WISDOM
10 Essential Pieces of Advice for Young People: Michael Saylor
- Focus your energy
- Guard your time
- Train your mind
- Train your body
- Think for yourself
- Curate your friends
- Curate your environment
- Keep your promises
- Stay cheerful and constructive
- Upgrade the world
Specialization is NOT Just for Insects: The world seems to want experts and specialists and punish generalists. In addition, it rewards an authentic consistent reliable message
- Michael Saylor
Death, Taxes and Arguments: “We got to be willing to accept the possibility that we may always just be pitting one narrative against another arguing and fighting and going to war over how we want the world to look at.”
– Stephen West
Ignore Expectations:
Don’t worry about being the picture of absolute consistency that society expects of you. Nature is chaotic and inconsistent from one perspective but take a few steps back and look at the mountain range in its entirety
– Stephen West
Nature is Everything: Everything that we consider to be an important part of human life is derived from the process of nature. And yet we tell ourselves “…that the crowning achievement of humankind has been that we freed ourselves from the shackles of nature.” –
Stephen West
WEALTH
- Layer 1 of Bitcoin is the ideal layer to move billions of dollars securely and with final settlement in minutes. It’s an immortal, incorruptible, and indestructible foundation on which to put the wealth of humanity.
- Layer 2 is an open permission-less non-custodial protocol that uses the underlying layer 1 token (e.g. Lightning Network)
- Layer 3 is the custodial layer that allows you to move money via institutions and platforms.
- Layer 4 is exposure to bitcoin without the ability to withdraw the asset, i.e. security. (e.g. Grayscale)
HEALTH
3 ESSENTIAL SUPPLEMENTS: Omega 3s, Vitamin D and Magnesium
Omega 3's: Omega-3 fish oil is one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory things, dietary lifestyle things we can get easily that is going to powerfully modulate the way you think, the way you feel, and the way you age.” High-quality fish oil supplements will be in triglyceride form with DHA or EPA – like
these –
Dr. Rhonda Patrick
Get Some Vitamin D! Vitamin D is not just a vitamin! 70% of the US population is deficient – it’s worth measuring & supplementing to optimal bone health, immunity, hormone conversion, and more. Get more sun, test your levels and
supplement -
Dr. Rhonda Patrick
Magnesium Too:
About 40% of the population doesn’t get enough
magnesium (or through dark leafy greens) – magnesium deficiency makes it difficult to make vitamin D hormone or ATP
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Dr. Rhonda Patrick
Knees Over Toes: “Fully bending a joint signals to your body that you’re maximally using the joint, so you get more of the
synovial fluid which carries the nutrients to the joint”
– Ben Patrick
“Fitness Menopause” – The point in your fitness career, maybe in your late 20s or early 30s, where you shift your focus from physique to longevity
- Chris Williamson
3 Big Reasons Weight Loss Efforts Might be Failing: (1) Your wearable is probably not accurately tracking the actual calories burned during exercise; (2) People notoriously underreport energy/calorie intake (not intentionally, we often skip the handful of nuts or berries, but it all adds up); (3) Food labels are allowed up to 20% error
- Layne Norton
You Need to Exercise! If you are focusing on cutting carbs and food restrictions, you are stepping over dollars to pick up pennies
- Layne Norton
Protein Powder Red Flags: (1) Stay away from companies pitching “proprietary blends”; (2) Make sure brand isn’t nitrogen spiking (don’t want glycine on the label); (3) Watch out for unrealistic claims or “most anabolic” type marketing
- Layne Norton
