Sup friends 👋🏼,

I’m away this week, so this’ll be a shorter edition (3 gems for the week).

Quote I’m pondering atm:

Been part of a few convos with colleagues this week where they’ve done exactly this - it makes me feel more & more grateful for the people I get to spend my time with each day.

Anyway, let’s get to it 🙂 

/1 The Best Advice from 60+ Year Olds

Loved this thread (advice given from 60, 70, 80 and 90-year-olds to young people today). Filled with great advice that makes you pause and reflect.

Some of the standouts:

• Don’t take things as seriously as you do

• Relax, and enjoy life…but also -

• Have an eye towards the future (know the life you want to live and start moving towards this)

• You’ll only regret the things you didn’t do, not the things you did (note: I grapple with this one regularly - “how do I ensure I do the things that I KNOW I won’t regret, even if they’re non-obvious to me right now, but will likely be off-limits as I grow older” - probably why I started this newsletter! Alas, a monologue for another day..)

/2 Group chats rule the world

Vigorously nodding throughout this thread - the key points:

• Kinda like how comedians go to small clubs to workshop their ideas, private group chats are where most people flesh out their opinions/ideas before coming up with a more refined and polished ‘public’ opinion

• You need a ‘gardener’ - a central leader who can help shut down a conversation, pluck out the best ideas, bring in fresh energy and more

• “What makes or breaks a party? A new idea, plus a sense of humor, makes a party – and the bores break it.”

I haven’t done justice to the nuanced ideas or how well-written the thread is, so I recommend checking it out for yourself.

/3 Productivity Hacks That Work

Two a16z features in one newsletter - coming up with the goods! I can’t knock it tbh.

Honestly, if we tried to just implement 3 of these in a month, it would be a game-changer (try it and let me know the three you choose).

The top three that I use + would recommend:

• calendar blocking

• workout in the AM, then tough work

• if it takes less than 3min, do it then

That’s a wrap - let me know your favourite link 🙂 

Till next week,

Fahim ✌️