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Ben Wilson

1 year

Observe how quickly they turn on their own kind. Literally the first thing you see when you log onto the Chat GPT website.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

New sperm meta-analysis. Big takeaways: • Sperm reduction is not localized, happening globally • 50% reduction in avg sperm count since 1973 • Following this trend, the average man will not be able to have children unassisted by 2050

Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of samples...

AbstractBACKGROUND. Numerous studies have reported declines in semen quality and other markers of male reproductive health. Our previous meta-analysis repo

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Ben Wilson

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1 year

Anyone need a baby? They gave us an extra.

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Ben Wilson

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1 year

This is like a top 5 most important issue affecting humanity and it is virtually never discussed, no serious policy proposals made... I just don't understand it.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

Give your wife all the time and space she needs to dive into this Kate Middleton stuff this weekend. They deserve this. This is their Super Bowl.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

I deleted all social media and game apps off my phone for a new year's resolution and let me tell you the weather app can be so interesting when you need it to be.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

@jbillington Most likely candidates are obesity and plastics.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Trying to put on ~15 pounds by EOY so I’m doing half GOMAD. Pretty brutal. This better work.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

6 months

@DiscussingFilm @Fandango The visuals are cool but the strategy seems incoherent. They should have just followed the actual events of the Battle of Austerlitz.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

7 months

@KurtSchlichter This is weird

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

My epic trip this year is I want to walk across Scotland. The trail is called the Great Glen Way.

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@sulemanali

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I want to do 3 epic trips a year. Invite my best friends. Be topless as much of the time as possible. Adventurous Anyone have great ideas? Anyone know a brilliant travel planner? My 5 best trip ideas 👇👇👇

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

The greatest concentration of geniuses: 16th Century - Florence 17th Century - France 18th Century - Germany 19th Century - England 20th Century - Silicon Valley 21st Century - ???

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Morning routines are the biggest scam in the world. Just wake up and start working on the most important thing.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

11 months

When Steve Jobs set goals, he kept them shockingly simple and didn't include any metrics or benchmarks. Are specific, measurable goals a waste of time?

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

The time has come: This summer I’m going to be transitioning to doing my own stuff full time. If you want to be the new Producer Ben, apply!

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@thesamparr

1 year

ANNOUNCEMENT: My First Million is hiring a producer. I don't say this lightly: this can be life changing for the right person. We want experts. One who's been there, done that. Take us from millions of downloads a month to tens of millions. Apply:

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

3 months

I would like to recreate the Roman empire as a startup society. Every neighborhood gets a gymnasium, sauna/cold plunge bath complex, and a dining hall.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

3 months

My favorite 10 ideas/quotes from my recent interview w/ MrBeast #1 : Why Jimmy used to work on Christmas

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

If you've got lower back pain, please try getting in the sauna for 25+ minutes. I wish someone would have told me this 6 years ago.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Been a while since I pulled an all-nighter. But no small boy stuff in 2023. HTTOTW episodes are coming at you weekly.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

3 months

The most powerful question that I know of: Who are you trying to be? Napoleon was trying to be Julius Caesar Thomas Edison was trying to be Faraday Kobe was trying to be MJ Steve Jobs was trying to be Edwin Land Intense clarity and focus come from answering that question.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Objectively insane business ideas that I think would work:

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

I’ve got pages and pages of this. After doing this for a month, @thesamparr randomly found @HTTOTW and decided to blow it up and I briefly peaked in the top 100. I’m not a “woo woo” type guy, but I have to admit that manifesting does seem to work somehow.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

@theluis_morales Ban plastics

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Happy Thanksgiving from the Wilson family of five.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

. @thesamparr in IG vs Sam in the texts

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Today I hit 10k followers, 200 pounds, and recorded a new episode of HTTOTW. 2023 is my year

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

7 months

How long until @MrBeast takes over the world? He said I should wait to do a @HTTOTW episode about him because he needs "at least five" more years.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

If you listened to today’s episode you know what I’m talking about.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

One of my favorite stories of all time is Nelson at Trafalgar. Most people know that Lord Nelson won a glorious victory but was killed in the process. What most don’t know is that his death was not a random accident…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

I don't actually know anyone in the third category but I have heard it can be powerful.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

9 months

Hey I’m not trying to be a jerk but… Would any major Hollywood studios let me write a major television show or film since their writers are on strike? You can check for examples of my writing.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Men are stronger than women, but did you know that we're stronger in a very specific way? The male body is literally designed for punching other men in face until you break their jaw.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

9 months

@cctvidiots Those are shrieking eels. They’re pretty common near Florin. They shriek louder when they are about to feed on human flesh.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Camp MFM was very fun

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Your boys really did it. Special shout out to @dharmesh and @levelsio for making this our most successful week in a long time.

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@thesamparr

2 years

MFM one of the most popular business podcasts in the world!

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Social experiment: I asked ChatGPT if it could help me deal 1,000 kilos of fentanyl in 30 days and it said it could I'm doing everything it tells me to do for 30 days and seeing if it will make me a fent-dealing cartel druglord

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 month

Caesar's playbook for taking over the world: 1. Don't think big (at first) Men of genius who accomplish great things in this world do not trouble themselves with remote and visionary aims. They encounter emergencies as they rise, and leave the future to shape itself as it may.…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Wife is pregnant with twins. Now I just have to decide what kind of geniuses I want them to be.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

If I could give myself one piece of advice 10 years ago it would be to avoid doing things you hate. Sometimes you have to grind but if you have reoccurring tasks that you absolutely hate... 90% of the time the smart move is to outsource or move on.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Leonardo Da Vinci drew up plans for an ideal city. Alexander the Great founded 10+ cities. Walt Disney tried to build EPCOT. Steve Jobs had his spaceship. The greatest minds have always been drawn to creating new cities. cc: @balajis @drydenwtbrown

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

3 months

“When it comes to achieving your vision, it’s not failure you have to worry about. It’s giving up. Failure has never killed a dream, quitting kills every dream it touches.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

I’m going big on @HTTOTW for the end of the year. Going to be producing much more content. If you know any great writers, send them my way.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

The Baptism of Christ is an amazing painting because you can actively watch a painter end another man's career. It was painted by two artists: Da Vinci and his mentor, Verrocchio. You can see the difference in skill between the two in a few ways: 1) Jesus's body (left) was…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

6 months

@thesamparr I consider it one of the top 10 worst movies I have ever sat through.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

11 months

This new book is made entirely of interviews, speeches, and communications from Steve Jobs's life. Here are my favorite quotes:

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

9 months

Being good at sleep is a huge competitive advantage. High achievers are better sleepers than normal people, but they often try to hide it. Will Ahmed, CEO of Whoop, said about Lebron James, "If you showed me a bunch of sleep data, I could probably point to LeBron's. He's such…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

5 months

The one test to find out if you will be great in a field: Ask yourself "Do I find myself skipping meals or losing sleep for this?" Many great achievers throughout history have been light eaters. People like Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Steve Jobs, and Thomas Edison. It's not so…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

I’m up about 100 pounds on my DL in the last year

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

@thesamparr This is why you’re the man, Sam. Always the first person to boost your homies.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Totally transformational habit for me: Writing just one word every day. It's unlocking insane levels of productivity. How? 🧵

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

I feel like TikTok is the bottom of the internet. Once we get burned out on TikTok (coming soon) I don't know where we go next.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

@thesamparr @HTTOTW @ShaanVP We are about to find out if it is possible to cyberbully someone into becoming successful.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

1) THE healthiest meal in the world. It's a restaurant with one item on the menu: Soup. This soup is made fresh daily with organic beef, slow-cooked bone broth, organ meat, potatoes, and a few greens. Guaranteed optimal nutrition. $5 per bowl. No other items, no modifications.

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Ben Wilson

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3 months

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Amazing request. Also, I’m calling my shot: In the next 5 years, someone from the major leagues is going to use HTTOTW theme song as their walkout song.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

9 months

You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

LindyMan

@PaulSkallas

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The short sleeve dress shirt Worn by the people who put a man on the moon. and then it disappeared forever Powerful garment America's Toga

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

This is what greatness looks like. Compare it with the next video in this thread. If you look close, they're the same video.

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Genetics

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

11 months

A few years ago my sister got cancer and lost her hair during chemo, so my brother and I shaved our heads. She immediately got a wig and looked fine. Meanwhile, we looked like idiots for 3+ months.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Wow. People just can't stop talking about Leonardo Da Vinci (Part 1) on How to Take Over the World.

How to Take Over the World

@HTTOTW

1 year

Leonardo Da Vinci (Part 1) is out now! Spotify:

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

11 months

The Vision Pro isn't a virtual reality device. When Steve Jobs introduced iPhone, he pitched it as three things in one: 1. iPod 2. Phone 3. Internet communicator Similarly, the Vision Pro is two things: 1. Mobile work station 2. Personal movie theater

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

3 months

People still ask if I'm concerned that podcasting will go away. (Usually old people). • RADIO AD REVENUE: $10B+ • Podcasting AD REVENUE: ~$2B • % Americans who listen to radio: ~80% • % Americans who listen to podcasts: ~40% Podcasting is just getting started.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

"He had a longer time frame, a more settled will, than other people." I love that quote about Rockefeller. If you are more sure of what you want and take a longer view, you'll win 99% of the time.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

@thesamparr ...your *favorite* part?

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

5) 3on3 PPV Mayweather vs Pacquiao brought in $600M+ How much more famous is LeBron James than Floyd Mayweather? Imagine LeBron vs Steph. Bring your own crew. No subs. Best of 7 games to 31. Winner gets $50M and a belt that says "greatest basketball player in the world."

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

I just moved to Utah County. What’s up Utah people!!!!

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

3 months

Tested my wife and daughter’s Stanley mugs for lead. The most disturbing result? OUR TAP WATER IS LOADED WITH LEAD. The far left swab is tap water, the one next to it is our filtered drinking water.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

4 months

Napoleon had this insanely strong belief in DESTINY. It's why he personally led charges with no concern for his personal safety. It's what gave him the confidence to conquer a pan-European empire. Here are four of my favorite Napoleon quotes of his about DESTINY: “Destiny…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

@insipidwanker @Austen "Yes the CIA & Mossad, were jointly running a decades long child prostitution ring. But get this -- it was good."

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 month

No book has ever made me cry like Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage I finished it in public, too. I was openly weeping on a crowded trail by my house.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Tentative list for next episodes: 1. Joan of Arc part 2 2. William Randolph Hearst 3. Stalin 4. Hitler 5. Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

Woah. People can't stop talking about this episode.

How to Take Over the World

@HTTOTW

2 months

New episode on the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger! Spotify: Apple:

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

Greatness is better than happiness.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

11 months

Update on the milk diet: I had nothing but raw milk for two days straight. Thomas Edison used to periodically go on an all-milk diet, and I wanted to see if there was any benefit. It was great: No time spent on meals, not distracted by snacking, and I never felt hungry or weak

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Early research indicates that I have the #1 overall podcast among people with marble statues in their profile picture.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

One of my favorite things Da Vinci did was add things he wanted to learn to his to-do lists. For example: • “Discover the measurement of Milan and its suburbs” • “How does a woodpecker’s tongue work?” • “Get the master of arithmetic to show you how to square a triangle.”

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

Ten quotes for ten of my favorite ideas from Arnold Schwarzenegger: 1. Aim for the top "It’s easier to stand out when you aim straight for the top." 2. No Plan B "Nothing good has ever come from having a plan B. Nothing important or life-changing, anyway. Plan B is dangerous to…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

10 months

I gotta say, this is one of my favorite episodes that I've produced. It's not getting *that* many downloads because not many people have heard of Nelson. But if you like the pod, please trust me on this one and give it a listen.

Elijah Olson

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The podcast episode "Britain's Greatest Hero: Horatio Nelson (Episode 2) is without a doubt one of the greatest examples of a podcast episode ever created. The retelling of Nelson's life/accomplishments + applicable takeaways & lessons was masterful. @BenWilsonTweets @HTTOTW

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

People can't stop talking about Brigham Young (Part 2) on the How to Take Over the World podcast.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Rewire your brain to crave pain. Success is supposed to hurt!

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Is it better to do creative work alone or in a group? Studying the lives of greats reveals an interesting pattern... geniuses often do their best creative work in groups. 🧵 1/7

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

9 months

@julie_bush I just read 90 seconds of your substack and I’m pretty sure I could do better.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

Life inside a single drop of seawater.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Best thing about being a billionaire is flying private. Second best thing is not needing a phone case.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

10 months

I'm going to do approximately 1,000 Napoleon @HTTOTW episodes between now and November.

Sony Pictures

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10 months

He came from nothing. He conquered everything. From acclaimed director Ridley Scott, @NapoleonMovie is exclusively in movie theaters this Thanksgiving. Watch the official trailer now.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

Dunked in Cameron Indoor. Dream come true. I also dunked on @MrBeast , no video tho.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

On Taking Walks: Nietzsche: “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” Henry David Thoreau: “The moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.”

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

10 months

This couch is where I do most of my work. Working outside for 4+ hours per day significantly improves my mood and productivity.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

“World traveler” is by far the dumbest personality. It’s not the 1800s. It’s not adventurous to take a 7 hour flight and stay in a pre-booked Airbnb.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

10 months

Did a live pod for a family reunion. This is how I walked out.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

How to become great at anything: 1. Copy a teacher/mentor 2. Copy the greats 3. Copy the greats consistently 4. Copy the greats consistently and add your own touch of originality 5. Break the mold and do something completely original WAY too many people try to start with step 5

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

We need a new sound for every time @ShaanVP mentions advice he received from his personal trainer. I'm thinking of building it around this. Any other ideas?

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 years

You know it’s recording night when I start caffeinating at 8 PM.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

10 months

A weird thought experiment that helps me be a better parent: Imagine your best friend came to you and said "A witch put a spell on me and I'm about to turn into a baby! You have to take care of me for the next 18 years, at which point I will regain my memory!" ...and then…

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

@Jason It's the most important story in America right now. What do you expect them to do... not report on it?

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

2 months

Mom has some thoughts on my website.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

@ShaanVP Dude is really out here spoiling the best part of tomorrow’s pod eight hours before it comes out.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

4 months

Happy New Year, Friends

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

1 year

@sweatystartup Huber this is how Mormons are fleecing America - please don’t give away our secrets.

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

10 months

Even if you don't like tennis, you might want to turn on Wimbledon right now. Djokovic, the aging superstar, is trying to hold off Alcaraz, the 20-year-old phenom. It's been an incredible match so far.

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Ben Wilson

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1 year

Wow, people can't stop talking about Joan of Arc (Part 1) on the How to Take Over the World™️ podcast

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