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3MM: Meaning, Confidence & Options
3 MINUTE MONDAYHi friend, The new MW Merch drop goes live this Friday and DEAR LORD it’s fire. 12 midday CT/6pm UK this Friday. On sale for 6 days only, then it’s gone! Printing in the US, UK and Australia for cheaper shipping. I’ve upgraded the blanks again and negotiated better prices so everything is cheaper as well 💜 These designs absolutely rip. Enjoy!! I have an apology to make. Last week’s email was replete with errors. Riddled it was! And I forgot the PS at the end!! An ugly skidmark on my usual precision. Sleep deprivation & tour life meant I didn’t pay as much attention as I usually do. I am sorry. At least you know I write it myself rather than outsourcing it to some faceless virtual assistant in the Philippines. The legibility tracks my level of sanity. And it has been running heavily thin. Anyway, I’m flying back to Austin from the UK for the first time since September. The last 10 days have been spent playing catch up from tour by recording 16 episodes in a huge disused pumping station in Wapping, London. James Blunt, Bugzy Malone, Alex O’Connor, Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould, Mike Rice, Dan Jones, Ashley Walters. Big boy list. Very very good episodes go live starting this week. Something I’ve realised since being on the road for the last month and a half is how much purpose can be created by simply… doing stuff. Not thinking about doing stuff. Not working out the most optimal way to derive purpose from stuff that you’ll finally get around to doing in future. Actually just throwing yourself in at the deep end. So many of us try to construct purpose cognitively, as if thinking really hard about something you want will generate the momentum to go and get it out of thin air. My lesson from this month: Stop seeking meaning. Seek experience and meaning will find you. I really think that hurling yourself at a pursuit is a massively underrated way to generate almost everything you think you’re missing. I’ve never been more sleep deprived, poorly fuelled, untrained, skinnyfat and full of Corona and Lost Mary vapes than the last month. I haven’t had a single day off, I’ve barely slept 6 hours any night, my WHOOP ran out of battery for the first time in 3 years, I haven’t read anything that isn’t prep for the show at all, I’ve trained about 6 times total and must have eaten Nandos every other day. But I’ve also not felt this fulfilled or driven in a long time. There is something about leaning into the friction of a mission that activates a different fuel source inside of you. I think most low energy is just a lack of excitement. No one is low energy when they’re about to get on a rollercoaster. If you’ve spent way too long trying to construct energy and purpose out of stability, maybe try grabbing some of your friends and go to war. Attempt an outlandish mission and see what happens. “No one looks back on their life and says: I wish I hadn't gone for it, said what I thought, asked for what I wanted, bet on myself, and taken my shot.
No one tells stories of Netflix and chilling away their lives.” — Alex Hormozi
The meaning you are looking for is in the experiences you are avoiding. MODERN WISDOMI do a podcast where I pretend to have a British accent. This week’s upcoming episodes: Monday. Thursday. Saturday. THINGS I'VE LEARNED1. Most people believe confidence comes from being really good at what they do or never messing up. But unshakable confidence comes from knowing your worth isn’t tied to performance. It’s the difference between “I’m valuable because I’m useful” and “I’m valuable, and I’m also useful.” Or between “I am what I achieve” and “I achieve, but that’s not who I am.” One form of “confidence” collapses once you mess up. But the other remains unshakable, no matter what happens. This is why some of the most accomplished people can also be the most anxious. Because confidence tied to performance is fleeting. It’s only there when you win. And every achievement actually raises the stakes... there’s more to protect and more to lose. Unshakable confidence goes far deeper: It’s a steady, empowered state of being. — Joe Hudson 2. “Your grandparents met once at a church picnic and stayed married for 61 years. You have personally evaluated 11,000 people on your phone and eat dinner standing over a sink.” — Jake Kozloski 3. “Controversial opinion: People would need less therapy if they tolerated fewer assholes.” — Mark Manson LIFE HACKJaspr air scrubbers. If you’ve followed my health journey, you’ll know how important I’ve discovered the air in your home is. It contributes to chronic fatigue, poor sleep, health issues and so much more. It's wild. Jaspr makes the best scrubbers on earth. Powerful filtration that captures dust, pollen, smoke, and airborne mould spores. Improves the air quality in your house within minutes (and literally keeps me alive). Plus a 30-day money-back guarantee and US & UK shipping. Get $300 off for two weeks only - their biggest sale of the year. Get yours before the sale ends at https://jaspr.co/ Big love, Try my productivity drink Neutonic. PS |
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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, That's it! Tour is finished. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and enjoyed the shows. I already can't wait to come back and do bigger venues very soon <3 One of the best questions to ask yourself when faced with a decision is “what would you tomorrow want you today to do?” This has been something I’ve relied on for years to help give me perspective and make better choices. It rips you out of the moment. It stops you from relying so heavily on the confused...
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, Tour has been so good. London was absolutely insane last week, thank you to everyone who's come out and made these shows so special <3 “Living an examined life is just one insult after another, you have to maintain a sense of humour. Your mind has absolutely no shame, it will think anything. The person you meet when you look in the mirror is not one person. It’s a congress of selves, and many of them are total assholes. And ultimately you can’t take it personally,...
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, Thank you so much to everyone who's come out to see me on tour so far. It's so fun. Thank you for all the love <3 “Why is it that even the best billiard players can't reliably plan combination shots (shots where the cue ball hits another ball which in turn hits yet another ball and so on) that have three or four ball collisions? Wouldn't it be possible to simply calculate the required angles of the collisions and then as a world-class professional execute the shot...