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To use AI or not I saw something interesting this morning. A post from a creative saying "If you use AI, you're a fraud." The post was widely celebrated and the majority of comments agreed with the article. Those stuck in the old days will always try to find arguments to convince you to stay with them. And when they can't, they'll use strong words to provoke your ego. The techniques of manipulation never change. A productivity war is being waged. AIs are hundreds of robots at your disposal, ready to help you increase your productivity tenfold and expand your empire. Those who use AI have developed firearms technology, while those who don't are stuck with edged weapons. Ask yourself who will win, although I have my own ideas. If you haven't tried GPT yet, please do. Play with the tool. Ask questions, think of inventive ways AI could boost your productivity. There's plenty out there, and all that time you save is time you can use to do other things. Life's too short not to save time when you can. Have a great week

Tiny post this morning, outside of my usual stuff but i really think it can help. Most of us suffer from poor posture due to too much screen time, phone usage, lack of exercise ... Poor posture is an epidemia. Saw this tiny 5 min vids this morning. It's great stuff. Tiny exercise you can do to improve your posture. A good posture change a life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in9ubCilsT8

Giving too much is self harm Giving is tricky. Behind this act of love and generosity can hide a gesture that will harm you if it's the wrong dose. We think we can give unlimited amounts, but that's not true. You can only give what you have too much of. Whether it's time, money, love, friendship... Even invisible resources are finite, and if you give away what you don't have, you'll end up empty and poor. Giving is a noble gesture, but giving what you don't have is self harm. Many people are far too generous even though their resources are limited. They help others when they should be helping themselves. They don't understand that if they don't help themselves, at some point they won't be able to help anyone else. They don't even understand that they're not giving to others, but stealing from themselves. This often stems from a lack of self-love. Since they don't love themselves, they want to please others in order to receive love. They say yes to everything to be seen, to be loved. But once again, their reasoning is flawed. Giving in order to receive is the worst motivation. When others don't recognize their gesture, they'll be frustrated by the lack of consideration. Their giving will be a source of anger. They expect a return that may never come. Other people are clever. They observe and understand people. Predators delight off this unhealthy altruism. They'll take advantage of you. If others take advantage, why shouldn't they? After all, it's a gift? It's only binding on the giver. They'll also know how to manipulate you by pressing the right buttons. By flattering an ego and magnifying it. But these are just words to extract resources. The giver will have built his own trap, which he will only be able to close with great loss. To extract his body from this wolf trap, he will have to lose a limb. A brutal change in behavior. Cut off certain relationships. No one will understand what's going on. But it's easy to understand: he's given too much and has nothing left. The solution lies in healthy egoism. Know the extent of your abilities and know how to say No when giving is too much for you. Don't attach your value to what you can give. Just because you can't give doesn't mean your value is diminished. You have to love yourself, because it's by not loving yourself enough that you build up these toxic behaviors. Amass physical and intellectual wealth to give without return. The moment you expect a return, the gift loses its meaning. Do things because you want to do them, not because you feel obliged to please someone else. Give, but don't rob from yourself. Have a nice day

Shit happens ... and that's it Human beings are creatures in search of meaning. Everything that happens must happen for a reason, and that's why we keep going day after day. Whatever strikes us, we're always on the lookout for underlying reasons, to gain a better understanding of the chain of events. Karma, divine blessing or wrath, luck or misfortune... these are just some of the reasons we give for the events that befall us. A closer look at the chain of events reveals that many of the things that happen to us are the result of the Law of Attraction, in both positive and negative ways. The Law of Attraction works, nothing mystic about it, just math. If I write lines every day to become a writer, I increase my chances of becoming a writer. If I hurt someone every day, I increase my chances of them hurting me. We're all just the sum of our daily actions. But apart from the ordinary beneficial and negative events that strike us, it can happen that an immense happiness or unhappiness strikes us, independently of all our actions to date. Events powerful enough to change the course of one's destiny. These events strike us without distinction. As if we'd been the big winners or losers in the universe's lottery, these events turn our lives upside down and call into question everything we believe. Some ask themselves "What have I done to deserve this?" , they need reasons to be able to cope. To those who are facing very difficult trials, I have a story for you. November 1, 1755 is All Saints' Day. The time is 9:30 a.m. Augusto is at mass with his family. He prays for a year full of happiness and blessings. Little does he know that he's second away to lose everyone and everything. At 9.40am, one of the most destructive earthquakes in human history struck Lisbon. Over 80% of the city is destroyed. Impossible to count the dead. Those who survived hid in the harbors, but gigantic waves swept over the survivors. And the areas spared by the water are prey to fire. Fires break out and spread. An apocalyptic setting in a highly religious city. The royal family is spared, but the King will be changed forever from this day forward. He will develop a severe anxiety whenever he is in a building. The material damage is unquantifiable and the psychological damage is profound. Why does God decide to raze churches to the ground on this special day? We're looking for people to blame. Some ask why Lisbon? Is it more evil than any other city? Philosophers clash over ideas. They seek a "Why ?" for the inexplicable. As the years went by, Lisbon was rebuilt in far more ingenious ways. More resistant, but also more ingenious, so as to be able to take refuge if misfortune strikes again. Advances in seismology were numerous, not only for Portugal but also for the rest of the world. This shock will make the Portuguese realize that profound policy changes must take place if they are to rebuild a better world. The Lisbon earthquake was a shock that enabled the city to rise even stronger. It's one of the most important aspects of human functioning. In the face of extreme pain and unprecedented shock, they show their resilience, ingenuity and progress. That he makes up for his shortcomings and finally sees his blind spots. That he learns from his mistakes so that this catastrophe never happens again, not only to him but to other human beings. Some philosophers have the audacity to conclude that the Lisbon earthquake was a "good" thing. They're wrong. The earthquake is a tragedy. It's human beings who have the capacity to bring out the best from the worst. To not let tragedy get the better of us, and to emerge even stronger from the ordeals that stand in our way. Things happen for a reason or no reason at all. In the end, it matters very little. Pointless debates. The only thing that matters: in the face of adversity, what will you do? Even if it seems unfair? Will you let fate get the better of you? Or will you rise from the ashes and emerge even stronger? I wish you a good Sunday.

Someone is Watching It’s Sunday morning. You’re about to start your day. Doing what you’d planned. You think you’re alone, but you aren’t. Someone is here, lurking in the shadows. This someone is spying on you in minute detail, watching your every move and action. Depending on how you spend this day and the next, he’ll be more or less satisfied with you. When you don’t do what you said you’d do for him, he clenches his fists, a feeling of rage runs through him. He wants to shake you off, to tell you: “You promised me, do it.” Anger runs through him, he’s disappointed. This person is your future self. Think about it: today, you’re thinking about your past self.“I should have done that. I shouldn’t have made those mistakes. I should have tried harder. I could have and I didn’t.” That you of the past is your you of today. You’re capable of doing more, and you know it, because it’s exactly the same thoughts you have about your past self. You know that your past self had more strength than it thought, but that it didn’t use it. You regret that he didn’t have more willpower, more discipline. You regret that he didn’t make the extra effort that was needed to move your life forward. But why blame him? Since today, you have the ability to make up for his mistakes? You have a great power today: to build perfection for the you of the future. It takes work, it takes effort, but is there any greater quest than to make yourself happy? This day dawns and a new week begins tomorrow. Everything we do in life, we don’t do for ourselves. We do for our future selves. We don’t live for today’s us, but for the us of the future. Your future you is your boss. In 5 years, 10 years? What will it think of you?Will he be proud? Angry? Satisfied? Do you want to risk blaming yourself? Do you want to live with the regret of saying you could have done better? You have the choice to make the necessary efforts to satisfy him… or not. After all, it’s your life and your choice. We are only as good as our actions, and there’s only one winner or loser: us.

What does it mean to "Live your words?" There are only three wealth in life. Health, the most important. Honor, which once soiled, no amount of money can make up for. Money, which comes and goes with your adventures. If health is necessary to make the body work, honor is necessary to make the spirit work. Everyone has a moral code that sails to extremes depending on our life experiences.. But as soon as we break this moral code, and even if it is not the rules of society, we will feel bad. As if we were betraying ourselves. These mistakes that we make torture our mind and teach us the consequences when we don't respect our own code. It is important to live by your words because deep down you know that it is impossible to live by betraying who you are. It is an unbearable feeling. But to live, with your words, is dangerous. Many have done it and paid the price for it. I myself have had a lot of problems because I always said what I thought. Before I was an entrepreneur, I was fired once because of a verbal altercation with my employer. We live in a polite age, where everything has to fit into a mold and as soon as you try to break out of it, society will try to put you back into that mold. If I were to look for the best example of a person who "lived by his words", the perfect example is Muhammad Ali. At the age of 22, he fought Sonny Liston. People remember his victory, but don't remember that Liston was a terrifying monster. Son of a family of 25 children. A reigning world champion, beaten by his younger father, he enters the ring with a lengthy criminal record and an aura of violence. A man capable of ejecting 7 teeth from one of his opponents (+ 9 broken teeth but still inside the mouth) who was wearing a protective shield in one punch. Everyone gave Liston the win but Ali, who already had a very salty mouth, showed everyone that they were wrong to bet against him, that he is as he says at 22 years old, already "the greatest". Ali used his words as weapons but his strength was that he was good enough to respect them. If he got knocked out after trashtalk, he would have been a clown. That's one of the keys to "living with your words". Once the words are out, you have to live up to them, or you're better off keeping them to yourself. The rest of Ali's life will be a constant struggle. He will refuse to go to war, will enter into a frontal conflict with the most powerful state in the world. He will return to the ring to fight Foreman when he is once again a loser, old and too slow and once again he will show why he is the best. It will take time to stop his career. His doctor resigns because he wants him to stop. But Ali continues to do as he pleases. He will take some hits, probably too many hits on an already tired body and will stop his career only at 40 years old. And in the second part of his life, a new fight against the disease. Ali ruined himself the first time when he went on a crusade against the United States. It was a risk to take, everyone advised him to collaborate, but true to himself, the people's champion chose his own way. Was he right? He had a lot of problems with his choices, but throughout his life, he remained true to himself. He would rather risk prison than betray what he believed in. And that's how a mortal becomes an eternal legend.

A pic to illustrate the coming post

New post this sunday morning. Wanted to post on telegram but i lost my edit. You can read it here. Good Sunday (and hit the gym) https://viam.substack.com/p/pessimism-is-a-losing-strategy

Quality > Quantity “I have been working on myself for several months, I make a lot of effort and I have the feeling that nothing is moving. What can I do?” I’ve been in the self-improvement loop for a few years. This feeling of not moving forward while making efforts: I know it. From these years of trying, I’ve learned three lessons that are key for anyone who is on this quest for a better life. 1) Growth is not linear You can spend a year doing something. The feeling of pushing the Sysyphus ball all the way up the slope and getting to the top, only to find that you’ve finally come down to the bottom. Then one continues to push but nothing to make that does not move.This is often the number one reason why people give up. The feeling of not moving forward while the efforts continue. Each situation will be unique. One situation may be stubbornness with methods that don’t work. Imagine hitting a nail everyday but without enough power. You could hit the nail all your life, you will never pin anything down. And many people hit their nails relentlessly every day.They think they’re making a difference, but they’re either hitting it wrong or without enough power. The nail doesn’t move and it’s the status quo even though they felt they were trying. You have to follow your metrics carefully.Use a scientific method to know where you stand.Check your growth every week. Compare and see: - if your routine is working - if it's sufficient - which efforts are paying off If you are just doing without ever analyzing. It will never work. It would be like a sailor trying to sail with a strong headwind. In summary: - Track your efforts - If there is still enough growth compared to the average, continue until you reach the inflection point What is the inflection point? It is the point where less effort will pay off much more.If at the beginning of your adventure, you have to make a lot of effort to earn little. The longer you do it, the more the curve will reverse. Efforts compound and at some point, less effort brings the maximum: you win. It seems to not move until it rocket. 2) Your efforts are not enough There are people who work much harder than you and me. Who spend days sweating for low wages. This proves one thing: the amount of effort does not correlate with the results. You need to focus on the tasks that really move your life forward. It’s not about how much you try. It’s how you do it. I have a friend who can’t lose weight even with exercise.She does hour-long sessions and is exhausted.Analyzing her session.She lacks intensity and with more intensity, she could work out less. In addition, she is negating her small gains by uncontrolled eating. Because she is exercising, she allows herself to eat snacks and high-calorie meals, thinking that her one-hour session every three day is enough. She works out several times a week and gains weight. Sometimes it feels like you’re making an effort, but it’s not done well.Or poor choices negate all your gains. The result of the math: you balance or worse, you backslide, pure self sabotage. That’s why you need to track your performance religiously. → You see what works → You see what doesn’t work And if it’s not working, understand why it’s not working. It’s up to you to find your winning efforts Eliminate your losers Perfect the winners Replicate them 3) Increase the intensity Finding your winners is good, but if you don’t want to be stuck in the loop for months or even years, you have to increase the intensity of your winning efforts. If you really want to make things happen, this is the only way to achieve exponential growth. Once you’ve found the tasks that boost your growth, focus on those. The final equation for success would be Quality of effort + no self-sabotage + intensity + daily iteration = growth and success. It’s not enough to work on your dreams every day. You have to have an iron will + scientific analysis of everything you do. If you’re trying hard and nothing is moving forward: I hope you find some answers in this post Wish you a great week

Discipline is the only bridge to your dreams A few days ago, I talked about self improvement in my last post. I told you that after reading more than a hundred books on self improvement, they all ended up looking the same. Of course, there are some books that will stand out because of the author’s words that might resonate with you a little more but for many, they are just basic advice repeated in pretty motivational phrases that make this content an altar to lean on when you feel unmotivated, tired or bored. We print some inspiring quotes, put them in visible places to remind ourselves every day why we do it and try to build our dreams day after day. Sometimes we think that building a dream is exciting, but often it’s just a daily repetition of important tasks over a long enough period of time to have an impact. It can even seem alienating. I remember when I was preparing for sports competitions, it was hard training that I had to do several times a week to be ready for the big day. I was only an amateur, it was a “hobby” but despite that, it took a lot of time in my week and the trainings were so hard that they sometimes managed to lower my morale. If at the beginning, I was motivated. After a few months, the weariness and fatigue set in and … I sometimes gave up. I can’t count the number of projects, hobbies and sports that I gave up. Yet motivated at the beginning, wanting to accomplish goals, by dint of repeating the same tasks every day, at a certain point: you burn out. What we used to love now becomes the cause of our torments. We wake up tired and we move backwards towards our day. After years of trial and error, I can tell you that there is no secret to whatever you want to build. You have to pay the price which will be more or less high according to your degree of ambition. You want a perfect physique? You will have to suffer in the gym, manage your nutrition, manage your recovery, get enough sleep and have hard enough sessions to progress. Seeing gymbros trivialize these perfect bodies on the internet, one may think that it is “easy” to do, but all those who have tried know how much sacrifice is required to build your physique. Want to become something in your life? You will have to sacrifice. Hours of work, study, training, tireless rehearsals to be able to deserve and have what you want. My message this Sunday is a little more complex than: be disciplined. There are only two types of daily actions. The ones that build your life and the ones that destroy your life. And if you don’t do the actions that build your life every day, often we are in the other direction. There is rarely any stagnation. You either move forward or backward. In the last few months, I have failed. And a lot. I stopped doing what I was supposed to do every day. All I did was play video games. Eating bad things for my body. Procrastinate and none of my projects got done. A vicious cycle that was hard to break. I have my own demons and certain addictions that I have to deal with. When I compared my journal entries, I noticed that all my statistics were in free fall. No growth on the business side. Weight gain. No growth on my business side. I was just living one day at a time. I could see once again that when you don’t pay the price, you get nothing. Worst, you risk losing everything. I could also see that it is easy to build but it is even easier to destroy. It took me about a year to get an open rate of 30–50% on my email list. Two months without email and the open rate is only 20–25%. Twitter = zero engagement since I was away. In summary, you can’t get off the road or it will be hard to get back on track. Still, these are not challenges that scare me. I have always written for fun and I don’t have the burden of performance or anything to prove. For those who are still here: thank you. This post was just a reminder that if you want to build your dream, you have to pay the price. A reminder for me above all. I wish you a great Sunday.

You need to learn to let go because of this. I've been circling the self-improvement sphere for a few years now. I started by reading the best books,podcasts, videos, seminars ... After consuming so much content, patterns emerge that are common to all these types of content. Simple tips that are repeated in different ways. - get up early - do the hard things - work out - eat properly - plan your life By following these tips, your life will improve in a short period of time. But I'm not writing this today to give you advice you've heard a thousand times before. I wanted to talk about philosophy instead. Part of self improvement is planning. I am the first to advise to plan everything. Whether it is your day, your goals, your life ... In a previous post, I advised you to build a vision board. Having your goals in front of you every day can only help you achieve them. The advantage of planning everything is that you get the feeling that you are finally moving forward. When you check off your goals at the end of the day, you have a feeling of accomplishment. The cons ... a daily pressure settles on your shoulders. When a day didn't go as planned, when you couldn't do what you were supposed to do. You feel bad, like you've fallen behind on your life's train. We brood, bad mood and we are afraid. That the same thing will happen tomorrow and that we will continue to fall behind. Today, I would like to tell you that you have to let go. Whether it's this feeling or all the other negative feelings that come to darken your day. All those "little" things that bother your psyche constantly. As if there was a task in the background that you can't close in your brain. A voice that cannot be turned off. This voice is useless. Why? Because no matter how much you plan, there will be events beyond your control that will blow up your life. Events that will fall from the sky and ravage everything. If you look at the history of the last hundred years. There have been general events that have disrupted our way of life. War, crisis, natural disasters... Recently, we have experienced the worst ... Two years (even more for some) living in a kind of dystopia. For many, the life plans they had were torpedoed overnight. I myself, who was working and for whom it was going pretty well, found myself closed for months without income. The life I had built for years? Changed in days. After this last crisis, life has resumed but for some people, they have lost everything. Their life's work wiped out by a crisis over which they had no control. And once out of a crisis, you enter a new one with exceptional inflation and new unexpected problems to face. And if it's not an external event that comes and ruins your life. It could also be an internal event. Death, illness, separation ... All these personal tragedies that are impossible to prepare for. You have to understand my words. If you read them the wrong way, you might think I'm advocating "Carpe Diem" but this tinder bio is far from being my philosophy of life. Far also the idea to live in a nihilistic point of view thinking that nothing has importance because nobody will remember us in a hundred years. I rather try to be in balance. Those little things that we think are important are not. So why let ourselves be tortured by it on a daily basis? It is possible to free yourself. In the previous post, I told you that humans are afraid of the future. He tries to control everything. Planning our life is the best way to have a semblance of control over it. Plan your life because it's the right thing to do. But breathe. Accept the fact that the unexpected will come knocking. Positive / Negative Inevitable because that's what human life is all about. Do the best you can. That is your duty. But once you have given everything to achieve what you want to achieve. You have to let go. Smile, enjoy. You have done your best. You've tried and that's already a lot. There is no more fear or regret to have. It's out of your hands. Alea jacta est.

The biggest dream killer It's been over a month since I've posted, I'm taking some time for myself and will be back soon (maybe). Short story this Sunday. I was reading one of my telegram conversations and one of my creator friends shared a discussion that happened to him. He was discussing business with a relative and was explaining his plan to reach 6 figures at some point in his life. After spending a long time explaining it to him, the only thing his uncle said to him was something like: "Wouldn't it be easier to do a normal job? If you're looking for reasons to keep your plans secret, the first is because the response you'll get after revealing your plans is this type of reaction. And it will vary on a spectrum between, "You're not capable," "It's not for you," "You could be doing something else." "Insert random projection" Close your eyes, think for a moment about everyone you know. How many of them are living up to their expectations? How many people are living and not surviving? How many people are truly happy? How many people are living their dreams? Almost none because most have forgotten their dreams. They have settled for a life that is not necessarily the one they dreamed of but in which risk no longer exists. The human being is afraid of the uncertain. He hates everything that he does not control. He likes to think that he can have a hold on his future. He likes stability and not chaos. The vast majority of humans function in this way. Their risk aversion is so great that they prefer not to take any risks. So when you go to discuss your dreams and your plan to escape your condition, they can't understand. They bug. You could explain everything to them, show them that the risk is worth taking, they won't resonate with you. Why won't they? Because they are stuck in Plato's cave. There's a whole world to explore outside the world they know, but the shadows are too dangerous to venture into. So they'd rather try to keep you in the cellar than let you discover this new world. Safety is the cellar, and getting out of it would challenge their own life choices. Dreams are fantastically powerful balls of energy but very fragile. The doubts of others can crack it. Each new crack is a risk, that the energy leaves before you could use it. Keep this energy sacred to yourself. Don't share it with people who don't have the same frontiers. You want to explore the world. They want to convince you to stay in the basement. Most dreams die because they are shared with the wrong people. Have a good Sunday.

Focus It's been years that i'm experiencing the self improvement theme. And i'm starting to realize that you can't do everything at the same time. Trying to do everything is the best way to fail at everything. I tried to build multiple business, tried to aim for good fitness goals, tried all kind of things... In the end, i failed. These last weeks, i'm focusing my attention into a few tasks. - reaching my fitness goal - working on one thing And i'm starting to see real improvement. If everything we do compound, doing a little of everything won't make a lot. If we focus on 1-3 goals everyday of our life, everything will compound more faster. Identify the tasks who waste your time --> eliminate them Identify the tasks who gives you the most return on investment --> double down on it I was chasing too much roads and in the end, i couldn't move forward. Choose only one and stick to it. Have a great day.

All it takes is one good bet. I was reading about several successful people and a pattern emerged. These are people who were right before anyone else. They were right about something that society was not betting on at all. Peter Thiel put a ton of money into facebook in 2004 for $500,000 and sold over a billion shares. It's crazy and we don't all have $500,000 at our disposal but... it illustrates the power of life change in a short time. --> You have to be smart --> You have to be curious It can be by investing but it can also be by finding an idea that will work tomorrow, an innovative product, a great use of GPT, the leverage of social networks ... All you need is a good idea, a good bet. You have unlimited shots as long as you don't give up. But it's far from easy since it will take courage and ... to be sure that you are right when the whole world tells you that you are wrong.

Morning everyone I'm taking a break. I'm running circles and i need to level up. Gonna monk mode a bit till needed. I may share a post from time to time. I'll maybe send a mail a week. Need to live some new adventures to be able to share exciting things again. If you have anything to remember from me : - workout everyday - eat good things - have some sun - journal your thoughts for clarity - take care of yourself or you won't be able to take care of anyone - be kind without expecting something Simple things that change everything. Much love. Take care.

Nugget of the day: Don’t let the intrusive thoughts defeat or weaken your spirit! They will pass, and you will be fine. Don’t let your mind convince you are good for nothing. Don’t let your mind invalidate your dreams. Don’t let your mind tell you that you don’t deserve love or happiness. Don’t let your mind imprison you in the past with shackles of guilt. Don’t let your mind paralyze you with anxieties and worries. Listen to your thoughts from within. Detach from them and watch them float about in your head. You’ll realize that you don’t think 99% of your thoughts, they come to you. So don’t brood over negativity, retract your interest from such thoughts and they will subside. Strength, like weakness, is a choice. Admonish yourself. Believe in yourself. And most importantly, love yourself through the phases. Side note: I’ve been working on this course all month. I’m jam packing it with insane value. It’s going to be the best self-improvement course on the internet. Coming to you ASAP Stay Inspired Marv

The poly "business "math As I get to know successful people, I realize that the profiles change over the years. If before, some were really dedicated to one niche, it is no longer rare to see people with businesses in entirely different niches. The internet has broken down barriers and starting a business is much easier than it was 20 years ago. It's easier to acquire an audience, test small ideas and find one that works. I was talking to someone recently who told me that he had more than enough time to ... 40 sources of income. He had many different types of businesses that he stacked together and all these little rivers fed his ocean. I was watching another video of a guy that I really like, over the years he has accumulated many businesses. Today, with the leverage of computers, thousands of robots can work for you. At my small level, I can write content for a whole month for 3 days just doing that. And the other 27 days, I am free to do other things. The modern businessman is a polybusinessmath. They see an activity that could be profitable. They build. And he moves on to the next activity. Over the years, he adds strings to his bow. He continues to expand his kingdom. I'm trying to build a digital empire. In one of my businesses, I have tens of thousands of followers. In another, a little over a thousand. And in my writing business, I have a little over 8000 through telegram / twitter / medium and my newletter. And I have new ideas, completely different business that come to me almost every day. I've decided to put everything on hold until this writing business generates a high enough passive income. My advice to you is to aim high. Build and then ... keep building. With the velocity of information, there are no more niches that are out of reach. You can learn and understand everything. Good luck in your adventures. Have a great day.

"I want to make money, I'm young, I'm motivated but I have no idea." It's the kind of DM i receive. And it's not easy to answer. If I was young, motivated and wanted to make money. What I would learn today would be video editing. I would watch the best youtubers to see the editing styles, I would train for 6 months to 1 year in all the editing techniques. Then once I have the necessary skills, I would contact youtubers and send them 30 second tests of the editing I could do on their own videos. So yes, it's a lot of work but 6 months to learn a skill that will probably serve me for life. Moreover, the TikTok / Youtube shorts formats are invading the whole world. The attention of the youth is in these formats. I would have skills to create videos for others and at some point create my own videos as well if I have an idea + a network of youtubers who might be willing to help me launch my own content. "Yes but I'm not creative" I do a creative job. I fell into it by chance. Today I also write for thousands of people a month. I quit school around 15. No higher education, no language studies. And English is not my main language. Everything can be learned with willpower, even creativity. This is just an idea like any other but I have a hunch that there are great careers to be had in video editing and that it will be one of the most sought after skills in the years to come. And if you don't like it, here's another tip: - choose a niche where there's money - choose a niche where there is a lot of demand - Train yourself, everything is available online for free Have a great day !

"Be like water" It's having a soluble identity. You can become whoever you want, whenever you want. Any problem that comes up, you can solve them. You are not restricted by a label or a tag. The universe is your playing field. The sky is your limit. When I posted this tweet, it got quite a bit of traction. And it's hard to explain it all in one little tweet. Why can't a lot of people get ahead? Because they're stuck. They create a fixed identity and live their whole life with almost the same one. "No, I can't do that because I'm not that..." As someone who has lived many lives, I myself have often put up mental barriers. I locked myself into identities and every time I was offered something new, I said I couldn't. I didn't dare and I was afraid because it didn't fit with the identity I had built for myself. Today, I am much more flexible. And know that you can't know if you really like something until you try it. We make prejudices about food, activities, people when we don't even know them. Don't get stuck, life is all about discovery. And you will never really know who you are if you don't test a wide variety of things. Your identity is not fixed. Your current identity is only the result of construction from your environment. Have a great day .

Fear In 2016, I invested in markets for the first time. I remember the feelings that ran through me. Fear, intense: - Is this legit? - Am I not going to lose all my money? I was paralyzed. I didn't grow up rich. My family was a family like any other. My father made a decent living and was the first in his line to build things. I never had a financial education. In my family, we earned a salary and lived on it. No one in my family had ever invested. I didn't know how to do it or if it would work. It seemed like another world. I learned everything for many months. I lost money at first. Then I made money. And today, I have thousands of euros invested. It's not much, some people have tens of thousands. Others have hundreds of thousands. But the biggest difference is that I am not afraid anymore. I almost never look at my investments. I know they are for the very long term and I let them sleep. And I also know that I have to invest my money but also my time if I want to buy my freedom at some point. You can tame the fear. Your mental barriers are not inevitable. You have to be brave at first, but being brave is what will make the fear go away. Have a great day.