Actually, I don’t!
Because if you start this as a challenge, you will most probably fail.
Because that’s not the way how habits are built (ask James Clear…)
But it still worked for me.
Everything is connected.
The more we read, the more we can connect the things around us.
Because everything is connected.
What has been seen can’t be unseen.
Now we see how everything is connected.
Connecting the dots
I always try to connect my dots. But it’s only possible looking backwards. In my journey during the last 10 years since I’m an entrepreneur, many doors have been closed. Many rejections. I was frustrated.
And now? I’m so happy about every single one.
Because now they all make sense. Many would have been big mistakes or lead me towards something I didn’t really want but tried to get.
So often things that didn’t happen, protected us from going in the wrong direction.
I now trust more often my gut.
That feeling of intuition.
It doesn’t let us down.
We shouldn’t ignore it.
I trust.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘵, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.”
-Steve Jobs
It’s about building community before building a product
A 5-Step process for building a great Community that worked for us:
- Understand & create your Identity
- Build Trust by being transparent & responsive
- Engagement & Participation is key
- Reward: Give Value to the community
- Repeat & Grow
How I use Email
Or should I say Gmail? Anyway – email is email.
I did it 10 years wrong, until I learned it: the easy way is the best way.
Most people struggle a lot with keeping their inbox clean.
I’ve seen some – Oh my God – with 4’733 unread emails. I never have anxiety – but in those cases it gets me.
How to help Xhepa in 5min
I get once in a while – more often than not – requests from family and friends who want that I employ their relatives who live in Kosova, North-Macedonia, Albania or Serbia.
The position doesn’t matter to them – important for them is just that “they work something…”
In most cases, those are 16-20 year young boys or girls with almost no experience in anything and just expect to get everything ready served.
How I help and then decide who really deserves the help.
Simplify your life
General:
- Less is more
- Declutter your closet
- Unfollow all the beauty brands/trendsetters/”Influencers” who tell you what to buy
- Remove anything in the house that you didn’t use in the last 12 months
- Follow a quick morning routine
- Automate what can be automated: Monthly orders, monthly payments (electricity, Internet, Water, etc.)
When you find your love
Finding your love is finding yourself. It’s finding your path and a person that really gets you, because you get that person, because it’s you.
Sounds weird? You’ll know when you get there, but let me try explaining:
Are you being true to yourself? Honest? Probably not.
Do you feel bad? Good or even great? Whatever and however you feel, that’s okay, because that’s where you are right now in your life.
Words I didn’t remember
While explaining to Eduard some parts that I had read in the books ‘Atomic Habits’ and ‘The Almanack of Naval Ravikant’ I couldn’t explain three words.
So just for the case, here they are – for my future self and for you, just in case:
1. Word “devour” –> The best book is the one you devour.
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly. // read quickly and eagerly.
“she spent her evenings devouring the classics”
Three ways to find your dream job
1. Start a company & employ yourself. (What I decided to do 10 years ago)
2. Find a company that has the same values and a vision that fits you. (I guess possible, but rather difficult)
3. Do “What feels like play to you, but looks like work to others” (Naval // that’s the next level I want to reach)