Ascendant Power
@AscendantPower
Modern meditations on living well, building wealth and maximizing freedom and fulfillment | Man, Husband, Father, Investor.
HOW TO JUDGE MEN Judge a man by the quality of the people who seek his opinions and advice. Judge a man by his effort to improve. Judge a man by the maturity of his children, the femininity of his wife and the discipline of his dog. Judge a man by the quality of his scars.…
99% of modern problems can be solved with sleep, sunlight, strength training or sex.
If it’s easy, it’s not fulfilling. If it’s not fulfilling, it’s not worth doing.
Trying to convince me to like something because “that’s what’s popular right now” is the last way to get me to like something.
Childless/unmarried people over 40 become very strange very quickly.
Capitalism has been so successful at eradicating poverty, hunger, and hardship that it gave rise to a generation utterly detached from the realities of production, trade, and effort. They’ve grown up in comfort, surrounded by abundance, and instead of gratitude, they respond with…
To achieve extraordinary success in any domain you must hold two seemingly contradictory ideas at the same time: 1. You have plenty of time. 2. You have zero time to waste.
Judge food by how you feel after you eat it, not while you’re eating it.
Once you realize that the general public is retarded you stop caring about how crazy you look to them.
Crime drives away wealth. When wealth leaves, commerce stops. When commerce stops, opportunity dies. When opportunity dies, poverty reigns. Liberals have it backwards. Poverty doesn’t cause crime. Crime causes poverty.
Any system in which you will exist for any meaningful period of time should be studied deeply and, eventually, mastered. The two most obvious of these are the human body and capitalism. The experiential difference between those who master these and those who do not isn’t night…
Valid question. Why does this keep happening?
why does AI always turn into Hitler if not constantly micro-managed and censored?
I know of precisely zero people who failed to achieve their desired body composition goals when tracking their daily calories and macros. Every single person I know who failed refused to do this. If you want to gain muscle or lose body fat, you need to be tracking your diet.
Tracking your calories and macros is first principles thinking. You’re breaking down an otherwise complex topic (nutrition) into its most basic, fundamental truth (i.e. energy balance) and working up from there. If you’re serious about getting lean and muscular start by…
Meat is the best main course. Fruit is the best dessert.
The is easily one of the top 5 most reliable filters for vetting people. You should spend zero time with anyone who doesn’t pass this test. And most won’t.
You can tell a lot about someone from their reaction to other people's success If their response is anything other than "Congrats, good for them", go ahead and throw their number in the trash - you're dealing with a world-class bum
Mrs. AP asks for a shirt I’ve worn (preferably while working, lifting, etc) anytime I’ll be traveling without her. She sleeps with it every night I’m gone. This is solid relationship advice.
Wear the same shirt to bed for a week. Randomly give it to your gf as a gift one day. If she’s delighted, marry her. If she hates it, dump her. I’m not kidding.