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If you need to crush what’s left in 2021 and get a jump on 2022, Magic Mind can help you get into flow without the jitters of coffee.

 
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Justin Kan, Founder of Twitch put it succinctly – “"My favorite product discovery of the year. Energy, motivation, and flow all in one shot".

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THIS WEEK'S PREMIUM NOTES:
 

Podcasters LOVE to recommend books which can literally change your life. BUT they recommend a LOT of them. We've organized the best of the best by topic for our Premium Members  including health optimization, mental models, technology, Bitcoin/crypto, psychedelics, entrepreneurship, and so much more from all of 2021. 

 



 

Wisdom
1/ Reason and Excuse are the Same Things: will you live according to your excuses or your commitments? 99 times out of 100 my reasons are just excuses wearing fancy clothes - Mike Posner

2/ Not all crazy ideas are great, but all great ideas are crazy - Elliott Bisnow

3/ There is No Finish Line: I don’t know people that are happy all the time, but I know people that show up all the time - Mike Posner

4/ “The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic long-term learning process and not to live in a shell of static mediocrity, usually growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety” – Josh Waitzkin

5/ Life works in oscillation: In order to switch on intensely, you must also learn how to switch-off intensely. Many people live their whole lives at a ‘simmering 6’ rather than at 0 or 10 – Josh Waitzkin

6/ The 4 Phases of Learning: Josh Waitzkin
  • Unconscious incompetence – “I don’t know how bad I am”
  • Conscious incompetence – “This sucks. I know how bad I am.” *(most people quit here)
  • Conscious competence – “I can do this if I focus”
  • Unconscious competence – “I don’t remember the last 10 minutes of driving my car”
7/ Intuition is Our Most Valuable Compass: Trust your unconscious thoughts, the random harmonization of relevant knowledge in any given situation can often produce valuable insights – Josh Waitzkin

8/ Lyrical Wisdom: Lyrics of the Wu-Tang's "Sunshower" will answer at least about 25% of your life's problems – RZA

9/ The Magic of Tupac: The power to bring out the rebel in us, communicating love, and starting revolutions - that's dangerous – RZA


Wealth
10/ When Metcalf’s Law Fails: The value of network effects does have a limit, it eventually gets to a point of supply that is difficult to navigate and has an increased number of ‘trolls’ and illegitimate users – Andrew Chen

11/ Startup advice: Pick your strategy first (product vision) -> Identify what retains and generates business value -> Set metrics to validate if your strategy has causation – Andrew Chen

12/ Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason: Incredibly simple stories that highlight principles of wealth-building that have stood the test of time – Brandon Turner


 
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