ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
One of the keys to buying time at the W-2 to funding your WiFi biz is making the appearance you're always working.
Find some interesting articles/emails, pre-write them, have them go out randomly at 6am or 7:30pm. Makes it seem like you're always on
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
The ugly truth about why .5% of men make it and most live sh!t lives...
Is that you can't work or motivate yourself to success.
You have to create a metaphoric gun to your head with a very real mental bullet. An outcome that is up there with death.
Let me explain:
You won't see growth in your life... personal or in income... from motivation. You can't willpower it either.
You will see it when you've endured enough pain that you have truly had enough and refuse to stay as you are.
Most men only stop drinking when it makes their life unbearable.
Most men only choose to take big risks and become successful when they reach a breaking point from the work they are stuck in.
I for example NEVER wanted to be an entrepreneur growing up. It wasn't till I was 22, broke and stuck and hating my job, that I literally couldn't live any longer in my current situation. I didn't want to build a business. I had to. My life was unbearable due to where coasting had gotten me.
Only when "at any cost, I can't live like this anymore" becomes your motivation will you see huge growth.
The way to achieve this is by removing what numbs you. The things that stop you from looking in the mirror and going "what the fucking fuck."
The cheap dopamine, cheap thrills, booze/pot/junk that leave you foggy and unclear. The things that let you feel okay, despite your life being very much "not okay" if you actually look it in the eye.
Most men never do this. They never look at the things they CHOOSE accept about themselves. Poor health. Poor habits. Awful results in everything.
They just open a beer, load up a video game, scroll social media and bury it. This is because looking at how ugly you are is hard. The best way to ensure you stay metaphorically fat and disgusting is simply to not look in the mirror.
You have to look at who you truly are and feel such disgust that you will no longer tolerate staying where you are.
Without this you will only get temporary bursts. You will only make do on willpower, which is finite.
Something close to a gun to your head must be created in your mind. You must vehemently reject who and what you are to the point that it keeps you up at night.
Then you'll simply make whatever you want happen.
This is why most men never unlock their potential till they hit rock bottom. Most, despite WANTING success, are always in a numb state of "mostly" comfortable. The years then pass, they get old, nothing changes.
Whatever it takes to trigger this. Do it.
The answer isn't a self help book. It isn't researching and admiring other role models. It isn't envisioning a better life and mapping out daily steps to get there.
It's unbridled-unholy-rage as a result of where your life choices have gotten you.
This won't sustain you forever....But shit damn...It will guaranteed get you over the initial hurtle and to the point where "love of the game" will carry you.
Like I said before, it usually comes down to removing everything that is distracting and numbing you so that you are forced to look at yourself for who you truly are.
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
What happens when you die:
They divide up your shit.
They summarize your life in 500-1000 words.
People who knew you less say sorry to people who knew you more.
Everyone eats, drives home, and wakes up the next day and goes to work.
Whatever you’re worried about won’t be in those 500 words.
You can dare greatly or not at all, but you’re gonna die either way.
Might as well squeeze every motherfucking drop out.
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
What to do when you're not sure what to do:
Build capacity.
Ex:
- Go to bed on time when you’re not sure what to do the next day
- Build an audience when you're not sure what product to sell
- Add goodwill to your email list when you don’t have a promo
- Get in shape when you don’t have dates lined up
- Save money when you're not sure where to invest
The thing about opportunities is that they present themselves to everyone and only people with capacity can both recognize and capitalize on them.
So don’t be in the bleachers when that fat pitch comes. Be at the plate. Ready to swing big.
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
You should be willing to tolerate lack of experience not lack of intelligence.
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
The reason it’s taking so long is because you’re in a rush.
People radically underestimate how many repetitions it takes to get good at something.
You keep hopping opportunities and killing your progress instead of sticking with one thing long enough to actually get good.
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
Agency > Intelligence
I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?
Grok explanation is ~close:
“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.
People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.
It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
The cost of wanting to be liked by everyone is that you are respected by no one.
ʀɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴏᴡɴʙᴏʏ retweeted
Someone can have your best interests at heart and also give you terrible advice.
