Tips to Become a Natural Morning Person
Morning people of Threads: were you born that way? How did you become a morning person? Need tips…
Audit Your Habits: Keep, Cut, and Grow
Frippercize Consider your habits. Ask yourself: - Which of my current habits help me? - Which habits don’t help me? - What new habits do I want to acquire? - Which habits will I get rid of? #frippvt #virtualcoaching #keytosuccess
Assume Broken, Seek Faster Improvement, Iterate Endlessly
1. assume its broken 2. assume it can be better 3. find the fastest path to better 4. do that forever
Turn Failure Into Data: Fix What You Control
Most people treat failure like a stop sign. Something went wrong - pull back, reassess, wait for conditions to improve. High agency people treat it differently. Not as a sign to stop. As data on what to fix next. Difference between founders who stall...
Shape Success: Design Your Environment for Growth
If you want to make progress, spend more time optimizing your environment. Make it harder to do the things you want to stop doing, and make it easier to do things you want start doing. Personal growth 101
Embrace Unqualified Risks to Own Your Future
"Don’t be afraid to try what you’re not qualified to do. If I only did what I was qualified to do, I’d be pushing a broom somewhere." -Sacca I received an email from someone who said they had just listened to this episode...
Aim to Replace Yourself, Not Fear It
Replacing yourself SHOULD be the goal. Not the threat. Message I sent to the entire AppSumo team this week:
A Solid Plan Eliminates Trade Anxiety and Embraces Resilience
I don’t feel anxiety when I enter into trades because I have a plan & if it fails I live to trade another day 🙌🏽✨
Your Habits Shape Public Speaking and Career Success
Do Your Habits Hurt Or Help You? Good habits can determine the success of our public speaking, business communications, and careers. They can play a significant role in determining our ultimate success and happiness. What new habits do you want to...
Find Freedom by Valuing Your Path, Not Others' Success
I didn’t know it then, but somehow I had two mental superpowers that made it all feel good as I climbed up: - I never saw incredible outcomes, nice homes, big impact, or worldly things and thought, “I could never have...
Embrace Failure: Badness Precedes Mastery and Long‑Term Success
Most people quit because they forget that you have to be bad at something before you can be good at it. It's so obvious. You suck. Of course you're not going to win in 2 weeks. But if you can...
Productiveness Beats Productivity When Aligned With Meaning
I’ve been circling this idea for years—that productiveness matters more than productivity. @Markmanson gave it sharper language in our conversation: effort is a double-edged sword. It only works when you’re aligned with something that actually matters. https://t.co/hO8IE82hBH https://t.co/1b7twZfos1
Take Control: Make Your Environment Work for You
All self-improvement advice can be summed up simply: Stop letting life just happen to you. "I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me." -Frank Cosello, "The Departed
Rapid Growth Demands Nimble, Curious, Fast Adaptation
If the economy grows 10x in a decade, opportunity is everywhere. But it's very unlikely that the opportunity is the same as whatever you were doing yesterday or even today. Be nimble. Stay curious. Move fast.
Build Unstealable Advantage Through Unshakable Internal Beliefs
The most durable advantages are the ones no one can confiscate. Titles can be taken. Markets can shift. Skills can get outdated. But the beliefs you build - about who you are, what you can learn, and how you respond under pressure - travel...
Master Regulation to Turn Emotion Into Purposeful Action
Regulation is the skill, not the destination. Emotional fitness is the ability to move into a state of being that translates into purposeful action. Learn to be in a state where you are useful.
Document Your Actions Now to Save Future Hours
1/You won’t remember what you did. Not next week. Not next month. Write. It. Down. It will save your future self hours—days. https://t.co/cVaQojFIi8
Stop Complaining, Start Acting for a Better Life
REAL TALK: far too many people would rather complain (and makeup excuses) than take the action that would make their life better. Don’t be one of those people.
Limitless Ambition: From Olympic Cycling to Motorsport
Sir @ChrisHoy is such an inspiration. He's a cycling legend with 7 Olympic medals and after 'retiring' he started a whole 2nd career in motorsport racing, became a best-selling author, and founded his charity project, @Tour_de_4. I’m so inspired by...
Show Up Daily: Exercise Fuels Reset, Ideas, Progress
People talk a lot about morning routines, time blocking, structured days. That's never been me. What I do have is sport, every single day. Bouldering, gym, running, cycling, tennis in summer. Not as a strategy. I just genuinely need it. Climbing fully turns...
True Flex: Deep Focus Beats Constant Hustle
The real flex isn’t hustling and working harder. It’s being able to sit down, focus deeply and finish what matters.
Selling My Guitars to Fund My Dream Business
I was on a 4 hour drive with 4 guitars in the back, and tears in my eyes: I'd handed in my notice, and cash was tight. But, I was determined to fund my family through what I knew would be a...
Clinician Sabbaticals: Rare, Reserved, and Hard‑Earned
A palliative care physician asked her institution for a three-month sabbatical. They told her to come back in 10 years. So she resigned her full-time job to take the time anyway, then negotiated a part-time return. She had to dismantle...
Focus on Priorities, or Lose Effectiveness and Mojo
“If you squander your time and brain horsepower foolishly, rather than focusing on the important things that will move you toward your career aspirations, you’re damaging your personal effectiveness and negating your mojo.” — #CareerDreamstoSuccess #careeradvice #careergrowth https://t.co/T4ocGEqBFg
Your Problem Isn't Time, It's Priorities
Harsh truth: You don’t have a time problem. You have a priority problem. More hours won’t fix what poor focus created.
Progress Often Feels Like Setback Before Success
Growth often looks worse before it looks better. A Rubik’s cube can seem more scrambled in the middle of a solve, even when the solver is getting closer. https://t.co/6DTF7kZqZb
Consistent Effort Wins in Slow Markets and High Quotas
Slow market + high quota = opportunity for those willing to stay consistent. In this episode, Meridith Elliott Powell and I break down how to keep momentum, build trust, and win in tough conditions. Stay active. Stay focused. Keep showing value. https://t.co/ZfOWu03zHs
Investing in Yourself Unlocks New Possibilities and Confidence
I actually remember the first time I invested in myself… I genuinely thought I was being irresponsible. Like, you want me to spend money to go to a conference? For what 😭 It literally took pulling teeth to get me there....
Early Routines and Minimal Distractions Drive My Productivity
I am most productive with this system: - 5:30 AM wake up - Light mobility & cardio - 4 hours of focused writing - No phone usage in the morning - Only espresso & water until 11 AM - Meetings & calls only one day per...
Embrace Feelings, Let Go, Keep Moving Forward
Let It Go...Just Let It Go https://t.co/zX7Q2yt0Zv Life throws situations at us that we can’t turn off in our heads. Recognizing these feelings helps us understand ourselves and keeps us moving forward. @fsonnenberg https://t.co/IW8O8vk4Nr
Measure Sales by Revenue per Hour, Not Activities
I measure my selling day in revenue per hour. My blended target is $3,000 per hour, and on prospecting specifically I push for $10,400. Most salespeople track activities: calls made, emails sent, meetings booked. Those are inputs, and inputs don't pay your mortgage. Revenue...
Stay the Course: Overwhelm Fades, Success Awaits
Don’t quit too early. I know it may seem too overwhelming right now, but trust me… it’s worth it. Crush it friend 👊💯
Even Giants Can Pivot: Nokia’s Tire‑to‑phone Transformation
Nokia was a tire company before it became a phone company. A company is just a group of like-minded people on a mission. Nothing holds you back from becoming anything you want to be. The question is CAN you pivot?
Don't Compare Yourself to Inherently Incomparable Others
Instead of saying “stop comparing yourself to others,” which we'll ignore anyway, how about this: Stop comparing yourself to something objectively incomparable. Which, means others. https://t.co/DTjn3cpSWu
Live by Your Own Moral Compass, Not Audience
Do not do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You will always know. —Naval Ravikant (@naval)
Scary Tasks Are Signals You Must Act Now
The biggest lesson that I have to keep reminding myself: If there's something you know you should do, but it scares you, it means you REALLY HAVE TO DO IT ASAP. True for everything from hitting "publish", checking the bank balance, scheduling...
Quit FOMO, Find Clarity and Discipline in Trading
When a trader finally gives up on fomo and worrying about what others are doing and/or thinking, they step into their own game. Suddenly the noise disappears. Price action becomes clearer. Risk management feels natural. They know their edge...
Founders Can Thrive By Leaving Work at 5
In my 20’s, I used to work on Wall Street. People my age now (45) said they were working 70, 80, 90 hours a week for their families…but all their families actually wanted was their presence. They didn’t understand why their...
Ethical, Measurable Goals Curb Recklessness and Build Skills
Goals and plans are powerful because they keep a guy from behaving recklessly. At the very least, they force him to act in a way that gets him closer to his goals than further away from them. That’s one of my...
Act Despite Doubt: Growth Comes From Courageous Starts
Courage isn’t certainty—it’s action despite doubt. Trying a new process, speaking up, testing an idea that might fail… that’s where growth happens. You don’t need perfect timing. Start, learn, and build confidence along the way. 💥 https://t.co/AOCrr7Oyjc
Your Response Matters More than Any Setback
“Bad things happen to everybody. It’s not about the bad decision you made or the bad thing that happened to you; it’s what you do after that.” — Cathy Lanier Listen to my interview with Cathy Lanier: https://t.co/zxvxzw4szM
Choose Your New Season, Embrace Fresh Beginnings
You remember that feeling of a brand new beginning? That whole world is about to change feeling? You can HAVE that again. But you have to CHOOSE it. Decide the new season. Embrace the new level. Step into the next era of...
Read Daily, Even on Cloudy Days, to Succeed
For anyone starting their reading journey, keep this quote by Paulo Coelho in mind: “If you only walk on sunny days, you'll never reach your destination.” Success comes from showing up consistently, even when it's hard. Read every day, build the habit.
Turn Off Your Brain, Just Act and Accelerate
How much more progress would you make if you just turned your brain off? Just turn it off. What if you stopped thinking about the work and just DID IT instead? What if you got out of your own way?...
Walk, Sun, Water: Simple Antidote to Overwhelm
Feeling anxious or overwhelmed? More work usually isn't the answer. Take your cute self and your water bottle outside for a walk. Habit stack—you might need a solid dose of movement, sunshine, fresh air and H2O.
Speak Life: Replace Negativity with Empowering Words
Your tongue is the steering wheel of your life. Stop saying "I'm too old," "nothing works for me," "I can't catch a break," or "I can't do this." Start saying "thank you God," "I will figure it out," "this will...
Turn Overwhelming Challenges Into Everyday Routine
When I was in HS I used to eat a full dinner—steak, chocolate milk, you name it— and then head right out the door for 9 miles at 6min pace It sucked for a week, then your body adapted & it...
One Small Habit Beats Overhauling Everything
Trying to change everything at once leads nowhere. Choose one small habit and give your full attention to it. Let it grow over time 🌱 #habits #focus #growth #simpleliving #buildhabits https://t.co/dgn7zSRVA2
Winning Requires Relaxed Concentration, Not Over‑Trying
Books are my go-to distraction when submerged in ice baths for a testicle-punishing 10 to 15 minutes. One night, the flavor du jour was The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey. One passage stopped me in my tracks a...
Grandmother and Brother Shaped My Career Path
Someone asked me: “Who influenced your career the most?” My answer surprised them… and will probably surprise you too.👇🏾 My grandmother and my elder brother, Muhammad Babar Swaleheen, WFRE (TM) Most people say parents, teachers, mentors, or sports stars. For me, it’s these two,...