"zero spectating" hits home. I don't watch other men live their best lives on the literal fields but I am certainly doing it on social (Twitter, Instagram, etc). I need to address this to restart living my own life of adventure.
Inspiring words Chris! Just finished a 30 day alcohol & social media cleanse. It was stunning how much it improved my cognition and productivity. I won’t ever be a tea totaler but I like to prove to myself that I’m in control. Both time vampires.
I had the same spectator revelation when my oldest was born 20+ years ago. Video games had me thinking I was a race car driver but I was just a stoner on a couch with good thumbs.
I was in my 20s mapping out a career trajectory in which I worked for other hedge funds, accumulated capital, then launched my own firm in my 40s. Peter Thiel asks the question "what is your 10 year plan, and why can't you do it in 6 months?" A friend at a hedge fund across the street challenged me with that essential question. His point was that I’d succeed or fail. I’d be far happier if I succeeded working for myself instead of someone else. But failure wouldn’t be that bad either. As long as I preserved my reputation, I could go back to working for a larger fund. Failure isn’t final; it isn’t even unattractive. Just protect your reputation at all costs. People are far too risk taking with reputation and far too risk averse with everything else.
I’m going to add emailed questions to the comments such as: How do you manage risk? How do you maximize gains (in any field - for me CrossFit, running, investing) while managing risk? Playing too safe yields small returns, taking too much risk and you risk loss/injury…
Most decisions are black and white. I know the right thing to do and it is more a matter of fortitude and execution than rumination. Should you inject heroin? (Never). Should you take creatine? (Always). That gets you 90% of the way there. The rest – the gray area – is one where I maximize reversibility. Minimize firm risk (investing). Minimize lethal outcomes (in fitness). Just gravitate towards survivable mistakes. But I allow for pain. Sometimes there is just a bad outcome and the solution is to suffer for a while. That’s okay.
"zero spectating" hits home. I don't watch other men live their best lives on the literal fields but I am certainly doing it on social (Twitter, Instagram, etc). I need to address this to restart living my own life of adventure.
Celsius is good - nice flavors and not anything crazy thrown in. Quality energy drink.
But as an absolute stim lord Celsius is mostly an early morning break from drinking coffee mixed with powdered matcha.
I use Ghost for workouts - swedish fish, sour patch kids, or mango are pristine flavors and it has more caffeine and pre-workout-esque stuff.
Inspiring words Chris! Just finished a 30 day alcohol & social media cleanse. It was stunning how much it improved my cognition and productivity. I won’t ever be a tea totaler but I like to prove to myself that I’m in control. Both time vampires.
I had the same spectator revelation when my oldest was born 20+ years ago. Video games had me thinking I was a race car driver but I was just a stoner on a couch with good thumbs.
Top book recommendations? My favorite investing books: https://shorturl.at/5xkV9 and my favorite fitness books: https://shorturl.at/HX9r7
Best advice/ wisdom you’ve ever been given?
I was in my 20s mapping out a career trajectory in which I worked for other hedge funds, accumulated capital, then launched my own firm in my 40s. Peter Thiel asks the question "what is your 10 year plan, and why can't you do it in 6 months?" A friend at a hedge fund across the street challenged me with that essential question. His point was that I’d succeed or fail. I’d be far happier if I succeeded working for myself instead of someone else. But failure wouldn’t be that bad either. As long as I preserved my reputation, I could go back to working for a larger fund. Failure isn’t final; it isn’t even unattractive. Just protect your reputation at all costs. People are far too risk taking with reputation and far too risk averse with everything else.
I’m going to add emailed questions to the comments such as: How do you manage risk? How do you maximize gains (in any field - for me CrossFit, running, investing) while managing risk? Playing too safe yields small returns, taking too much risk and you risk loss/injury…
Most decisions are black and white. I know the right thing to do and it is more a matter of fortitude and execution than rumination. Should you inject heroin? (Never). Should you take creatine? (Always). That gets you 90% of the way there. The rest – the gray area – is one where I maximize reversibility. Minimize firm risk (investing). Minimize lethal outcomes (in fitness). Just gravitate towards survivable mistakes. But I allow for pain. Sometimes there is just a bad outcome and the solution is to suffer for a while. That’s okay.