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Get the job you want by connecting with the people who already have it.

If you want to be a writer, surround yourself with writers, and learn from them.

Great opportunities come from taking the time to build great relationships.

This week, reach out to someone in a role you admire.

Tell them, “I want to do what you do.”

nobody will remember:

- your salary

- how “busy you were”

- how many hours you worked

people will remember:

if you said “on-chain” or “on chain” instead of “onchain”

Focus on doing valuable work!

You can work all night every day, but if your work does not influence your desired outcomes, it’s a waste of time.

It takes more discipline to recognize and eliminate unnecessary work than to “grind” at anything that comes your way.

The former allows you to create more value with less work—that’s what a “value creator”

You have less control of your life than you think.

As humans, we love stability and control. We enjoy predictability and fear the unknown.

You don’t like the fact that at any moment, you could get hit by a bus, or lose something precious to you.

You don’t like it. But it’s reality!

In reality, we don’t control most external things that happen to us.

We

Create more than you consume.

Successful people who live fulfilling lives create more than they consume.

Someone created the last movie you watched, and you enjoyed it.

Someone created Sublime, and here you are—consuming!

Someone created this post, and you get to learn from it.

I encourage you to plant two trees for every one you cut down.

What will you

Excellence is not an act; it’s a habit.

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past—you are what you do consistently.

Your long list of past accomplishments becomes irrelevant if you start making bad decisions today.

Let me explain.

If I start smoking cigarettes today, I am officially a smoker. Right?

In contrast, imagine I had been a smoker for

Learning to lead without authority is crucial.

The workplace of the future is self-organizing, collaborative, and has flatter management structures.

To succeed as a leader, you must learn to inspire others to cooperate and engage willingly. Giving orders is unlikely to get anything meaningful done.

Authentic leadership comes from influence and not

Don’t start a company unless you’re ready to experience pain

Don’t start a company unless you’re ready to experience pain.

Three months ago, I quit my job at Coinbase to start a new company—Astronaut.

Since then, we’ve launched our product, served awesome customers, and raised venture capital from incredible investors—surpassing my wildest dreams.

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