10 Habits to transform your life in 3 months:
Consistency 90% of the time you win just by showing up 99.9% of people are not consistent & will eventually give up with no instant gratification reward show up even when you're tired or when you don’t feel like it Easy choice, hard life hard choices, easy life
@girdley As a sales exec I've experienced this dynamic multiple times. For the CEO/SMB: sell the value/outcome of the product. For the mid level exec: sell how this will make him/her look good internally and increase their chances of a bonus or a raise.
There are three key things to understand from the balance sheet: 1. Capital Structure 2. Working Capital Profile 3. Liquidity Headroom Let's tackle them each in turn
2/ The greats lead theological lives They intuitively grasp the “Divine Significance Of Life” And they want to “speak of this, to sing of this, to fight and work for this, in a great, victorious, enduring manner” The “outward shape” of their activity depends on their “time”
@anammostarac @Austen In a world where you have to spend 5 hours on a call to reclaim insurance this is worth more then gold. This is how you represent shareholder value
People don’t care about you Until you answer: •Where did you start? •What did you desire? •What were you afraid of? •Why did you take action? •How did you achieve results? •How did the journey change you? Tell your story. Build your glory.
If you are Indie Entrepreneur trying to get profitable: ❌ $5 tasks: • Designing a logo • Going to networking events • Running unit-tests • Writing your vision manifesto • Building an audience on more than 1 social media • Creating a design system • Optimizing PageSpeed…
Everyone needs a vehicle for success. And the destination is different for each person. Pick your vehicle: - Business - Investing - Career Choose your destination: - Freedom - Impact - Riches Then get on with the journey.
The most useful razors and rules I've found: 1. Bragging Razor - If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half what they claim If someone downplays their success or happiness, assume it’s double what they claim 2. High Agency Razor - If unsure who to work…
Almost every API dominant business and few Chemical case studies. This session was live around May 2021 but still relevant if one is prepared to sit through with an open mind.
The biggest mistake that B2B marketers make is assuming that the typical buyers journey is: Read blog post -> Read landing page -> Buy product. It's not that simple. At each step of the journey there are different things that influence a buyer. Peers, colleagues, vendors,…
1. Overcome your limiting beliefs Learn what they are and how to control them. Without that, you can't take the next step.
Which philosophy book changed your life?
@jjude A one-person business is a viable business which adds value to users ! Many startups aren't
@jjude A beautiful life ❤️
The four use cases of AI: Descriptive, Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Assistive. 🧵 Successful integration of AI is something most enterprises are yet to go through with; while some are tinkering, many are lost.
5. Plan your meals. Debating "What should we eat?" always leads to quick, unhealthy food. Breakfast: eggs + greek yogurt. Lunch: beef & rice. Dinner: protein smoothie 6. Whole potatoes as your carb source. They're one of the most satiating foods out there.
It was one hour of work, but I recently charged $250 for generating screenshots for URLs in CSV files. I have such a request 3-5 times a month for . But I didn’t want to add it as a feature. Maybe, it can be a good satellite product.
I've kept a notebook with key pieces of advice that I pick up in conversations with people since 2010. Here are some of the best pieces of advice I've found: 1) Create more than you critique. Invest time in building things. The returns will be significant. 2) Study the…
3/ On craft: 1. Most people just want to build, but most companies are built for managers. 2. You don't want to end up with smart, credentialed PMs who write strategy memos to grow team size to write more memos. 3. Great products are built through tinkering, not strategy.
@ovshake42 You can see a sample menu here. But it's better to speak with a clinical nutritionist at your place.
How to write like a world-class copywriter (Even if you're a complete beginner) 6 proven hook formulas everyone should know:
@Akshat_World A very good point I've been also pondering on. Japan grew w electronics, US w software, Russia w weapons, China w manufacturing, and Saudis w oil. India is banking on the young population, thinking that will somehow get them to top. Int'l companies are seeing India as…
Two good books on this topic:
@ChrisMasterjohn He doesn’t talk specifically about masculinity explicitly (I believe that is only a post trans lgbt concept anyway) he talks about various principles of life that a man must act out. Here’s a link to his work on Right Anger vs Wrong Anger
Well-functioning and unique design software are hard to come by nowadays, so when a new tool emerges that breaks the stereotype, it’s always worth mentioning. I recently came across @SketchWow, a tool that allows you to create eye-catching diagrams, presentations, visual…
My aim when learning is to understand things deeply (HOTS), not memorization (LOTS). Aim for HOTs = LOTs is filled. That's why I despise flashcards. Lots of LOTs and dry, tedious memorization.🤮 Instead, here are 3 questions I use to get into the HOTS zone:
Can't repeat this famous Chestertonism too often, more true now than when he wrote it: "The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone."
You are only good when others praise you and not yourself. #30visuals by Josh Garrett
What a business is. #30visuals - Jerry Garrett
Reading to your kids every night has a better chance of changing the world than anything else you do. But only if you read great stuff that feeds their imagination. Don't waste this precious time with Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Here are 22 recommendations that belong on your shelf:
One of the most common images--if not *the* most common image--in Scripture for not being where we're supposed to be, suffering for sin, or wandering from God, is EXILE. Consider these "exiles" in Scripture: 1. Adam and Eve from Eden 2. Cain from the presence of God 3. Abram and…
Privilege will deceive you. It will minimize the pain of others. It will tell you that your opinion is more important than their humanity. It will make you feel righteous while you oppress and marginalize. And it will lie to you about how God sees your privilege.
You can’t “love your neighbor” when you want the law to dehumanize your neighbor You can’t “love your neighbor” when you empower leaders who oppress your neighbor You can’t “love your neighbor” when you support rulings that marginalize your neighbor Now, who’s your neighbor?
The image is from 30th June, 1986. That was the day, when the historic Mizo Peace Accord was signed. Now tell me what's odd in this photo? The then PM Rajiv Gandhi, instrumental in pushing through this Accord, is missing from the frame. Odd? Let's go back to the 80s. Contd.
A few heroes(that I know) in the ecosystem who will always help @amnigos @cbkrish @sureshsambandam @avinashraghava @kunalb11 @chennamaneni @rohithbhat Sudheer Koneti and many many more.
I want to do some interviews with indie founders who are building using AI. Who should I know?
15 visuals every investor should memorize: 1: In the long run, stocks win:
In this smashing article @dineshcsharma peels off layer by layer the hype and hyperbole behind the Artemis Accord on space exploration that was signed at the time of Modi's visit to US. He says India has walked into a diplomatic trap without understanding the nuances. Must read.
1. Problems of education are hard and routinely underestimated or misconceived. “Education” is different from e.g. “learning”. Education requires, amongst other things, instructional design (which startup folks often don’t get) and quality educators (which are hard to scale).
The Amazon Builders' Library is an hidden gem: it consists of articles written by some of the most senior AWS engineers covering foundational patterns and principles used when building AWS services. Most learnings can be applied anywhere. Here are my favourite articles:
The Freudian part of RW arguments is how they get personal and abusive. This comes from a mindset that wants domination rather than justice and does not recognise inequality possibly as a form of injustice. Narcissism sees inclusion as intrusion.
Does the world seem a bit more chaotic than usual? We produced the OODA Almanac to provide useful observations and new cognitive frameworks to help make sense of the chaos. Download here: via @ooda
@jjude @GeekWhoWorksout @malpani They are like “Maggi” for the hungry. You cannot passionately create culinary masterpieces …
This is my 5-minute testimony before the US Congress! Open science and open source AI distribute economic gains by enabling hundreds of thousands of small companies and startups to build with AI. It fosters innovation, and fair competition between all. Thanks to ethical…
Philip Fisher's 15 points checklist (Small & Mid cap Series) 1) Huge Addressable Market: - Dr Lal Pathlabs - SG Finserve - Safari - Hatsun - Relaxo 2) New Product Development/Innovation: - Saregama - RACL Geartech - Xpro - Neogen 3) Efficient R&D: - Neogen - Escorts - Syngene
The reality of Christian persecution in India from 1990 to present Very long 🧵 Indian Christians remained unaffected by violence until late 1990s. From end of 1990s there was a significant uptick in anti Christian violence with 1998 being the tipping point with election of++
If the govt spends it on me, it is "development". If they spend it on people, whom I don't like, it is "subsidy". - The secret diary of an empaneled Social media Influencer.
A few people thanked me on DMs yesterday because they discovered "Inventing on Principle" by @BretVictor from my post. Thought I'll share some of the most 'worldview defining' videos for me personally - those that changed the way I see things or awed me at human capability
