⛽⛽ All gas
We had a good week. But as I’ve said I get way to high and I get way to low. This is my attempt to staying even keel and keeping on the gas.
When I decided to not take a job and start my own company I gave myself until April. No traction = go get a job. April was coming fast and traction was minimal, until about 2 days before the end of the month. We saw success for the first time. Real, tangible success. That was followed by another big week in early April. Things are moving now in a direction that excites but scares the shit out of me. I’m going to ignore the fear and excitement and just keep my head down until it’s so big I can’t fucking believe what we built.
A few quotes stood out to me this week.
God will sell anything at the price of labour
You don’t even understand how much you have to do to make it work so go pedal to the metal until you figure it out
The first is incredibly true. Whether you’re religious or not. You can have anything you want you just have to work. Even if you don’t get to what you thought you wanted other things will be presented to you in the process. Just keep fooking working, something has to happen.
This is coupled by what a mentor of mine told me last week after being extremely unimpressed by the number of cold outreach attempts I made. Basically saying over compensate until you figure out how much you have to do to get a certain result. So that’s what I did, and who would’ve thought. It worked.
I’m going to change the subject 180 degrees right now.
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about people helping me. I have a list of 10-20 people who have willingly taken time out of their incredibly busy lives to just help. Knowing I can provide little in return they choose to take an interest. That's pretty cool. I know I’m hilarious and it’s basically a 30 minute comedy set every call, but still. Just feeling grateful n’ shit.
Weekly thoughts:
Is Charles Olivera actually illuminated by god? He’s gotta be
Life’s good when I don’t do certain things so just don’t do those things
Living along was fantastic and I miss it
Brian Harman is getting slept on by odds makers
Time is still moving fast
Another perk of being the Flash, normal time seems slow. And you can time travel
Most people are accessible to talk to
Apparently follow up on cold emails are important
Hate to give one to the white girls, but manifesting works n’ shit
Keep moving
I sacrificed all my other goals for my financial ones and I’m okay with that
I feel not broke for the first time in 3 years #brokenotpoor
6am is just too early
Scrolling is the death of me
The most fun I’ve ever had was covid Fortnite. It’s not close
My confidence as a basketball player is incredibly unrealistic
I love Stephen Curry