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3MM: Inverse PTSD, Car Seats & Poetry
3 MINUTE MONDAYHi friend, My US & Canada live tour is getting close to selling out - LA, Vancouver, Toronto and Nashville are all gone. New York City, Austin, Boston, Denver, Salt Lake City & Chicago - limited tickets left. “The worst thing that’s ever happened to you is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you.” — Joe Rogan The saddest you’ve ever been is the saddest you’ve ever been. The hardest you’ve ever worked is the hardest you’ve ever worked. Tough times aren’t fun in the moment for the same reason that no one ever believes they’re living through a golden era. “The golden years” only ever seem to exist in the past because it’s only with the benefit of hindsight that we know all our worries were a waste of time. When you’re going through it, all your concerns are still open loops, they’re things to fear. In retrospect you see that you had the ability to handle them and there was nothing to be bothered about. Which suggests that if you’ve just come out of the hardest period of your life, this seems like a cause for celebration. New workload level unlocked! Every new challenge shows you a new territory you were scared of but survived. Each time you break a new limit, you now know you have the capacity to handle more than you ever did before. It’s inverse PTSD. Like workload exposure therapy that teaches you “Oh I’ve been here before and I didn’t die, this is ok.” MODERN WISDOMI do a podcast where I pretend to have a British accent. You should subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. This week’s upcoming episodes: Monday. Thursday. Saturday. THINGS I'VE LEARNED1. Most cars can’t fit three car seats, so having a third child means buying a much larger, more expensive car. As a result, fewer people have more than two kids. According to one analysis, U.S. car-seat laws saved 57 lives in 2017, but resulted in 8,000 fewer births. — Steve Stewart-Williams 2. “If you already live a comfortable life, then choosing to make more money but live a worse daily life is a bad trade. And yet we talk ourselves into it all the time. We take promotions that pay more, but swallow our free time. We already have a successful business, but we break ourselves trying to make it even more successful. Too much focus on wealth, not enough focus on lifestyle." — James Clear 3. “Lonely men need to stop making podcasts and start writing poems again. There are great poems out there written by some really unhappy dudes.” LIFE HACKNew PRESIDENT song. A new pseudonymous band just dropped their first single, I’m excited to see what they do in future. Big love, Try my productivity drink Neutonic. PS |
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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm going on tour to Australia, New Zealand & Bali in March. Come see me. “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.” The line comes from Hamlet, and it’s usually misheard as an insult. As if Shakespeare is sneering at morality - like ethics soften us, or thought drains courage from the body. That’s not what’s happening, Shakespeare isn’t attacking goodness, he’s pointing at self-awareness and naming its cost. In the “To be, or not to be” soliloquy, Hamlet isn’t...
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, “I still find myself with this sense that success has to be earned. And the only way to earn it is to inflict pain on yourself. And if you’re not in pain you didn’t try hard enough. And it would have been better if you’d suffered more. And I think that’s a lie, and I want to find out if it’s a lie or if it’s true.” — Rich Roll I think it’s a lie too. One of the most common questions that got asked on tour was “How do I give myself credit for my accomplishments in...
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, It's nearly the end of the year, you should do a review process. My End Of Year Review framework has been downloaded by 100,000 people and is totally free. Enjoy x This time of year can be tough. Downtime from busyness, overwhelm from family and melancholy from reflection can create the perfect storm for overthinking. So here’s 20 Sentences to Stop Overthinking by Nir Eyal. Use these one-liners as mantras when your brain won't switch off. I don't need certainty to...