Author of ‘Sovereign’. I help 40k people be more productive, creative, and decisive at theknowledge.io. CSO, Product strategy, ex Corporate law

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Today my book Sovereign finally launches. It’s a handbook for outsiders ready to bend reality in their favour. It’s a manual for making things happen, and a guide to creating the outcomes you want. Sovereign will show you how to (1) nurture ambition, (2) develop agency, and (3) navigate adversity, regardless of your starting point. One reader called it: “A manual for life - modern stoicism at its best” Others have called it “Clear, useful, and entirely uninterested in gimmicks, and “Refreshingly sane”. A year ago I decided to write the best book I was capable of, distilling the last five years of my work and so much more. It’s been an incredible journey. Buy Sovereign today to... • Stop following the default path and learn to architect a life on your own terms. 🗺️ • Break through self-imposed limits by understanding how to rewrite the rules you quietly accepted. • Build the practical toolkit of trailblazers—from faster learning to authentic influence—to make your vision a reality. • Turn inevitable adversity into your greatest training ground for resilience and strength. 💪 You can get it on Amazon today (and a bunch of other places)
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I’ll be honest these scenes do hit differently when it’s a city you’ve been to and seen before. Very easy otherwise to become desensitised to all scenes of the Middle East looking like this and not knowing how they might have looked otherwise.
BREAKING: Apocalyptic scenes in Lebanon’s capital right now. Israel is bombing residential buildings in densely populated neighborhoods of Beirut. A ceasefire that still allows bombs to fall on civilians is not a ceasefire.
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This is the fastest way to accelerate the market for Chinese phones
NEW: U.K. advances proposal to force Apple, Google, Signal, & other platforms to scan private content on users’ devices — executives could face prison if they refuse.
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Discomfort is how you grow, but pain is why you change
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Reading business books will have a lot of people graduating first class from the school of wild imagination. The real MBA is converting what you read into what you know, through action.
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🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!! - my conversation with @m_ashcroft on: 🔄 Switching from corporate to self-employment 🕊️ How freedom creates tension in work and life 📝 Staying productive without burning out Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
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Newsletter just dropped 😍 If you want to find out what long lunches in France have to do with airborne tuberculosis, or the clandestine history of Pad Thai, or which of your morning drinks has the same amount of oil as a portion of french fries, check the next tweet.
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How to build the RIGHT audience - @jspector via @itstheknowledge 🎙️
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What made Steve Jobs a great leader - @gower_bob on @itstheknowledge 🎙️
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🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!! - my conversation with @m_ashcroft on: 💡 Decision-making in challenging situations 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 How to make big life decisions 🤔 The Alexander Technique explained Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
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People underrate the importance of intentionally gathering data points in order to make high quality decisions later. Re your career: In your 20s and 30s, lean towards explore. In your 40s and 50s, lean towards exploit.
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Creativity requires evolution - via @itstheknowledge 🎙️
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Why people choose cities. - @StuPatience via @itstheknowledge 🎙️
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Lebron James spends over $1 million on his health each year 🤯 He spends $1.5m, has played in the NBA for 20 seasons, and is the leagues all-time leading scorer. Don't ask why Lebron spends so much - ask why no one else does. Then ask what the equivalent opportunity is for you
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Pretty sure @jesselyu and @rabbit_hmi already shipped this on their r1, but with OpenClaw instead of CoPilot. Ironically if you could get Codex / Cowork Dispatch on here to drive existing agents and routines that would kill.
This came as a surprise: Microsoft has unveiled handheld and desktop devices designed to control one's agents. It reminds me of what I had expected from OpenAI’s hardware-standalone devices for controlling agents.
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🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!! - my conversation with @EricJorgenson on: 📚 Impact of Naval and Balaji's books 👤 How Balaji Srinivasan became a polymath 💻 The power of technology and truth 🔗 Intersection of technology and media Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
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Greatest thing I’ve ever seen
Attack on Wemby FULL SERIES
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You'll never reach your full potential until you start doing things you're not qualified for
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I think two things: 1. It's impossible to live a life without regrets. 2. If you have 0 regrets you're doing life wrong. Why? Because regret is a tool, not a state of mind.
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