Why I am always happy even when I feel sad? In one conversation this week depression came up as I was asked if I ever was depressed I responded “no, I have been sad and down, but never depressed. I was genuinely always happy.”. At first glance this is counter-intuitive right? How can one be sad and happy at the same time? That depends on the perspective and focus to me. If I focus on what is bad or the struggles I turn sad/down. If I focus on positives I become optimistic. Life to me is going...

"The old me is Dead & Gone" - TI It's something I do not and have never resonated with. I feel more true to my young self then I have ever felt before. The process of removing the mental chains one puts themselves in can either bring out the old me, or bring out a new me. I love my old me, I'll bring out the old me. With the old me I am talking about character traits and a way of being. The old me will be improved with experience and lessons learned. Though the core spirit is sacred to me. I ...

The following is a Farcaster conversation between my friend Les and I about communication. How does one evaluate communication? What is the essence? Les: Does anyone ever talk about the low vs. high energy of the internal team's startup chatter? I don't mean hype, I mean simply communication e.g. feels draggy, responses are low effort, long, distracts etc. obvi red flags but more so wondering if anything is out there in terms of the 'hype exec' vs 'ship exec' vs 'idk exec' etc. Samuel: to me ...

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EigenLayer has been the topic of many conversations as it aims to bring the security of the Blockchain to outside of the Blockchain. Though how does ...

How did $Degen grow on Farcaster and what can be learned from it? First to know Degen came before Frames were a thing so it didn’t bootstrap users wi...

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