Last year this time I sat down and made a huge document of all possible things I could do. Then I prioritized them.
In the next days I will do the same.
I’m happy to say I’ve over-achieved my goal for 2020. Which makes me thinkContinue Reading…
January 13, 2021 32 Comments
New Year, New Thoughts for 2021
July 19, 2019 27 Comments
The 13 Minute Workout: How to Maintain Your Physique with Minimal Time Spent
 [How I cut my total workout time in a third and even put on a lot of muscle.]
If you had asked me one year ago, “Ludvig, could you maintain your body by spending a third of the time in the gym, and barely even getting sore?” I would have flat out told you no.
Now, I’m not so sure.
Is it possible to put on weight, gain muscle, and stay in shape without adhering to long conventional workout routines? This has been the case for me the past 6 months.
Let me give you the rundown.Continue Reading…
May 2, 2017 40 Comments
19 Attributes of Great Men
From my commonplace:
“I went on troubling myself about general
ideas until I learnt to understand the particular achievements of the best men.”
–Goethe
Trouble yourself about this.
1) Prodigious memory.Continue Reading…
January 14, 2017 51 Comments
October 17, 2016 31 Comments
Timeless Lessons on Process & Creativity from 3 Musical Masters
[Picture taken on top of a mountain by Lake Ashi, ~40 minutes from Mt. Fuji.]
If you’ve ever been to Japan you’d know it’s just as beautiful as it is depicted in the movie The Last Samurai.
That’s why guys like Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs went there for inspiration…Continue Reading…
November 15, 2015 77 Comments
15 Lessons Learned from Mikael Syding
We had just finished a 2-hour workout and got out of the gym.
—Now I was going to pick Mikael’s brain: was he going to head a new billion-dollar hedge fund, take one of the CEO positions he had been offered, or maybe become a full-time angel investor? It was not an easy decision to make. . .Continue Reading…
October 26, 2015 73 Comments
Pounce on Opportunity & Sacrifice for Success (U.S Travels + Vlog w/ Kyle Eschenroeder of StartupBros)
It was my 5th day of the StartupBros Import Empire event and I was staying at the Marriott [as pictured above].
The Ritz-Carlton–where we stayed for the first 4 days–is better. It costs $350/night, for normal folks. . .
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August 18, 2015 59 Comments
Grind it Out and Lay the Foundation
The philosopher/author/artist–all-round brilliant fellow–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said that:
“Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.”
–And so it is: Young men are squires.
Until they pass The Gauntlet, they’re notContinue Reading…
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