George Mack

Such a great story.

As boring as it sounds, I’m slowly realizing that 90% of success is doing the obvious thing for a painfully long amount of time without convincing yourself you’re smarter than you are.

No one will tell you this, but you can consistently radiate good vibes into the world, and if you don't flinch, eventually the world reflects back the good vibes onto you

"The last thing we need is a patronizing message that however little you try, you're perfect just the way you are. No, the beauty of ideals is that they ask more of us. Ask us to pursue knowledge, fitness, and competence." world.hey.com/dhh/the-beauty…

2 weeks without smartphone internet significantly improved mental health. The effects were similar to an antidepressant medication.

A tip for remote teams of 2-10 people. Create a personal "ramblings" channel for each teammate in your team's chat app of choice. Ramblings channels let everyone share what’s on their mind without cluttering group channels. Think of them as personal journals or microblogs inside

most underrated exercise snack: 50 bodyweight squats. don’t go into debt, just go into a bathroom if you have to. —————- You can do them anywhere, anytime, biggest muscle group worked. Thats all you need to start your “consistent exercise routine” if you’re reading this,

Okay so that Miles Davis quote "if you hit a wrong note, it's the next note you play that determines if it's good or bad" applies to basically everything

I noticed weak men or “nice” guys tend to say “you gave me no choice, thats why I did *shitty thing* ” often in a way that’s plausible, acceptable by the “public”, outsourcing agency to the crowd. not all high T guys are nice, but hight T / strong seems to be a pre

I bet future generations will look on our “burning calories eat more“ type of culture the same way we look at Roman feasts when they would eat -> throw up -> eat again.

NEVER DOOM.

George Santayana, what a line

from a “reformed” techie friend going from working on screens to working with people: “i never worked so hard, never made so little money, and never been happier “

new type of work break unlocked. kind of ideal, for beginners at least? fingers get cooked super fast, need to take lots of long breaks, so you can essentially just climb & work all day. multiple sessions of sweat secured dailysweat

“mens sana in corpore sano”, we forget

“People will do anything for those who encourage their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies.”