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OGs taught me to wear layers in the gym so you focus on the process and not the vanity. #JoeHolder. 28all. Eya. *JD* The Warm-Up: “There is something beautiful about the resolve of never giving up. No matter the words thrown your way, the sneers, the trolls, the naysayers and discouragers...You somehow pull it off. You rise up, and they.... stay the same.” ~Dr. Julie Gurner The Core: “An OG told me once: ‘Never bet on buildings, always bet on people.’” ~Carl Reed Jr. “The lazy lose to the average. The average lose to the focused. The focused lose to the obsessed.” ~Shane Parrish “Everyone fleeing this platform [X] is about to get a lesson in the power of network effects.” ~Naval Ravikant “If you’re young, don’t try to get famous…Go live an interesting life first, you’ll have a lot more to talk about later.” ~Codie Sanchez “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler “Stop glorying the grind. The future belongs to those who master leverage and systems, not those who burn out chasing the next win.” ~Matt Gray “Your life must be a progression towards ownership—first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.” ~Robert Greene “There is nothing worth doing that is not scary. There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.” ~Ryan Holiday “Level 1 salesmen focus on getting better at sales. Level 2 salesmen focus on getting better people to sell to. Level 3 salesmen focus on getting better things to sell. Level 4 salesmen don’t sell anything at all and simply make it easy for people to buy.” ~Alex Hormozi “If you aren’t building toward something, most of your actions are meaningless and repetitive. Your relationships stay surface-level. Your work becomes robotic. Your health starts to slip. You need direction. Because without it, the only option is to get distracted.” ~Dan Koe “When Travis Hunter chose Jackson State to play for Coach Prime, everyone said he was ruining his life. When he followed him to Colorado and still didn’t choose a ‘blue blood,’ they said he would regret it and that it would hurt his draft stock. Trust your vision for yourself.” ~Carl Reed Jr. “Truth-seekers take feedback from nature (planes have to fly), free markets (customers have to buy), or competition (militaries have to win). Consensus-seekers take feedback from people (actors want fans, academics want honors, politicians want votes, journalists want status).” ~Naval Ravikant “The year is 2024. Trump is president. A social media star is fighting Mike Tyson. A digital meme coin based off a pet squirrel that was killed has a higher market cap than many major companies. You start to think nothing is possible. But then you remember based on what’s happening in the world…anything might be possible.” ~Joe Holder Last Set: “My life improved dramatically when I realized that it’s not my responsibility to change the narrative other people have about me. No matter what you do, there’s going to be someone who doesn’t like it. That’s ok. Let them.” ~Sahil Bloom Food For Thought: “Michael Jordan was more like Seinfeld. Nine great years, highly impactful, still discussed today. LeBron’s become Law & Order. We’re on Year 35, I watched an episode two days ago, it still crushes. I know Michael played 15 seasons and many of them were great, but he was a shell of himself at the end. LeBron’s in Year 22, on any possession, best player on the floor.” ~Colin Cowherd says LeBron James ‘easily’ has the best resumé in the history of basketball Something for the Road: “Sincerity is expected. Well, not always. That’s why it’s so important. We don’t expect an actor to tell the truth. That’s their job. Musicians and other performers are playing a role. And social niceties encourage us to put on a smile and share appreciation, even in situations where it might not be fully honest. On the other hand, organizations like the SEC insist that a CEO actually say true things. ‘Just kidding’ is hard to rely on when making investment decisions. And we expect that the medical and judicial systems we depend on are built on inspectable, consistent truth-telling. Social media has rewarded people for bringing a post-reality mindset to places where sincerity is expected. In other words, it’s profitable to lie. Inconsistently, often, and with brazen disregard for the consequences. And it feels wrong for important reasons. Altering the venues where it’s expected that truth will be told is tempting to do and hard to live with.” ~Seth Godin
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