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[WillHurtDontCare]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586061095118176261

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[Kak]

First time seeing electric hummer, it’s huge!View attachment 45696

I like it!

 

[Kak]

Jesus Christ what is wrong with these people. These a$$ clowns are insufferable.



These people have lost all perspective on reality.




Except he doesn't pay for Netflix. And he isn't near a beach, and if he was, he wouldn't pay for the parking.

I find it incredibly ironic that in an effort to be FREE of money, these morons are completely OWNED by money, to the point of picking up roadside trash, using subsidized health care, and taking freebies from friends.

Could you imagine hanging out with these people? Going to dinner? Sharing an Uber?

Every thought in their mind is consumed by money.

Sweet! There’s a video too! “Be like this guy and you too can play board games on to someone else’s trash outdoor furniture.”

VIDEO: This 29-year-old super-saver earns $135,000 a year and plans to retire by 35
This 29-year-old super-saver earns $135,000 a year and plans to retire by 35: I'm in 'the top 1% of the most frugal people'

 

[Mammoth]

And what do us happily married folks end up doing??

Stand at an intersection and walk up to cars waiting for a red light and just start washing their windshield without asking.

 

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[MitchC]

Sweet! There’s a video too! “Be like this guy and you too can play board games on to someone else’s trash outdoor furniture.”

VIDEO: This 29-year-old super-saver earns $135,000 a year and plans to retire by 35
This 29-year-old super-saver earns $135,000 a year and plans to retire by 35: I'm in 'the top 1% of the most frugal people'

The article just popped up on my Facebook, he’s getting roasted in the comments on there worse than he is on here

 

[Antifragile]

The article just popped up on my Facebook, he’s getting roasted in the comments on there worse than he is on here

And people say there is no such thing as bad publicity?

 

[heavy_industry]

This 29-year-old super-saver earns $135,000 a year and plans to retire by 35
This 29-year-old super-saver earns $135,000 a year and plans to retire by 35: I'm in 'the top 1% of the most frugal people'

Hey @MJ DeMarco this is sooooo awesome.

Check out these gold quotes!













Lol. As long as it costs literally nothing. You can do it!

This is the saddest thing I've seen today.

This is like a tutorial on how to waste your potential and life.

 

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[Dockid]

Not sure if this is the right thread. Could someone recommend me a good email collector that isn't MailCheat(Chimp). Thanks.

 

[Dockid]

The article just popped up on my Facebook, he’s getting roasted in the comments on there worse than he is on here

Somone send that guy a free copy of the Great Rat Race Escape

 

[Itizn]

Not sure if this is the right thread. Could someone recommend me a good email collector that isn't MailCheat(Chimp). Thanks.

MailShake could help

 

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[ZF Lee]

I think my post got misunderstood, lol
The point of the article and the image from it that I posted was about failure, not about weight loss

Sometimes failures teaches us to STOP doing things that are totally bad for our progress haha.

In the article's case, it revealed some of the belly-busting exercises might actually hurt your muscles in the long run.
And belly-slimming is mostly a side effect of most exercises anyways-- not really the mains.

The real secret is to keep your eating in tandem with whatever physical activities you do.

 

[Andy Black]

Not sure if this is the right thread. Could someone recommend me a good email collector that isn't MailCheat(Chimp). Thanks.

@Bekit might have aome thoughts. I think she worked at Constant Contact.

The main ones I know of but haven't really used much are ConvertKit, GetResponse, Constant Contact, Active Campaign, and Aweber.

There's other platforms that are more for newsletters... such as Substack, (Get)Revue, and Beehiiv.

There's guys in the forum who do a lot of email marketing who'll be able to help you better than me.

What is it you're trying to do?

 

[Kak]

Habitual lateness is disrespectful. If people expect you to be late to places, I’m going to tell you what they clearly won’t… You are an a**hole.

 

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[MTF]

Habitual lateness is disrespectful. If people expect you to be late to places, you are an a**hole.

What's your take on cultures that aren't punctual?

I always wonder how they function when it's normal to be late even up to an hour to a meeting.

 

[Antifragile]

What's your take on cultures that aren't punctual?

I always wonder how they function when it's normal to be late even up to an hour to a meeting.

MTF

Put two columns:
1) generally punctual (Switzerland, USA etc)
2) generally late (Cape town, South American areas etc.)

Compare how their economies are doing.

Done.

 

[Andy Black]

Love this dude:

TikTok - Make Your Day

vm.tiktok.com

 

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[Dockid]

@Bekit might have aome thoughts. I think she worked at Constant Contact.

The main ones I know of but haven't really used much are ConvertKit, GetResponse, Constant Contact, Active Campaign, and Aweber.

There's other platforms that are more for newsletters... such as Substack, (Get)Revue, and Beehiiv.

There's guys in the forum who do a lot of email marketing who'll be able to help you better than me.

What is it you're trying to do?

Just want to collect emails for leads on my website.

 

[MTF]

MTF

Put two columns:
1) generally punctual (Switzerland, USA etc)
2) generally late (Cape town, South American areas etc.)

Compare how their economies are doing.

Done.

Source: The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

Not exactly punctuality but pretty close.

 

[MTF]

A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them.

All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled. And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet into the air.

Years passed and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in the cloudless sky. It glided in graceful majesty among the powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat of its strong golden wings.

The old eagle looked up in awe. “Who’s that?” he asked.

“That’s the eagle, the king of the birds,” said his neighbor. “He belongs to the sky. We belong to the earth—we’re chickens.” So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that’s what he thought he was.

From Anthony de Mello's "Awareness"

 

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[Kak]

What's your take on cultures that aren't punctual?

I always wonder how they function when it's normal to be late even up to an hour to a meeting.

I think culture is an excuse for being an a**hole. They can plan and control their arrival and they willfully choose to make someone wait for them.

The formality of the plan matters.

I have noticed in Latin countries they say things that are less formal. “Let’s meet for dinner at the beach club around 8.” The word “around” makes the gathering less formal and no one is watching the clock. Big difference. That’s totally fine.

Saying “oh I’m just Latin” after you make people wait 30 minutes when we planned on meeting at 6:15 for a business dinner. That’s an excuse.

 

[Andy Black]

Just want to collect emails for leads on my website.

Are those leads people filling in a Contact-Us form, or opting in to get a lead magnet?

 

[missinfinity98]

I see you don't hold yourself back here, so why should I? Let's spill some tea.

The lack of quality that people agree to run their lives is dumb and frustrating to me. I am sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk of guys trying to manipulate me into relationships because they feel not good enough - and they are right. I am sick of older men acting like they are going to die of a heart attack after I reject the invitation to flirt with them (then just do us all a favor and die). I am sick of jealous people. I am soooooooooooooooo done with the global healthcare business. I am furious because with all the tools given, the society still struggles with same bullsh*t as years ago. I am sick of men laughing at women for things they manipulated them into doing. I am tired of insecure people letting their emotions make them trip.

I am tired and I cannot wait till all the older sexist, patriarchal people just die. They act like pointing out abuse as something wrong is... well - wrong.

I cannot stand people-pleasers.

I have 0% patience for men who think that raping a woman is cool. I have 0% patience for people who lack sexual education but ignore the resources they have to learn.

I hate older couples having abusive relationships, and walking around like this is something to strive for, a goal.


I hate being single but being afraid to date because I feel like the world has gone insane. Because it did. And I am furious because I wanted to have a baby but now I don't know anymore, because of all the craziness around.

I am sick of all the bullshit companies - ignoring all morals, just to use them as slogans in their campaigns.
It makes it worthless. It takes the life out of humanity.



I am sick of older people complaining about teenagers, but acting the same way - insecure, trying to cover it up with fake confidence and "cool things".

What else? Those who instead of addressing the source of the issue, prefer to come for what triggered it.
And here I make a pause - how can I take care of my trigger points? <3 I can become nonreactive
I am often angry at myself for being too nice lately.



Thank you, I am so much better now

I think culture is an excuse for being an a**hole. They can plan and control their arrival and they willfully choose to make someone wait for them.

I have noticed in Latin countries they say things that are more fluid. “Let’s meet for dinner at the beach club around 8.” The word “around” makes the gathering less formal and no one is watching the clock. Big difference.

I think they just like to "shake you up to loosen you a bit" with that

 

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[MoneyDoc]

Why does my iPhone think it's so important for me to know that Tom Brady and his Wife have officially divorced? Who cares?

 

[Kak]

Why does my iPhone think it's so important for me to know that Tom Brady and his Wife have officially divorced? Who cares?

Mine didn’t let me know. Lol. Must be a Tom Brady setting

 

[Mammoth]

I have noticed in Latin countries they say things that are more fluid. “Let’s meet for dinner at the beach club around 8.” The word “around” makes the gathering less formal and no one is watching the clock. Big difference.

This is one of the most frustrating things about Mexico.

You set an appointment for someone to come to your house. Doesn't matter what for, fix the gas line, deliver water, fix the internet, they're never on time. Sometimes they don't even call or show up at all. And people here just accept that as normal.

Apparently it's not as bad in the big cities because there's more competition. If I fired every person that was late here in QR I'd be left with no one to work with.

I'm probably going to move to Guadalajara or Mexico City in the next 1-2 years partly because of this.

But to your point, meeting with friends & family is the same. "On time" isn't really a thing. Personally, I feel physically ill if for some reason I'm running late to an engagement.

 

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[Kak]

Personally, I feel physically ill if for some reason I'm running late to an engagement.

Same. I never want to make someone wait for me.

 

[msufan]

Same. I never want to make someone wait for me.

I bet an above-average percentage of entrepreneurs have this personality type.

 

[GPM]

I started buying puzzles to do with my kids. It is really fun! I am seriously excited for when my kids are old enough to start playing board games with me. My wife isn't really in to that sort of thing, so I am going to nerd out with my kids haha. A captive audience that thinks I am literally the coolest person on the planet.

My parents got my kids some 2 pieces puzzles when they were babies, and then a 24 pieces one shortly after. I had forgotten about the 24 pieces one to tell the truth, and my daughter who was about 3 at the time found it and made the whole thing on her own, and would clean it up and everything and I had no idea she was even doing it. My wife ended up telling me, and then our daughter started to complain to me that she wanted some that were harder because that was too easy.

I ended up finding a bunch of 48 pieces kids puzzles, and my daughter just turned 4 and she loves these! She will sit there and just do them one after another all by herself and just loves them. So I started to get some more difficult ones, 60 pieces, and then a couple 100 piece ones. She can't do the 100 by herself as that is a pretty significant step up in difficulty. I do point out the shapes and figures or whatever and get her to sort them and start building them that way.

Yesterday I picked up a 300 piece puzzle, so I finally had to step in and start doing a lot of it myself. But wow is it ever fun and addictive! My son pretty much just tries to sit on the puzzle and destroy it, but my daughter is right in there. It can keep her 100% focused for literally hours and hours on end.

I want to get a stack of 100 piece ones, and get the kids doing them 100% solo, and then work up to those 300 piece ones where I help out a bit. Eventually I want a dedicated table and we can work on those 500 piece ones pretty soon I bet. This is a pretty awesome way to spend an evening with the kids.

Puzzles are awesome.

 

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[Matt Sun]

I did it guys, I escaped commie Argentina and i'm now living by the beach, my business still makes sells, independent of my time and location. I still want so much more but feels amazing to realize the vision I had. Time to enjoy and keep bulding...

 

[ds_groundupbiz]

It's good to be alive. Going to be working on growing a new Twitter account to drive traffic to my blog. Have a nice day everyone! Keep getting better!