There are many dating life hack and quick fixes for a lonley life. It's not only disingenuine, it also doesn't work. This type of material you find online are only about one thing, and that is taking money from your wallets.If there is one thing that absolutely works, it is rather investing in those 'pick-up programs', invest in yourself.It's not about memorising a cheesy pickup line a YouTuber told you to say, but becoming the best version of yourself will open opportunities in all aspects of your life, not only dating.

DATING LIFE HACKS

How can we, as people, become better?• Communication: People are more responsive when you seem interested in their lives. Start to ask good follow-up questions, and actively listen to what they say.• Hobbies: Hobbies help us find communities, make friends, and prevent us from staying in our own head too long. Having a few hobbies you are excited about helps because enthusiasm is attractive.• Health: Take on a physical activity program or participate in weekend sports. It won't only make you physically healthy, but mentally too.

HOW TO BECOME GREATER

You can’t wait to date until your life is perfect and you feel completely ready - that doesn’t exist.The other person you want isn’t flawless with complete confidence either. They are a person with insecurities, fears, and flaws just like you. So don’t think you have be perfect before you ask them to get coffee.One more push up won’t make the difference on whether your soulmate spots you or not.You can grow together, learn from each other, and if you can accept yourself as you are today and accept that they aren’t perfect either, then you are ready.There’s no reason to wait....

WHEN ARE YOU READY?

THINKING only takes you half way, DOING takes you all the way.

THINKING & DOING

WILLINGNESS<ul><li>is readiness to enter and participate fully in life and living.</li></ul>WILFULNESS:<ul><li>is refusing to tolerate the moment</li><li>is refusing to make changes when needed</li><li>is giving up</li><li>is the opposite of “doing what works”</li><li>is trying to fix every situation</li><li>is insisting on being in control</li><li>is attachment to “me, me, me” and “what I want right now!”</li></ul>

WILLINGNESS & WILFULNESS

Replace willingness with wilfulness:<ol><li>OBSERVE the wilfulness. Label it. Experience it.</li><li>RADICALLY ACCEPT that at this moment you feel (and maybe acting) wilful. You cannot fight wilfulness with wilfulness.</li><li>TURN YOUR MIND towards acceptance and willingness.</li><li>TRY HALF-SMILING and a WILLING POSTURE.</li><li>When wilfulness is immovable, ASK “WHAT’S THE THREAT?”</li></ol>—What are some situations you notice willingness and wilfulness?

WILLINGNESS & WILFULNESS #2

One big misconception people have about emotions is there are good and bad ones.We should not identify specific emotions as being good or bad as there is a reason why we feel what we feel.For example, people often relate envious emotion (the feeling of wanting something that someone has because we lack it) as a bad thing. Rather we need to use envy to strive for what we don't have to improve ourselves and achieve what we want in our lives.

EMOTIONS

There will be situations where you will be afraid and fear cannot be stopped. Don't fight something you cannot stop, rather learn to CONTROL YOUR RESPONSE to fear by understanding, acknowleding, perservearing through your fears.

LEARN TO BE BRAVE

Every time fear comes at you in life, you will learn to acknowledge it, control your response easier, and move on.

EXPERIENCES WITH FEAR

If you do not know how to do something, give it a go regardless. Acknowledge making mistakes is a good practice in life. We simply will never succeed by NOT failing.

MAKE MISTAKES

I have always believed it is a good thing when you fail. Failing or things not going your way is a learning lesson that builds your character in the long run.

FAILURE

Every person needs a code; a set of values and morals that you live by and CANNOT be changed by an outside threat. These morals and values shape who you are and what your purpose in life is. Codes are developed through experiences, learning, observing others ethics and you will eventually get tested where you will need to choose between your morals or outside pressure. What you do from there on will determine if these ethics are cemented in who you are.

DEVELOP A CODE AND LIVE BY THEM

There is no timeline for when you need to reach a certain milestone in your life. Everyone reaches their milestones at a different pace. Who cares when someone has achieved something quicker than you have. Take your time, do it right, because you will get there if you keeping trying. I promise.

AT WHAT AGE SHOULD I PEAK?

Your responsibility in life is to question everything that comes your way. Never take what people say definitively without questioning and research.

MY RESPONSIBILITY IN LIFE?

Find a person that provides useful insight into life. The things that person shares should be of value to your life; the mistakes your mentors made, the good decisions they made. Everything this mentor share IS a learning lesson.

FIND A MENTOR

Being brave puts you out of your comfort zone, allowing you to face new challenges, hardships, and experiences which inevitably will build your strength of character. These challenges will test your limits and help you reach new high points in life. A person that does NOT grow is a person who is static and not growing up.

COMFORT ZONE

No person in this world is independent. We all need each other to grow. Find like-minded people that want the same thing as you, and by working together, you exchange information and learn things you may not know which will help you be the best version of yourself.

YOU NEED HELP

The day we stop forgiving is the day we poision our own hearts with bitterness and spiral our relationships downward towards ongoing anger and isolation

FORGIVENESS

Some people are like clouds, once they go away the day gets brighter. Get rid of the toxic people in your life that make you feel bad about who you are. You should be able to look at your friends say to yourself, "These guys always have my back"

FRIENDSHIPS

Saying no is paramount to your mental health. Learn to assert your boundaries, value your self-respect and say no to things you don't want to do. If you see something your friends are doing and you don't want to do, learn to say no and walk away. Freinds do not peer pressure, they support your decisions. People will make fun of you, call you names. Be assertive, say no and walk away.

ASSERTIVENESS

You are young. There are things we want in life; relationships, money, a sweet car, etc.Be patient, live the process of growing up and working because you will eventually get there. As young people, you are full of energy, you want to take over, be the leader, etc. STOP, take your time and build yourself by letting those that are older with experience lead. WATCH them, ASK questions and BUILD your vocabulary from them.

BE PATIENT... RELAX

Learn to listen. As young people, you want to be the top dog, you want to lead. Learn to understand, you may not have the qualities, knowledge, skills and experience as to someone who is older and has experience. Use this time to step back, LISTEN, LEARN and GROW your skills for the future to have effective leadership skills.

LEADERSHIP

Talking excessively does not make you a leader. Telling people what to do does not make you a leader.Inspiring through your actions and taking care of those around you makes you a leader. Being silent is just as important as communicating. Leadership is about listening and formulating a strategy for your team after everyone has shared their knowledge and opinions. Leaders eat last.

YOU TALK TOO MUCH

Don't buy anything you cannot buy outright if you own a credit card. With your weekly income, designate certain percentages of your money to other causes, like paying rent or utilities. Be efficient with your funds. Avoid debt.

CAN I AFFORD IT?

Never have expectations from anyone. Do not rely on people to deliver for you. Having expectations from people to give you something will make you constantly think if they will or not deliver and may eventually will lead to disappointment when not delivered. Try to solve problems yourself as it will help you learn new ideas.

EXPECTATIONS

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My Advice for People

Advice to Young Men

<ul><li>One of the first stages toward making your dreams a reality is to be able to visualize them.</li><li>Davis learned to jump after rebounding back from traumatic situations, and he’s never looked back.</li><li>Find creative methods to think about your goals to overcome procrastination.</li><li>Face your worries head-on by working through them, taking action, and being focused.</li><li>Make a plan and discover your purpose to attain your objectives.</li><li>It’s time to take a risk once you’ve invested in your connections.</li></ul>

Key Concepts From The Book

The human mind is a wonderful thing. It stays with us throughout our lives, active and uninhibited in children. Imagining a new future is one of the most crucial initial stages in making any major life change, even if we use it in less evident ways as we become older.But there's a difference between imagination and reality. Dealing with reality is a different story. One finds it hard to believe that we can envision our future to make it a reality.

Visualize Your Dreams

Taking a chance can pay off handsomely. The real expertise is knowing which risks to take.If you wish to quit your career, an exit strategy could include exploring other positions that are a better fit, determining what skills you need, and engaging with a mentor or supervisor. If the issue is more personal, such as wanting to end a relationship, your exit strategy may entail visualizing various scenarios or emotions and practising your responses over and over.

Take The Chance

Remember that not everything in life is meant to stay forever when things get scary. Knowing when a circumstance is about to expire puts you in a position of strength, not weakness.

Why do so many of us fail to attain our ambitions? Procrastination is frequently the root of the problem. In other words, whether it's putting out the garbage or going to the doctor, we tend to put off doing things we know we should do.The human inclination to prefer present rewards over future rewards is known as time inconsistency, and this phenomenon contributes to our procrastination.

Find Creative Methods to Think About Your Goals to Overcome Procrastination

In the future, you might desire to be healthy and fit, but right now, you might crave a doughnut. Even if you know that you should eat well, the doughnut's implications appear far away. So you eat the doughnut, rather than taking responsibility now, you transfer the buck to your future self.

The Doughnut Is Tasty And You Can Eat It Right Now

Procrastination isn't the only reason why many individuals abandon their dreams. We're prone to obsessing over disempowering questions like What if I'm not good enough? You may feel hopeless, powerless, and unworthy if you have this perspective.Measure your success in terms of your own objectives, not the objectives of others. Also, keep in mind that failure is a necessary component of success. In fact, it’s the most effective approach to study and progress!

Self-Doubt

We've all experienced terror at some point in our lives as humans. Did you know, though, that much of your fear is taught behaviour? In actuality, humans have only two phobias from birth: the fear of falling and the dread of loud noises. Everything else can be learned or acquired.Fear can sometimes be justified. Sometimes it's merely a figment of the imagination, but other times it's not. One thing is certain: living in fear makes it impossible to live your aspirations.

Face Your Worries Head-On 

<ul><li>To begin, change the way you think about your worries by recognizing them; naming your fear reduces its potency. </li><li>Next, figure out what it is you're afraid of. </li><li>Third, make an attempt to do whatever it is that is upsetting you. </li><li>Fourth, boost your self-esteem by repeating positive affirmations about your special qualities and abilities. </li><li>Fifth, once you've overcome fear, write down what happened and how you overcame it; you'll be able to call on those emotions again in the future.</li><li>Finally, keep visualizing your dreams becoming a reality.  </li></ul>

Conquer Your Worries: The Steps

Establish a strategy and identify your purpose in order to attain your goals.Start by answering a few fundamental questions, such as Who am I? and Why am I here? to construct your own purpose statement. You can start drafting your life plan once you have your purpose statement. This is a written overview of your visions, dreams, and goals that you wish to achieve in a specific time frame. It should be an honest appraisal of where you are in life. Some categories can be career, health, personal relationships, finances, and spirituality.

Discover Your Purpose to Attain Your Objectives

Humans are social beings who require healthy relationships in order to thrive. However, if you don't look after yourself, it will be difficult to look after others. You must develop self-confidence in order to be and perform your best. Making your aspirations a reality becomes a form of self-love.Once you've engaged in your connections, it's time to take a risk.

Take The Risk

Your relationships can be divided into two categories. The first tier is your own board of advisors: Trusted family members, friends, and coworkers.Your extended network makes up the second tier. You should put effort into developing these connections. Make an effort to connect with people who aren't like you — they can provide vital insights.

The Two Categories Of Relationships

it's easy to put things off until tomorrow, but procrastination may be lethal when it comes to attaining your aspirations. Instead, take modest efforts toward huge goals, invest in your relationship with yourself, and create a strategic life plan to get back on track to success.

The Bottom Line

Consider revisiting some of your previous times of self-doubt when you’re feeling more confident. When you’re in a good mood, write down your anxieties and then contrast them with positive affirmations. This will offer you something to lean on the next time you’re worried.

Bonus: Advice To Follow

This book is an empathetic handbook in realizing your dreams. It shares intimate, affecting anecdotes and sets out a step-by-step guide to overcoming your fears and achieving success.

Free yourself from self-limiting beliefs and fears that keep you stuck. This book lays out a blueprint for how to take control of your life and begin living your dreams. We all dream. We all imagine. And we all want to live our best life. But why is it that 90 percent of people admit that if they got to live their life over, they would live it differently? What keeps us comfortable with the status quo and unable to get beyond “What if”? In part 1 of this book, Dr. Shirley Davis addresses these and other questions by guiding the reader through a personal journey of self-discovery, a search for significance, and an examination of the self-imposed limitations that can hijack our purpose, power, and possibilities. In part 2, she details the readers' journies toward realizing their dreams by reimagining their lives, identifying their “why,” and developing a life plan to stay focused and accountable. She describes the right questions to ask, the right mindset to adopt, and the right relationships to build that will enable everyone to live the life he or she has always imagined. Dr. Davis reveals the necessary steps for releasing the limits we place on ourselves as a result of life's tests, wrong thinking, and bad decisions. She helps readers overcome paralyzing fears that keep dreams on pause and inspires the confidence to jump first and grow wings on the way down.

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Living Beyond “What If?”

<ul><li>One Minute Goals</li><li>One Minute Praisings</li><li>One Minute Re-Directs</li></ul>

The Three Secrets

<ul><li>Plan : Plan the goals together, describe them breifly and clearly.</li><li>Write : Have people write out each of their goals, with due dates, on a single page.</li><li>Set Priority: Ask people to review their most important goals each day.</li><li>Review: Encourage people to take a minute to look at what they're doing, it it doesn't encourage them, rethink what they're doing so they can realize their goals sooner.</li></ul>

One Minute Goals

The first half minute<ol><li>Praise people as soon as possible</li><li>Let people know what they did right- be specific</li><li>Tell people how good you feel about what they did right, and how it helps.</li></ol>Pause<ol><li>Pause for a moment to allow people time to fell good about  what they've done.</li></ol>The second half minute<ol><li>Encourage them to do more of the same.</li><li>Make it a clear you have confidence in them and support their success.</li></ol>

One Minute Praising

If the goal is clear, a one minute redirect works well when you:The First half minute<ol><li>Re-Direct people as soon as possible.</li><li>Confirm the facts first, and review the mistake together- be specific.</li><li>Express how you feel about the mistake and its impact.</li></ol>Pause<ol><li> Be quiet for a moment to allow people time to feel concerned about what they've done.</li></ol>The Second half-minute<ol><li>Remember- To let them know that they're better than their mistake, and that you think well of them as a person.</li><li>Remind-That you have confidence and trust in them, and support  their success.</li><li>Realize-when the Re-Direct is over, it's over.</li></ol>

One Minute Re-Directs

These are the important points I learned from the book

The authors demonstrate three very practical management techniques. Information is included on several studies in medicine and the behavioural sciences, which help readers understand why these simple methods work so well with so many people.

The New One Minute Manager

Playing the long game—eschewing short-term gratification in order to work toward an uncertain but worthy future goal—isn’t easy. But it’s the surest path to meaningful and lasting success in a world that so often prioritizes what’s easy, quick, and ultimately shallow.

<ul><li>Say no to short-term work that displaces more important things.</li><li>Instead of a to-do list, use a daily calendar to organise your work.</li><li>Use the "Hell yeah" test to figure out if something is worth doing. Say no to anything less than "Wow, that would be amazing!"</li></ul>

How to create the space to explore long-term goals
 

The following questions can help to assess requests and opportunities:<ul><li>What is the actual time commitment?</li><li>What is the opportunity cost?</li><li>What’s the physical and emotional cost?</li><li>Would I regret it in a year if I didn’t do this?</li></ul>

How to evaluate requests and opportunities

<ul><li>Use the 20% time approach. Spend 20% of your time exploring new interests.</li><li>Use the infinite horizon networking. It is a “pure, no-agenda relationship building” that is simply out of personal interest in individuals. The idea is that you never know what could come of it.</li><li>There are four cycles in your career: Learning, creating, connecting, reaping the benefits. These cycles repeat themselves to build your strengths in several areas.</li><li>Use the “no asks for a year” strategy. When meeting someone, first establish a foundation.</li></ul>

Identify the right goals

<ul><li>Use strategic patience: Admit that you need work and time to progress. It often takes two to three years to gain notice in a field you’re pursuing.</li><li>When things don’t improve, ask yourself why you’re doing the thing you’re struggling with, and how it has worked for others.</li><li>Give yourself repeated opportunities to succeed.</li><li>Test concepts in a small way before pursuing them in a bigger way.</li><li>Use deadlines to ensure you stay on track.</li></ul>

Persevering when progress is slow

Consider these questions to help you find strategic direction:<ul><li>What should I spend my time doing?</li><li>What are the 20% of activities that will return 80% of the results?</li><li>What can I stop doing?</li><li>How can I use limitations to my advantage?</li><li>What do I believe about the future, and how do they inform my current actions?</li></ul>

Finding strategic direction

Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. So we keep our heads down, focused on the next thing, and the next, without a moment to breathe. How can we break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives. We need to reorient ourselves to see the big picture so we can tap into the power of small changes that, made today, will have an enormous and disproportionate impact on our future success. We need to start playing The Long Game. As top business thinker and Duke University professor Dorie Clark explains, we all know intellectually that lasting success takes persistence and effort. And yet so much of the relentless pressure in our culture pushes us toward doing what's easy, what's guaranteed, or what looks glamorous in the moment. In The Long Game, she argues for a different path. It's about doing small things over time to achieve our goals—and being willing to keep at them, even when they seem pointless, boring, or hard. In The Long Game, Clark shares unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation, as well as vivid stories from her own career and other professionals' experiences. Everyone is allotted the same twenty-four hours—but with the right strategies, you can leverage those hours in more efficient and powerful ways than you ever imagined. It's never an overnight process, but the long-term payoff is immense: to finally break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life and your career.

The Long Game

All the Public Startup Pitch Decks in One Place

📈 Coinbase ( 2012, Seed  ); C ommentary  on the round by Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase. 📈 Uber ( 2008, Seed  ) 

Actual Fundraising Pitch Decks

<ul><li>📈 adpushup (2017, Seed ) </li><li>📈 AirBnB (2009, Seed ) </li><li>📈 AppNexus (2007, Seed ) </li><li>📈 Bliss (2017, Seed ) </li><li>📈 Boomtrain (2014, ? ) </li><li>📈 Buffer (2011, Seed ) </li><li>📈 BuzzFeed (2008, Series A ) </li><li>📈 Castle (2017, Seed ) </li><li> </li><li>📈 Contently (2014, Series B ) </li><li>📈 Cubeit (2017, Seed ) </li><li>📈 Crew (2015, Series A ) </li><li>📈 DocSend (2013, Seed ) </li><li>📈 Dwolla (2013, Series C ) </li><li>📈 eShares; Commentary on the round by Henry Ward , CEO of eShares </li><li>📈 Foursquare (2009, Seed ) </li><li>📈 Front; Commentary on the round by Mathilde Collin , CEO of Front </li><li>📈 Gaia Design (2015, ? ) </li><li>📈 Intercom (2011, Seed ) </li><li>📈 Launchrock (2011, Seed ) </li></ul>

If a month feels like a lot of time to assemble a list of pitch decks, here’s a preview of The Open Guide to Startup Fundraising.

The Open Guide to Startup Fundraising

A few weeks ago, Joshua Levy and I announced we were starting work on The Open Guide to Startup Fundraising. To say the guide is growing to considerable size would be an understatement. As we…

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