Brain and Life updates

Holy crap, you've atomised the human condition. Looking forward to further reports...

Interesting, Im gonna take a look at the brain excercises. Im too much into physical training lately, but I think Im looking in another direction since Im skinny and want to gain weight.

Replace everything you are doing with smoking tons of marijuana for one week or one month out of one of ur cycles. See if productivity goes up or down

crazy blog.. what are you working so hard on right now? what does your short, mid and long-term plan look like for reaching the $1bn goal?

Interesting blog. Keep us updated.

On October 12 2014 12:52 traxamillion wrote: Replace everything you are doing with smoking tons of marijuana for one week or one month out of one of ur cycles. See if productivity goes up or down

Based on prior experience and knowledge of the drug, my hypothesis is a sharp decrease in productivity. I don't have a strong enough reason to believe in the possibility that it would actually increase productivity to warrant this experiment. ^_^

On October 12 2014 13:27 Romm3l wrote: crazy blog.. what are you working so hard on right now? what does your short, mid and long-term plan look like for reaching the $1bn goal?

Building tech companies. I have significant equity in two quickly growing multi-million dollar companies that I helped start and now help out where I can. I also have my own company that is rapidly growing. There have been numerous opportunities to sell and be in great shape financially, but that's not how you become a billionaire. To actually reach a billion I may be on a multi-decade long path, but the plan is basically build, sell or IPO, repeat. It's extremely high variance to be all skin in the game since your actual income is a fraction of what it would be as an employee and you always have the possibility of just crashing and burning to nothing. I'm not even sure exactly how many companies I've had fail before I got to where I am now. You get better and further each time. I've also built up a significant network of entrepreneurs and investors that I will continue to grow and will make my path easier.

goddamn son. +1 on crazy blog.

out of curiosity why $1 bln? don't you think there's a huge dropoff in functional/happiness utility after like $10-20 million or something (probably a lot less for some people)?

On October 12 2014 20:53 bigredhoss wrote: goddamn son. +1 on crazy blog. out of curiosity why $1 bln? don't you think there's a huge dropoff in functional/happiness utility after like $10-20 million or something (probably a lot less for some people)?

In the span of time before a company gets investment, you have to fund all efforts out of your own pocket. For me this meant sleeping on an air mattress for months, eating like I was in college again, doing consulting work a few hours each week on the side enough to cover rent, food, and gas while maxing out credit cards to $30k in the hole. Before that I was living in a $7MM house with unnecessary luxuries and still spending like a poker player, so a pretty vast transition.

Not that I wouldn't or don't take advantage of the luxuries money brings, it doesn't influence my happiness that much. If I made $80k/year or $20MM I imagine my happiness would be about the same.

To answer your question, I can't even begin to do the things I want to without a lot of capital. Even if I had a billion I still couldn't afford to, but I could at least get started and hopefully have enough influence and connections to fill the gaps where needed. I consider amassing wealth and learning as much as possible about running businesses as step 1. I'm aware of how crazy my ambition sounds, so I try to break it all down into separate smaller and slightly more attainable goals.

i think op is batman

gl op

On October 12 2014 22:49 jchysk wrote: Show nested quote + On October 12 2014 20:53 bigredhoss wrote: goddamn son. +1 on crazy blog. out of curiosity why $1 bln? don't you think there's a huge dropoff in functional/happiness utility after like $10-20 million or something (probably a lot less for some people)? In the span of time before a company gets investment, you have to fund all efforts out of your own pocket. For me this meant sleeping on an air mattress for months, eating like I was in college again, doing consulting work a few hours each week on the side enough to cover rent, food, and gas while maxing out credit cards to $30k in the hole. Before that I was living in a $7MM house with unnecessary luxuries and still spending like a poker player, so a pretty vast transition. Not that I wouldn't or don't take advantage of the luxuries money brings, it doesn't influence my happiness that much. If I made $80k/year or $20MM I imagine my happiness would be about the same. To answer your question, I can't even begin to do the things I want to without a lot of capital. Even if I had a billion I still couldn't afford to, but I could at least get started and hopefully have enough influence and connections to fill the gaps where needed. I consider amassing wealth and learning as much as possible about running businesses as step 1. I'm aware of how crazy my ambition sounds, so I try to break it all down into separate smaller and slightly more attainable goals.

pretty wild.. what do you want to do with 1bn+++????

1st: You are completely insane.

2nd: Have you tried exercising "high" on modafinil? I've always wondered if it could be of any use during 1 max rep attempts or grueling training sessions in general.

On October 13 2014 11:24 GoTuNk wrote: 1st: You are completely insane. 2nd: Have you tried exercising "high" on modafinil? I've always wondered if it could be of any use during 1 max rep attempts or grueling training sessions in general.

All modafinil does is bring your brain to your most alert state. It certainly keeps you from getting mentally exhausted so I'd imagine it would help you get through a tough training session if you took it half way through the session as you were becoming drained.

Do you think you could accomplish the things you are trying to do without drugs?

damn you doing all that while doing insanity. props sir. insanity takes every fiber of my being to continue long term O_o

Take DMT with that beefed up brain of yours and tell me what you see.

full report imo

On October 13 2014 11:24 GoTuNk wrote: 1st: You are completely insane. 2nd: Have you tried exercising "high" on modafinil? I've always wondered if it could be of any use during 1 max rep attempts or grueling training sessions in general.

1st: I hear this somewhat often. I try to surround myself with others at a comparable level of insanity.

2nd: I haven't, but I imagine it's very effective. I know people who do.

On October 13 2014 14:07 asdf2000 wrote: Do you think you could accomplish the things you are trying to do without drugs?

Yes.

On October 13 2014 21:54 YoMeR wrote: Take DMT with that beefed up brain of yours and tell me what you see. full report imo

It's an intense experience considering how little time actually elapses. I'll also never forget the smell.
Report:
Listening to trance, I take as deep of a hit as I can of the harsh smoke and breath out while closing my eyes. My friend grabs the pipe from me and I immediately fall back completely unable to move. Not only am I completely paralyzed, but I feel like gravity is so strong that there is pressure on every part of my body. Then the geometric patterns appeared changing in time with the beat of the music. Triangles, circles, squares, then much more complex patterns. My eyes were still closed this entire time.
I see a wireframe of a world, and a gigantic owl looking at me, then it was just the owl's head, then just its eyes.
From the distant horizon of this wireframe world the top half of a clown stretches all the way over to me and reaches out its arms. Its hands are near my head right near my eyes and then with a quick turning motion or a flick it turns the whole universe around and I'm in a real world (non-wireframe). The colors are vibrant and I remember a landscape of a field. I can at this point hear my friends lightly talking. It is very similar to when you're waking up from a dream and hear external noise. I remember where my real body is and try to move my arm a little bit with some success. I don't remember much else besides when I finally opened my eyes and it being completely over, less than 15 minutes later.