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Why Your Morning Coffee Isn't Working (unless you are Marc Andreessen)

Most energy drinks just dump caffeine in your system to block adenosine. You feel alert for a bit, then your cortisol spikes and you crash. Not ideal.

Better move: pair caffeine with L-theanine. It promotes alpha-wave activity, which means you get the boost without feeling like you're vibrating. Matcha does this naturally: slower uptake, fewer jitters, steadier focus throughout the day.

Here's what actually helps:

  • Citicoline keeps your attention sharp
  • Bacopa helps with memory (takes a few weeks to kick in)
  • Lion's mane supports nerve growth (still early research, but promising)
  • Rhodiola and cordyceps help you handle stress without frying your nervous system

Add some turmeric and vitamin C to deal with oxidative stress. B-vitamins keep your cells running...

The best ready-made formulation I've found which achieves this and more is Magic Mind, it packs all of this into one shot (matcha, L-theanine, nootropics, adaptogens, the complete package). It's designed for mental performance without the crash or the pill fatigue.

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​NEW Premium Notes​

​The Rise of Teen Founders & AI Utopia | Nat Eliason with wallstreetpapi​

  • Nat Eliason is putting his money where his mouth is in the AI discourse. He has created a high-school entrepreneurship program that promises to refund the entire $150,000 tuition if your teenager doesn't earn $1 million in profit from a business they create. This might sound like a crazy proposition, but it all makes sense when you understand how AI has made building a business cheaper, faster, and more accessible than ever

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​Relationship Tools That Work — Esther Perel, Brené Brown, Dr. Sue Johnson, Terry Real, and More on Conflict, Repair, and Lasting Love | The Tim Ferriss Show (#880)​

  • This special compilation episode brings together some of the best relationship experts who have been on The Tim Ferriss Show over the years to answer one simple but hard question: how do you actually stay close when life gets stressful, messy, exhausting, and sometimes annoying? Think of it as a relationship handbook you can keep coming back to whenever things feel a little off​

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​How to Sell Anything | Tony Robbins 1992​

  • Love him or hate him, Tony Robbins mastered the art of persuasion. Which, when you boil it down, is the key skill to not only finalizing a sale, but getting what you want out of life. This whiteboard session may be 25 years old, but his strategies and techniques on how to become undeniably persuasive have stood the test of time

Top Takeaways Of The Week


​The Rise of Teen Founders & AI Utopia | Nat Eliason with wallstreetpapi​

“Building has been commodified now” - Nat Eliason
  • AI tools can translate plain language into code instantly
  • “What an incredible gift to society to not have to deal with CSS”

Learn to code Learn to sell

  • Building your product is easy, but finding XXXX is the challenging part

Create and build in XXXX​

  • When you build in XXXX, there’s a chance someone will ask: “hey, can I pay you to build that for me?”
  • “If I keep talking about things I’m excited about and sharing them, eventually an obvious XXXX pops up”
  • Post your thoughts and creations on XXXX as “enthusiastically and humbly as possible”

Graduate a millionaire or get a refund? Founders School is a 4-year entrepreneurship high school that guarantees students will make $1 million in profit from their own businesses, or their $150,000 tuition will be refunded

  • ​XXXX is making entrepreneurship more accessible than ever
  • The question is no longer whether you can build a business, but how big you can XXXX​
  • Teaching an ambitious teenager how to XXXX is like giving them “superpowers”

​XXXX was written for 18-year-olds

  • “He wants more XXXX in the world. He doesn’t want those kids reading 4-hour work week.”
  • Eric will be doing a mentorship event at Founders School

The number one reason entrepreneurs fail is they spend too much time on the XXXX​

  • Founders School gives students access to successful entrepreneurs who can offer them direction
  • “I think that’s one of the biggest gifts we get to give these students”

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​Relationship Tools That Work — Esther Perel, Brené Brown, Dr. Sue Johnson, Terry Real, and More on Conflict, Repair, and Lasting Love | The Tim Ferriss Show (#880)​

“Appreciation is the first basic of a lasting marriage.” – Esther Perel
  • Keep doing the small things even after years together
    • Say please and thank you
    • Give compliments
    • Hold hands, kiss, and touch each other
    • Send sweet notes
    • Bring coffee to bed or make breakfast

John Gottman’s 4 warning signs of relationship decline

  • Criticism
  • ​XXXX (especially dangerous because it removes respect from the relationship)
  • Stonewalling
  • ​XXXX​
“Marriage is never 50/50. Ever” – Brené Brown
  • If one person comes home with 20%, the other person XXXX​
  • If both people are low, they make a plan not to XXXX​
    • ​XXXX instead of forcing yourselves to cook
    • Get extra help around the house if possible
    • Cancel XXXX​
    • Let the whole family XXXX earlier
  • The point is not to keep score. It is to be honest about capacity before exhaustion turns into XXXX​

A good relationship is not one where people never XXXX​

  • The skill is learning how to XXXX after things go wrong
  • Couples often believe a good relationship should be perfect, always peaceful, and always passionate like the beginning. That idea is XXXX!

If your partner is hurt, you are at the XXXX window

  • First, listen without arguing, rebutting, justifying, or explaining
  • Ask, “What XXXX?
  • Reflect back what you heard and ask if you XXXX​
  • Then ask, “Is there something I could XXXX?”
  • You can have your turn later, but not while XXXX​

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​How to Sell Anything | Tony Robbins 1992​

How to persuade anyone:

  • 1. Identify the buying state
  • 2. Anchor that state to your product

Persuasion is putting someone into a “yes” state

  • “No” simply means they are not XXXX​
  • Top salespeople can close deals after their fifth XXXX​

​XXXX applies to everything

  • Examples: Negotiating your salary, making a sale, speaking to your spouse and children, etc

Match their XXXX​

  • Mirroring, tonality, energy levels, breathing patterns, etc
  • Failure to do this kills XXXX right away

You want people to say XXXX instead of “so what”

  • Don’t tell them about your XXXX​
  • Tell them how you are XXXX​
  • “If they like it and they’re like me, then I’ll probably XXXX”

People don’t do things because they don’t think it’s XXXX​

  • If people say they don’t have enough time or money, you simply haven’t got them XXXX​
  • Example: “Can you think of all the areas in your life where this would feel worthwhile?”

You can XXXX people past the excuse of “I don’t have enough time”

  • Example: “Not everybody’s XXXX like you. Some people tell me, after I do all this stuff and show them exactly how they can make their relationships work, that they don’t have time to go. Can you