Stop studying and start learning!
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Guide to build a life of your dreams in 2025
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Significance During Exponential Times from Peter Diamandis
Significance is the feeling that your life (and your work) is meaningful and has a lasting impact.
And during the decade ahead, your impact can be greater than at any time in history. Leveraging AI, Robotics, Blockchain, Sensors, Networks and more, each of us has the ability to positively impact the lives of 1 billion people—what I call 10^9+ impact.
Significance Over Success – Choosing Your Target
Too many people spend their whole life on a treadmill striving for financial success or fame.
I’ve seen many friends take a job or start a company because they think it's a quick way to get rich or get noticed (i.e., to be successful).
Throughout my own career, whenever I've started a company just to make money, it's been a big mistake. Starting any successful company is always hard work, and if my heart isn't in it for the right reasons, the effort becomes unfulfilling and I give up before the job is done.
On the flip side, when I start a company to solve a problem that’s truly important to me, one that is purpose-driven, that excites me, even if the solution takes 10 years, every day on that journey is an amazing learning experience, well spent and fulfilling.
“When given a choice to prioritize significance (meaningfulness) over success (financial or otherwise), take it.”
The question is, how do you choose what to focus on?
One piece of sage advice shared with me by my friend Tom Bilyeu (Impact Theory), who first heard this from his father, says it best:
"Find something you would die for, and live for it."
Ultimately, it's about creating a life worth living, being motivated by something that wakes you up in the morning and keeps you going throughout the day. This principle isn't about martyrdom—it's about finding your non-negotiable mission. It's about discovering what gets you jumping out of bed each day, eager to make a difference.
Your Action Plan for Impact
Once you've identified it, here's your action plan:
1. Dive deep into research: Read everything you can, challenge assumptions, talk to experts. Become fluent in the language of your chosen field.
2. Try to kill your idea (seriously): Identify every weakness, understand every obstacle, and expose every risk. If it survives your toughest scrutiny, you're onto something extraordinary.
3. Take decisive action: Here are a few options to consider:
a) Start a company to solve the problem
b) Invest in entrepreneurs solving the problem
c) Create an incentive prize (an XPRIZE)
d) Find others working on the cause and join them
e) Become a platform – connect talent with resources to solve the problem
f) Start a fund, gather capital and invest it in solutions that solve the problem
A Community & Faculty to Support Your Mission
Next, you need a community and a group of mentors to support your mission and strengthen your mindset. This is why I created my 500-person executive mastermind group called Abundance360. The program is highly selective, admitting CEOs, founders, and exponential entrepreneurs who want to change the world, and have the mindset and means to do so.
Entrepreneurs who support each other to go big, create wealth, and positively impact the world.
It’s probably worth noting all of excess in US government spending that needs to be cut, will create a dangerous feedback loop and likely deflationary spiral because all of those excess jobs are also spending, buying homes, eating out, traveling, spending on marketing etc. When they stop/slow down - and then require social assistance - debt as a % of gdp screams higher.
Ie - That expansion of government and regulation is a direct consequence of manipulated markets trying to stop the natural deflation in free markets but also an integral part of them - robbing more jobs from the free market, and misallocating capital everywhere.
In other words, it’s going to be messy!
The debt needs to come down first and that means money printing and much higher inflation.
Or as nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a memes so effectively “Nothing stops this train”
In either event - #Bitcoin is your lifeboat.
Argentina’s Millei drastically reduced government jobs, closed the central bank and eliminated the budget deficit resulting in the strong rebound of the peso. Where’s the negative feedback loop?
Michael Saylor gives a scintillating presentation of why Bitcoin is manifest destiny
Thanks Walker for allowing us to eavesdrop on this Awesome uplifting message from Jeff Booth & Uncle Rockstar
Wisdom from Masters of Simplicity & Focus
1. "Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying no to all but the most crucial features."
- Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple
2. "In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists."
- Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author
3. "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order."
- Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician and philosopher
4. "The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything."
- Warren Buffett, investor and philanthropist
5. "Overwhelm isn't a sign that you've lost; it's a sign that you need to pause, breathe, and reset your focus."
- Arianna Huffington, Founder of The Huffington Post and Thrive Global
6. "In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power."
- Yuval Noah Harari, historian and bestselling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus
7. "Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest."
- Leo Babauta, author and Founder of Zen Habits
8. "When you're overwhelmed, the secret is to prioritize."
- Oprah Winfrey, media executive and philanthropist, Founder of Harpo Productions and OWN Network
9. "Complexity is seductive, but simplicity is powerful."
- Tim Ferriss, entrepreneur and bestselling author of The 4-Hour Work Week
10. “There is no try. There is only do or do not do.”
- Yoda
Five ways to create a winning company culture
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Good morning 😃
10 ways to stop overthinking good morning
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5 Steps to create more happiness in your life
I’m grateful for today’s cypherpunks building the new P2P Internet, so we can truly be sovereign in our odigital lives
Life hacks I wish I knew at 25:
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Good morning,
looking for a Bitcoin developer to build an API for the DApp.
All inquiries and recommendations are greatly appreciated .
The most powerful habit you can develop is to invest the first hour of your day writing , building, or creating something of value .
Set aside, one hour a day for the two most important people in your life:
1) You
2) the person you want to become
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Death by Abundance: How to Think About Data & Opportunity Paralysis
(courtesy of Peter Diamandis)
Do you wake up each morning to an avalanche of emails and "urgent" messages? Do you get approached with countless opportunities, each tempting, but without the time to focus on them?
I call this “death by abundance” or “drowning in abundance” and it isn't your imagination—it's a documented phenomenon that's affecting entrepreneurs and business leaders worldwide.
Let me explain why.
We're Drowning in Data (And It's Getting Deeper)
In today's exponential world of instant 24x7 communications—where anyone, anywhere can text, email, Zoom, DM and (sometimes) call you—and the exploding world of facts and Gen AI “stuff,” we’re all facing massive overload.
Here’s some perspective on increasing global data, and the recent explosion:
1850: Estimates suggest only a few petabytes (1 petabyte = 1 million gigabytes) of cumulative data existed worldwide.
1900: Due to the printing press, newspapers, and the early telecom industry, cumulative global data increased to around 100 petabytes (total cumulative data stored up to 1900).
1950: Radio, TV, and early computers marked a turning point. The total amount of data grew to around 500 petabytes.
2000: The internet era fueled a data explosion, and global data increased to 2 exabytes (2 billion gigabytes) with emails, digital photos, and web content as major contributors.
Today (2024): With the ubiquity of smartphones, social media, IoT devices, and cloud storage, global data creation is estimated at around 120 zettabytes (1 zettabyte = 1 trillion gigabytes) per year.
According to research published in Nature Human Behavior, information overload is now considered an environmental pollutant, costing the global economy an estimated $1 trillion annually.
The Paradox of Abundance: When Opportunities Become Obstacles
But here's what keeps me up at night: It's not just about too much information—it's about too many opportunities.
As an entrepreneur, you can likely relate to this. There's always another exciting startup to fund, another partnership to forge, another market to enter. Abundance has a downside, and it's called decision paralysis.
My friend Joe Polish puts it perfectly: "The problem for many successful entrepreneurs isn't 'What should I do?' Instead, it's 'What should I NOT do?'"
My friend Martine Rothblatt, PhD, puts it this way: “Successful entrepreneurs say no to most things. The MOST successful entrepreneurs say no to everything!”
So, how do we navigate this ocean of opportunities without drowning in it? How do we maintain focus when everything seems important and urgent?
It’s about knowing, without any doubt, your purpose and mission in life.
Remember: In a world of infinite possibilities, your ability to focus and choose wisely isn't just helpful—it's your competitive advantage.
Develop your soft skills to advance in yourcareer or business:
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It’s up to us to spread freedom 🤩
"Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today." Will Rogers