Srikar Varadaraj

Stoic Principle for Creatives: Find the Right Scene Consciously consider whom you allow into your life—not like an elitist but like someone who is trying to cultivate the best life possible. Ask yourself about the people you meet and spend time with: Are they making me better?

How to Have Your Best Month Yet: 1. Rise and Shine – get up early 2. Break a Bad Habit or Build a Positive One 3. Recognize that how you handle today is how you’ll handle every day. How you handle this minute is how you’ll handle every minute.

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Quick TikTok case study: About 3 months ago we started DMing and sending free product to anyone with a decent following (5k+). We’ve sent ~100 units costing ~$2k. Yesterday a review video did over 2 million views and we did over $50k in sales (avg. day ~$8k).

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Stoic Practice – Take the View From Above: Marcus Aurelius would often practice an exercise that is referred to as “taking the view from above” or “Plato’s view.” It invites us to take a step back, zoom out and see life from a higher vantage point than our own.

The modern mental illness is anxiety. The symptom is inability to fall asleep. The evidence is pills, meditation apps, opioids, and sleep trackers. The causes are oversocialization and overstimulation.

"Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men." – Seneca

How to become a better entrepreneur through Stoicism: Train perception to avoid good and bad. Realize there is only perception. You control perception. If you tie your first response to dispassion, you’ll find that everything is simply an opportunity.

"Be true to who you are: caring, sympathetic, kind." – Marcus Aurelius

Put Your Day Up For Review At Bedtime Ask: – Did I behave according to my principles? – Did I treat the people with whom I interacted with in a friendly and considerate manner? – What vices have I fought? – Have I made myself a better person by cultivating my virtues?

How to wake up like a Stoic : 1. Get out of bed and get going 2. Reflect on what the day will bring 3. Embrace discomfort 4. Pay attention – be mindful

"You do not know where death awaits you; so be ready for it everywhere." —Seneca

The best way to get something off your to-do list is to decide it's not worth doing anymore.

If you’re struggling to come up with a business idea, remember there are only four different types of utility: form utility, place utility, time utility, and possession utility. What can you make easier to understand, faster to get, cheaper to buy, or more accessible to others?

“If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone.” – Marcus Aurelius