I went to the AA place in Frankton after breakfast to start my license overseas conversion. I reached only to find that I’ve forgotten my passport. Fortunately, I was assigned am appointment 2 hours from then, in which I went back home and got my passport, and went to KiwiBank Frankton to get my EFTPOS card. Here everyone applies a 2% surcharge on Visa debit cards for IRL transactions, so most use EFTPOS for that....
11th September 2023: I’m Slipping Up Hard Today I almost procrastinated a ride. That is what it has come to. I have spent most of my day on my phone watching MTB YouTube. Its almost porn. I am not there yet. I am not the one floating over rocks, but I see others and get happy. No Longer. I have been eating too much, I can see the accumulation of fat arounf my waste....
I live the dream. To race world cups professionally. Specicfaccly, I’m in Queenstown at QRC. I am here becasue access to world class lift-assissted trails. I am here to learn to float over rocks and rail berms. I am here to become speed incarnate. I am here to sacrifice it all for my 8 year old self. I am here to sacrifice it all my 80 year old self. I am here to become the wind, to become the ghost....
My Business Communication just penalized us for using ChatGPT. I’ll laugh in 5 years when they realize it’s like asking students not to use Google. This is ridiculous. The academic world and the business world are actually so different :). Back to me. I woke up at 5 AM for only 1/5 days. I think this is a result of my sleeping late, which is a consequence of time-wasting. I have lost my ability to sit still as I eat or to be bored in general....
Goal for this week: Wake at 5AM every day - I have been back to waking at 7. I want to wake at 5 for the following week and will keep it that way, instead of waking at 4, for recovery purposes. Finish Mini Dream - The inside small line. I am confident that I can do 2 more jumps and change one jump line to a bigger one, but including the weekend, I should finish mini dream small line this week, and move on to the bigger line next week....
I finished 3/6 tasks today. There is a certain frustration that comes with saying in my room the whole day that I’ve discovered. There is a certain frustration that comes with being interrupted. There is a certain frustration that comes with not riding. There is a certain frustration that comes with doing boring/shallow work like sorting files. There is a certain frustration that comes with having to do chores. There is a certain frustration that comes with staying in school, studying, knowing it will not make me a faster mountain biker....
For the past 4-5 days, I have been a jeffrey. Fucking my sleep time, gong to bed at 12. Fucking my wake time, waking u at 7. Fucking my attention, binging Shadow and Bones S2, reading BestOfReddtiorUpdates, watching YouTube. No longer. When I crave dopamine, I will read Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday or write.
1. Self-Image: You are productive. You do work on your own schedule. I have this ability. I have always done shit on my own. Imagine yourself as the person you want to become. Sam ovens' “Who are you becoming?” or “Who do you want to become?” or “What do you want to deserve?” Hamza - “I am the 1%” Hamza says to learn from Sam Ovens and Alex Becker. 2. Visualize This see a movie of you winning, of whatever success is to you every day....
Your thoughts are your philosophy for life. They form the basis of your actions. Your actions are the basis for your life. This is why they matter. Video 1: Theory Of Constraints In one’s life, a bottleneck exists, one of three things that are constricting their growth, becoming a bottleneck: Skills Traits Beliefs Traits and beliefs are both trainable. Everything on that list can be controlled. For me, a limiting belief was, “I may not be rich before finishing college....
Here I am, editing a vlog at 6:30 am in my room. My roommate is asleep. The sun is down. It is pitch black outside. In the video, I am talking about how I am going to be poor when I go to Queenstown. I am in Queenstown now. It hits me. This is a limiting belief. I am sabotaging my growth because I do not believe that I will be rich until I finish college....
everybody can get straight As. Became more himself when he got out of school. Sleeping on the floor is not glorious. Best way to learn is to seek out experts. this chick had to break up with her boyfriend to start her business because he was so opposed to it. “The hardest decisions in life are giving up the good for the great.” - Alex Because your good is someone else’s great....
Brake before berms not in them. Get your brakes sorted. Already in the pipeline. Section bits of trail to get faster. Ride with intention of mastering particular things - brake free/learn sharkfin/berms, etc. Sleep more. Make MTB effecient. No point in waking up at 7 and starting riding at 11:30. Wake up at 10 instead. Or ride early. Get your phone serviced when you have water damage. Power it down asap....
“I am going to be working all day. You can work next to me if you want.” Both were interested. Effortless to speak to each other. 2nd message to get off bumble and get on call. “We should get off the app. We should get on the phone.” Eat over the sink. Same utensils. One wipe. Repeat for next meal. I’m either the predator or the prey. Leila never tried to change me....
Behind The Brand Alex Hormozi Podcast You only get one name. Act accordingly. I can die to myself or die to my father. - I can die to myself or die to the masses. Memento Mori - use when making big decisions - reorients to a selfish thing - removes society from the decision. You are going to die. There is no legacy. Everyone will forget you within 10 generations guaranteed....
After getting only 6 hours of sleep, 2 hour train journey, and 1.5h of waiting, Hitesh and Sri arrived. Only tell me that we have no mattock because his father misplaced ours and no shop are open right now. After a small argument, Kashish and I hopped on his scooter and went to Bhiwandi. THere, Kashish picked up his new 10 speed chain and a mattock. After we reached back, we spoke about Kashish’s PC plans and Sri was giving him advice on video editing....
It is 11pm as I write this. I have been unable to sleep early for the past week. I went to Pashan last week and slept in the car 12, hit the bed at 5am and woke up at 12pm. I have been waking and sleeping late for the rest of the week. This is bullshit. I need to get tired during the day. Tomorrow, I will wake up at 7:30 and straight go for a ride....
Upon realizing that Ambernath cannot be a long-term thing as they break our features. We planned on going to Pune monthly and decided to go on the 12th of November. As the week progressed, Siddha said he wanted to do a 2-day trip instead of a day trip to Pune. Kashish said he’d join both days. I remained adamant on one day due to a board exam, which is kal (tomorrow) btw, and said I would leave by train and to get my MTB by car....
I woke up at 5 am, one hour earlier than I would ride at this spot because Kashish, who spent the night at Siddha’s, was coming to ride along with Siddha. I reached the meeting spot at 7:15. Prajwal reached at 7:30, despite leaving from Kurla at 7. He drove at 80kmph to reach on time. Kashish and Siddha reached 8. This was one hour late. This made me curse Siddha and hurry on the way up, where we found many runners going down the hill....
meaning captivity book shared goals shared value respect for each other we’re in it together vs cheerleader and quarterback when you say I want to be happy you say there is a defecit between your current reality and happiness which will always remain outside of yourself defecits occur when we speak desires desire is a contract we make with ourselves to be happy with what we want Why do you need to be happy, why do you need meaning?...
How Alex Hormozi grew a 1.2M following: Use twitter as brain dump - try this. Create YT from the best performing tweets. Add call to action - if you liked this, share to a friend. Record 30 and sprinke them throughout your content Contextualise to the platform you’re shipping on Increase volume 10x in content is not 10x followers, it is 10x followers. Volume. More output, more results - upload to blog everyday....
Constraints theoruy - a system will only grow until it’s is allowed. It is bottlenecked by its weakest link. Attack the constraints - for me MTB wise, this is riding and not fitness. For YT and media - it is volume 2 common constraints: “I am … high enxiety/neurotic/all or nothing” Does that belief serve you. something I am implementing> Believe it then make it come true. I will be the GOAT then work towards it....
Video here Shed them.The problem - they keep retelling the old narrative. Probably why I don’t have desire to meet Boisar anymore. Arya and Vihaan do a great job of keeping up to date with my growth and not retelling the old untruths. If you are not willing to sacrifice to keep the relationship, how much do you love them? Your behavior is punished or re-inforced. that is it - keep this is mind with parenting....
Video here Imagine you’re in bed with multiple girls before responding to a girl if she is being weirdly disrespectful - when replying to Roof’s text. Mystery - do you want this? - he says I shouldn’t do exactly what I’m striving for. Try this - ties in with the previous point “What have you done today” “Lots.” when she is obsessed with you, she is thinking a lot about you....
Podcast here 100K - just sell something to someone 1M - 100K but consistent - over time 1 - 3M - increase output of that main thing (more videos) and build the core team product market fit means someone wants your product - your are satisfying a need business is when you are employing other people personal interest mein find specific knowledge - MTB, linux, SI, productivity, studying, Islam? start, business can be changed later...
My brother’s screen time amounts to 8h a day on average, that is a full time job. He scored 92% in IGCSE. I have another friend who spends 3.5h a day on instagram. One more school friend had his screen time in the 12-13h range during the Diwali vacation. This friend is on self-improvement and lapsed in the vacation. Point being, our smartphones are blackholes in terms of time. My screen time hovers around 90 mins to 2 hours when excluding video calls which are intentional, and to me productive social interaction....
To: The Prince of Salunkhe Travel Services This is in honor of Siddha. The only Mainland Mumbai bro who I ride with. The only mountain biker I know who comes close to being emotionally vulnerable with me. I value how you’re the only MTBer I can convey gratitude to and receive it back, who does not get uncomfortable as soon as I convey emotions, who can handle my very emotional out there self....
30th October 2022: I Met Savio at Ambernath station only for him to tell me he was hungry, then Hitesh joined as well. Street Mendu wada was destroyed. RIP Mendyu Wada and both Savio’s and Hitesh’s digestive systems. We reached the trail to find out that the jump was broken: This was not a satisfaction of curiosity. It was an intentional destruction of the jump. On Thursday, Sri sent us a picture with only one goni removed from the structure....
23rd October 2022: Video called Nida on my way to Dadar station - roughly 6am to 7am. I met Siddha there. I read Efficiency by Wallstreet Playboys on our way to Ambernath Station. Savio , Siddha , and I took a rickshaw to Sri ’s shared location. This was for Prajwal , at the trailhead. After lots of confusion, we navigated our way to the place we borrow our tools from ever since they got stolen....
Video here be normal - no peacocking, not flamboyant. Normal clothes Well built Masculine - lead Hold a conversation Earn well Don’t be a wierdo - social calibration Normal but suitable haircut Level headed Down-to-earth, not the cocky idiot All of this only if you’re above 18. Male version of normal attractive girl next door. Not Kim Kardashian. No gimmicks. Normal is safe and therefore will attract most women....
Video here Achieve exploding income: Control - not YT. Need total control. - Odysee/streaming platform Entry - great barriers to entry - mid level for YT great for pro MTB Is there a need for this?- for SI, yes. For MTB DOc, over time, as I get better people want to know how, Product should be great. Scale - you should be able to have 200K customers, for example money should be decoupled from time...
Video here What stage of the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs do I need to fulfill? Love/Sex/Romance, I believe. Who is in my tribe? Immediate tribe - Mother, siblings, Arya, Vihaan, ROok/SO. Inner - JBCN brotherhood, MTB bros Outer - SI people, other MTBers - global youtube audience What is some work I can do that will help my tribe? Share what I’ve learnt: Youtube and blog. Document my journey to greatness - help future generations learn....
This blog for some time was something available on the internet for people to find, but I did not advertise it. This is because of my fear of judgement and rejection. But that I overcame, with little mental pushing. My main fear has been the consequences of it. Of talking about the people I interact with daily and how they may have problems with what I write about them, of my family reading this and the massive negative consequences when my father and grandparents find out how I have female friends, how I don’t believe in Islam, among other things....
I have been recently trying to value my time more, in terms of spending money to save time. However, I have little income right now. The actual value of my hour must be somewhere around Rs 200 an hour if we went according to my Jersey Business, however, it is a niche product, and demand is not enough to justify traveling expenses despite then saving time. S right now, I am focusing on optimizing for minimal time wasted....
Welcome back to ilyaas at the shitter. So I want to date this girl. I’ve liked her on and off for a long time now. I don’t like her right now, but mainly because I don’t allow myself to. I can easily. Either, I’ve gotten to the point where I’m used to the feeling, or it has faded. Let me rephrase. I like her. I am not infatuated with her. Everything is not rosy because I like her....
On Friday, I reached home at 10 PM, after working at Arya’s for a while and then visiting Vihaan’s mother to wish her a belated birthday. On reaching home, I asked Hitesh if meeting at 10 AM at Ambernath station was fine, so I could sleep and he happily said yes. Savio and I, yes he’s back, although the reason for his arrival is sad and I now wish he wouldn’t be back, he is here and I’m happy he is - I have my trail engineer back....
A mutual acquaintance reached out to me. I now have a 700-page custom pdf of philosophical works and a friend who resonates with what I write and who enjoys reading - more sophisticated texts yet in the same domain as I do. This is what I’d call a high-value relationship. The fucking power of the globalized world we live in. Opportunities are everywhere. Use social media to produce, not consume. Deliver value....
I told a friend that I got accepted into college and would be leaving soon. She teared up. I did not think we were close enough to warrant that reaction. It was a pleasant surprise. It is surprising how much actually listening matters to people. It is testament to how much better I’ve become social skills wise. 6 months, several books and way too many youtube videos later, I have become good enough to make close friends over time....
A cheat code to life. As Louis Rossman explained: What if using calculators was allowed in exams? What is using textbooks was allowed in exams? Someone has solved a problem you’re having, and has written a book about it. You figure out what is took that person 30 to 300 hours to learn for $10 in books and 4 hours of reading. Insane ROI. I am the black sheep in my family because books expanded my perspective....
I try not to have meaningless flings/hook-ups/make-outs. Not because of a moral high ground. But because brain chemistry: If I get intimate with someone without romantic attachment, it is essentially instant gratification - not free dopamine, but my social value has increased enough in school for it to not be difficult. In fact, I now have to reject such offers. This is something I only dreamed of a year ago....
I use Standard Notes. It is an open-source application. It offers encrypted backups. It stores our notes in an encrypted format. It also syncs between different devices and platforms. It has a search bar. That is all I need. I have found notion has an upfront time investment that I’m not willing to make. Plus just searching shit just works. Keyboard>mouse. Much simpler, works offline, and the app does not take as much time to load as Notion....
On my way to the Kalyan Railway Station, I walked to find trucks with speakers and a jhund (group) of Muslims dancing around the trucks. This is wrong because: Birthdays, even if the Prophet’s are not to be celebrated. This is wrong bhai (brother). Music is haram. Dancing is questionable. RTFM - the manual being the Quran. Stop your tribalism. Challenge your scholars. Read. Reading is so important....
Stare at your wall and think Seriously. It’s great. This is my second time writing on the shitter. Silence works wonders. No social media. Only books and writing. Silence spurred production for me. I am also less tired at the end of my work day. Less processing, less tired. Less processing, more important shit rises to the surface for you to process. Ties in with Naval Ravikant’s medition practice. Shit with a notebook....
I go to a school that is a proper rich kid school. - one of the top 5 schools in Mumbai and it has a library. I came here, in first grade, not knowing English. I came here naive. I leave being a voracious reader, and a writer, and I “speak English like a foreigner” as my mother puts it. The school planted the seeds of the growth mindset, and all the self-improvement books I’ve read watered that seed....
I want to produce now, and consume only the best content available - books and some OGs I like but that is it. I want my screen time to be limited to production and video calls with friends as most of them live outside my country. Video calls are a boon. I’m grateful for their existence. This blog is production. A lot of it, except for book notes or video notes, are produced in standard notes on my phone....
Desire I desire a domain name. I will only buy one if I post for 6 months, aka until my A2 (12th) gets over. Posting has started I desire a keyboard, but my laptop -a Dell XPS 13 2018 9370’s keyboard is good enough. If I really want to use a good one, just go to Arya’s. I desire to leave the countrey and live my dream. Process initiated. I desire this girl....
My phone’s alarm rang at 4:30 AM and I switched it off, but lay in bed debating whether to go or not. Got woken up again at 4:40 AM by another alarm. cue morning routine Read 60 pages of The Gentlemen In Moscow on my way while on the first-class train without a ticket. The last time I did this I had my tribe with me and we were going to the Rayate Race....
The Video Level up social skills to get better friends. You don’t have the friends you want because you don’t have the skills you need. He uploaded a skillshare course - do that. break the touch barrier but not too much just a fistbump or a handshake will do. smile - think of something that will genuinely make you smile Body language - think of yourself highly - do the work and the body language will come....
The video Piece of paper: Purpose (present tense) I am…. Alpha goals - identity - frame: Beta goals - 2022 - motivational - should excite: Lead measures - weeky -habits - produce/hrs of deep work: Dont use your phone till you finish your deep work session - 90 mins - data collect to optimise routine. Use parkinson’s time 10 mins Next block Then check phone Deep work right after waking up...
I am in A2 now. We have a uniform but most don’t wear it. I started wearing a flower in my ear. My teachers fond it amusing. Other teachers who did not know me found it annuying. They asked me to remove it, I asked for a reason and they said “I don’t like it” , I told them that I’m okay with that. They complained to authorty. This is the first time a teacher pussied out like that/...
A compilation of texts I sent to my friends while watching it (on 2x or 2.5x speed of course (I forgot)) Watched 2/3rds of social dilemma. It is sad this is not common knowledge. I see why it is recommended so often, but personally the only thing that was interesting is the graph they showed of processor ability increasing exponentially, it accounted for time. Sometimes, it surprises how much people don’t know....
Websites I Download Ebooks from for free These are ones I use. https://1lib.in/ https://3lib.net/ https://pdfdrive.com/ https://libgen.is/ Search “zlibrary” for more.
The Setup by Dan Bilzerian Setup your lifestyle to achieve your goals Preselection works - we are herd animals Your environment should induce desirable behavior - keep a book in the table or live near the bike park Let her chase you. Being less invested, less needy is attractive. do not compromise on your principles for pussy. Do not reward bad behavior with affection Actually talk to the girl. to be continued....
The Rudest Book Every by Shwetabh Gangwar You are a nation - foreign policy should be to not hand over authority to other people/nations People are weird - they are phenomenons Judge based on data, not feelings, impressions or narratives. Be rational Learn to think for yourself by solving your own problems - Hamza’s idea of stare at your wall and think. You don’t know more than you know. Everyone is therefore stupid....
The Science Of Happily Ever After: What Really Matters in the Quest for Enduring Love by Ty Tashiro Choose the right partner in the first place Love comprises Liking and Lust. Liking comprises fair, kind and loyal. Liking declines at 3% a year and lust declines at 8% a year. Lust declines so don’t focus on it Idea: you have 3 wishes after which you mathematically don’t find a person lke that who exists....
Attached: The Science of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine “Most people are only as needy as their unmet needs”. You are dependent on each other, biologically Date secure people. I am secure. Roof claims avoidance. Phool is avoidant. Mother is anxious. Father is avoidant. I had anxious tendencies. I don’t anymore, and I attribute that to Vihaan. If youre dating anxious: respond to their calls and cries for help, reassure them, calm them down , tell them you’ll be back in some time....
The Magic Of Thinking Big by David Schwartz By David Schwartz “Why be only half alive?” Clasp hand. “I’m glad to know you.” Wear you best clothes - spend twice as much and buy half as much. Introduce yourself to everyone. Smile. Stand up straight. Think progressively - eat more good mind food (mind food is media consumption) Ask yourself “what can I do to improve?” Answers will come to you....
#Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Don’t fall for the decoy effect. Don’t fall for the anchoring effect - ifyou do, anchor yoursekf un a way that rationally benefits you. Dn’t fall for the self-herding or arbitrary coherence effect - think each decision through. Don’t substitute a difficlt problem for an easy one. Use your appearance and body language to anchor your social value
How To Not Die Alone by Logan Ury Romanticizer: 8 Maximizer: 17 Hesitater: 9 I am a maximizer. Experential > checklist Don’t ghost Be explicit - avoid false consensus effect decide, don’t slide To be rewritten.
Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo Plan out day ahead Share calendar with loved one Work clothes only when working, even if remote. Mental model for tough decisions: What is the worst outcome in this scenario? Will I be okay? How do I bounce back I have > I could have - risk > regret. “What would most people do”. Look at alternatives. “What would Adonis/Micheal Jordan/ best me do?”...
Homo Deus - A Brief History Of Tomorrow Author: Yuval Noah Harari Fiction?: Non-Fiction Format: Paperback Genres: Sci-Fi, Technology Chapter 1: The New Human Agenda China is now free from famine 90% of American natives died as a result of diseases brought by the Europeans Previously, pandemics were impossible due to the small human populations, only epidemics existed. “Between action and reaction, there is space. In that space lies freedom....
Sapiens - A Brief History Of Humankind Author: Yuval Noah Harari Fiction?: Non-Fiction Format: Paperback Genres: History Home sapiens - Man Wise Multiple species of humans inhabited earth contemporaneously at different locations. The singularity of Homo Sapiens is peculiar. Neanderthals had bigger brains than us, why are they extinct now? A culture is a collection of behavior patter caused by (regional) imagined realities. Replacement theory - Sapiens replaced all other human populations....