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July 29 | 80/20 A key factor in achieving your goal is your ability 𝗻𝗼𝘁 to get distracted by trivial things. I’m a fan of the Pareto efficient principle, and I try to incorporate it wherever I can, be it in investing, nutrition, or workouts. The concept of the Pareto principle is to identify the 20% that will give you 80% of the desired results, which is the same concept as the power law. By simply operating in a pareto-efficient manner, you can focus your time, energy, and attention on what matters most, or the one that will give you the best return. This is how I incorporate it every day: In 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 80% of my net worth is allocated to long-term assets that are a) scarce and b) will be at the frontier of the AI/digital finance revolution. 20% are for identifying narratives and short-term trends. In 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 80% of the time, I try to eat mindfully by focusing on macronutrients and making sure I get enough protein with every meal. 20% of the time, I enjoy my favorite sweets and delicacies. In 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 80% of the time is focused on strength training as the foundation of skeletal muscle health, which is the organ of longevity. 20% is for aerobics, stretching, walking, and mobility movements. Tip for you: If you are still an employee, how about keeping 80% of your salary for your living expenses and allocating the other 20% for investing? If you keep doing that consistently for 5–10 years, won't you think your (early) retirement is pretty much deterministic? #mindset #investing #wealth

July 10 | Games I love sports and engage in some, like marathons and badminton, for the simple reason that it’s a mental game. At first, yes, it might seem like you’d like to have fun with your friends while showing who’s better. Eventually, though, it becomes mental. It’s no longer you against them; it's you against your performance yesterday, and your friend is just the barometer by which you measure progress (or not). Similarly, I love investing; it’s a thinker’s sport. It’s you betting against everybody else in that financial domain you chose to play with. The irony is that 80% of the time, investing boils down to “human psychology,” and the market is simply a playground. Simply put, it’s always been you, and that is why, personally, “𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧” is truly one of the most profound endeavors in one’s lifetime. #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 09 | Opposite Unpopular opinion: Until you create a habit that aligns with your dream life, you will never get out. Though sympathetic, I’m immune to friends complaining about their lives around traffic, jobs that they hate, their micromanager, and whatnot. I’m jaded whenever friends start talking about business and investment and would like me to tell them again and again how it’s done. There are so many wishes, goals, and dreams. Nobody wants to act. I’m not talking about one big romantic action; a teeny-weeny, inch-by-inch effort that moves the needle is enough. Today, every time the conversation comes in this direction, my reply comes short: "𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 95% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰." #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 08 | Unbeatable Can you really be unbeatable? Well, I wouldn’t bet against someone who does small things consistently. As Bruce Lee famously quoted, “𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 10,000 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬 10,000 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.” Stop overthinking things; just keep doing that single little act consistently. Exponential progression comes in our health by consistently carving out a time for 20–30 minutes 4-5 times per week. Exponential growth in our investment happens when we buy assets in small amounts if that’s what you can do in the beginning, every single month. Confidence in writing, or whatever endeavor you are trying to achieve, comes from doing the work every day. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭; they all contribute to the larger outcome, and both apply to bad and good habits. Stop romanticizing big actions; start with the small ones consistently; aim for progress, not perfection. That’s where you become unbeatable. #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 07 | Rest in motion Retirement at 65 years old is a beautiful lie. Why spend the peak of your youthful energy, time, and attention building someone else’s empire and then start living your life at the age of 65? The endeavor is to retire 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 and learn as much as you can while the stakes are low. (Early) retirement does not mean sipping coconut water on the beach for the rest of your days. It works for a while, but will eventually rot you out. Rest in motion; this is where you build, create, and experiment until you have enough data points to figure out what you truly enjoy spending your time on. In my case, I have a parallel world where: In the 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, I am invested in the financial markets (a) to feed my curiosity and learn from history, the past, present, and future, and (b) to fund my physical world experiments and lifestyle. In the 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, I do experiments to (a) keep me grounded and my body and mind working, and (b) hopefully build something that serves the community. #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 06 | Execution My friends and I love to talk business whenever we hang out. And since I’m bound for Manila in the next few days, friends were like, “Cool, see you, and I can’t wait to talk business.” This time, my reply was a bit crass: "Kid, I am done talking business. I want to hear the actions, the micro-failures, and the reversible mistakes we can all learn from to get to the other side stronger than ever.” Applying what I've been learning to my new pizza-making hobby, too much fermentation can weaken the gluten structure and eventually get you nothing. The same is true in life’s endeavors: too much thinking, too much planning, and a wider gap between actions and the plan make it most likely that nothing will ever get done. I mean, when you are in your 30s, that is tolerable. Once you enter your 40s, you no longer have infinite youthful energy to spare, and let’s not pretend otherwise. #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 05 | Optionalities Wealth is not about what you can buy (big houses, cars, yachts, etc.); it is all about optionalities. Having wealth gives you: The option to walk away from stressful work and not deal with people who do not align with your values. The flexibility to choose whatever you want to spend your once-in-a-lifetime internal assets like limited time, precious attention, and youthful energy. The luxury to do nothing, to say no without explanation, and to tinker or be in static awe with the beauty of arts, music, poetry, and philosophy. To travel without an itinerary or a specific destination. 𝘛𝘓𝘋𝘙: 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮! #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 04 | Dare When someone asks, “How to be you?” And when I told them my routines—what I do and do not do—the response was, “Ughhhh.”. I'm like, seriously, dude or sister, how many lives have you got? What’s wrong with prioritizing your physical body? What's wrong with taking care of your mental being? What’s wrong with nourishing your mind, soul, or consciousness (however you call it)? What’s wrong with making a bet, investing in the financial markets, and learning as you go? Simply put, what’s wrong with doing things that 95% of the population dare not try? 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom

July 03 | Advice I cannot give you financial advice; I don’t know your financial status. I can, however, try to give you mental health advice. Invest in yourself. I don’t care what that is for you, but always be investing. I’ve been in the financial markets for more than a decade now, and the best return that I got was not from Bitcoin or Tesla. The best return has been from investing in my learning. Hence, the goal is to learn, not to earn. The money you make (or not) is directly proportional to your learning level. So, always be learning. Learning does not only fatten your bank account; it also exercises your mental muscles, which keeps you younger. What is not to like? I know it's an acquired taste, but this is the only way to beat your (old and naive) self and the crowd and live an above-average life. #mindset #lifestyle #financialfreedom