Know who you're dealing with:

Act poor. Act broke. Act like a useless man. Avoid the temptation of showing how clever you are. It is far more clever to conceal the mechanisms of your cleverness.

“If money grew on trees, women would marry monkeys.” — African proverb.

This law changed how I deal with unnecessary drama: “Refuse to give petty problems acknowledgement or credibility, as attention fuels their significance.” Not every problem deserves a reaction. Sometimes, ignoring it is the smartest move.

You don't have ideas because you don't read. You can't articulate ideas because you don't write. You can't leverage ideas because you don't build. That's the formula for a clear mind. Your mind is the digestive system for reality. If you want to build an aesthetic body, you eat well, train with intensity, and take your rest. It is not wise to think this doesn't apply to other domains of your life. If you have too many thoughts or ideas bouncing around in your head, you become mentally overweight. You feel sluggish, anxious, and tired. You need to do something with those ideas. If you don't have anything meaningful in your head, you will become bored, and naturally gravitate to what is conveniently available. That's not good. You need to fill your mind with that which inspires you to build something great. If you never bring your ideas to life through the act of creation, they will eventually disappear, and since you need to survive, you will be assigned a job you don't care about working for people you don't care about building projects you don't care about. That is not how you were meant to live. You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.

Was reading law 16 today. If there is one thing on X you’ll read today, let it be this:

Robert Greene channeling his inner Machiavelli:

Law 20 is slept on too often

Game theory teaches: never enter a game you haven’t studied. Never show your hand before the money is on the table. And never play to be liked. Play to build so much leverage that the rules eventually stop applying to you entirely. Most people lose not because they are outworked but because they are outplayed. They do not understand the game they are in, they reveal too much too soon and they care more about approval than position. Learn the game first. Move quietly. Build until you have enough leverage to write your own rules.

You should study law 21:

You can achieve almost anything you want in life if you learn to master one thing: Shame. That fear of looking stupid. Fear of being judged. Fear of trying and failing in public. The reality is: People judge. People talk. And then… people forget. So, fuck what people think. Just do what you gotta do. This one singular mindset shift can change your whole life.

我以前在法国最好的大学巴黎政治学院学经济学。以我在法国生活和读书的亲身经历来看，法国今天变成这个样子，我一点都不意外。法国最大的问题就是，所有人都在想着怎么分过去留下来的蛋糕，而不是怎么把未来的蛋糕做大。我在巴黎政治学院读书的时候，最让我震惊的就是，我们经济学课上读的东西，居然大部分不是亚当·斯密，而是马克思！ 马克思的理论说白了，就是人类历史是由富人和穷人之间的阶级斗争推动的。富人叫资产阶级Bourgeoisie，穷人叫无产阶级Proletariat。因为资产阶级掌握着生产资料，无产阶级没有，所以只能靠给资本家打工赚钱。这两个阶级的利益天生就是对立的。 但这套理论最大的问题，就是它假设生产资料是固定的，新的生产资料不能被创造出来。很多法国人被这套思想洗脑了，觉得如果自己是穷人，想过上好日子，唯一的办法就是把富人干掉。当年法国国王路易十六就是这么被送上断头台的，今天法国发生的事情，本质上也差不多。你看这个视频，一群野蛮人直接冲进一个年轻女孩开的店，把店砸了，再把里面的商品全部抢走。 马克思错就错在，在资本主义社会里，只要你愿意承担风险，就有机会创造出原本根本不存在的财富。而且你创造财富的同时，整个社会的生活水平也可以跟着提高。但要做到这一点，大家就得想着怎么去创造未来，而不是整天争抢过去的东西。 法国其实跟印度一样，有很多非常聪明、非常努力的人。问题是，这些聪明又肯干的法国年轻人，根本看不到自己国家有什么未来，所以最后一个个都跑去美国了。我认识的大部分法国朋友，宁愿死都不想回法国，因为那个地方真的太让人压抑了。 你随便哪天去巴黎街上走一圈，就能看到一群法国年轻人站在路边，一只手拿着烟，另一只手端着红酒。这些人对自己的人生根本没什么追求，也不想着去创造什么价值，每天就是混日子，慢慢烂下去。法国这种根深蒂固的问题，我觉得至少还得花一百年才能解决。

It is stupid to announce your dislike of a person, be it to their face or be it behind the back. Keep it to yourself; neither joke about nor tell it to any other person in confidence. Today's enemies can become tomorrow's allies, and most often it is not a question of 'if' but of 'when'. to disregard someone is to break relationships that could be beneficial in the future.

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Advice from game theory: go backward.

6 forms of intelligence that matter more than IQ 1. self-awareness : knowing your strengths, weaknesses, and patterns. 2. social intelligence : understanding people and social dynamics. 3. practical intelligence :knowing how to turn knowledge into action. 4. cognitive flexibility : changing your perspective when new evidence appears. 5. pattern recognition : identifying meaningful patterns others overlook. 6. intellectual humility : being willing to admit when you're wrong.

“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.” — 𝘜𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘣𝘯 𝘢𝘭-𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣

HOW TO BE IN THE TOP 1% 1. Trust no one. 2. Keep your word. 3. Focus on yourself. 4. Control your emotions. 5. Never chase attention. 6. Keep your standards high. 7. Trust actions, not words. 8. Train your body consistently. 9. Never depend on validation. 10. Do what others avoid doing. 11. Read, learn, and keep improving. 12. Pretend Plan B doesn’t exist. 13. Protect your time and energy. 14. Work out 5–6 times a week.