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“1. Nerds (people for whom curiosity is a dominant drive) are rare to begin with. Let’s say 5-10% 2. Friendly nerds and ambitious nerds tend to be broadly assumed to be separate camps, different and at odds 3. Friendly ambitious nerds are (seems to me) radical and ~0.01% rare”

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." Freud— Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) April 18, 2022

“My Dad works at a crappy job, drinks too much, and his only friend is his brother. I always thought he led an unfulfilled life. But I had an epiphany:”

“Don't aspire to be hated, just be comfortable with it.”

“@epolynya @Coveted Eventually I should probably write a post about this... A big part of the answer is Uniqlo maximalism, but there's many other tricks too.”

“Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make. This quote has been attributed to John Cage, when it is, in fact, from a list of principles for a class taught by artist and educator Sister Corita Kent in 1967-1968. Her principles for creativity follow.”

The Bible of Copywriting:The Adweek Copywriting Handbook.Back in 2007, legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman distilled his 40 years of advertising wisdom into 293 pages.And inside he shared his 7-step process for writing effortless, high-converting copy.Here's the breakdown: pic.twitter.com/viGGDbJfNk— Dickie Bush 🚢 (@dickiebush) October 15, 2021

The more you improve as a writer, the shittier your work looks to you and the greater it looks to everybody else.— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) April 4, 2022

"There are two medicines for all ills: time and silence." Alexandre Dumas— Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) April 6, 2022

The great danger is that we give in to feelings of boredom, impatience, fear, and confusion. We stop observing and learning. The process comes to a halt.— Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) April 6, 2022

There are three general types of interview podcast:- Smart person & smart person- Moron & smart person- Moron & moronThe market demands all three. Enjoy whichever is your poison.— Peter McCormack ☠️ (@PeterMcCormack) March 15, 2021

“Sahil Bloom grew from 0 to 500k followers in less than two years. This allowed him to quit his job and he's now at 5x what he was making as a VC. Here's everything I learned about how he operates his personal flywheel:”

"Every philosopher, like Plato, should be an athlete; if he is not, let us suspect his philosophy."—Will Durant— Robert ₿reedlove (@Breedlove22) April 3, 2022

The average price of a new home sold in the US has increased 25% over the last year and just hit an all-time high of $511,000. (h/t @charliebilello) pic.twitter.com/9mm7EVr776— Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) March 31, 2022

Good podcast from @patrick_oshag."I've met people who are so charming and so good looking and so wonderful that they never failed at anything. And then, when they got later in life and they found a challenge, they didn't know how to deal with it."https://t.co/ewpSz6NoDx— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) March 29, 2022

“realest shit ever lmao”

I'm not really an introvert, average people are just boring, brainwashed and thick as fuck.— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 25, 2022

You won't see masculinity in middle class areas. Middle class people are soy. You wanna see masculinity? Gotta go to the low IQ shitty areas— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 22, 2022

Fame is more of a sacrifice than a privilege. Stupid people want fame because they don't realise wealth + privacy is where it's at.— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 22, 2022

It's better to fail because you're not good enough than fail because you're scared you won't be good enough.I didn't learn that the easy way— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 21, 2022

Concise writing is the ultimate "proof-of-thinking."To put something concisely means you've thought it through deeply and stripped away everything unnecessary.The next time you see 5,000 words of rambling, know the author isn't quite sure what it is they're trying to say.— Dickie Bush 🚢 (@dickiebush) March 26, 2022

Ricky Gervais on finding breakthrough success in his early 40s: “You have to live a real life to write about real life.” pic.twitter.com/PF6ZObZdq4— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) March 19, 2022

One of the most legendary marketers of all time: David Ogilvy In 1982, David wrote an internal memo to the employees of his advertising agency titled "How to write."And in just 10 bullets he put together a masterclass in effective writing. Here's a breakdown of each one: pic.twitter.com/MxRYuQRLyA— Dickie Bush 🚢👨🏼‍💻 (@dickiebush) June 2, 2021

"Awareness, not age, leads to wisdom." Publius Syrus— Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) March 18, 2022

Don't offer your opinion, make people ask for it.Learn to let go & not give a fuck about people's ignorance.Life will get a lot better.— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 19, 2022

If "be open-minded" is being used as a euphemism for "listen to the idiotic" I'd earnestly recommend remaining stubbornly close-minded.— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 18, 2022

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.”— Jim Rohn pic.twitter.com/FHRcWIFdvR— Nathan Barry 🇺🇦 (@nathanbarry) March 17, 2022

The purpose of anxiety is to limit your potentialIf you remove that, you will probably manifest superpowersFew actually realise this— Illimitable Man Bot • Red Pill (@IllimitableBot) March 17, 2022

“If you’re ever sitting waiting for a response from someone anxiously, just remember - people don’t delay delivering good news.”