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Here's your Saturday 7 roundup!

💪 What was unconventional:

My Dad had some interesting parenting ideas.

To earn our daily $1 allowance, my brothers and I had to do 100 pushups and 100 sit-ups.

On Sunday, we'd get the $7 payout, and then have to put $1 into the collection basket at church.

If we acted up, we weren't sent to our rooms for timeout, we were sent into pushup position. "Time in."

Before drives, he'd line all 4 of us up in the street to race, a genius idea to wear us out so we'd sit still in the car.

I often wonder about the impact of childhood rituals.

For example, my chest and abs have always been comparatively overdeveloped (was it the 100 pushups and sit-ups per day?).

It makes me wonder what other unconventional rituals parents have their kids do (and potential positive / negative outcomes)?

🥩 What's the cost:

A writer taking Ozempic gets existential at an all-you-can-eat steak buffet.

In this comical essay, it's interesting that the GLP-1 kills his instinctual appetite, but it's unable to kill a deeper primal craving for meat. 

The man becomes fixated on watching meat videos. 🤣

But I can't imagine sacrificing the pleasure of eating a steak. And you don't have to.

I'd like to tell him:

You can have your steak and eat it too.

😴 How to fall asleep fast:

The mental trick helping people fall asleep faster.

Cognitive Shuffling: Step-by-Step Guide

1 - Get comfortable
Lie down, close your eyes, and relax your body.

2 - Pick a random word
Choose a neutral word with 5-12 letters. Example: “blanket.”

3 - Start with the first letter
For B, think of random, unrelated words that start with B: banana, bridge, bottle, bear, button.

4 - Picture each word briefly
Imagine each item for 2–5 seconds, then move on.

5 - Move to the next letter
For L, think: ladder, lemon, lake, lion, lamp.

6 - Keep it random
Do not create a story or connect the images. Randomness is the point.

7 - Repeat until sleepy
Continue through the letters. If you lose track, pick a new word and restart.

The goal is to gently occupy the brain with meaningless imagery so it stops problem-solving and drifts toward sleep.

P.S.

Make sure you're nasal breathing while you do it.

💡 How to get lucky:

Luck is not random.

This video shows you how to be lucky. 

If you believe you are lucky, you behave differently (like getting out, taking risks, and noticing opportunities), and thereby create your own luck.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

"Your body tells you the truth about your life twice a day, at the door each morning and night, by answering a question you didn't ask: Am I excited to go to work? Am I excited to come home?"

– Shane Parish

📊 Who might be selling:

Michael Saylor built his brand on one idea: buy Bitcoin, hold Bitcoin, never sell Bitcoin. 

Never say never.

During Strategy's Q1 earnings, he hinted that they might sell some Bitcoin to pay a dividend, retire debt, or harvest tax losses.

I am famous for saying never sell bitcoin, but to be accurate, I should have said never be a NET seller.

Translation: Strategy may sell some, but they will keep buying more than they sell. 

And there may be a silver lining in this revelation.

It shows that their bitcoin holdings are real, usable capital, and not just a house of cards dependent on issuing new shares or debt to survive.

As Saylor put it: "If we sell 1 bitcoin, we'd buy 20 more."

Okay. So he might be selling, but not selling out.

😃 When will you be happiest:

This is the age when life satisfaction peaks. 

When you see why (spoiler: health, wealth, relationships), you can reverse engineer this for more life satisfaction at any age.

As always, it's an honor getting to spend some time with you. 

Hope you have a great weekend!

Kevin

P.S.

See Taiwanese grandmothers, aged 89 and 91, train at the gym so they can continue caring for themselves and others. 

Dr. Kevin Stock
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