Tom Schmidt
@neverbeneedy
Tom Schmidt
The important stuff has no finish line."
3-2-1: On balancing gratitude and ambition, the best things in life, and feeling like you have enough
June 17, 2025 | Read Online 5 Tweet Tuesday Out of 500M daily tweets, only 5 deserve your attention. Here’s this week’s starting lineup: #1 Wealth Director @wealth_director Before you play the game, study the winners. If you don’t want their life, don’t play their game. 5:00 PM • Jun 14, 2025 6.95K Likes 1.34K Retweets 83 Replies I quit poker... See more
5 Tweet Tuesday
Action relieves anxiety."
3-2-1: On true wealth, the antidote to anxiety, and how to love someone as they change
The most successful people. . . often aren't directly pursuing conventional notions of success. They're working hard and persisting through difficulties because of their internal desire to control their lives, learn about their world, and accomplish something that endures.
Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, p. 60.
The world is not driven by greed. It’s driven by envy.” – Charlie Munger
📝The Magic of Stem Cells, The Emperors of Rome, Huberman on Happiness, Micky Malka, David Senra and Danny Hillis (Free)
"The person who experiences the consequences should make the decision."
3-2-1: On the secret to youth, how to achieve what you want, and the challenge of being yourself
It’s a characteristic of human nature that the best qualities, called up quickly in a crisis, are very often the hardest to find in a prosperous calm.
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
Without the external struggle for survival, we risk falling into “learned helplessness.”
We Are As Gods. Now What?
hey'll be uniquely human abilities: asking better questions, seeing connections across domains, applying ethical judgment, building relationships, and imagining new possibilities.