Succession is never easy at complex entities like Bridgewater. A stout Founder is always going to meet opposition.

Remember what Sadhguru said:

This is why we go against the grain of mediocrity in the society.

Now what’s with this movie: Star Trek Picard ?

With the ubiquity of information this age, and the give-me giv’ me freebie millennial frame of mind, it makes sense 90% of people in the men’s issues sphere are parroting of each other. (When I talk about millennials I think of people born 1990 and later. I know others are referring *millennials* a much larger group).

Yesterday James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits send out an email where he says “the ultimate productivity hack is saying no to people“. (As previously announced I’ll be reviewing his book here in a few weeks). That is something I’ve known for some time. Let me expand on his idea.

The more you say no to people, the more you say yes to yourself. Quite simple and powerful. Expanding on my previous post:

Delete your social media apps from your phone. People have no problem deleting bulks of junk emails, yet they keep this junk called Twatter, Instacrap and Faceshit like is their precious high school yearbook. Social media is for effeminate-minded men and attention-seeking women (which is beyond the reach of this blog).

Say No to Twitter. Say No to Facebook. Say No to the mob. If you use your phone like your grandfather uses his TV -most of the time on -you are your grandfather’s stupider version.

The greatest productivity hack in the world indeed is saying no, because the bottom feeders feed of your attention.

Too many people want a piece of you.

Too many worthless fucks screaming for attention.

Focus is wasted on social media.

Focus is wasted on 90% of people that come to you.

I used to check my emails several times a day. There no chance I do that now. One time or two times -that’s enough. My phone is on silent or off almost all of the time. There is no such thing as emergency. Your emergency is not my emergency. (When did all this elementary common sense become “productivity hacks” ? It did ever since the foosball freebie generation found itself the greatest time wasters ever. ) . Millennials are shit-deep into their inefficiencies and they need somebody like me, or James Clear, to steer them in their fucked up world.

Millennials: the Selfie Generation

I know the answer to that question, and so do you. I talk about it a lot about in my future book, to be released this Summer. And since people love color coding so much, I’m thinking of doing something outrageous, like an all-red book cover. People may start associating it with the red light district. (we know what that means). There was also a site that is no longer in existence, I think it was called MyRedbook, something like it. That is not going to be the title of the book, however.

Platt and another scientist, Graham, have the crispiest of arguments between them:

Graham: “So the brain is working against us !”
Platt: “The brain is us.”
Me (imaginary, if I was present):” Geniuses at work. Brain vs. brain”

Readers may take away simple exercises, described here as “nano tools”:i.e., considering the uses of a pencil other than writing.

On the importance of having a solid butt:

“monkeys advertise a lot about their vitality and health through their backsides. Healthier baboons, for instance, have bigger, redder rear ends and are more attractive as mates.”

Quote of the day: “Destiny is what you create for yourself. Fate is when you fail to create your own destiny.” -Sadhguru
On the monkey porn experiment:

“monkeys would willingly trade a valuable commodity—sweet fruit juice—for the opportunity to view images of other monkeys’ butts.” I knew that porn was older than the age of the film tape, I just didn’t know how old.

Here are some of the topics I write about in this future book:

• How Bosses are different than the rest of us. Who makes the cut
• Meritocracy is a Myth
• The Job Market
• We are “slaves to the free market” myth
• Rules of Thumb 
• Ass kissing works, until it doesn’t.
• Why Hollywood movies are not real life
• The Path to the corner office is not what you see on TV and Conference talks

On forging alliances, on being awe-inspiring at CEO level, Capturing attention: from low-level to high, Can you pick your fights ?, CEOs wonder box, and much, much more.

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