Sup friends 👋🏼,

I’m preparing for a short round trip to Portugal this week, so the past week I’ve done my best to enjoy the sunshine, run and spend less time in front of a screen (I’m sure my screen time was way too high, but hey, at least i’m aware of it).

Let’s get to it 🙂 

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1/How To Stay Calm

Most problems have simple solutions.

Feeling tired? Sleep.

Feeling burned out? Take the day off.

Overthinking? Free write or journal your thoughts.

/2 How to Build a Lean Body

Tough problems = simple solutions.

I’ve been pretty stop-start with my own health journey for the past few years, and came across this simple outlook on what to focus on.

1. Lift weights 3x per week. Stick to the workouts.

2. Most calories from high-protein sources.

3. Measure and track.

4. 7-8 hours of sleep.

5. Drink water with electrolytes.

/3 How to be an Amazing Parent

Not one I’m needing to perfect just yet in my life, but still useful advice regardless.

1. Dream of how you want your kid to be - their characteristics & values. Then work backwards from there.

2. Enjoy your kids (aka have fun along the way).

So if we have a big vision for the life we want, and setup our life to have fun along the way, we’ll be just fine.

Sounds simple.

/4 3 Things Uber Did to Grow in the Early Days

It’s easy to forget that on-demand taxi-hailing was just not a thing before Uber came on the scene.

Three things Uber did to grow fast (TLDR version):

1. Paying drivers hourly until we had enough riders

2. Positioning cars in busy areas for faster pickup times

3. Encouraging riders to refer their friends

Some good insights on a different thinking framework that epitomises the startup get sh*t done culture.

/5 From your Head to the Paper

Sometimes we make too many excuses for why we’ve not made progress on an idea.

It’s either too complicated or we don’t have the resources or some other reason.

All we need to do - is move the idea from our head, to something tangible.

Then we can share it, and then we can grow.

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

Till next week,

Fahim ✌️