Tim
@lintreadertim

building the best old book site on the internet

 the best old books site 👉
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Joined July 2023
no one remembers this: what ppl post today already went viral years ago (the recycled ideas get 1% of the originals) I want to introduce new ideas, not just maximize engagement recycling greatest hits that’s why I read old books
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do you read more than one book at a time?
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the future belongs to those who apply lessons from old books in new ways
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is reading a good use of time?
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do you talk to your plants?
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which teaches more- reading or traveling?
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what’s better than books? more books
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“volume is the answer” “quality over quantity” which is true?
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should struggles be shared publicly?
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are ebooks better than physical books?
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consistency doesn’t matter improving consistently matters
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would you follow a leader who’s never failed?
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Is listening to audiobooks a form of reading?
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The days that (almost) break you Are the days that make you
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is failing a good use of time?
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is reading the news a good use of time?
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Do you start books on the first page?
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is reading Harry Potter a good use of time?
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is reading meditation?
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is sleeping taking action?
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consistency doesn’t matter consistent improvement is what matters
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did you know there’s a flow state for reading?
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is reading history books a good use of time ?
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the days you don’t want to show up are the days you will grow
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Something I’ve noticed about billionaires: They spend most of their days reading.
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audiobooks are books unpopular opinion?
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“volume is the answer” “less is more” which is true?
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the only bad questions are the ones you never ask
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if you’re not trying to improve you’re probably getting worse
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reading a book to learn from others’ failures is faster than making every mistake yourself
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competence is confidence
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Want to get smarter? There’s a way Read more
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is reading more efficient than failing?
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don’t enjoy the journey? you won’t reach the destination have fun with it! (or set new goals)
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old books? more like gold books
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i felt sad so i woke up at 5 AM and finished something now i feel happy 🌞
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Read 10 pages every day You’ll train your focus You’ll get smarter Can’t do it? Here’s how to start: • Pick a book that looks interesting • Sit down and read one page Kept your focus? Good Keep going Read 10 pages Can’t focus? • Try again with a new book • Focus on one paragraph Then two Keep going Now you’re ready to take your mind to the gym
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i haven’t posted in a few days i’m enjoying outside. it’s spring!
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tired of cold shower posts? tired of coffee posts? wait until they try iced coffee showers (I never tire of coffee posts)
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a pattern i’ve noticed: • most who say reading is a waste of time do not read • most billionaires read a lot what explains this ?
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am I the only one who walks while reading?
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successful people see fun where others see boring
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mastering one thing means mastering many things skill development is fractal
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• books are wasted without action • action is pointless without books which is true ?
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don’t read books focus on income instead you need more money to buy more books!
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fear holds us back competence is the cure
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if your ideas don’t inspire you to act you need new ideas
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do question posts have negative impact?
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one million books published in 2023 any worth reading?
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if you don’t need 8 hours at night you aren’t working hard enough during the day
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if you can’t put ideas into action your ideas won’t matter if you don’t have ideas your actions won’t matter
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alchemy is real your mind can turn anything into gold
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you can’t act faster than imagination if your mind overflows with great ideas your actions will create something worthwhile
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did you know most best-selling books are free?
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ideas without action are empty words action without ideas is pointless activity
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you call questions engagement farming I call questions invitations to a conversation X lets me summon 200 people to talk about reading (or whatever else fascinates me today) where else can I do that?
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The X algo doesn’t suck You don’t know how to use it yet That’s why your posts get low engagement How to improve: • Follow first • Comment to earn replies • Make friends who support your posts Now you’re a growth hacker
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most books are for the author the best books are for the reader
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school mindset: follow my passion success mindset: make the world follow my passion
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follower mindset: surround myself with winners leader mindset: inspire my friends to win
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if you only follow you’ll never lead if you never follow you shouldn’t lead
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I have an idea I could • blurt it out • 50 people see it • don’t learn anything or • frame as a question • 10k people see the post • follow 50 most interesting replies • talk with them about it and make friends is this engagement farming?
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the fastest way to become great: 1. find where you’re terrible 2. start getting better
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some old books are great some old books are garbage they’re packed with ideas either way
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Before you take action You don’t need everything to be perfect You do need one thing to be right
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behind every viral short post is pages of unclear thoughts
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I’ve started making money online I built myself a tool to inexpensively translate books into English came up in convo with book pros, they were enthusiastic no selling, just talked about my solutions and others had the problems I just solved instead of building full saas, I only built a screenshot (in first reply 👇) and sent it around to my surprise, some authors wanted their books translated I’m excited to help them break into global markets! what I learned: • tell the story in a picture • sell the picture • build the picture
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300 followers in 7 days want to know how? ask me a question 👇
followers

ALT followers

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three skills matter most: • listening • patience • self-awareness (they’re the same skill)
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“I learn much from reading bad books though they lack the judgement and logic to prove what they promise they prove much else they did not intend ” - Edward Hyde Books are dead paper What you learn is up to you
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don’t be like this guy it’s just sad
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100 followers or 1,000,000 followers? difference isn’t important long term if you choose the right 100 you can reach 1,000,000
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which teaches more- making mistakes or fixing mistakes?
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just taking action is procrastination
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if your unpopular opinion gets engagement it’s a popular opinion
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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I don’t control if you follow me I do control if my posts show in your feed How do I do it?
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Consistency comes in 3 forms Choose carefully Consistency repeating and getting the same result Insanity repeating and expecting different results Growth repeating if you get results
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learning without action is false knowledge action without learning is false progress
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wake up => read 7AM - 9PM => act read => sleep reading makes every day better by giving me ideas to test and a space to reflect
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Your following:follower ratio is irrelevant (Unless you follow more than 2500) Did you know this?
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how to destroy your personal brand: call someone out publicly why do this?
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tension >>> balance more time under tension == more growth you grow after adapting to stress (progressive overload)
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how to see anybody’s viral tweets for free: 1. open incognito tab 2. go to account 3. posts are ordered by viral desc did you know this?
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can a story sell before any product is built?
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good books are tools to become a better person bad books restrict your mind and potential picking good books one of the highest ROI skills how to pick quickly—is this book old?
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has a platitude ever changed your life?
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if you don’t need to walk your ideas aren’t strong enough
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it’s better to follow someone who is a few steps ahead than someone who is 100 steps ahead imagine you are in their shoes then try to do better this is growth
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two skills matter most: • listening • self-awareness (they’re the same skill)
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30 days ago I had 70 followers, little engagement Then I met @pxue I told him my story: • Built Lint • Unclear how to find readers • Didn’t understand how to use X (or Reddit) to help We brainstormed some hypotheses to test I found my own posting style and built an audience Now I’m growing off X If you have big goals, Paul is your tactician Don’t miss out
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what’s better than a great idea? a great mindset
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do you read a lot of ebooks?
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limited time unlimited possible outcomes means your priorities are everything
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80% will read the first line of a tweet 20% will read every line in a tweet I could put 80% of my effort into the first line I could test to see who reads the entire tweet I could share rare knowledge with the elite 20% David Ogilvy wasn’t the father of advertising
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listening to an audiobook is reading moving eyes over words is reading moving fingers over braille is reading chugging gallons of organic whole milk is not reading not yet
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flow state is your automatic reaction to stimuli stimuli is a terrible word, is there a better one?
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they can ignore your assertions can they ignore your questions?
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I read before bed to relax I read after waking to warmup for the day How does the same activity produce opposite outcomes?
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750 followers I remember struggling with 7 followers.... How can I help you win? Introduce yourself in a reply 👇 === My resume: • Building Lint to make our traditional reading culture more interesting • Can read 100 pages an hour, or a few books in a day • Used to get in trouble for reading in school • Tried to get into conservatory • Gave up, got a degree in math • Started coding when I was 22 cause I needed a job • Got my start installing Hadoop clusters • Worked for 2 well-known database vendors • Favorite language is Scala • Favorite productivity tool is Postgres • 8.5 years experience Scala Apache Spark, Hadoop, and Postgres • Wrote an ML system that still powers hundreds of loyalty programs (even though I don’t work there anymore) • Senior software/data whatever/ai engineer at an 11-figure company • Bodyweight pr is 250lbs (still had a 6 pack) • Garage gym pr is 1300 lbs (total) • I lived in Spain for a year • I can read in Spanish, French, and Italian (slowly) • I like to cook • I love to learn === Thanks for reading 🌞
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