A single place for the principles I live by, the people I learn from, and the reading list that shaped my thinking.

Beliefs

A curated collection of principles and values that guide my work, decisions, and approach to life.

  1. The universe defaults to scarcity; the mission is to engineer sustainable abundance.
  2. Value comes only from solving real problems.
  3. Iteration beats everything. Keep cycling until reality bends.
  4. Benchmark the best. Compete with the top or die average.
  5. Leverage compounds. Always chase code, content, connection, capital, company, etc.
  6. Being a machine learner beats being smart. Curiosity compounds.
  7. Always ask your question. Find the right question to ask is key.
  8. Extreme people achieve extreme results. Work so hard it feels unnatural.
  9. Extreme discomfort means you’re exactly where you should be.
  10. It’s hard to be wildly successful at anything you aren’t obsessed with.
  11. Status quo bias is the enemy. >70% live in permanent slight suffering because they never take a big swing.
  12. Delete until nothing is left. In fact, if you don’t end up adding back at least 10%, you didn’t delete enough.
  13. Wanting to be liked is weakness. Fulfillment must come from within.
  14. Everything is sales. The teacher sells, the leader sells, the orator sells.

I'm always learning and unlearning. If you have a recommendation, please let me know.

People

A list of thinkers and writers on the internet that I learn from regularly. They cover a broad range of topics.

  1. Muhammad ﷺ
  2. Muhammad Al-Fatih
  3. Ahmad Bahauddin Nursalim (Gus Baha)
  4. Adi Hidayat
  5. Elon Musk — @elonmusk
  6. Sam Altman — @sama
  7. Peter Thiel
  8. Jensen Huang — @jensenhuang
  9. Patrick Collison — @patrickc
  10. Andrej Karpathy — @karpathy
  11. Demis Hassabis — @demishassabis
  12. Alexandr Wang — @alexandr_wang
  13. Marc Andreessen — @pmarca
  14. Balaji Srinivasan — @balajis
  15. Paul Graham — @paulg
  16. Naval Ravikant — @naval
  17. Elad Gil — @eladgil
  18. Ray Dalio — @RayDalio
  19. Warren Buffett
  20. Charlie Munger
  21. Jeff Bezos — @JeffBezos
  22. Larry Page
  23. Sergey Brin
  24. Mark Zuckerberg
  25. Reed Hastings
  26. Brian Chesky — @bchesky
  27. Pavel Durov — @durov
  28. Masayoshi Son
  29. Tim Urban — @waitbutwhy
  30. Timothy Ronald — @timothyronald22
  31. Steve Jobs
  32. Jack Dorsey — @jack

I'm always learning and unlearning. If you have a recommendation, please let me know.

Read

A collection of articles, essays, and books that have significantly influenced my perspective and shaped my thinking.

  1. 100 Blocks a Day — by Wait But Why
  2. Good and Bad Procrastination — by Paul Graham
  3. Life is lived in the arena — by Naval Ravikant
  4. Very Bad Advice — by Morgan Housel
  5. Principles for Lifelong Meaningful Relationships — by Ray Dalio
  6. How to Pick Your Life Partner (Part 2) — by Wait But Why
  7. If You Want to Learn, Do — by Naval Ravikant
  8. Find Your Specific Knowledge Through Action — by Naval Ravikant
  9. In Most Difficult Things, The Solution is Indirect — by Naval Ravikant
  10. Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve — by Naval Ravikant
  11. Optimism Shapes Reality — by Alexandr Wang
  12. Digital Hygiene — by Andrej Karpathy
  13. I Love Calculator — by Andrej Karpathy
  14. Advice for ambitious 19 year olds — by Sam Altman
  15. The days are long but the decades are short — by Sam Altman
  16. Value is created by doing — by Sam Altman
  17. Productivity — by Sam Altman
  18. How To Be Successful — by Sam Altman
  19. The Strength of Being Misunderstood — by Sam Altman
  20. Relentlessly Resourceful — by Paul Graham
  21. Startup = Growth — by Paul Graham
  22. 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups — by Paul Graham
  23. Startups in 13 Sentences — by Paul Graham
  24. What I’ve Learned from Users — by Paul Graham
  25. Researchers and Founders — by Sam Altman
  26. 9 things the best founders do — by Sam Altman
  27. The Only Way to Grow Huge — by Sam Altman
  28. Before Growth — by Sam Altman
  29. Super successful companies — by Sam Altman
  30. Seek out negative feedback — by Elon Musk
  31. How to be Elon Musk (Justine Musk) — by The Founders’ Tribune
  32. CEO as Chief Editor — by Jack Dorsey
  33. 12 Leadership Habits — by Jack Dorsey
  34. The Power of Great Storytelling — by Jack Dorsey
  35. Culture Lessons from Bill Walsh — by Jack Dorsey
  36. Balancing performance and loyalty — by Reed Hastings
  37. Amp It Up! — by Frank Slootman
  38. Performance Culture — by Frank Slootman
  39. From Coding to Leadership — by Max Levchin
  40. Marketing is a Transfer of Enthusiasm — by Jason Fried
  41. Entrepreneurs are Typically Polymaths — by Peter Thiel
  42. Lessons from Peter Thiel — by Joe Lonsdale
  43. Be Less Precious — by David Heinemeier Hansson
  44. Elon Musk — by David Senra
  45. Make Something Wonderful — by Steve Jobs
  46. The Struggle — by Ben Horowitz
  47. Product/Market Fit at Pinterest — by Ben Silbermann
  48. DO TOO MUCH — by Alexandr Wang
  49. Hire people who give a shit — by Alexandr Wang
  50. Reflections on OpenAI — by Calvin French-Owen

I'm always learning and unlearning. If you have a recommendation, please let me know.