miss that shot?'" Roger shares the statistic that changed his mindset: "In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points do you think I won? Only 54%. Even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play." He explains what this teaches: "When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot. You teach yourself to think: 'Okay, I double-faulted. It's only a point.' 'I came to the net and got passed again. It's only a point.' Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's Top 10, that too is just a point." Roger shares the key mindset: "When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is. But when it's behind you, it's behind you. This frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus." He reflects on losing Wimbledon 2008: "Some call it the greatest match of all time. Okay, all respect to Rafa, but I think it would've been way better if I had won. Looking back, I feel like I lost at the very first point. I looked across the net and saw a guy who just a few weeks earlier crushed me in straight sets at the French Open. And I thought, 'This guy is maybe hungrier than I am.' It took me until the third set to remember 'Hey buddy, you're the five-time defending champion. You're on grass. You know how to do this.' But it came too late." Roger shares what champions understand: "The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it. You accept it. Cry it out if you need to. Then force a smile. Move on. Be relentless. Adapt and grow. Work harder, work smarter." Lesson 3: Life is bigger than the court. "A tennis court is 2,106 square feet. That's where singles matches happen. Not much bigger than a dorm room. I worked a lot, learned a lot, and ran a lot of miles in that small space. But the world is a whole lot bigger than that." Roger explains his philosophy: "Even when I was just starting out, I knew that tennis could show me the world, but tennis could never be the world. I knew that if I was lucky, I could play competitively until my late 30s, maybe even 41. But even when I was in the top five, it was important to me to have a life, a rewarding life full of travel, culture, friendships, and especially family. These are the reasons I never burned out." He shares what matters most: "Tennis has given me so many memories. But my off-court experiences are the ones I carry forward just as much. The places I've travelled, the platform that lets me give back, and most of all the people I've met along the way." Roger concludes: "Tennis, like life, is a team sport. Yes, you stand alone on your side of the net. But your success depends on your team, your coaches, your teammates, even your rivals. All these influences help make you who you are." His final words: "Whatever game you choose, give it your best. Go for your shots. Play free. Try everything. And most of all, be kind to one another, and have fun out there."
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Roger Federer: "Effortless is a myth. I worked very hard to make it look easy." "I left school at age 16 to play tennis full-time. So I never went to college. But I did graduate recently. I graduated tennis. I know the word is 'retire', but retired sounds awful. Like you, I finished one big thing and I'm moving on to the next. Like you, I'm figuring out what that is." Lesson 1: Effortless is a myth. "People would say my play was 'effortless.' Most of the time, they meant it as a compliment. But it frustrated me when they'd say, 'He barely broke a sweat' or 'Is he even trying?' The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy." Roger shares the wake-up call: "An opponent at the Italian Open publicly questioned my mental discipline. He said, 'Roger will be the favorite for the first two hours. Then I'll be the favorite after that.' Everyone can play well the first two hours you're fit, you're fast, you're clear. After two hours, your legs get wobbly, your mind starts wandering, your discipline starts to fade. My parents, my coaches, even my rivals were calling me out. So I started to train harder. A lot harder." He explains the paradox: "I got the reputation for being 'effortless' because my warmups at tournaments were so casual that people didn't think I'd been training hard. But I had been working hard before the tournament when nobody was watching." Roger redefines talent: "Yes, talent matters. But talent has a broad definition. Most of the time, it's not about having a gift, it's about having grit. A great forehand can be called a talent. But discipline is also a talent. Patience is a talent. Trusting yourself is a talent. Embracing the process, loving the process, these are talents too. Some people are born with them. Everybody has to work at them." Lesson 2: It's only a point. "You can work harder than you thought possible and still lose. I have many times. Tennis is brutal. Every tournament ends the same way: one player gets a trophy. Every other player gets back on a plane, stares out the window, and thinks, 'How the hell did I miss that shot?'" Roger shares the statistic that changed his mindset: "In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points do you think I won? Only 54%. Even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play." He explains what this teaches: "When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot. You teach yourself to think: 'Okay, I double-faulted. It's only a point.' 'I came to the net and got passed again. It's only a point.' Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's Top 10, that too is just a point." Roger shares the key mindset: "When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is. But when it's behind you, it's behind you. This frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus." He reflects on losing Wimbledon 2008: "Some call it the greatest match of all time. Okay, all respect to Rafa, but I think it would've been way better if I had won. Looking back, I feel like I lost at the very first point. I looked across the net and saw a guy who just a few weeks earlier crushed me in straight sets at the French Open. And I thought, 'This guy is maybe hungrier than I am.' It took me until the third set to remember 'Hey buddy, you're the five-time defending champion. You're on grass. You know how to do this.' But it came too late." Roger shares what champions understand: "The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it. You accept it. Cry it out if you need to. Then force a smile. Move on. Be relentless. Adapt and grow. Work harder, work smarter." Lesson 3: Life is bigger than the court. "A tennis court is 2,106 square feet. That's where singles matches happen. Not much bigger than a dorm room. I worked a lot, learned a lot, and ran a lot of miles in that small space. But the world is a whole lot bigger than that." Roger explains his philosophy: "Even when I was just starting out, I knew that tennis could show me the world, but tennis could never be the world. I knew that if I was lucky, I could play competitively until my late 30s, maybe even 41. But even when I was in the top five, it was important to me to have a life, a rewarding life full of travel, culture, friendships, and especially family. These are the reasons I never burned out." He shares what matters most: "Tennis has given me so many memories. But my off-court experiences are the ones I carry forward just as much. The places I've travelled, the platform that lets me give back, and most of all the people I've met along the way." Roger concludes: "Tennis, like life, is a team sport. Yes, you stand alone on your side of the net. But your success depends on your team, your coaches, your teammates, even your rivals. All these influences help make you who you are." His final words: "Whatever game you choose, give it your best. Go for your shots. Play free. Try everything. And most of all, be kind to one another, and have fun out there."

Jaynit

251,109 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

🎉 MOSBOROUGH - WE DID IT! 🩵 I’m so incredibly proud to announce that last Thursday, 2,114 residents across Mosborough, Halfway, Westfield and Waterthorpe elected me to serve as their Sheffield City Councillor. I’d like to start by thanking Gail Smith for her 14 years of hard work for the area. The number of people I spoke to on the doors who told me of her good work over those year really impressed me and drove me even harder to put all I could into my campaign. Feeling like it would be a tight result, I took 2 weeks off work unpaid and spent every day knocking on over 4,000 doors across the ward, asking residents to share their concerns. This was a truly mammoth task which wouldn’t have been possible without my helpers Alan Shaw, David, Dave, Martin, my mum, my dad, Jane, Cllr Richard Smith, Councillor Joss Barnes, Cllr Mark Foster, Cllr Cllr Matt Smith - Reform UK - Park & Arbourthorne for Park & Arbourthorne, Andy Grafton who stood for Broomhill, Shivan, Karen, Cllr Yvonne Sykes who won Southey Ward, John from Ecclesall and Stuart Wallace who alongside Laurence Hayward was elected to represent my neighbouring ward of Beighton. Then there’s more who can’t be named for work reasons. Us 12 new Sheffield City Councillors have our induction sessions at the town hall this Thursday and Friday. From then, residents will be able to contact us via our council email addresses and phone numbers which will be available on the council’s website and which will be at the top of my page, for residents to easily get in contact with me about any local issues. We’ll soon be electing our group leader, deputy leader and local party whip, so watch out for those being announced in the next week! Much more about my priorities for the ward and our group’s larger priorities for city will be posted about in the near future. As I said on the doorstep, in local government whilst there’s a long list of things a Councillor can push for, without majority control and without much ability to spend or borrow, your hands are largely tied. But I did promise to be easily contactable, present in the area and to organise regular clean-ups (cleaning street signs, litter picking and much more) in the community, to help restore pride in the area. Anyone interested in assisting with these local clean-ups, please give me a direct message. Thanks again to all those who went out and voted - may for the first time in years - to give change a chance here in Sheffield! This result has shown that when the forgotten people use their voice, they can really make it heard and start the process of change that will ultimately deliver a government in 10 Downing Street that really represents that reasonable, common sense people of our great United Kingdom. Follow my pages on Facebook Joel McGuigan - Reform UK & Mosborough Ward Reform UK Action Team to keep up with my work and for the last time on this post, thanks to all those who decided to give me and my Reform UK colleagues this opportunity to make local government better on your behalf. Best regards, Your new representative for Mosborough Ward, Councillor Joel McGuigan 🇬🇧 Cllr Joel McGuigan - Reform UK
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🎉 MOSBOROUGH - WE DID IT! 🩵 I’m so incredibly proud to announce that last Thursday, 2,114 residents across Mosborough, Halfway, Westfield and Waterthorpe elected me to serve as their Sheffield City Councillor. I’d like to start by thanking Gail Smith for her 14 years of hard work for the area. The number of people I spoke to on the doors who told me of her good work over those year really impressed me and drove me even harder to put all I could into my campaign. Feeling like it would be a tight result, I took 2 weeks off work unpaid and spent every day knocking on over 4,000 doors across the ward, asking residents to share their concerns. This was a truly mammoth task which wouldn’t have been possible without my helpers Alan Shaw, David, Dave, Martin, my mum, my dad, Jane, Cllr Richard Smith, Councillor Joss Barnes, Cllr Mark Foster, Cllr Cllr Matt Smith - Reform UK - Park & Arbourthorne for Park & Arbourthorne, Andy Grafton who stood for Broomhill, Shivan, Karen, Cllr Yvonne Sykes who won Southey Ward, John from Ecclesall and Stuart Wallace who alongside Laurence Hayward was elected to represent my neighbouring ward of Beighton. Then there’s more who can’t be named for work reasons. Us 12 new Sheffield City Councillors have our induction sessions at the town hall this Thursday and Friday. From then, residents will be able to contact us via our council email addresses and phone numbers which will be available on the council’s website and which will be at the top of my page, for residents to easily get in contact with me about any local issues. We’ll soon be electing our group leader, deputy leader and local party whip, so watch out for those being announced in the next week! Much more about my priorities for the ward and our group’s larger priorities for city will be posted about in the near future. As I said on the doorstep, in local government whilst there’s a long list of things a Councillor can push for, without majority control and without much ability to spend or borrow, your hands are largely tied. But I did promise to be easily contactable, present in the area and to organise regular clean-ups (cleaning street signs, litter picking and much more) in the community, to help restore pride in the area. Anyone interested in assisting with these local clean-ups, please give me a direct message. Thanks again to all those who went out and voted - may for the first time in years - to give change a chance here in Sheffield! This result has shown that when the forgotten people use their voice, they can really make it heard and start the process of change that will ultimately deliver a government in 10 Downing Street that really represents that reasonable, common sense people of our great United Kingdom. Follow my pages on Facebook Joel McGuigan - Reform UK & Mosborough Ward Reform UK Action Team to keep up with my work and for the last time on this post, thanks to all those who decided to give me and my Reform UK colleagues this opportunity to make local government better on your behalf. Best regards, Your new representative for Mosborough Ward, Councillor Joel McGuigan 🇬🇧 Cllr Joel McGuigan - Reform UK

Cllr Joel McGuigan - Reform UK

14,342 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

I’m on a plane back from a week in Los Angeles and some lessons there shocked me. I met w/ a billionaire, Bryan Johnson, a top 10 podcaster, an A24 movie exec, and a Presidential candidate. 12 learnings from too many meetings to count in Hollywood: 1. LA is not dead. Far from it. I ran into 5 people who I needed to meet with at one hotel in 4 days. The epicenter of media may be disaggregating to Austin, NY and globally... but the density is still here. 2. Bryan Johnson is now one of my favorite humans. I hung with him at his house, tried his 20,000 crunches in 30 minutes machine, and talked about the purpose of life. The internet is a sad state that they don’t give him more credit. 3. Digital media today is like distributed news before cable news. We are at a tipping point for expansion in this digital industry. It feels somehow played out to those of us in it, but it’s just starting. 4. Hollywood is watching creators and UGC closely. I met w/ one exec who said in the not so distant future Netflix will have UGC on it. 5. may be this generation's Anthony Bourdain for thinking. I sat down with him and I think the work he’s doing on youtube is going to be something to watch... closely. 6. Buying boring businesses is not at all interesting to those in LA. BUT - asset accumulation and portfolios are. They buy assets (film rights, etc) all day. They are starting to think about the business of celebrities, creators and their work similar to how I think of investment management. 7. LA is a tale of two cities. I spoke at the convention center that was surrounded by derelict minority businesses and houses, then hung out at private members-only clubs that are all over West Hollywood where Lebron, Chris Voss and all the big timers play. The two places are 10 minutes away but an absolute world apart. 8. The mental health and drug crisis is out of control. Stroll along a downtown street and zombie after zombie trails. I saw people shitting and eating next to one another and across from a Starbucks. I asked our corporate host if this was “normal?” They replied, you stop noticing it after awhile. 9. Offices are completely empty. A friend got an office space for 50% off and more than 40% of the highrise is unoccupied. How odd that home prices are high, housing is really tough to come by, but office space is a blue ocean. 10. Met up with Tulsi Gabbard 🌺, a friend who was traveling to the border to see the situation live. I am grateful to have people fight for the truth even when it is unpopular. We need more leaders like her. 11. Every time I meet with a billionaire I realize all over again that to achieve that level of wealth, you cannot be normal. Truly. He’s weirdly comfortable with discomfort and complete lack of people pleasing. 12. The more I learn about the Kardashians in some ways, the more I respect them. I got the onion peeled back on their business dealings and they are some of the smartest dealmakers I’ve ever seen. Also I hate saying it because I believe gender games are net negative, but I wonder if they’d get so much hate if they weren’t females? I liked the idea of keeping a travel diary like my friend GREG ISENBERG does… Otherwise these moments pass like sand through my fingers. What do you think? I’m going to name it Where Have Ya Been or Lessons from the Road. Which do you like more?
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I’m on a plane back from a week in Los Angeles and some lessons there shocked me. I met w/ a billionaire, Bryan Johnson, a top 10 podcaster, an A24 movie exec, and a Presidential candidate. 12 learnings from too many meetings to count in Hollywood: 1. LA is not dead. Far from it. I ran into 5 people who I needed to meet with at one hotel in 4 days. The epicenter of media may be disaggregating to Austin, NY and globally... but the density is still here. 2. Bryan Johnson is now one of my favorite humans. I hung with him at his house, tried his 20,000 crunches in 30 minutes machine, and talked about the purpose of life. The internet is a sad state that they don’t give him more credit. 3. Digital media today is like distributed news before cable news. We are at a tipping point for expansion in this digital industry. It feels somehow played out to those of us in it, but it’s just starting. 4. Hollywood is watching creators and UGC closely. I met w/ one exec who said in the not so distant future Netflix will have UGC on it. 5. may be this generation's Anthony Bourdain for thinking. I sat down with him and I think the work he’s doing on youtube is going to be something to watch... closely. 6. Buying boring businesses is not at all interesting to those in LA. BUT - asset accumulation and portfolios are. They buy assets (film rights, etc) all day. They are starting to think about the business of celebrities, creators and their work similar to how I think of investment management. 7. LA is a tale of two cities. I spoke at the convention center that was surrounded by derelict minority businesses and houses, then hung out at private members-only clubs that are all over West Hollywood where Lebron, Chris Voss and all the big timers play. The two places are 10 minutes away but an absolute world apart. 8. The mental health and drug crisis is out of control. Stroll along a downtown street and zombie after zombie trails. I saw people shitting and eating next to one another and across from a Starbucks. I asked our corporate host if this was “normal?” They replied, you stop noticing it after awhile. 9. Offices are completely empty. A friend got an office space for 50% off and more than 40% of the highrise is unoccupied. How odd that home prices are high, housing is really tough to come by, but office space is a blue ocean. 10. Met up with Tulsi Gabbard 🌺, a friend who was traveling to the border to see the situation live. I am grateful to have people fight for the truth even when it is unpopular. We need more leaders like her. 11. Every time I meet with a billionaire I realize all over again that to achieve that level of wealth, you cannot be normal. Truly. He’s weirdly comfortable with discomfort and complete lack of people pleasing. 12. The more I learn about the Kardashians in some ways, the more I respect them. I got the onion peeled back on their business dealings and they are some of the smartest dealmakers I’ve ever seen. Also I hate saying it because I believe gender games are net negative, but I wonder if they’d get so much hate if they weren’t females? I liked the idea of keeping a travel diary like my friend GREG ISENBERG does… Otherwise these moments pass like sand through my fingers. What do you think? I’m going to name it Where Have Ya Been or Lessons from the Road. Which do you like more?

Codie Sanchez

311,356 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

In 1972, a Stanford psychologist gave 4-year-olds a choice. "One marshmallow now or wait 15 minutes and get two." Rich kid waits. Poor kid eats it immediately. For 50 years, psychologists said this proved poor kids lack self-control. Wrong. Poor kids learned that promises get broken. The second marshmallow isn't coming. Professor Jiang Xueqin spent 50 minutes explaining why the poor kids are the rational ones: The psychologist was named Walter Mischel. He put a marshmallow in front of 4-year-olds and said: "You can have it now, or wait and get two." He tracked them for decades. The kids who waited did better at everything. His conclusion: success means delayed gratification. Long-term planning. Self-control. So educators built curricula around it. Teach kids self-control, resilience, self-assessment. They'll succeed. It didn't work. "If you take a bad student and teach him self-control, resilience, and self-assessment, the student doesn't actually get better." The reason is simple: correlation does not equal causation. Successful people wake up at 4am. But waking up at 4am won't make you successful. If you're successful, you wake up early because you're motivated. If you're successful, you have self-control because your environment rewards it. The traits don't cause success. Success causes the traits. Here's what actually determines success: "We know for a fact that rich people are much more likely to succeed than poor people. School doesn't really matter. If your parents are rich, you'll be successful. If your parents are poor, you will not." The difference starts with parenting. A rich kid touches a hot stove. The parent says: "You made a mistake. Don't worry about it. Let me explain why fire is dangerous. You could burn yourself. We'd have to go to the doctor." A poor kid touches a hot stove. The parent says: "Don't you ever do that again or I'll beat the crap out of you." Same lesson. Completely different worldview. The rich kid learns: the world is safe. I am respected. Adults explain things to me. The poor kid learns: the world is scary. I must fear authority. Don't ask questions. There's another difference. Rich parents keep promises. Poor parents can't. "Next week we'll go to Thailand." Next week, you go to Thailand. "Next week we'll go to McDonald's." But the paycheck isn't enough. "Sorry, we can't go anymore." Rich parents offer stability. Poor parents can only offer volatility. Now go back to the marshmallow test. "If you believe the teacher will keep his promise, you won't eat that marshmallow. If you think the teacher is lying, you will eat it." If you're a poor kid, you've learned that promises get broken. Adults lie. The second marshmallow probably isn't coming. So you eat the first one. That's not lack of self-control. That's rational decision-making. "Poor kids are not stupid. Poor kids are rational. They're responding to the circumstances they live in." The same logic applies to resilience. "The idea of resilience is that you believe the world will help you. If you're rich and you fail, someone will help you get up. If you're poor and you fail, that probably tells you that you shouldn't be doing this." Why try again when trying again has never worked? And self-assessment? "If you're a poor child who lives under a lot of stress, it's hard to be self-reflective. Because if you look back at yourself, all you think about is your pain and your stress." Here's the deeper structure. "As a poor person, if you want to survive, you have to obey authority. As a rich person, you maximize your outcome by negotiating with others." Poor parents command their children because that's what the world will demand. Obey the police. Obey the boss. Don't talk back. Rich parents teach their children to debate, argue, negotiate. Because that's their game. "From day one, rich kids know they're playing a different game." Here's something stranger. 500 students took an IQ test. Then they guessed their ranking. The top 5% thought they were top 20%. The test was easy for them, so they assumed it was easy for everyone. The bottom 5% thought they were average. "People who are stupid lack the capacity to know they're stupid." This is the Dunning-Kruger effect. And it explains why the most confident people are often the least competent. "This helps explain why the world is why it is. Often the people in power are stupid. They don't know they're stupid. They were confident." Can poor kids escape? "Yes. But it means leaving your community. You have to be extremely individualistic. Very ambitious. High risk tolerance. Most people don't have that." The professor is one of them. "I'm a poor kid who succeeded. My father was a dishwasher. But I left Canada for the United States. I got lucky." "You can work as hard as you want, but the chances are against you. It takes luck. And that's often the exception to the rule, not the rule itself." Here's what he wants you to understand: When we see differences in success, our default explanation is differences in ability or effort. We forget that a poor kid eating the marshmallow isn't weak. He's learned that waiting doesn't pay. We forget that a poor kid giving up isn't lazy. He's learned that no one's coming to help. We refuse to admit that the traits we associate with success are products of environment, not causes of it. The marshmallow test is about measuring childhood, not measuring character.
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In 1972, a Stanford psychologist gave 4-year-olds a choice. "One marshmallow now or wait 15 minutes and get two." Rich kid waits. Poor kid eats it immediately. For 50 years, psychologists said this proved poor kids lack self-control. Wrong. Poor kids learned that promises get broken. The second marshmallow isn't coming. Professor Jiang Xueqin spent 50 minutes explaining why the poor kids are the rational ones: The psychologist was named Walter Mischel. He put a marshmallow in front of 4-year-olds and said: "You can have it now, or wait and get two." He tracked them for decades. The kids who waited did better at everything. His conclusion: success means delayed gratification. Long-term planning. Self-control. So educators built curricula around it. Teach kids self-control, resilience, self-assessment. They'll succeed. It didn't work. "If you take a bad student and teach him self-control, resilience, and self-assessment, the student doesn't actually get better." The reason is simple: correlation does not equal causation. Successful people wake up at 4am. But waking up at 4am won't make you successful. If you're successful, you wake up early because you're motivated. If you're successful, you have self-control because your environment rewards it. The traits don't cause success. Success causes the traits. Here's what actually determines success: "We know for a fact that rich people are much more likely to succeed than poor people. School doesn't really matter. If your parents are rich, you'll be successful. If your parents are poor, you will not." The difference starts with parenting. A rich kid touches a hot stove. The parent says: "You made a mistake. Don't worry about it. Let me explain why fire is dangerous. You could burn yourself. We'd have to go to the doctor." A poor kid touches a hot stove. The parent says: "Don't you ever do that again or I'll beat the crap out of you." Same lesson. Completely different worldview. The rich kid learns: the world is safe. I am respected. Adults explain things to me. The poor kid learns: the world is scary. I must fear authority. Don't ask questions. There's another difference. Rich parents keep promises. Poor parents can't. "Next week we'll go to Thailand." Next week, you go to Thailand. "Next week we'll go to McDonald's." But the paycheck isn't enough. "Sorry, we can't go anymore." Rich parents offer stability. Poor parents can only offer volatility. Now go back to the marshmallow test. "If you believe the teacher will keep his promise, you won't eat that marshmallow. If you think the teacher is lying, you will eat it." If you're a poor kid, you've learned that promises get broken. Adults lie. The second marshmallow probably isn't coming. So you eat the first one. That's not lack of self-control. That's rational decision-making. "Poor kids are not stupid. Poor kids are rational. They're responding to the circumstances they live in." The same logic applies to resilience. "The idea of resilience is that you believe the world will help you. If you're rich and you fail, someone will help you get up. If you're poor and you fail, that probably tells you that you shouldn't be doing this." Why try again when trying again has never worked? And self-assessment? "If you're a poor child who lives under a lot of stress, it's hard to be self-reflective. Because if you look back at yourself, all you think about is your pain and your stress." Here's the deeper structure. "As a poor person, if you want to survive, you have to obey authority. As a rich person, you maximize your outcome by negotiating with others." Poor parents command their children because that's what the world will demand. Obey the police. Obey the boss. Don't talk back. Rich parents teach their children to debate, argue, negotiate. Because that's their game. "From day one, rich kids know they're playing a different game." Here's something stranger. 500 students took an IQ test. Then they guessed their ranking. The top 5% thought they were top 20%. The test was easy for them, so they assumed it was easy for everyone. The bottom 5% thought they were average. "People who are stupid lack the capacity to know they're stupid." This is the Dunning-Kruger effect. And it explains why the most confident people are often the least competent. "This helps explain why the world is why it is. Often the people in power are stupid. They don't know they're stupid. They were confident." Can poor kids escape? "Yes. But it means leaving your community. You have to be extremely individualistic. Very ambitious. High risk tolerance. Most people don't have that." The professor is one of them. "I'm a poor kid who succeeded. My father was a dishwasher. But I left Canada for the United States. I got lucky." "You can work as hard as you want, but the chances are against you. It takes luck. And that's often the exception to the rule, not the rule itself." Here's what he wants you to understand: When we see differences in success, our default explanation is differences in ability or effort. We forget that a poor kid eating the marshmallow isn't weak. He's learned that waiting doesn't pay. We forget that a poor kid giving up isn't lazy. He's learned that no one's coming to help. We refuse to admit that the traits we associate with success are products of environment, not causes of it. The marshmallow test is about measuring childhood, not measuring character.

Jaynit

291,792 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Big First Round news today! We’re launching Product-Market Fit Method (a free intensive 14-week experience for early founders building epic B2B SaaS companies) and publishing the first session on our internal framework for all to read (with benchmarks, Looker's real data, and tactical advice from iconic enterprise founders). Even though finding product-market fit is the single most important thing for a startup, it’s still underexplored and seen as more art than science. We wanted to change that. I’ve personally talked to hundreds of founders about this topic, digging into what they did in the first 6-9 months of company building. (We’ve published dozens of those interviews on The Review in our “Paths to PMF” series.) This video previews some of what we learned — thanks to Christina Cacioppo, Zachary Perret, lloyd tabb, Jason Boehmig, & Jack Altman for sharing their lessons! In addition to that research, we’ve also drawn from our own 20 years of data and 500+ pre-PMF investments. What emerged was a very consistent set of patterns for sales-led B2B companies — the basis for our new framework and PMF Method’s 8 tactical sessions. In the program, we help early founders discover what customers really want, build the right v1 product, and close their first enterprise sales. We ran a beta version late last year with a tight-knit group of founders (ex Stripe, Plaid, Airbnb, Twitter, Greenhouse, Grammarly) and the feedback was great — my personal favorite was: "I feel like I shaved 12 months off the time it would take us to get to PMF.” Here are a few key dates and details: - The Summer 2024 session of PMF Method runs 5/29 - 8/28. - Application deadline is 11:59 PDT May 7th. - Any early founder working on a new B2B SaaS company is welcome to apply. Bonus points if you’re technical, have a clear product idea but haven’t raised yet and are <12 months into working full time on your idea. - PMF Method is 100% free. It costs you $0 and we own 0% of your company. Like with The First Round Review and Angel Track, our mindset is to openly share knowledge that we’ve put hundreds of hours of work into curating with the broader startup community, and give it away for free. That’s why we’ve also published our framework, so every builder can use this resource, even if they don’t do the program (it’s linked in the next post). Check out the links below for more details. Can’t wait to read applications!
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Big First Round news today! We’re launching Product-Market Fit Method (a free intensive 14-week experience for early founders building epic B2B SaaS companies) and publishing the first session on our internal framework for all to read (with benchmarks, Looker's real data, and tactical advice from iconic enterprise founders). Even though finding product-market fit is the single most important thing for a startup, it’s still underexplored and seen as more art than science. We wanted to change that. I’ve personally talked to hundreds of founders about this topic, digging into what they did in the first 6-9 months of company building. (We’ve published dozens of those interviews on The Review in our “Paths to PMF” series.) This video previews some of what we learned — thanks to Christina Cacioppo, Zachary Perret, lloyd tabb, Jason Boehmig, & Jack Altman for sharing their lessons! In addition to that research, we’ve also drawn from our own 20 years of data and 500+ pre-PMF investments. What emerged was a very consistent set of patterns for sales-led B2B companies — the basis for our new framework and PMF Method’s 8 tactical sessions. In the program, we help early founders discover what customers really want, build the right v1 product, and close their first enterprise sales. We ran a beta version late last year with a tight-knit group of founders (ex Stripe, Plaid, Airbnb, Twitter, Greenhouse, Grammarly) and the feedback was great — my personal favorite was: "I feel like I shaved 12 months off the time it would take us to get to PMF.” Here are a few key dates and details: - The Summer 2024 session of PMF Method runs 5/29 - 8/28. - Application deadline is 11:59 PDT May 7th. - Any early founder working on a new B2B SaaS company is welcome to apply. Bonus points if you’re technical, have a clear product idea but haven’t raised yet and are <12 months into working full time on your idea. - PMF Method is 100% free. It costs you $0 and we own 0% of your company. Like with The First Round Review and Angel Track, our mindset is to openly share knowledge that we’ve put hundreds of hours of work into curating with the broader startup community, and give it away for free. That’s why we’ve also published our framework, so every builder can use this resource, even if they don’t do the program (it’s linked in the next post). Check out the links below for more details. Can’t wait to read applications!

Todd Jackson

241,742 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

I’m on a mission to stop men from black-pilling on the idea that marriage, kids, grandkids, and a wife over 40 or 50 means a low-sex or sexless life with a wife they no longer find attractive. That’s becoming the norm in far too many marriages that last long enough to reach their 40s and beyond. It’s driving men away from marriage while lulling women into thinking the norm is acceptable - even as it harms marriage as a whole. I’m not dumping the whole job of keeping a 40+ marriage sexy on wives. Husbands have a responsibility too which includes expecting, investing, and enabling their wives to successfully respond to those expectations. Toward that end, last year I set an ambitious goal for my 52-year-old wife - mother of our three kids and grandmother to our one grandchild so far - to get back on the NPC stage after more than a decade away from it and win her IFBB pro card in Fit Model. I invested heavily in that goal and with the coach we hired, we built a 3-show plan for this summer. The first two shows were to qualify for nationals (where pro cards are won) and get her comfortable on stage again. After a year-plus of work getting herself stage ready she won 1st in her 50+ class in Vegas in July, 1st again in Nashville in August, then competed in Pittsburgh about a week ago - the show where winning the class could earn the pro card. We left home a week before Nashville and stayed on the road through Pittsburgh - 5 weeks of strange hotel and Airbnb beds, strange gyms, and strange kitchens to cook in to stay on plan. It took a bit of a toll. Avis’s back started acting up after Nashville. She’s had “tweaky” back issues on and off for decades, so it wasn’t a total surprise. In Pittsburgh we got her massages and she used the foam roller with some success. But show morning it flared up again. She was dealing with some pain and struggled some in her posing - hitting poses cleanly and holding a smile is part of the judging, not just the physique alone. If you watch the video of her routine that morning you can see it in compared to previous shows. That’s not an excuse - just a reality and every woman who walked out there was fighting something. After the 50+ A Fit Model routines, the women line up on either side of the stage while judges pick the top 6 for first callouts. If you miss first callouts your shot at the win is over. Judges then move them around - front, rear, side by side - usually ending with 1st in the center. That is the comparison video I shared. At the end of first callouts I couldn’t tell if they had Avis 2nd, 3rd, or 4th because of the even number of girls in the callout. At finals we learned it was 3rd. 3rd is nothing to be ashamed of at a national show against what is supposed to be the best of the best - but the reality was not placing 1st meant missing the pro card. We have a new plan and a couple of new targets - later this year or next year, depending on how it plays out. Looping back to my main point - every woman on stage in the videos I shared is over 50. How far over I don’t know. The one I’m married to is 52. I’m not saying every husband has to go this far in expectation or investment to have a marriage they enjoy. I am saying it is possible to have a decades-long marriage that does not become a dead bedroom with a wife who stopped prioritizing fitness. Don’t black-pill. Set the expectations that would actually be good for your marriage and invest enough to see them through. Wives - respond in good faith with the resources your husband is giving you. He has expectations because he wants a marriage both of you enjoy. -R
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I’m on a mission to stop men from black-pilling on the idea that marriage, kids, grandkids, and a wife over 40 or 50 means a low-sex or sexless life with a wife they no longer find attractive. That’s becoming the norm in far too many marriages that last long enough to reach their 40s and beyond. It’s driving men away from marriage while lulling women into thinking the norm is acceptable - even as it harms marriage as a whole. I’m not dumping the whole job of keeping a 40+ marriage sexy on wives. Husbands have a responsibility too which includes expecting, investing, and enabling their wives to successfully respond to those expectations. Toward that end, last year I set an ambitious goal for my 52-year-old wife - mother of our three kids and grandmother to our one grandchild so far - to get back on the NPC stage after more than a decade away from it and win her IFBB pro card in Fit Model. I invested heavily in that goal and with the coach we hired, we built a 3-show plan for this summer. The first two shows were to qualify for nationals (where pro cards are won) and get her comfortable on stage again. After a year-plus of work getting herself stage ready she won 1st in her 50+ class in Vegas in July, 1st again in Nashville in August, then competed in Pittsburgh about a week ago - the show where winning the class could earn the pro card. We left home a week before Nashville and stayed on the road through Pittsburgh - 5 weeks of strange hotel and Airbnb beds, strange gyms, and strange kitchens to cook in to stay on plan. It took a bit of a toll. Avis’s back started acting up after Nashville. She’s had “tweaky” back issues on and off for decades, so it wasn’t a total surprise. In Pittsburgh we got her massages and she used the foam roller with some success. But show morning it flared up again. She was dealing with some pain and struggled some in her posing - hitting poses cleanly and holding a smile is part of the judging, not just the physique alone. If you watch the video of her routine that morning you can see it in compared to previous shows. That’s not an excuse - just a reality and every woman who walked out there was fighting something. After the 50+ A Fit Model routines, the women line up on either side of the stage while judges pick the top 6 for first callouts. If you miss first callouts your shot at the win is over. Judges then move them around - front, rear, side by side - usually ending with 1st in the center. That is the comparison video I shared. At the end of first callouts I couldn’t tell if they had Avis 2nd, 3rd, or 4th because of the even number of girls in the callout. At finals we learned it was 3rd. 3rd is nothing to be ashamed of at a national show against what is supposed to be the best of the best - but the reality was not placing 1st meant missing the pro card. We have a new plan and a couple of new targets - later this year or next year, depending on how it plays out. Looping back to my main point - every woman on stage in the videos I shared is over 50. How far over I don’t know. The one I’m married to is 52. I’m not saying every husband has to go this far in expectation or investment to have a marriage they enjoy. I am saying it is possible to have a decades-long marriage that does not become a dead bedroom with a wife who stopped prioritizing fitness. Don’t black-pill. Set the expectations that would actually be good for your marriage and invest enough to see them through. Wives - respond in good faith with the resources your husband is giving you. He has expectations because he wants a marriage both of you enjoy. -R

Rob and Avis Ramble

87,358 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen

Day 6: What a glorious morning in the USA. We've only been in this beautiful country for 6 days and we absolutely love it. It's been a long time since I've seen my wife this happy and hopeful. The overwhelming kindness and real concern and care our community extends towards us pushes us upwards and pushes us forward. Today started slow after our meeting with our resettlement agency was rescheduled 1hr later. As updated previously someone from Spangler Restoration did come assess the mold and we're expecting a full clean by tomorrow. Will follow up, but will keep the mold updates separate from now on because it will not get us down or beat us down nor distract us from all the wonderful aspects of our journey. That said we'll give them hell should they stutter or falter. We will also conduct our own testing with a 5 minute mold test and sample kit that will get sent to a lab proudly gifted to us by American patriots who bought it for us in our Amazon wish list. We met with the resettlement agency and they went over information and asked us how we are doing and how the last 5 days have been. They are too keeping an eye on the mold issue and are also waiting for the next update from management. They explained our documentation and informed us again that we entered approved to work immediately. We have work authorization from day 1. However, some employers are too cautious employing illegals and as such people with our documentation face challenges getting employed before and EAD card and SSN card has been issued. We'll have to see them tomorrow again. This if for signing of consent forms apply as proxy for SSN etc. I informed the agency that I've applied with Rides for Refugees who could potentially hook us up with a donated vehicle which would make the world of difference to be able to travel with my son to appointments. There is still a big journey lying ahead for us. More medical assessments and SSA visits etc. My body is aching from the physical labor after doing the fibre trenches yesterday. I can hardly walk. 😂 I overdid It while shadowing with the ride along yesterday. Apparently it takes about 2 weeks to get work fit. If they contract me I will take the offer immediately and I'll start with training after two weeks of digging fibre trenches. I'm coming from journalism and web hosting office jobs into the sun and I'm totally game for it. Anything to start earning dollars and it's an industry I want to get into. So it's win win and I can't be more grateful for this opportunity. Back in South Africa I would've never have had this opportunity. I can't wait to find out if and when I start. One of you kind people gifted me work boots and cargo pants from ma Amazon wish list. So I'm ready on day one. And another wonderful person on X I'm forever grateful for, gifted me peace of mind, for when I have to go off to work leaving my wife and baby behind, we now have a ring doorbell camera installed this evening letting both of us know of any trouble or visitors while healing our angst and worry, PTSD, we undoubtedly brought with us from South Africa. We have also received the gifted Air purifier this afternoon and it's already doing wonders in our single bedroom where Nova sleeps with us, where it will help ease the odors, it's affects, albeit temporarily, and will help us have a proper rest during the night for the first time until the specialists clean the HVAC. I will be posting pictures and thanking individuals who opened their hearts. I will never forget what your doing for us, for my family, for my son. I have sacrificed my son's past, his Afrikaner culture and to a degree his Afrikaans language for a future in which he can reach his full potential, he will grow up American and we all including my family will fight to protect American values and the future of this great nation, & I am and will always be a proud Amerikaner dad. Thank everyone of you, members of my community, God bless all of us. 🇺🇸🙏
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Day 6: What a glorious morning in the USA. We've only been in this beautiful country for 6 days and we absolutely love it. It's been a long time since I've seen my wife this happy and hopeful. The overwhelming kindness and real concern and care our community extends towards us pushes us upwards and pushes us forward. Today started slow after our meeting with our resettlement agency was rescheduled 1hr later. As updated previously someone from Spangler Restoration did come assess the mold and we're expecting a full clean by tomorrow. Will follow up, but will keep the mold updates separate from now on because it will not get us down or beat us down nor distract us from all the wonderful aspects of our journey. That said we'll give them hell should they stutter or falter. We will also conduct our own testing with a 5 minute mold test and sample kit that will get sent to a lab proudly gifted to us by American patriots who bought it for us in our Amazon wish list. We met with the resettlement agency and they went over information and asked us how we are doing and how the last 5 days have been. They are too keeping an eye on the mold issue and are also waiting for the next update from management. They explained our documentation and informed us again that we entered approved to work immediately. We have work authorization from day 1. However, some employers are too cautious employing illegals and as such people with our documentation face challenges getting employed before and EAD card and SSN card has been issued. We'll have to see them tomorrow again. This if for signing of consent forms apply as proxy for SSN etc. I informed the agency that I've applied with Rides for Refugees who could potentially hook us up with a donated vehicle which would make the world of difference to be able to travel with my son to appointments. There is still a big journey lying ahead for us. More medical assessments and SSA visits etc. My body is aching from the physical labor after doing the fibre trenches yesterday. I can hardly walk. 😂 I overdid It while shadowing with the ride along yesterday. Apparently it takes about 2 weeks to get work fit. If they contract me I will take the offer immediately and I'll start with training after two weeks of digging fibre trenches. I'm coming from journalism and web hosting office jobs into the sun and I'm totally game for it. Anything to start earning dollars and it's an industry I want to get into. So it's win win and I can't be more grateful for this opportunity. Back in South Africa I would've never have had this opportunity. I can't wait to find out if and when I start. One of you kind people gifted me work boots and cargo pants from ma Amazon wish list. So I'm ready on day one. And another wonderful person on X I'm forever grateful for, gifted me peace of mind, for when I have to go off to work leaving my wife and baby behind, we now have a ring doorbell camera installed this evening letting both of us know of any trouble or visitors while healing our angst and worry, PTSD, we undoubtedly brought with us from South Africa. We have also received the gifted Air purifier this afternoon and it's already doing wonders in our single bedroom where Nova sleeps with us, where it will help ease the odors, it's affects, albeit temporarily, and will help us have a proper rest during the night for the first time until the specialists clean the HVAC. I will be posting pictures and thanking individuals who opened their hearts. I will never forget what your doing for us, for my family, for my son. I have sacrificed my son's past, his Afrikaner culture and to a degree his Afrikaans language for a future in which he can reach his full potential, he will grow up American and we all including my family will fight to protect American values and the future of this great nation, & I am and will always be a proud Amerikaner dad. Thank everyone of you, members of my community, God bless all of us. 🇺🇸🙏

Amerikaner Rising 🇺🇸

20,460 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the Masters if he’s surprised himself with how quickly he became the best player in the world and not only did he give a great answer, but he also explained why pathways are so important: “I mean, that's a good question. I think it's a hard one to answer. I always had faith and belief in myself, but I didn't -- I never told myself I want to win these tournaments. I always just had what I feel like were dreams and aspirations, and I feel like I had the talent to be able to accomplish certain things. “I never really kind of thought this far ahead. I dreamed of having a chance to win the Masters tournament, and I'm fortunate to have been able to have done that twice. Did I imagine that? I imagined myself winning, and I was hopeful I could accomplish that, but I didn't set out, when I came off the Korn Ferry Tour, you know what, I'm going to get to No. 1 in the world. I'm going to win this many majors. I'm going to win this many tournaments. “It was more taking it a step at a time. My manager was a big part of that as I turned pro. When I turned pro, I kind of went through all the steps. I tried some Monday qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour. I played some mini tour events to stay sharp. I went through Q-School, went through Korn Ferry Tour, and then I got out on the PGA Tour. Everything for me was step by step. “The year I played on the Korn Ferry Tour, I had some opportunities to come out here and play on the PGA Tour, but my manager and I kind of spoke about just being -- you can only be on the Tour where you're at, and our goal that year was to continue to play good golf, focus on the Korn Ferry Tour, develop, get better, and then get ready for the PGA Tour. “We just kind of took everything step by step, so I never really looked that far ahead, to be honest with you.” Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top happened fast but he had to work his way up from the bottom tiers of professional golf. He turned pro in 2018 after graduating and played Monday Qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour, he then earned a card via Q School for 2019. That year he was Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and earned a PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season where he was rookie of the year. He then made his Ryder Cup debut in 2021, beating the then world number 1 Jon Rahm in the singles. That gave him the confidence to go on and win 3 times in early 2022 to overtake Jon and become world number 1 himself. He then won the 2022 Masters by 3 shots over Rory McIlroy becoming just the 5th player in history to don the green jacket as the best player in the world and he’s never looked back. Since the start of 2022 Scottie has won 25 times worldwide, including 4 majors, an Olympic gold medal and won The Players twice. He’s 3 legs towards the Career Grand Slam and looking to win his 3rd Masters title this week. He also has 16 top 10s in the 22 majors he’s played since 2020. Truly astonishing. Scottie Scheffler is already one of the best players of all time and at every major championship he plays he is chasing more history. The Masters
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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the Masters if he’s surprised himself with how quickly he became the best player in the world and not only did he give a great answer, but he also explained why pathways are so important: “I mean, that's a good question. I think it's a hard one to answer. I always had faith and belief in myself, but I didn't -- I never told myself I want to win these tournaments. I always just had what I feel like were dreams and aspirations, and I feel like I had the talent to be able to accomplish certain things. “I never really kind of thought this far ahead. I dreamed of having a chance to win the Masters tournament, and I'm fortunate to have been able to have done that twice. Did I imagine that? I imagined myself winning, and I was hopeful I could accomplish that, but I didn't set out, when I came off the Korn Ferry Tour, you know what, I'm going to get to No. 1 in the world. I'm going to win this many majors. I'm going to win this many tournaments. “It was more taking it a step at a time. My manager was a big part of that as I turned pro. When I turned pro, I kind of went through all the steps. I tried some Monday qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour. I played some mini tour events to stay sharp. I went through Q-School, went through Korn Ferry Tour, and then I got out on the PGA Tour. Everything for me was step by step. “The year I played on the Korn Ferry Tour, I had some opportunities to come out here and play on the PGA Tour, but my manager and I kind of spoke about just being -- you can only be on the Tour where you're at, and our goal that year was to continue to play good golf, focus on the Korn Ferry Tour, develop, get better, and then get ready for the PGA Tour. “We just kind of took everything step by step, so I never really looked that far ahead, to be honest with you.” Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top happened fast but he had to work his way up from the bottom tiers of professional golf. He turned pro in 2018 after graduating and played Monday Qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour, he then earned a card via Q School for 2019. That year he was Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and earned a PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season where he was rookie of the year. He then made his Ryder Cup debut in 2021, beating the then world number 1 Jon Rahm in the singles. That gave him the confidence to go on and win 3 times in early 2022 to overtake Jon and become world number 1 himself. He then won the 2022 Masters by 3 shots over Rory McIlroy becoming just the 5th player in history to don the green jacket as the best player in the world and he’s never looked back. Since the start of 2022 Scottie has won 25 times worldwide, including 4 majors, an Olympic gold medal and won The Players twice. He’s 3 legs towards the Career Grand Slam and looking to win his 3rd Masters title this week. He also has 16 top 10s in the 22 majors he’s played since 2020. Truly astonishing. Scottie Scheffler is already one of the best players of all time and at every major championship he plays he is chasing more history. The Masters

Flushing It

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