Gabriel Perera
@gabrielperera
Gabriel Perera
“It is just as hard to start a small boutique thing that means nothing in the world and build it as it is to build a world dominating monster. It's no more work to do the latter, so we were never interested in anything but the latter.”
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Stand Out By Saying What You Stand For
7 min. read
May 16, 2025
I want to pass on a timeless branding principle that freelancers can and should leverage, and to introduce it, I’ve pulled two excerpts from a certain internal meeting in 1997.
Please don’t write me off for citing the single most cliche person and company imaginable (Steve Jobs and Apple).
... See more"Worrying about the future is like watching a leaf fall and trying to predict where it will land. Stop trying to guess where the wind will blow and get to work."
Learning:
The Middle Way asks us not to escape desire, but to be in relationship with it. Not to cling or reject, but to stay present as it rises, peaks, and fades. That’s where freedom lives, in how we hold the tension, not how we resolve it.
The Middle Way asks us not to escape desire, but to be in relationship with it. Not to cling or reject, but to stay present as it rises, peaks, and fades. That’s where freedom lives, in how we hold the tension, not how we resolve it.
"! Gabriel Perera" (4)
In English, these words are: “Established in Being, perform action.”
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#2. Master Your Eating Window : Forget three meals a day—it’s accelerating aging, spiking blood sugar, and disrupting your metabolism . Research shows that condensing your eating into a 6-hour window can increase autophagy, enhance mitochondrial function, and boost longevity . As Harvard's David Sinclair, PhD says, "It's not just what you eat. It's... See more
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“Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.” — Tim Ferriss
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1. Do not answer calls from unrecognized phone numbers 2. Do not e-mail first thing in the morning or last thing at night. The former scrambles your priorities and plans for the day, and the latter just gives you insomnia. 3. Do not agree to meetings or calls with no clear agenda or end time If the desired outcome is defined clearly with a stated o... See more