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CARV Performance Institute: The Best Blend of Coaching and Technology for Skiers

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World Championship Training Camp Part 1

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Unlocking the Power of Gratitude

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Mixtapes and Music Playlists

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Learning to Breathe

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Trolling Buffett

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Groundhog Day and New Beginnings

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My Conversation with Steve Jobs

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Kunduz - On Path to 10x An Early Stage Business

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Building in Public

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What I Learned From 100 One On Ones With Other Writers

Gilman Hall at Johns Hopkins University

My Old School

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The No Code Revolution

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Working with the Best

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The Art of Communication

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Cassette tapes of varying colors

If you aren’t creating and sharing music playlists with your friends and family, all I can tell you is that you are missing out on one of life’s most understated paths for rapport and immediacy.

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"Peak" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

People Who Will Challenge You

One of the best ways to create and sustain social motivation is to surround yourself with people who will encourage and support and challenge you in your endeavors.

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Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

"Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

A note to my parents: Though I have struggled with being your daughter, I am so, so glad that I am your child.

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Maia Kobabe

"Relentless" by Tim Grover

Setting People Straight

When someone says, “I need to be surrounded by positive people,” I just laugh. You know what that really means? I want people who will lie to my face and make me feel better. You didn’t hire me to tell happy, shiny lies, my job is to set people straight, no matter what the consequence.

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Tim Grover

"How To Write Groundhog Day" by Danny Rubin

Habit Formation & Time Loops

The absolutely worst day of Phil’s life took place under the exact same conditions as the absolutely best day of Phil’s life.

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Danny Rubin

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Incorporating breathwork into your routine

Even if you meditate on a regular basis, incorporating breathwork into your routine can have extraordinary benefits for your mental and physical health. I discuss this in detail in a recent article...

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Ben Greenfield

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50-50 Ball

Sometimes you’re just drifting in the right direction, other times you’re going all out for a 50-50 ball.

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Paul Graham

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Long Beach Port Logistics Snarl

Yesterday I rented a boat and took the leader of one of Flexport's partners in Long Beach on a 3 hour of the port complex. Here's a thread about what I learned.

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Ryan Petersen

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Total value of YC companies calculation

Someone asked what the total value of YC companies was, so I tried calculating it. The current value of the top 30 is about $575 billion. When we started YC, I would have been astounded if you'd told me it would one day be $5.75 billion.

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Paul Graham

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A quick thread on VIC

When I joined the endowment world 17 years ago, I quickly realized many fund managers we interviewed were active participants on Value Investors Club (VIC). A quick thread on VIC, including 10 of my favorite historical ideas.

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Campbell Wilson

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No Programmer in Founding Team

Talked to a guy who'd had several genuinely good startup ideas. None had worked. Why? Because he was neither a programmer nor had a cofounder who was. So he had to hire them...

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Paul Graham

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Josh Waitzkin — How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day

You’re going 25, 30 miles an hour. The wing is all that’s touching the surface and it’s a crazy, intense feeling.

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Tim Ferriss

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Master Your Breathing with Dr. Jack Feldman

This conversation serves as a sort of “masterclass” on the science of breathing and breathing-related tools for health and performance.

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Andrew Huberman

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Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain

In this episode, I discuss the transformative nature of play—how it changes our feelings, thoughts and actions and indeed, how it can rewire our brain to function better in all contexts.

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Andrew Huberman

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The Science of Making & Breaking Habits

The Huberman Lab podcast begins the year with a discussion of two new systems for habit formation. The first of these relates to "our ability to perform certain tasks at different phases of the 24-hour day". The second focuses on "habit formation and consolidation." So basically what this involves is you set out to perform 6 new habits per day across the course of 21 days...

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Andrew Huberman

How to Build a Membership Site with Webflow, MemberStack, Airtable & Zapier

How to build a full membership site, without code, using Webflow, MemberStack, Airtable & Zapier.

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MacKenzie Child

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Endurance Planet podcast

"A lot of the guys would take the daily distance but they were still training with their training partners, and they still wanted to be champions of the daily workout. They were ignoring the training zones... It does take discipline and patience, but in the end, it is so worth it." —Mark Allen

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Tawnee Prazak Gibson

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Tim Ferriss Interviews Arnold Schwarzenegger on Psychological Warfare (And Much More)

Then I would go to Franco and we would start arguing in German. ...and he was screaming back at me in Italian. Then all of a sudden he would calm down and I would go to the guy and say, “Okay, here it is. I could get him as low as $3,800. Can you go with that?”

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Tim Ferriss

BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR FUN, INSPIRATION & PROSPERITY

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Article: The Art of Communication

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Article: The No Code Revolution

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Quote of the Day: Setting People Straight

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Passion Project: Foiling & Surfing

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