Overcoming Burnout, Crypto Craziness, and McConaughey/Lex Podcast

What’s Up Legends 🤘

Took a week off to recharge, but coming back with some good stuff.

On this week’s agenda 👉

• 🔥 Overcoming Burnout

• 🗣️ Crypto Craziness

• 🎙️ McConaughey/Lex Podcast

No time to waste 👇

🔥 Overcoming Burnout

If you are not motivated to get your shit done, I feel you.

I have been there before, like literally last week.

I was feeling lousy and repelled by the thought of doing work.

But I overcame it. First, I had to be self-aware enough to realize I was burnt out.

Next, it was deep introspection as to why it was happening.

My conclusion was the fact that I was aimlessly doing work for the sake of getting it done. I was grinding myself into the oblivion with no real reason backing it.

Pair this with going slightly off diet, a messy sleep schedule, too much social media, and you have yourself a losing formula.

My advice to you 👉 Put your foot forward with intent behind that step. Burnout is a byproduct of going slightly off the rails in all facets of life. Temporarily losing sight of the vision you have will make you reluctant to get back to it. For me, this had a lot to do with the fact that I was a little less dialed in than usual. I had to realize I was off track in order to get back on track. When this happens, be introspective and don’t lie to yourself. Take accountability and make sure your dialed in. It’s not selfish, it’s important.

🗣️ Crypto Craziness

What the fuck is going on in crypto?

The short answer is too much.

It’s never a dull day in the crypto space and this week has proven that 10x over.

Following the SEC suing Coinbase and Binance back to back days, two House Republicans drafted a bill to restructure the SEC.

If you have been in crypto, you know that Gary Gensler’s actions are largely driven by his personal conflicts with the crypto industry.

In order to combat that, the SEC Stabilization Act would fire Gary Gensler, which is a trending Twitter hashtag, and distribute decision-making across 6 commissioners instead of one chairman.

To be exact, here is a diagram from Warren Davidson, the Congressmen who drafted the bill:

In my opinion, the bill is very reasonable and rather essential for crypto in the US.

To add on to the stream of crazy events, some insights came out showing institutional investors silently buying Bitcoin in the midst of chaos.

Check out this thread:

To add a little more fuel to the fire, just this week, BlackRock filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund). This is a type of fund the SEC has never approved. More Info 👇

I don’t think anyone can put a finger on what is happening to crypto in the US. It certainly seems like there may be something BlackRock knows that we don’t.

Make everyone stir crazy, tank the market, and buy everyone’s bags? Who knows.

I remain optimistic.

🎙️ McConaughey/Lex Fridman Podcast

I wanted to share something I listened to this week.

Matthew McConaughey jumped on the Lex Fridman podcast for a 2 hour discussion about life. It was tremendous.

If you have the time, also check out McConaughey’s book Greenlights. 

Matt is an incredible human who has seemed to master the dance of life. He offers unique approaches, punchy aphorisms, and touching words.

Listen Here:

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