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You can start writing a book anytime. You can start coding an app anytime. You can start learning valuable skills anytime. Some good ideas. Some discipline. And a big long-term vision. It has never been easier and cheaper to start a business.

How long it takes to build... A loving family: 20 years+ A successful company: 10 years+ (incl. knowledge acquisition process) A trustworthy relationship: 5 years+ Talent and skills: 2-5 years A calm mind: 2-5 years A fit body: 1 year+ A happy mind: now

Relationships are simple. Treat people with respect and trust. Stay with people who reciprocate.

Financial independence allows you, to pick up the city you love, to work with people you love, to sleep, eat, work out as you wish, and to not deal with uneducated people and their insecurities, anger, stress. Life suddenly gets better. Just figure out a valuable business.

The truly rich don’t flaunt their wealth. The truly strong don’t bully the weak. The truly smart don’t complexify things. The truly talented are calm and relaxed. The truly happy live a quiet life.

How to be respected: — Never seek respect. — Value their time. — Keep your promises. — Honesty and truth over hypocrisy. — Be open about mistakes and regrets. — Give for free when it costs little. — Have big ambitions. — Be driven. Show results. — Grow year after year.

Free time and incognito. The new rich and successful. Flexible and creative mind. The new smart. Slow and deep learning. The new education. Clear and calm mind. The timeless wise. Fit and confident. The timeless attractive. Health and love. The timeless wealth.

No time for regrets. Be busy preparing for the next opportunities. No time for anger. Be busy seeking clarity in calmness. No time for envy. Be busy building your own success.

Tips for a better experience of Twitter: Be respectful, cheerful, empathetic. Block the annoying, selfish, angry. Follow the genuine, interesting, growing. Ignore noise and group thinking. Message the kind, driven, like-minded. Bonus: also broadly applicable to life.

You fail, when you look down on the basics, when you ignore longer timeframes, when you overlook the unpredictable. You succeed, when you maintain good habits, when you maintain mind clarity, when you maintain loyal friendships, for decades. Success is about maintenance.

Great fighters minimize their moves. Great writers minimize their words. Great investors minimize their decisions. Great minds minimize their reactions.

It takes efforts to be fit and clear-headed. It takes efforts to be kind and respectful. It takes efforts to build great friendships. It takes efforts to become talented. It takes efforts to become wealthy. It takes efforts to build trust. It takes efforts. Always.

Signs of growth: — You are calmer, less reactive — Your writing is more concise, simpler — Your friends are fewer, more loyal — You think and live for yourself — Short-term pleasure gets boring — You help people — You stress-test your beliefs — You do things more slowly

Your thirties are great if you took risks, stayed fit, kept learning in your twenties.

Be selective with what you eat. Be selective with what you read. Be selective with what you watch. Be selective with what you invest in. Be selective with who you befriend. Be selective with who you love. Success. The art of being selective.

Too many people in their twenties are flaking, ghosting, idling. It may be ego. It may be pride. It may be ignorance. They don't realize they are missing opportunities. A few decade-long relationships are worth more than a thousand Facebook friends.

Great story-telling is just clear thinking. Great performance is just restless training. Great friendship is just educated trusting. Great family is just mindful loving. Great confidence is just constant growing. Great life is just endless learning.

Rich: when people trust you. Calm: when you trust people. Happy: when people love you. Driven: when you love people. Successful: when people need you.

People ignore sponsored tweets. People skip Youtube ads. People don’t notice Google ads. Like viruses, we grew resistant. The new marketing is based on trust. And it takes years to build trust.

The best thing about the Internet: you can learn anything. The worst thing about the Internet: you can learn anything.