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finding your thing

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Michael Phelps has a weird body. Double jointed elbows, a torso 8 inches too long, and half the lactic acid production as a normal human. The dudes built like a flying fish. So he found his thing, swimming. Joe Rogan liked to get high, have funny conversations with his friends about everything from fighting to aliens. 3 hour conversation with a stranger? I couldn’t do that. But Joe can. So he found podcasting. He found his thing. Finding your thing is the only true shortcut to life. It’s realizing that you actually have a dirt bike, so this little dirt path is perfect for you (but won’t be perfect for others in cars). But, how do you find your thing? I read a great quote the other day from Ben Kuhn (the CTO of Anthropic) about finding your thing: “what does it seem like everyone else is mysteriously bad at?” I love this. For me, I always wondered why other people are so bad at explanations. In school, I hated the way my teachers explained things. Too complicated, too boring. Even as an

finding your thing May 2, 2025 finding your thing Everybody you admire, found their ‘thing’. Michael Phelps has a weird body. Double jointed elbows, a torso 8 inches too long, and half the lactic acid production as a normal human. The dudes built like a flying fish. So he found his thing, swimming. Joe Rogan liked to get high, have funny conversations with his friends about everything from fighting to aliens. 3 hour conversation with a stranger? I couldn’t do that. But Joe can. So he found podcasting. He found his thing. Finding your thing is the only true shortcut to life. It’s realizing that

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