💎  5 Tweet Tuesday 💎 

My favorite 5 tweets of the week. Let’s dive in:

#1 💎 

Bill Burr is not the therapist we deserve, but he’s the one we need

#2 💎 

Meet Joan Ginther.

From 1993 - 2010 she won the lottery 4 separate times in Texas. Here’s how (according to investigative journalists):

• Scratch-off games have fixed prize distributions

• Before a game is released, the state lottery prints a certain number of tickets with a set number of big prizes

• Over time, winners claim prizes and the state publishes lists of what’s been claimed so far

• Math nerds (like our girl Joan) could use public data to track this and decide the best times and games to buy tickets for

Don’t hate the player, hate the game

#3 💎 

I learned this from the famous poker player Daniel Negraneu. He said he went to a seminar where they made them write down the worst thing that’s ever happened to them.

In his case, the woman he wanted to propose to cheated on him, and he found out with the ring in his pocket. 

Then they taught them two mindsets:
* Victim Mindset (things happen to me)
* Responsible Mindset (I am responsible for how I interpret & respond to this)

They asked him to re-write the story, but now taking 100% responsibility for how he interpreted, and responded to what happened.

He said it was one of the most freeing exercises of his life. It gave him control and agency over the situation, rather than feeling like a trauma victim. 

I like this tweet. Life is unfair to all of us. A little to some, a lot to others. At a certain age, it is your duty to heal and grow. 

#4 💎 

I think the best quality a grown up can have is a childlike enthusiasm for the little victories and pleasures in life.

Childlike in victory, mature in defeat. 

#5 💎 

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