Mental Models with Witty Prince

Witty Prince

Growing up is so TOUGH. Adult life keeps throwing disadvantages at you… This podcast is your EDGE. It makes you TOUGHER and gives you the ADVANTAGES you need.

  1. 12 JAN

    S1: EP34 - Your Ancestors Endured Worse. Why Are You Quitting?

    Your ancestors survived 400 years of slavery. 10 generations of war, chains, separation, and suffering. They had no podcasts. No motivational quotes. No "self-care Sundays." They just woke up and did what had to be done. And you're telling me you can't wake up before 10am? Here's the truth no one wants to hear: Your children will judge you harsher than you judge your parents. Because they'll know our generation had every advantage: • Work from anywhere • Information at our fingertips • Opportunity everywhere So if you waste it scrolling until 3am, sleeping until noon, complaining about "burnout" from doing nothing... what will they say? Psychologist Martin Seligman proved it: comfort without challenge creates learned helplessness. Your brain literally forgets how to struggle. Viktor Frankl discovered concentration camp survivors weren't the strongest physically. They were the ones who felt responsible for something beyond themselves. That's the shift: - Age 0-20: Living for yourself - Age 21-23: Living for your family - Age 24+: Living generationally When you start thinking about your future wife, your children, the generations you'll never meet... suddenly waking up at 5am isn't hard anymore. It's your duty. This week: Wake up 5-6am for 7 straight days. Work 4 hours before touching your phone. Create daily. No excuses. Your ancestors survived wars. You can survive waking up early. A wealthy bloodline has to start somewhere. That somewhere is YOU. ↓ Comment "RESET" if you're starting the 7-day challenge tomorrow.

    10 min
  2. 16/12/2025

    S1: EP32 - Always optimize for Reverse Osmosis (HD)

    I used to think success was all about internal drive. Hard work. Discipline. Consistency. But I was missing half the equation. The rich keep getting richer because they optimize their ENVIRONMENT. Your eyes and ears are gates to your soul. What you see daily, hear daily, who's around you daily - these aren't small things. They either multiply your intelligence or kill it. Princeton Neuroscience Institute proved it: Physical clutter in your environment creates chaos in your subconscious. You can literally become more or less intelligent based on what your room looks like. Ever wonder why doctors work in clean white rooms? Because excellence in environment = excellence in work. Why rich neighborhoods are always clean? Because they know: Excellence in environment = Excellence in thinking. Here's what the most successful people do: Ernest Hemingway - Wrote standing at a tall desk for energy and focus. Maya Angelou - Rented hotel rooms and removed EVERYTHING except table, bed, notepad. She understood: Things create noise. Bill Gates - "Think weeks" twice a year. Isolates in a lakeside cabin with only books and papers. Bryan Burford - Hedge fund manager. Office deliberately FAR from Wall Street to reduce noise. Thomas Edison - His Menlo Park lab produced the phonograph, light bulb, and 400+ patents because he handpicked every person, controlled lighting, controlled acoustics. He optimized everything. Today's mental model: Never move from higher concentration to lower concentration. When your environment gets noisy, shut it down. When your phone gets noisy, shut it down. When notifications invade, shut it down. Your body is a kingdom. Protect it from external invasion. As you get more productive, your "NO" becomes more important than your "YES." Many things will come - opportunities, exciting things, "productive" Instagram before bed. You have to say NO. Your focus is more important than all external invaders. Start 2026 by optimizing: - Your physical space (clean your room) - Your visual environment (remove clutter) - Your social environment (curate who's around you) - Your digital environment (control notifications) Your environment is either making you smarter or making you dumber. There's no in-between. What's ONE thing you'll remove from your environment this week?

    12 min

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Growing up is so TOUGH. Adult life keeps throwing disadvantages at you… This podcast is your EDGE. It makes you TOUGHER and gives you the ADVANTAGES you need.