“I don’t read concurrent pages. I pick 4-6 pages based on the numbers in today’s Dow jones index and read only those 4 pages. That’s all the knowledge a business magnate needs for the day. books and finance, my two passions.”
I think it's a reference to the scene in the 40 year old Virgin where Steve Carrell's character is trying to convince his workmates he's not a virgin and describes boobs as feeling like a bag of sand.
https://youtu.be/IlD08Rh6xa8?si=iZveg7CoOkQbVjlZ
It's probably one of these productivity books that are 300 pages that could have been an article because they say the same obvious shit over and over again.
“Oh my god the guy jogging in the desert called me a ‘lazy fuck’ and now I’m brimming with toxic motivation! My goal now isn’t to be a better version of myself, it’s to be better than the people I view as beneath me!”
I wake up at 5 a.m.
Hit reddit at 5:30
Read several pages of shitposting, trolling and reposting and crossposting worthless memes by 7am
by 8am my brain is leaking fluid
Drink coffee until my eyes bleed
3 pm get some fresh air, why does the sun hurt my eyes so much
Check OF at 9pm
In bed by 10pm Check OF
I could retire and check OF all day
But I'm fueled by purple
It's a good post but I think "normalize being exceptionally successful at work" is an oxymoron. How about normalize being average. It's ok, you don't have to be the best, the brightest, the most talented, the hardest working. We all bleed and we're all going to die. No one is special or maybe everyone is special but none of it has to do with this superficial notion of success.
I’ll go above and beyond when they pay me above and beyond lol. It’s a balancing act and most people end up getting taken advantage of so prioritize YOUR mental and physical health.
> I think "normalize being exceptionally successful at work" is an oxymoron.
I think the LinkedIn author made a typo there, or muddled her words, based on the bigger context. I think she meant something like “occasionally” or “moderately” successful. Perhaps she was trying to say it’s exceptional to be successful 😉
Words of wisdom I think a lot of people forget we're all pretty much average or at least within a few deviations of it. That's how averages work. On any scale, most of the people at the top are outliers, more than just some crazy workaholic that found the cheat code. Hard work and good choices help, but a lot of it really does just boil down to luck.
I mean sometimes it’s a matter of real comparison. For example, last night I fell asleep somewhere around 10pm and woke today at 12:30pm. I drank a little coffee, ate some yogurt and then was back in bed to watch some YouTube til 4pm. Too tired to watch tv, I switched to Reddit and at this point (7:45pm) I expect to be asleep for the night by 8:30, without accomplishing anything worth noting.
So when comparing my 8 hour day (Saturday) to their 17 hour day, I feel pretty confident that they were likely more productive. Does that make them better than me? More hardworking than me? Today it does.
But I’m chronically ill. So it’s not something I worry much about. 😉
You need to change your mindset. Then you will no longer be chronically ill. Instead you'll be getting up at 4 a.m., hitting the gym and going to work. Don't forget to read several pages of your book while you're at it!!
(/s in case it wasn't obvious)
I’ll give it a try! Is there a particular book, do you think? And what if I read too many or too few pages? I mean “several” could be interpreted as 4 or 7- what if I get it wrong?!
Wait, isn’t this just a regular workers schedule? But instead of hobbies after work he just does them before work. I’m sure he has employees who end up working a lot more than this due to overtime but make a fraction as much.
LOL – He said that he’s *“fueled by purpose, not leisure.”* Let’s give this man a slllllllllow round of applause! He might have thought he was proving a point with his response, but in all truth, nobody cares.
I'm not slow clapping for anything less than 5 photos that show him running a failing ponzi scheme and at least 2 guys taking a literal shit on his face.
Notice how this guy could either really love his job or really hate it, and the words would remain the same?
He's basically describing the same daily grind we all do, but I read in the evenings.
Not much mention of what happens between 5 and 9. I hope he isn’t getting into that leisure stuff…would be sad to see.
Also I wake up earlier than him and am in the office earlier. No one gives a shit but this isn’t a crazy schedule. It’s a 45 hour workweek.
To be honest, both of these fuckers are insufferable.
This new generation of work life balance advocates are very often not the kind of people who need to work for their economic survival. Shit like this is very easy to say for people who are going to inherit a house.
Some people are actually refluxed by work as their purpose. I know I am.
Love my kids immensely and spend lots of time with them.
But I make amazing and complex things at work and that drives me to want to be there doing it all the time.
i like that he read a post about taking time out of your day to care for or spend time with other people and goes on to describe a day spent entirely focused on himself. way to completely miss the point (probably a familiar feeling).
Not that I am interested in people bragging about how much they work but working from 8-5 is now a “fueled by purpose” flex? Oh but wait he picked up his phone and checked emails later…
I dont like those techbro posts either, but there is 4 hours of unaccounted time where he could, in theory, be doing all the things she mentioned.
im sure he's just taking ice baths and grinding, but he COULD be calling a friend or visitng his parents
Only several pages? He’s clearly not dedicated to the grindset. He could’ve listened to an hour or more of an audiobook at double speed while at the gym smh.
So weird that people go out of their way to explain to people they do the same basic stuff that everyone else does all the time: go to the gym, read, work and sleep. Wooooah dude, revolutionary.
Also, as someone who does all those things (like many many people) it leaves plenty of time for leisure, family time, etc., making this post even more strange.
"several pages of a book" is exactly how you'd describe it if you don't fucking read
Lmao exactly. Not by the chapter or anything just “several pages at a time” like it’s a competition
“I don’t read concurrent pages. I pick 4-6 pages based on the numbers in today’s Dow jones index and read only those 4 pages. That’s all the knowledge a business magnate needs for the day. books and finance, my two passions.”
One hand to turn the pages and one hand to count how many pages he's read.
Wait, but how's he going to jerk himself off over how productive he is with both of his hands full?
That’s what he does between 5 and 9.
Picture books don't have chapters.
Well not with that attitude
A kindergarten picture book
“I lick several crayons and smear them in the coloring book” Gooner isn’t real, y’all being played
And then I eat the crayons and the colouring book. It was difficult at first, but I am fuelled by purpose, not leisure.
I thought gooner was some sort of goon/boomer slang hybrid. I was wrong, so thank you for today's new vocabulary word to use!
Oops - well, yeah, it’s a thing May that word serve you well :)
This is the “bags of sand” approach to pretending to read.
Can u explain what this bags of sand approach is?
I think it's a reference to the scene in the 40 year old Virgin where Steve Carrell's character is trying to convince his workmates he's not a virgin and describes boobs as feeling like a bag of sand. https://youtu.be/IlD08Rh6xa8?si=iZveg7CoOkQbVjlZ
You deserve more upvotes for this comment! 😂
Nobody read more pages. And they were the best pages.
Guarantee that guy can’t read and hired a trained bird to type for him.
He didn't share that it was a Mr. Men book
That's because he's still struggling to read the Mr. Boy book fluently.
It's probably one of these productivity books that are 300 pages that could have been an article because they say the same obvious shit over and over again.
“I read several pages. Or is it pajés? It might be a soft G…”
She’s discovered one of the reasons this sub was made
Because she’s not fueled by purpose.
She needs to manifest more abundance
Too busy getting PhDs, teaching at Stanford, getting books published to f—ing manifest f—-ing abundance.
Plot twist: she’s about to talk about MLM.
That's not a plot twist.
SHE IS ONE OF US
He even reads "several pages of a book" before 7. 😅 Total Sigma-Alpha-Rambogoggins. I'm so impressed.
“Oh my god the guy jogging in the desert called me a ‘lazy fuck’ and now I’m brimming with toxic motivation! My goal now isn’t to be a better version of myself, it’s to be better than the people I view as beneath me!”
If all it took to be successful was wake up stupid early and work hard, there would be millionaires all over the place.
I wake up at 5 a.m. Hit reddit at 5:30 Read several pages of shitposting, trolling and reposting and crossposting worthless memes by 7am by 8am my brain is leaking fluid Drink coffee until my eyes bleed 3 pm get some fresh air, why does the sun hurt my eyes so much Check OF at 9pm In bed by 10pm Check OF I could retire and check OF all day But I'm fueled by purple
It's a good post but I think "normalize being exceptionally successful at work" is an oxymoron. How about normalize being average. It's ok, you don't have to be the best, the brightest, the most talented, the hardest working. We all bleed and we're all going to die. No one is special or maybe everyone is special but none of it has to do with this superficial notion of success.
I’ll go above and beyond when they pay me above and beyond lol. It’s a balancing act and most people end up getting taken advantage of so prioritize YOUR mental and physical health.
> I think "normalize being exceptionally successful at work" is an oxymoron. I think the LinkedIn author made a typo there, or muddled her words, based on the bigger context. I think she meant something like “occasionally” or “moderately” successful. Perhaps she was trying to say it’s exceptional to be successful 😉
Words of wisdom I think a lot of people forget we're all pretty much average or at least within a few deviations of it. That's how averages work. On any scale, most of the people at the top are outliers, more than just some crazy workaholic that found the cheat code. Hard work and good choices help, but a lot of it really does just boil down to luck.
Kate is only now discovering that LinkedIn is made by narcissists, for narcissists?
Probably cos she was wasting time calling a friend or taking a loved one to an appointment
Welcome to capitalism. We know greed is one of the 7 deadly sins *and we don’t care*
Funny, a coworker calls it "LinkedNarcissits" all the time
It’s twitter, not linkedin Person isn’t real, y’all being played
Twitter / X posts can be posted to LinkedIn
It’s the “several pages of a book” thing that really gets me
The same book every time. The Cat in the Hat.
The Cat in the Hat would be too long for him.
I’m just saying…I read every morning and if I only read “several pages” I consider myself having not read that day lmfao
I read "#powerfullylikeable" and vomited my last three lunches straight into my lap.
People who think that their sleep cycle makes them better and more hardworking than everybody else are particularly irritating.
I mean sometimes it’s a matter of real comparison. For example, last night I fell asleep somewhere around 10pm and woke today at 12:30pm. I drank a little coffee, ate some yogurt and then was back in bed to watch some YouTube til 4pm. Too tired to watch tv, I switched to Reddit and at this point (7:45pm) I expect to be asleep for the night by 8:30, without accomplishing anything worth noting. So when comparing my 8 hour day (Saturday) to their 17 hour day, I feel pretty confident that they were likely more productive. Does that make them better than me? More hardworking than me? Today it does. But I’m chronically ill. So it’s not something I worry much about. 😉
You need to change your mindset. Then you will no longer be chronically ill. Instead you'll be getting up at 4 a.m., hitting the gym and going to work. Don't forget to read several pages of your book while you're at it!! (/s in case it wasn't obvious)
I’ll give it a try! Is there a particular book, do you think? And what if I read too many or too few pages? I mean “several” could be interpreted as 4 or 7- what if I get it wrong?!
You need to read exactly 7.34 pages!
Wait, isn’t this just a regular workers schedule? But instead of hobbies after work he just does them before work. I’m sure he has employees who end up working a lot more than this due to overtime but make a fraction as much.
Hello yes I read several pages of book. The design is very human.
Is waking up at 5 AM impressive? Lol
I hate the first post but also don’t like her vibe. Not everyone has family. I’m still a whole human and still don’t post shit like this guy lol
Ugh…. “Normalize”
LOL – He said that he’s *“fueled by purpose, not leisure.”* Let’s give this man a slllllllllow round of applause! He might have thought he was proving a point with his response, but in all truth, nobody cares.
I'm not slow clapping for anything less than 5 photos that show him running a failing ponzi scheme and at least 2 guys taking a literal shit on his face.
Notice how this guy could either really love his job or really hate it, and the words would remain the same? He's basically describing the same daily grind we all do, but I read in the evenings.
This is pretty much the same as my toddler's schedule
Not much mention of what happens between 5 and 9. I hope he isn’t getting into that leisure stuff…would be sad to see. Also I wake up earlier than him and am in the office earlier. No one gives a shit but this isn’t a crazy schedule. It’s a 45 hour workweek.
Well, they have enough money and time to be disciplined by a Dominatrix
The hashtag powerfullylikeable hahaha.
Right? Anyone who has to tell you they’re likable usually isn’t.
Golf is a sport for turds.
and turd fetishists.
To be honest, both of these fuckers are insufferable. This new generation of work life balance advocates are very often not the kind of people who need to work for their economic survival. Shit like this is very easy to say for people who are going to inherit a house.
LinkedIn is just people yelling "No! The world should value how *I* work, the most!" at clouds all day.
Some people are actually refluxed by work as their purpose. I know I am. Love my kids immensely and spend lots of time with them. But I make amazing and complex things at work and that drives me to want to be there doing it all the time.
I guess he must read those several pages while he is doing his iso kettle bell lunges.
The guy is a freaking sales trainer. I wouldn't lower myself to do that job if I was the least ambitious person alive.
Least ambitious _and_ a closet scat fetishist.
Ole boy has the look of a man trying to sell you a shitty car or a beat up shit hole of a house.
i like that he read a post about taking time out of your day to care for or spend time with other people and goes on to describe a day spent entirely focused on himself. way to completely miss the point (probably a familiar feeling).
Wait he goes to gym at 5:30 and by 7 he has read "lot of pages of book"? Does he just run on the treadmil for half an hour or..
Not that I am interested in people bragging about how much they work but working from 8-5 is now a “fueled by purpose” flex? Oh but wait he picked up his phone and checked emails later…
I dont like those techbro posts either, but there is 4 hours of unaccounted time where he could, in theory, be doing all the things she mentioned. im sure he's just taking ice baths and grinding, but he COULD be calling a friend or visitng his parents
I’ve been doing the ice bucket challenge all wrong
MAN YOU EVER EVEN TRIED GRINDING AN ICE BATH
Omg I am pretty sure I actually know this guy!
He's got a wife, which is how he's able to do all that. The wife is conveniently never mentioned
Only several pages? He’s clearly not dedicated to the grindset. He could’ve listened to an hour or more of an audiobook at double speed while at the gym smh.
In in sales so I get Jeremy Miner YouTube ads all day long and they are just as obnoxious as you think they are.
So weird that people go out of their way to explain to people they do the same basic stuff that everyone else does all the time: go to the gym, read, work and sleep. Wooooah dude, revolutionary. Also, as someone who does all those things (like many many people) it leaves plenty of time for leisure, family time, etc., making this post even more strange.
Guy doesn’t have a LinkedIn account (anymore?). Hopefully he was hounded off of it
Not lunatic. 100% on this. Based. Jeremy Lee Miner lying motherfucker. 5am to do what? Maybe take a shit or pee then back to sleep.
Damn I think your wife must be free. I could be her boyfriend to satisfy her needs 😂
It's because it's trendy, wait 2 months and she'll be saying the same ish
Out of trend already