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Shaan Puri

@shaanvp

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Jan 02 RT @platopoker: Want to get excited about 2026 and plan to have an epic year! Watch the video below. @ShaanVP @JesseItzler @myfirstmilpod h… 0 1 0 0 140 .
Dec 31 guts > brains 607 46 94 30.8k 16 .
Oct 17 man this is awesome. simple life advice everyone should listen to: https://t.co/KxL5TRJ8Xe 193 10 15 63k 90 .
Oct 08 Respect for everyone involved making this. Doing what you think is cool, regardless how obscure or niche it seems to others 256 9 23 52.5k 125 .
Oct 08 "A man is the sum of his projects" This has been my motto for the past year. it doesn't matter if you're building rockets to go to mars or building model trains in the basement. man is happiest when fully engaged in a project. WHICH PROJECT? picking worthy projects matters, but pursuing them with full force matters more. What's a "worthy" project? Simple answer: Just do the most interesting idea in your head right now. As a kid, this might start with building a giant lego set. Or modding a video game. You can start with goofy sounding projects (my first business was a sushi restaurant) -- Your "taste" in projects will improve as you go. To get 3 michellin stars in "project taste" it needs to pass these 3 tests for me: - it excites me to try - it scares me to try - the product is simply me, pushed out to the world (productizing a part of yourself) My podcast is a good example. I was scared nobody would listen. I was excited to try it. And the podcast itself is literally my personality pushed out via RSS. 5 years later, we've done over 100M+ downloads. The 2nd thing "pursuing the project full force" is much harder. Most of us are tigers in the zoo. We have forgotten how to hunt. How to sprint. We become trained (by school, jobs) that weak action is normal. half-assing projects takes many forms (procrastination, inconsistency, playing it safe, giving up, etc.) it's very hard to break a weak-action habit alone. The fastest solve is to find a group of high-action people and join their projects. Their pace & intensity are very contagious. Humans are pack hunters, and you will learn to run at the pace of the pack. This is why there are so many examples of "mafias" (Paypal mafia), coaching trees (bill walsh), and talent hotspots (dagestan's wrestlers). Some people have wanderlust. They make lists of places to travel. Here's my creative bucket list (projects I want to do before I die): ✅ make a podcast with 1M+ subscribers ✅ launch a restaurant ✅ create a clothing brand 🔳 build a creative/business school i'd send my kids to 🔳 write a killer book 🔳 Make a reality TV show (eg. love is blind, survivor) 🔳 Buy the rights to a book and turn it into a movie 🔳 Make a music album 🔳 Learn to play piano by ear 🔳 Create an event that's like Tony Robbins minus the cringe 960 68 73 73k 2.3k .
Sep 09 the big filters: - what you put in your body (food) - what you put in your mind (media/social media) - who you spend time with (friends) - what you choose to give a f*ck about (what you let bother you) 353 20 33 44k 203 .
Aug 14 Success is going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm 1.3k 114 113 75.4k 67 .
Aug 12 4/ this should be printed and framed in every conference room in America 34 2 2 20.2k 72 .
Aug 12 necessity may be the mother of invention, but fun is the father 264 26 27 18.8k 63 .
Aug 04 “It’s only work if you’d rather be doing something else” - Bill Graham 407 20 32 34.8k 71 .
Jul 22 Charlie Munger 3 rules for a career: 1. Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself 2. Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire 3. Work only with people you enjoy 4.5k 482 97 242.1k 175 .
Jun 30 Frank Slootman is corporate David Goggins - I love it. https://t.co/gp8gdqS2tJ 2.2k 170 56 241k 78 .
May 30 the most useful idea you’ll read today: https://t.co/ozSrHzmvGR 325 8 36 41.2k 63 .
May 28 It’s cool how you can just do the exact opposite of grind-bro advice and your life improves Sir front row at the dance recital Date nights Have fun hobbies Enjoy a lazy morning It’s like those seeing eye puzzles. Gotta read the tweet cross eyed to get the real advice 1.5k 38 101 217.9k 272 .
May 05 RT @Overlap_Tech: George Mack on the Importance of Being High Agency "If you wait for the news, you'll be wrong or late." @george__mack w… 0 39 0 0 140 .
Apr 22 “Ideas are not dimes but diamonds.” - Alex Osborn (How To Think Up, 1942) https://t.co/1qlmazM29j 115 7 22 17.5k 98 .
Apr 22 He told me he was going to build this 5 years ago. A campus for founders in SF w a hardware lab and ocean views He said it, then he did it. That’s what Furqan does. He says what he’s going to do, then he does it. (Regardless of difficulty) He’s what I call “good stubborn” 647 15 35 60.8k 278 .
Mar 24 As president of the George Mack Fan Club I urge you to read this. “High Agency in 30 minutes” 226 3 14 50.3k 95 .
Mar 14 RT @ClayNorris10: I love original thoughts, and @ShaanVP is arguably my favorite original thinker. I listened to all of his takes on yest… 0 10 0 1 140 .
Mar 14 10 bits of wisdom from Charlie Munger: https://t.co/aWqmUNJ7FN 1.1k 161 29 134k 62 .
Feb 28 note to self: excuses are always there but it’s up to you to decide - is it an excuse to stop, or an excuse to keep going? https://t.co/WOefF2hLSJ 17 2 8 8.9k 147 .
Feb 28 “you can use an excuse to give up, or an excuse to keep going” - @MikePosner https://t.co/SBcksE2e6b 15 1 2 7.8k 100 .
Feb 28 the difference between good and great: https://t.co/OGsmywoUq9 15 0 2 4.3k 62 .
Feb 24 RT @SeekMastery: "Optimize your life: Be ignorant about the past (it’s done). Be realistic about the present (play the hand you’re dealt)… 0 26 0 0 140 .
Feb 19 never overestimate the man who underestimates himself 479 19 42 40.1k 53 .
Feb 18 some people win, but are not happy some people are happy, but don't win The mindset of a "Happy Winner": ignorant of your past, realistic about your present, & delusional about your future. 596 65 51 32.1k 200 .
Feb 10 my favorite line from the podcast this week: "It's not how smart you are, it's how willing you are" - Nick Mowbray 459 40 18 30.3k 114 .
Feb 10 Partner with cynics and pessimists. They sound smart often, and are a joy to be around. 78 2 2 8.8k 87 .
Feb 10 Play short-term games with short-term people. 74 1 1 8.5k 45 .
Jan 08 wise words 28 0 6 19.5k 10 .
Jan 03 this is great advice - wandering is an art form 160 4 14 35.7k 47 .
Dec 13 OK OK, you get the idea… Questions are keys. They unlock doors Better questions == better answers Start collecting! 56 0 9 11.8k 118 .
Dec 13 13 questions that will change your life: 539 57 19 109.7k 40 .
Nov 14 RT @garrytan: The great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. — Ralph Waldo… 0 31 0 0 139 .
Nov 12 reminder, you don't have to make it back the same way you lost it. money, relationships, time, respect... applies to all 316 8 28 20.6k 122 .
Oct 28 "a man is a success if he wakes up in the morning, goes to bed at night, and in the middle he does what he wants to do" - bob dylan 684 53 46 38.7k 131 .
Oct 25 RT @nevmed: Good point by @ShaanVP: New Year's goals are cool, but there's still ~67 days left in the year where you can do something. If… 0 6 0 1 139 .
Oct 22 70 DAYS LEFT IN THE YEAR JUST ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE THING WHATEVER YOUR THING IS. -- GET IN SHAPE. QUIT THE JOB. LAUNCH THE BUSINESS. ASK HER OUT. MAKE YOUR MOVE! 70 DAYS. THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF TIME TO BEND YOUR TRAJECTORY ONLY LOSERS WAIT FOR JAN 1. WE GO NOW 1.1k 75 59 61.4k 270 .
Oct 09 getting what you want is simple, but not easy: find out what the price is and pay it https://t.co/o9DpBA83Wf 210 11 24 22.6k 108 .
Oct 04 Everything David does, he does with style Showmanship, a lost art amongst us nerds! 227 6 13 40.1k 84 .
Oct 01 here's a question you won't want to answer (...but it will pull out the root cause of a lot of problems in your life) --> "who are you trying to impress?" 241 11 70 33.6k 160 .
Sep 27 beautifully said - I agree fully 48 1 7 35k 32 .
Sep 05 luck matters, but action matters more https://t.co/1xJOVjkKCg 347 19 35 40k 61 .
Sep 05 there are 10,000x more “ways to win” than you realize https://t.co/vF8zWoSVQb 501 22 31 60.9k 77 .
Sep 03 energy is the key to success https://t.co/e8xmnufS1a 1.1k 95 65 106.4k 52 .
Aug 28 Good friends consume together, Great friends create together 708 74 56 63.7k 60 .
Aug 26 Great sleep is obvious Products market fit is obvious True love is obvious The things we toss and turn about are not as complicated as we make them. “If its not a hell yes, it’s a no” 290 15 22 26.7k 185 .
Aug 26 RT @sohamshah__: "The 'safe path' is not actually safe. In fact, it's dangerous. It's dangerous to your dreams." Have you ever caught your… 0 9 0 0 140 .
Aug 21 Being busy is not the same as being productive. Being productive is not the same as being effective. Being effective is not the same as being valuable. Valuable isn’t the same as fulfilled. Shoot for fulfilled. 402 33 38 26.6k 217 .
Aug 20 related: "complexity is the enemy of execution" 52 6 4 9.5k 47 .
Aug 20 examples of simplicity, done well: Simple Positioning (I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC) Simple Messaging (the rule of 3, people have much higher recall when you give them a list of 3) Simple Promises (Trump: We're going to build a wall!) Simple Skills (Bruce Lee: 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") Simple Strategy (Amazon: customer's care about low prices, high selection, and fast delivery. That's it) Simple Health (you don't need 35 supplements to be healthy. Walk, eat whole foods, sleep well, drink water) Simple Happiness (more cars, houses, money, wives.. more things don't make you more happy. Only 3-4 levers actually matter for happiness, health, community, a sense of progress) 59 3 4 13.9k 777 .
Aug 20 Simplicity is what scales🫡 308 10 55 27.8k 26 .
Aug 13 Reading is about sparking a fire in your mind - @naval https://t.co/W9nTOVxO5k 890 86 33 132.8k 78 .
Aug 02 A general rule: Brilliant people are right about the future, and wrong about the timeline. They know the world is pregnant but they think the baby will be here in 3 months instead of 9 652 40 55 44.1k 186 .
Jul 22 Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner - Lao Tzu 456 53 47 35.2k 82 .
Jul 15 You don't want to be well-known, you want to be known-well. Eg. if you listen to the podcast, you know I love 'catchy wisdom'. Sucker for phrases. Just got this text. I'm a puppy & people bring me my favorite treats. I'm not building an audience. I'm building a magnet. 204 4 17 22.5k 274 .
Jul 09 “What evidence would you need to change your mind” ^such an important question to be a genuine thinker on any subject 191 14 16 28.6k 118 .
Jun 19 if you're feeling stuck, watch this... 49 2 5 29.2k 38 .
Jun 14 Legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "in the stock market - the most important organ is the stomach, not the brain." For founders - I say the most important organ is your balls, not your brain. Most smart people are total wussies. Half intensity & full self-doubt. Don't be them! 281 24 17 44.9k 284 .
Jun 06 when it comes to advice, here's who to listen to: 1st - ignore everyone who's never actually done it 2nd - ignore everyone who's selling you their service Even though that eliminates almost everyone, there will be a few people left. Then ignore them too. 874 62 96 74k 257 .
Jun 04 “Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Every sun casts a shadow, and a genius’s shadow is Resistance. Resistance is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, harder to kick than crack cocaine. And here’s the biggest bitch: we don’t even know what hit us. I never did. From age 24 to 32 Resistance kicked my ass from East Coast to West and back again 13 times and I never even knew it existed. I looked everywhere for the enemy and failed to see it right in front of my face” - Steven Pressfield 256 20 24 43.4k 600 .