July - Fighting in Phuket, Khao Sok and Mallorca.

🏃‍♂️ TL;DR

You know when I normally joke around about fighting wild animals to gather some attention? Well, this time is actually true. That + snakes, lots of new wonderful people, and the most random trip of my life. I will leave the one-liner summarizing it:

I travel to the other side of the world to fight against great fighters for two weeks, and look for snakes in the jungle. Feeling like a less nerdy Harry Potter, ngl.

🍋 Thoughts

It is much easier to be a critic than a celebrator.
Screaming from the sideline is always easier than being in the pitch. We have grown to become a society that has an opinion before meeting anyone or anything, based on knowledge pills digested by people we find influencing. We are ruthless, and we forget there is someone behind reading our opinions that ignore there is a human being at the other end. We have forgotten to be generous with our words.
 

Ego is great, but you’re just as good as your next performance.
It is hard aye, but it is what it is. We tend to hide behind countless events where we nailed the performance, or prizes, or people’s comments on you ‘being the best’ when we are under pressure. However, the truth is, you’re just as good as your next game.

Nobody really wants to steal your idea until you’ve bought the lambo.
We come across many ‘soon-to-be-entrepreneurs’ who are afraid to tell you what they want to do just in case you steal their idea. Fair enough, but this is getting you nowhere. People really start ‘stealing’ ideas after you are flashing a lambo, or doing some crazy rich entrepreneur shit like sniffing coke off somebody’s ass. Before that, stay calm and keep getting feedback. After that, stay away of coke in people’s asses.

Emotions only make sense when tied to memories.
Being emotional is not the opposite to being rational. We face these concepts against each other, when both of them are part of every decision we make. We cannot understand emotions without the reality of the memory that created them. Funny enough, over time, we may forget what we did in some places, however, we will always remember how we felt when we were there.

🗳️ What’s going on now

• July was some sort of confirmation that I can actually fight a bit after almost 7 years of training. Faced some great people, learnt from them and was actually a match. Nice.

• Traveled with a friend who now became an insane travel partner. How beautiful it is when you confirm that a friend from all your life is also an amazing partner when things are not as comfortable as they are at home. Proud of my mate Victor, what a legend. More to come for sure.

• I disconnected from the planet and did not even check anything related to work, allowing me to read about other cool shit going on. Feels cool, feels healthy.

• There is no better feeling than being somewhere else you don’t know anyone at, and suddenly building some human connections there to the point you feel as comfortable as you do at home. The dopamine surge you get traveling is incomparable to anything. Pure definition of happiness.

• I am liking the way I’m connecting to people (emotionally/sexually) better than I did last month. It has been a more chill month, but more honest towards these emotions. Very fun, very beautiful.

🥷 Questions in my head

• Is Trump just a poor person’s idea of what a rich man looks like?

• Trust or measure at an early stage?

• Can we substitute the ‘toxic masculinity’ trait for ‘immature masculinity’?

• What do you find more relevant regarding yourself online: privacy or consent? What do these mean to you?

💎 Inspiration

• Gael: “I’m more afraid of not living than of dying”.

• Grego: “entender que la vida no se mide en números y que un día 4 puede ser un gran día”.

• “El éxito y el fracaso, esos dos impostores” - Borges

• “Don’t find your own trail bro” our guide, M, while walking through the Thai jungle looking for snakes right after I took a little detour and slipped. Sometimes you gotta accept and follow those who know better.

• Someone: “the formula to be a good entrepreneur: be curious, be agile, be a seller”.

• 30% of american men are incels - never had any sexual nor romantic contact with a women. This pod is absolutely brilliant for us to understand the approach to one night stands from different gender’s povs. A must.

• Massive decline on friendship - there is a male friendship recession. US: 15% of men under 30 say they don’t have a single friend. 

• Jimmy Carr Pod as a great source of inspiration for reinventing and self-evaluation.

• An amazing read on life learnings by The Marginalian shared by Ine.

• Some business bible by a business lad (Scott Galloway) that I found quite cool.

• Entrepreneurship masteclass by Daniel Priestley. This one is 100% worth it. No bullshit.

• Cat explaining complex crypto topics from a human pov. Always a fan.

• “Tu vas a ser el motor de todo lo que voy a hacer, y no la excusa de lo que voy a dejar de hacer”. Mi vieja cuando nací.

💙 Cheers

Veek, M, Oli, Phil, Zerjon, Aicha, Felicia, Niamh, Aurelie, Gale, Elver, Miriam, Vero, Mai, Luqui, Ine, Seba, Jessy, Luqui, Mamu, Dieguito, Alex, Adri, Pancho, Luis, Dani, Abu, Julito, Santi, las gordas, Steven, Santi, Guardi, Dani, Pa, Pilu, Dima, Julia, Gerardo, Tommy, Guardi, Sonia, Luquita, Dani, Pove, Nachi, Klaus, Cris, Gems, Manu, Alvi.