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Mehdi Yacoubi retweeted
unfortunately as i’ve gotten older i’ve learned that having an incessant need to travel does in fact mean you’re running away from something
a lot of construction, logistics and manufacturing executives are already using codex and claude code themselves
many are engineers. they test prompts, upload documents, build small workflows, and understand the tools well,
so they often ask us a fair question: "why use you instead of just doing this ourselves?"
the answer usually becomes clear once they try to move from one person getting a good result to a company using AI every day
then you run into internal rules, old systems, bad data, security, approvals, edge cases, and people working in different ways.
the models are getting better very fast, but the work needed to make them reliable & useful inside real companies is still huge
Mehdi Yacoubi retweeted
Tried and true way to turn your life around is to just do the opposite of what your anxieties tell you to do. Great place to start is by pretending you already made it. Imagine you had the money, the relationships, the ideal reality you see in your head
How would this version of yourself be moving? Doesn't have to be some huge thing. Could literally be adding guac to the order or covering the tab for a friend when the mind would usually look at your current circumstances and make you believe that you need to hold onto your limited resources for dear life
Could be getting out more, striking up conversations with strangers, showing your true personality without the usual mask of "I don't have enough status" because that's exactly how light and relaxed you'd be if you were loved by those around you and had nothing to prove
Pursuing a project out of pure curiosity, choosing to make a business decision out of excitement over neuroticism, letting an idea play out over months instead of scrapping it after a few days, etc. Why wouldn't you if you knew your level of internal abundance gave you permission to build your life in the most self respecting way
Embody that energy for a month and see what happens. Perhaps you'll come to find that instead of needing to "get there" first before you can be here, "being there" now is what actually gets you here
the best way to avoid AI psychosis is to spend more time in the real world.
talk to business owners. go to factories, construction sites, mines, etc.
you quickly realize how much work is still left to do
chronic pain is a defense mechanism to prevent you from feeling what your brain has learned to treat as dangerous
Mehdi Yacoubi retweeted
Most relationship problems are ultimately just a lust for life problem. Gf/wife unhappy, kids distant, some disconnect with the family etc. You try to solve the discomfort through tangible achievement. Think it's because you're not making enough, providing enough, "successful" enough
You need to upsize the house, upgrade the vacations, perform more, show off more. Not realizing that this comparison based expectation you created in your mind and how it subsequently causes you to behave is exactly what's causing the problems in the first place
Meanwhile the only problem is just a severe lack of vitality. You're boring and moody and see reality as an obligation and take yourself way too seriously. You're not a beacon of energy, you don't inspire the people around you, you don't inject wonder and curiosity into their lives. There's no adventure, no spontaneity, no presence. You lost their love because you lost the love for yourself
whenever it feels like you’re not winning, remember:
“if you do everything, you will win.”
then ask the obvious question:
are you actually doing everything?
most of the time, there is still *way* more you can do
simple yet very powerful framing
Mehdi Yacoubi retweeted
Be profitable and run your company with maximal agentic loops
You don’t need to sell more of your co anymore
$10M profit per year reinvested is like an annual Series A no dilution
The best startups do this now. No whinging about the Series A/B crunch.
You don’t need saving.
Series A and Series B are the hardest rounds for founders today.
Founders launch a vertical AI SaaS company. They reach $1M-$3M ARR in 2 years or $5M-$10M in 3-4 years.
They go out to market with their 1x-3x growth. Almost no interest from investors.
If it's not the right category or a deep, long-term conviction bet, most investors stay away.
Founders are stuck with large pref stacks and a market that doesn't value this growth. They are neither sustainable (at their current burn) nor venture-fundable (without growth).
The exit options (if available) don't leave much for the team. In most cases, founders are required to join the acquiring company (but they aren't interested).
I talk to many founders who have been misadvised, and they keep grinding without making progress.
The Series A or B that didn't happen won't magically happen in 1 year with a little more progress. If the market moves much faster than your company progresses, you will always be behind. If you are told today to hit some metrics and come back, the market will have already moved by the time you return.
Attention Young Men:
I am surrounded by 20 year old girls in my life that are smart, capable, hard working and cute. Nobody is dating them. Not sure what the deal is, but I don’t get it.
Step 1: Stop playing video games
Step 2: Head to great clips and get that lettuce cleaned up
Step 3: Hit a shower (when dating hygiene is critical)
Step 4: Go clean your car
Step 5: Sign up for a yoga class
Step 6: Go to the yoga class
Step 7: Ask a cute for her phone number at yoga class (yes you can meet girls IRL and not just on the apps - 10/10 the Dirt Dog highly recommends)
Step 8: Follow up within 2 days with a phone call and ask them out for this coming weekend Friday or Saturday night.
Step 9: IMPORTANT - come up with a good game plane for date night. Get a dinner reservation, get an activity planned. Let them know in advance what you are doing so they can dress appropriately. I know you are gunna roll off the couch and head to date night, but they are not. They are going to stress about what to wear and call at least 6 different people on FaceTime to ask their opinion.
Step 10: I highly recommend you bring flowers to the door step. I’m not covering that you go to the doorstep, because if you don’t do that you have no hope here. Women want men to date them. You don’t need to break the bank on flowers. Head to Trader Joe’s. Grab 2 different kinds of flowers. If you don’t know what matches find the closest looking lady to your mom at TJ’s and ask her. Wrap the 2 flowers into 1 bouquet with paper. Bonus Points you can cut open a TJ bag and use that as the paper.
Step 11: Be a gentleman on the date. She isn’t there to hear your life story. Ask her about her. For every 1 question you answer, ask her 3. Open Doors, pay for the meal, be polite.
Provided you follow most of this guideline you are highly likely to get yourself an opportunity for date number 2.
Keep going until you find someone that you can’t imagine not being around all the time. That’s when you have found a good one for you.
My life is complete with my wife as my companion. I wish you the same fortune in life. Happy Hunting.
Mehdi Yacoubi retweeted
Truly, truly fascinating that if you just look at women who have chosen to be mothers at all, there is effectively no fertility crisis; almost all mothers everywhere choose to have more than 2.1 kids on average.
The crisis is in the growing ranks of unmarried, childless women.
geo arbitrage is a very good way to get started.
find something that already works, bring it to a market where it barely exists, adapt it properly, and learn from real customers,
you get to start with a working idea instead of a blank page,
that can buy you a lot of time.
having kids made me notice how strange the cultural messaging around parenthood has become
career, travel, money, freedom all carry status. children are usually discussed through cost, sleep deprivation, lost flexibility and everything you supposedly give up
then we act surprised when people delay having them for as long as possible to pursue "high status" activities
people tend to want the lives they see being admired;
more posts like this are very useful. family life should look like something worth wanting
Amics, vengo a animar a la gente a tener niños.
El viajar y la fiesta están bien, pero hazlo de joven a tope. Cuando tengas niños puedes seguir haciéndolo si quieres, no es el fin del mundo. Pero seguramente tus prioridades cambian. Este año hemos estado 1 mes en Perú-Costa Rica con los 3. Todo se puede hacer.
El curro está bien, pero no debería ser el centro de tu vida. Es una parte muy importante, pero también hay que tener espacio para tus hobbies y para la familia. Clave buscar la manera de adaptar el curro a tu vida y no al revés. A nosotros nos costó un tiempo pero al final lo hemos conseguido.
Solemos centrarnos en que es difícil tener niños. La gente habla de ellos como una carga. No es nada menos que un regalo de Dios. Puedes tener un día asqueroso, te mira el bebé con una sonrisa y se te pasa todo.
Ves en ellos un reflejo tuyo. Yo no he recordado nunca nada de cuando tenía 3-5 años. Ahora, me siento con ellos, los miro a los ojos y me veo yo con esa edad.
Es mágico.
Mehdi Yacoubi retweeted
Amics, vengo a animar a la gente a tener niños.
El viajar y la fiesta están bien, pero hazlo de joven a tope. Cuando tengas niños puedes seguir haciéndolo si quieres, no es el fin del mundo. Pero seguramente tus prioridades cambian. Este año hemos estado 1 mes en Perú-Costa Rica con los 3. Todo se puede hacer.
El curro está bien, pero no debería ser el centro de tu vida. Es una parte muy importante, pero también hay que tener espacio para tus hobbies y para la familia. Clave buscar la manera de adaptar el curro a tu vida y no al revés. A nosotros nos costó un tiempo pero al final lo hemos conseguido.
Solemos centrarnos en que es difícil tener niños. La gente habla de ellos como una carga. No es nada menos que un regalo de Dios. Puedes tener un día asqueroso, te mira el bebé con una sonrisa y se te pasa todo.
Ves en ellos un reflejo tuyo. Yo no he recordado nunca nada de cuando tenía 3-5 años. Ahora, me siento con ellos, los miro a los ojos y me veo yo con esa edad.
Es mágico.
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no one will naturally come to help you, gotta learn to ask the right thing to the right person at the right time
don’t fight the seasons of your life
some periods naturally pull you toward work. others toward training, family, travel, learning, or just being less intense for a while
i used to think consistency meant keeping all of these at the same level,
now i think a lot of unnecessary friction comes from trying to hold onto a season that has already ended.
when your attention naturally starts moving somewhere else, it is often worth listening.
