Sean Kelly

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Building my 4th 8-figure biz (B2B media holdco). Also GP & Investor at The Family Fund VC. Biomed engineer too. Helping founders achieve breakout performance.

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1	Jun 10, '24	Elon Musk fired 80% of Twitter (6500 people) and everyone thought that Twitter was doomed. He was right. Everyone was wrong. It’s the management masterclass of the decade and every	267×	20.3M	80k	9.1k	29k
2	Jun 19, '24	I take more than 40 supplements a day. At 41, my biological age is just 27. If this picture makes you cringe, you need to understand the science behind why it works. A thread 🧵	153×	11.6M	17k	2.4k	37k
3	Jul 24, '24	Elon Musk open-sourced all of Tesla's patents for other car companies to copy. Wall Street called it 'dumb' and thought Tesla will be crushed. Elon was right. Everyone was wrong. E	95.5×	7.2M	36k	4.2k	7.5k
4	Aug 30, '24	The way that Jensen Huang runs Nvidia is wild: 40 direct reports. No 1:1s. No formal planning cycles. And no status reports. In a recent interview, he went in-depth on his Leadersh	84.5×	6.4M	24k	2.8k	23k
5	Oct 1, '24	Larry Ellison is the craziest CEO alive: • Hired investigators to spy on Microsoft • Waged a decade-long war against Google • Plotted to buy Apple and make Steve Jobs the CEO At 80	68.7×	5.2M	18k	1.7k	10k
6	Aug 23, '24	In Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk, there's a story of Elon playing poker, where he consistently went all-in until he won. Peter Thiel says Elon understands risk in ways o	54.5×	4.1M	12k	1.2k	8.1k
7	Jul 8, '24	Researchers recently revealed how one can easily slow down the aging process. I'm 41, but my biological age is 27. Copy my result-backed protocol that I've religiously followed ove	40.5×	3.1M	5.4k	792	13k
8	Mar 7, '24	Peter Thiel recruited Reid Hoffman, Chad Hurley, Sam Altman, David Sacks, and Keith Rabois. Also partnered with Elon Musk. He's used these 4 questions time and time again to identi	37.6×	2.9M	9.3k	1.5k	21k
9	Dec 30, '23	How I achieved a biological age of 26 at age 40 without spending $2M/year. Entrepreneurship does not have to take a toll on your health. I've created a high performance lifestyle f	33.9×	2.6M	7.4k	1k	20k
10	Apr 6, '24	8 years ago, Jensen Huang hand delivered to OpenAI, the first AI-focussed GPU made by Nvidia. This moment marks the end of Intel's dominance. It wasn't luck, it was deeper. Jensen	33.1×	2.5M	8.6k	1.1k	5.7k
11	Aug 2, '24	Big Pharma is fooling you again with Ozempic. It's everywhere. Half of Hollywood + your favorite celebrities use it. While data shows it can result in weight loss... Everyone is mi	31.5×	2.4M	4.3k	992	5k
12	Sep 12, '24	For a long time, dementia was seen as an inevitable part of aging or the result of poor genetics. But according to new research: More than 40% of dementia cases are easily preventa	29.5×	2.2M	7.3k	1.6k	13k
13	Apr 17, '24	I'm convinced everyone aged 30+ needs to watch this exchange between longevity experts Peter Attia & Andrew Huberman. Understanding this may extend your lifespan by 10 years. L	29.5×	2.2M	6.5k	781	17k
14	Nov 2, '23	I'm 40, but my biological age is 26. I have as much energy today as I did 20 years ago. My last testosterone reading was in the 95th percentile (823 ng/dL, all-natural). One of my	27.1×	2.1M	2.7k	323	7k
15	Dec 8, '23	9 years ago, Tony gave me the morning routine of champions. Once I religiously followed his routine, my whole life changed. Stop using your phone and try this morning routine Tony	18.6×	1.4M	3.5k	517	11k
16	Sep 8, '24	Peter Theil says the reason the Paypal mafia exists today isn't because of his hiring techniques but how he managed those people. Things like extreme bias for action, cult-like com	18.3×	1.4M	5.7k	497	7.5k
17	Feb 20, '24	~300 people die EVERY DAY prematurely because they don't identify symptoms soon enough. I'll spend ~$4,000 this year on these 10 tests to identify my health risks & extend my l	18×	1.4M	3.4k	519	18k
18	Oct 7, '23	David Sinclair is a Harvard geneticist known for his anti-aging research. He believes someone who will live to 150 has already been born. While I don’t agree with his take on meat	16.8×	1.3M	2.2k	352	4.5k
19	Apr 30, '24	In 2016, two guys appeared on Shark Tank. Their ask was the highest till that time - $2M for a 5% stake. The judges laughed, ridiculed, and roasted them. Today, they're doing tens	16.2×	1.2M	2.3k	339	3k
20	Jun 10, '24	After the right-sizing, Twitter has rolled out more features than they ever could before. Andrej Karpathy, who worked directly under Elon, explains 4 ways Elon runs his companies d	15.6×	1.2M	3.9k	275	2.1k
21	Jun 10, '24	Disclaimer: The intention of this thread is not to support layoffs. They suck for everyone involved, especially those who are let go. Rather, my objective is to show that often it'	15.4×	1.2M	3.1k	97	277
22	Jun 10, '24	1. Small, strong, and highly technical teams Elon is against large teams. To give you a context, look at the people he has fired over time. Why? Because he understands Parkinson's	14.4×	1.1M	2k	104	521
23	Jun 10, '24	Parkinson's law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. So no matter how many people you allocate to a task, they will feel busy. Due to the excess	13.2×	997k	5.3k	489	2k
24	Jun 10, '24	There are also NO large meetings. Anyone can walk out of a meeting if they're not contributing or don't feel they need to be there. According to Elon, small teams make quick and in	12.7×	962k	6.4k	578	3.2k
25	Jan 2, '24	9 years ago, Peter Thiel did a Reddit AMA. Yesterday, I was going through it and found his philosophy of building companies. 10 startup-building nuggets from the Don of Paypal Mafi	12.7×	960k	2.1k	358	5.8k
26	Sep 28, '23	If you don’t get 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night, read this. It may save you:	12.2×	922k	2k	218	2.4k
27	Jul 11, '24	Investing in your health doesn't have to be expensive. You can get healthier than most without spending thousands of dollars. Here's the ultimate list of 11 best health purchases u	11.7×	887k	1.5k	296	3.3k
28	Jun 10, '24	2. Wants the workplace to be vibrant Elon wants to nurture activity and people doing their best work. So people are always pacing around, coding, and prioritizing getting real work	11.5×	874k	2.4k	95	360
29	Aug 4, '24	Tony Robbins gave a morning routine to President Clinton, Serena Williams, and me. It was good, but I knew it could be better. So I fine-tuned it and created a routine that keeps m	11.5×	869k	1.2k	126	3.7k
30	Jun 10, '24	RT the first tweet if you found this thread valuable. Follow me @seanpk for more threads on entrepreneurship, investing and human performance.	10.9×	827k	890	116	116
31	Oct 30, '24	Before the 1970s, everyone was hot & healthy. People ate more, smoked more, and exercised less. And they still managed to stay fit and healthy without going low carb, avoiding	10.6×	801k	1.5k	182	832
32	Jun 10, '24	3. Skip layers and stay ultra-connected to the teams Companies have different layers you need to cross to get in touch w/ the CEO. But Elon knows that only the person working on th	9.4×	710k	2.5k	114	332
33	Dec 10, '23	Here are 9 books that taught me more than an Ivy League Education. These 9 books will give you a world-class education in philosophy, business, spirituality, leadership, human hist	9.2×	695k	1.6k	296	6.2k
34	Jun 10, '24	4. Remove bottlenecks wherever possible Elon is so involved that he removes bottlenecks as soon as he learns about them. A company usually goes through tons of exercises and docume	8.4×	635k	2.1k	93	299
35	Jul 3, '24	Your favorite fitness influencers have been lying to you. It took me 4 years of a biomedical engineering degree & tons of experiments on my body to realize this. 5 contrarian h	8.2×	625k	932	125	1.3k
36	Jun 27, '24	Your brain is deteriorating right now. This "cognitive rust" affects EVERYONE, silently eroding memory, focus, and mental sharpness. But there's a way out. Here's how to train your	7.0×	530k	1.3k	256	2.8k
37	Sep 23, '23	Every weekend, my wife and I meet to discuss & review these 5 things - we call it: Our "Big Life Meeting" It'll transform your relationship - it did for ours:	6.8×	513k	1.2k	142	2.1k
38	Feb 25, '25	94-year-old Warren Buffett: • Eats McDonald's for breakfast religiously • Lives on Dairy Queen ice cream • Drinks 5 Cokes daily And somehow is still kicking ass and healthier than	6.7×	511k	933	116	799
39	Mar 18, '25	Looking at your phone is adding 600+ pounds of pressure to your neck every day. Causing chronic nerd neck... It's destroying your spine, making you tired, bald and dumber. Here's O	6.7×	508k	2k	324	4.5k
40	Mar 28, '25	Meet Steve Job's arch-enemy: Money. His $7 billion fortune couldn't save him from one fatal medical mistake. Here's how having unlimited resources can impact your lifespan: 🧵	6.3×	478k	782	138	741
41	Dec 16, '23	Paul Graham turned a $200k investment into a staggering $600 billion YC portfolio. He is a beast at identifying the hot trends and jumping onto them before anyone else. Here are 7	6.2×	474k	702	68	1.2k
42	Apr 9, '24	Hard skills get you the job, soft skills get you promoted. Master these 2 soft skills to change the trajectory of your career 🧵	6.1×	459k	1k	155	1.9k
43	Sep 27, '23	Tony Robbins is the #1 life coach in the world — and one of the most inspiring guys I’ve ever met. He charges $1 million for a year of coaching. And taught me these 10 steps for a	5.8×	441k	922	99	1.5k
44	Oct 10, '24	Japan has over 52,000 companies that are 100-plus years old while the US has barely a thousand such businesses. These ancient companies called ‘Shinise’ in Japanese unconsciously f	5.8×	436k	2.7k	538	2.6k
45	Jun 19, '24	Food is typically not enough to give your body the full amount of nutrients you need to achieve optimal nutrition. This is especially true for people who exercise often or put thei	5.3×	405k	797	73	747
46	Jun 14, '24	The cooking oil you use today was an engine lubricant 100 years ago. A cost-saving incentive drove manufacturers to replace organic cooking oils with industrial seed oil. Here is w	5.3×	404k	733	216	853
47	Jun 25, '24	The single-most dangerous disease that affects everyone after age 30: Sarcopenia. It increases your risk of frailty, falls, fractures, and even disability. Here is what it is and w	5.1×	388k	734	133	1.1k
48	Nov 10, '23	I’ve read close to 500 books. I’ve trimmed this list to 9 books every entrepreneur must read:	4.9×	368k	810	150	1.8k
49	Jun 19, '24	If I had to recommend you 10 supplements, this is where I'd start: 1. Creatine Most people only know that creatine increases the energy supply to muscle tissues. Which in turn, imp	4.4×	330k	856	51	997
50	Aug 30, '24	Nvidia’s numbers are so huge it’s hard to understand them on a human scale. In the first quarter of 2024, they generated $26 billion in revenue, averaging $163.52 million in daily	4.2×	319k	1.3k	66	211
51	Aug 30, '24	Jensen founded Nvidia at 30 with just $200. 👉 He sold 20% of the company to his lawyer for $200 (now worth $380B)👉 Bought a Mac to make a pitch deck on software called Persuasion	4.1×	314k	1.6k	75	258
52	Oct 1, '24	Ellison was a close friend of Steve Jobs. When Jobs was thrown out of Apple in 1985, Ellison stood by him. He plotted to buy Apple, make Steve Jobs the CEO, and give him 25% of the	4.1×	313k	2.1k	188	814
53	Aug 30, '24	The very first thing I noticed is how hard Jensen works. He has been working 14 hours a day for decades. Very few have a strong enough mindset to even step into the ring with this	4.1×	308k	1.8k	112	470
54	Jul 24, '24	Look at this graph 👇 In 2014, EVs made up less than 1% of car sales in the US. But Elon realized that his competition wasn't other car companies. It was the internal combustion en	4.1×	308k	1.5k	62	95
55	Jul 24, '24	1. Elon understood the Positive-Sum game In a Positive-Sum game, all participants can benefit, creating value that didn't previously exist. By open-sourcing its patents, Tesla enco	4.0×	304k	1.8k	114	401
56	Jul 24, '24	To win, Tesla needed to change the entire automotive landscape. Elon's strategy was simple: Make it easier for everyone to build electric cars. By doing this, Tesla removed barrier	3.9×	298k	1.8k	75	99
57	Aug 30, '24	Jensen doesn't use status updates because he believes they are too refined when they get to him. Instead, anyone in the company can email him their "Top five things" regarding what	3.9×	292k	2.4k	174	806
58	Sep 24, '24	The way Elon Musk runs his companies is insane: 90-hour work weeks. No meetings. No middle management. Hates big teams. He literally operates six multi-billion dollar companies lik	3.7×	283k	1.4k	146	904
59	Oct 1, '24	Oracle's market cap stands at a whopping $465 Billion today. Ellison owns 43% of the company, making his net worth $205 Billion. That's almost as much as that of Jeff Bezos - makin	3.6×	272k	1.1k	55	89
60	Aug 30, '24	This approach aligns with NVIDIA's innovative culture and Jensen Huang's hands-on leadership style:	3.5×	262k	1.8k	110	910
61	Jul 24, '24	This didn’t just benefit those companies. It created a larger, more vibrant EV market. More EVs meant more charging stations, better infrastructure, and greater public interest. Ul	3.4×	258k	1.4k	46	76
62	Aug 23, '24	David Deutsch calls it the Principle of Optimism. The principle of optimism says that anything not forbidden by the laws of physics is possible with enough knowledge, which can be	3.3×	250k	2.2k	233	1k
63	Aug 30, '24	👉 Flat Hierarchy with Group Collaboration Jensen believes a flat organizational structure is the most empowering, starting at the top. That means all the discussions and decision-	3.3×	247k	1.5k	81	390
64	Dec 12, '23	Every smart person I know reads a lot and all of the smart people they know also read a lot. Young people don't understand that wealthy people take knowledge acquisition as serious	3.2×	244k	855	97	1.1k
65	Oct 1, '24	Ellison was an abandoned child. Once he read a paper by IBM about a new database programming language called SQL. Ellison took that paper and turned SQL into a database. That led t	3.2×	242k	1.1k	61	150
66	Mar 7, '24	Question 1: Tell me something which is true that almost nobody agrees with you on? Why does Thiel ask this?	3.1×	234k	743	57	698
67	Mar 7, '24	This is one of my favorite videos on hiring because the advice is so unique and seemingly contradictory:	3.1×	234k	963	99	1.4k
68	Aug 23, '24	You can also see this philosophy in SpaceX. They had multiple failures before successfully landing the Falcon rocket in 2015. They celebrated a rocket that exploded mid-flight as a	3.0×	228k	1.2k	35	73
69	Jul 24, '24	2. It positioned Tesla as an industry leader By freely sharing patents, Tesla took the position of industry benefactor. This bold move garnered massive media attention and public g	3.0×	227k	1.7k	71	108
70	Oct 1, '24	But his entire life is filled with controversy. In 2000, Microsoft dominated tech & faced an antitrust trial. Ellison suspected Microsoft was secretly funding "independent" res	2.9×	223k	781	58	119
71	Aug 30, '24	A flat organization leads to: • Direct communication across levels • Increased employee autonomy • Reduced middle management • Faster decision-making • Hierarchy minimization • Gre	2.9×	222k	1.4k	79	285
72	Oct 1, '24	The detectives' mission? Expose Microsoft's "covert activities." They uncovered two organizations funded by Microsoft that released pro-Microsoft studies while posing as independen	2.9×	220k	787	49	87
73	Dec 17, '23	Here is the blueprint Elon Musk uses to hire exceptional talent at SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink 🧵 Bookmark for later.	2.9×	217k	952	145	2.2k
74	Aug 30, '24	👉 Open Access to Information and Decision-Making Everyone in the company should have full context, all the time. No meetings are exclusive to VPs or directors. Jensen believes in	2.8×	214k	951	43	143
75	Aug 30, '24	He also addresses concerns openly: "If there's something I don't like, I say it publicly." Then he practices reasoning out loud to keep the decision-making process transparent.	2.8×	209k	1.2k	68	291
76	Aug 23, '24	This is also reflected in Sam Altman's business advice.	2.7×	205k	917	41	339
77	Jul 24, '24	3. Finally, it created a competitive scenario. As more companies entered the EV market, they inadvertently promoted the concept of electric cars. This expanded the overall market,	2.6×	197k	1.2k	47	48
78	Aug 23, '24	But here's the catch: Trial and error isn’t just throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. It takes resilience and a lot of hard work to embrace setbacks and suffering as par	2.5×	193k	1.3k	104	407
79	Aug 30, '24	👉 Continuous Re-evaluation Over Rigid Planning Jensen rejects formal planning cycles: No 5-year or even 1-year plans. The idea is constantly reevaluating strategies based on chang	2.5×	193k	919	61	310
80	Sep 5, '24	The way Elon Musk runs his companies is insane: 90-hr work weeks. No meetings. No middle management. Hates big teams. He isn't successful just because he's smart, but because of ho	2.5×	192k	656	72	586
81	Oct 1, '24	Ellison's philosophy is pretty simple: "It's not enough to win, all others must lose." People often say that the difference between God and Larry Ellison is that God doesn't think	2.5×	187k	1.3k	101	386
82	Jul 24, '24	This strategy mirrors successful tech industry collaborations: Remember when Bill Gates saved Apple from bankruptcy? Their competition pushed both to innovate faster. Result? Both	2.4×	183k	995	42	54
83	Mar 7, '24	Question 4: Do they have Zen-like opposites? Theil believes that when somebody embodies rare opposites - like both stubbornness & open-mindedness - they'll be more likely to co	2.4×	180k	859	55	466
84	Aug 23, '24	This is a common theme among outliers in almost every field. They have worked incredibly hard consistently. Steve Jobs on hard work:	2.3×	178k	1.2k	68	319
85	Mar 7, '24	Peter Thiel believes talented people are not specialists. Rather, they're almost always polymaths because they're naturally curious. Curious about businesses, politics, science, hi	2.3×	175k	1.5k	127	507
86	Aug 30, '24	Planning is just guessing.	2.3×	172k	1.6k	140	768
87	Jul 24, '24	The gamble paid off for Musk: • More car companies entered the EV market • Investment in charging infrastructure increased • Public interest in EVs grew • Tesla maintained its posi	2.2×	169k	1k	52	63
88	Oct 1, '24	Ellison's ruthlessness extends to the high seas too. He poured hundreds of millions into America's Cup yacht racing. In 2013, his Team Oracle USA pulled off a stunning comeback, wi	2.1×	163k	755	32	47
89	Aug 23, '24	Hard work compounds like interest, and the earlier you do it, the more time you have for the benefits to pay off. Embrace hard work as a non-negotiable aspect of your journey.	2.1×	162k	1.1k	99	357
90	Oct 1, '24	And if that wasn't enough... Ellison is a tech kingmaker too. In 2022, he gave $1B to Elon Musk for the Twitter takeover. As Musk's mentor, Ellison joined other tech titans like Se	2.1×	161k	936	77	151
91	Aug 30, '24	Nvidia is optimized for: 1) Attracting amazing people 2) Keeping the team as small as it can be 3) Allowing information to travel as quickly as possible	2.1×	156k	975	59	199
92	Dec 30, '23	Note that I get blood work every 3 months via @superpower or @golifeforce. I have a degree in Biomedical Engineering & love this stuff. Yale's Dr. Morgan Levine has an algorith	2.0×	155k	716	48	1.1k
93	Dec 11, '23	How Sam Altman became a self-taught AI genius and how you can become an expert at anything in 6 months 🧵	2.0×	152k	705	118	1.3k
94	Oct 1, '24	While Ellison hated Microsoft, he had mad respect for Steve Jobs. He says that Jobs was a control freak. But he just wouldn't stop until something had reached perfection. Here's a	2.0×	149k	1.3k	121	553
95	Jul 24, '24	Elon Musk's open-source gambit proves an important point: Sometimes, the best way to win is to change the game entirely. By focusing on growing the pie instead of fighting for slic	1.9×	144k	1.3k	91	130
96	Oct 1, '24	And Ellison isn't stopping anytime soon. He is now focused on "making death optional". Only time will tell us if he succeed, but he has been doing it before Bryan Johnson even thou	1.9×	143k	683	47	148
97	Dec 30, '23	My anti-stress protocol: - No toxic people - Sleep priority #1 - No phone 2 hours before or after bed - Workout daily & intensely to get rid of frustrations - Use breathing &am	1.7×	127k	931	71	643
98	Apr 6, '24	Value 1. Have low expectations (but high standards) Jensen believes that people with very high expectations have very low resilience. But resilience - forged from the experience of	1.6×	123k	1k	81	425
99	Aug 23, '24	Peter Thiel said The advice I wish I could have given my younger self - is this: "Before getting swept up in the competitions that define so much of life, ask yourself whether you	1.2×	89k	775	65	248
100	Sep 8, '24	1. Extreme Focus Peter instilled a laser-like focus throughout the organization, he said employees should concentrate solely on their top priority initiative. In general too, focus	0.8×	57k	678	36	507

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