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Feb 3 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Today is my 3yr anniversary since I started working for myself.

I made $760K in revenue, and had a few realizations along the way. Here are some of them:
Something I wish I got exposed to sooner is the idea of cultivating multiple independent income streams.

All work activities fall in one of two categories. What works for one is counterproductive for the other.

Life is more random than it seems, and all opportunity lies in randomness.

The rat race is poison to the soul.

The 40hr workweek is against nature.

The biggest opportunity cost in life isn’t a loss of potential income, but enduring a lifestyle you dislike.

Accumulating wealth for its own sake is against nature. Spend most of it now and give some meaning to your income.

Think in bets.

The physical world is sacred and there is no substitute.

The most inspiring people are those like me who happen to be doing something unconventional.

Fuck the economy.

Having kids makes career decisions easier, not harder.

Don't be the American banker.

The only purpose of work is to improve your life.

Take care of the downside, and the upside will take care of itself.

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This doormaking book I’m reading might be the most entertaining book I’ve ever read. amazon.com/gp/product/161…
The author is smart too, not just funny. He gets Taleb’s turkey problem:
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If you put 10,000 hrs practicing the piano, you will almost certainly become very good at the piano.

If you put 10,000 hrs into your business, it doesn’t necessarily translate to anything!

The first kind has a predictable relationship to effort. The second kind doesn’t.
You need a different attitude when trying to achieve the unpredictable:

- Instead of consistency of effort, you need intensity when the right opportunity emerges.

- Instead of focusing on one thing, you need exposure to randomness and serendipity.
- Instead of a rigid plan, you need freedom to explore and some aimless wandering.

- Instead of external motivators, you need intrinsic drive.

- Instead of repetitiveness, you need variation.

- Instead of stability, you need insurance against what you can’t tolerate losing.
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How to be happy:
Learn your true preferences. Life becomes much more pleasant once you stop chasing the preferences of others.
Try new things, take what works, and throw away the rest.
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Jun 30, 2021
Different ways to approach work:
Idea-first

You start with an idea (a product, a job title, a career, etc.), and try to make it a reality at all costs.

Good, but what about the rest of your life? And what if your idea turns out to be a dud?
Income-first

You start with what you have, and try to maximize the most likely way to make the most money.

Good, but when do you stop? And what if you hate what you’re doing?
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Almost 2,000 sales in the first 12 hours of #GumroadDay. Thank you!

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