Greg Isenberg is a multi-exit Silicon Valley entrepreneur and owner of Late Checkout product studio. He has:
– Headed Product Strategy at WeWork
– Been an advisor to Reddit
– Founded a startup, Islands, which was sold to WeWork
– Founded 5by, which was sold to StumbleUpon
Interesting Tweets Series: Greg Isenberg
Lifehacks:
1. Use social media apps on desktop only so you don’t get sucked in.
2. Use analogies. People remember them.
3. Being on someone’s IG close friends doesn’t mean you are close friends.
4. The fastest way to get out of your town is by building an internet audience to attract people into the same stuff as you are.
5. Build an email list yesterday.
6. Don’t be the last one to leave the party, you’ve got a big day tomorrow.
7. Come to dinner prepared with interesting stories.
8. Start a “no-complaints” day and shift perspectives. Listen more than talk.
9. Use your favorites on the contact screen and call those people at least once a week (also, call your mom).
10. Show up to meetings with small gifts (the ROI is insane).
11. Build your own BS detector. Most of what you read is BS.
12. Gift your friends randomly. Be a secret santa not just during the holidays.
13. Keep a learning list, make learning your “side-hustle.”
14. Use colored pens to enhance note-taking.
15. Create themed playlists, curate moods. They are time capsules for you to remember chapters in your life
16. Listen to happy music often. I do reggae on Sundays.
17. Create your personal “quote collection” to stay inspired.
18. Don’t forget about day 1 friends. They’ve known you from the start.
19. But don’t keep friends around for the sake of it. Friends help other friends grow.
20. Craft a personal mission statement to guide your decisions.
21. Throw dinner parties and invite the most interesting people you can find. Do it in multiple cities
22. Chasing generational wealth is overrated. Wealth is underrated.
23. Give friends lifts, pick them up from the airport.
24. Amplify your weird, celebrate your uniqueness.
25. Send friends songs you think they’ll like.
26. Pour people’s drinks before yours. People appreciate that.
27. When you’re out with people breaking bread, put your phone on airplane mode.
28. Seek discomfort daily, put it in your calendar
29. You’re never too late. I went to a Phish show in 2005 and everyone told me Phish was over.
30. Avoid prescription drugs, it’s a slippery slope.
31. Zig when others zag. The coolest products/communities are built to feel different.
32. When reading articles or books, take photos of important passages or quotes with your phone for easy reference later. Add to a folder. Print it out.
33. Send postcards to friends and family when you travel.
34. Say “I appreciate you,” instead of “appreciated.” It’s appreciated.
35. Listen to pump-up songs before important meetings or events. Get in the zone.
36. Tone of voice is the secret key to convincing people. Language is what we say, tone is how we say it. Study the greats and see how they do it. Then mimic them.
37. Have a reverse bucket list. Regularly write down things you’ve already accomplished. It’s a reminder of where you came from.
38. Embrace the quiet of the night/early AM. It’s the most creative time of the day.
39. Keep your computer desktop clean. Regularly change your wallpaper to something that inspires you.
40. Avoid angry people. They suck the good energy out of the room.
41. Eat salads for lunch.
42. Don’t get offended by people on the internet.
43. Avoid people who are quick to criticize others all the time. Toxic.
44. Life never goes according to plan.
45. If you are safe, control your own schedule, feel at peace, and are growing every year, then you are wealthy.
46. The best business people are relaxed. Inhale, exhale.
47. Have at least 1 thing for sale on the internet. Have buy buttons on the internet.
48. Be curious about new technologies.
49. Markers of success — how well you slept and how much you smiled today
50. Be nice on the internet.
Check out the original tweet here
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