Trace Mayer Show Notes:\n\nBeing the CEO of your Own Life\n\nWhat is a lifestyle designer, and what are your goals?\n\nRead Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)\nBy Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 \n(please use our Purse.io affiliate link to buy with 20% off) https://purse.io/?_a=libertye\n\nTrace's Podcast: Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast http://www.bitcoin.kn/ \n\nFour Categories to Design Happiness (Flow) into your lifestyle:\n\nHealth\n\tA)Physical\n\n\tB)Mental iTunes / Android App IQBoost \n\nCold Showers \u2013 The Scottish Showe\n\nBeing uncomfortable is when you don't have control of your situation:\n\nWealth\n\tSupplements: Lion's Main Mushroom \u2013 can regrow nerves and brain cells: $30 to $60 bucks a month http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-stamets/mushroom-memory_b_1725583.html \n \nAlpha Brain https://www.onnit.com/alphabrain/ \n\nPlanting 6 Flags: Residency, Citizenship, Spending Your Time, Bank Accounts, Investments, Digital Life\n\nJunction Points \u2013 How Architects Create Quiet in NYC \u2013 build a building inside of another building\n\nHow does this concept apply to creating an insulated life? \n\n\u201cBitcoin is great because it gives you control at the root level of your wealth.\u201d \n\nExperiences\n\nHow does Trace take things he comes across, and integrate them to improve his life? \n\n\u201cYou just have to engage in experimentation on your own\u201d\n\nThe sickness industry vs. the health industry\n\n7 different network effects as they apply to bitcoin investing\n\nTrace's asset allocation strategy\n\nWhy does Trace measure net worth in terms of days?\n\nLast Pillar of life: Relationships\n\nMoney is the scorecard for how well an entrepreneur is serving people\n\nBut, money isn't everything\n\n4 pillars of Relationships\n\n1) Physical\n2) Emotional\n3) Intellectual\n4) Spiritual / Philosophical \n\nExample of a life CEO who is stuck with a result he may not be happy with: Ross Ulbircht of the Silk Road\n\nHarvard Business Press: The Outsiders - about 8 CEO's who brought in outsized returns to shareholders. What did they have in common? Their ability as capital allocators. This is what we must do in our own lives. http://www.amazon.com/The-Outsiders-Unconventional-Radically-Blueprint/dp/1422162672 (please use our Purse.io affiliate link to buy with 20% off) https://purse.io/?_a=libertye\n\nBe careful not to get addicted to the dark side of Flow, like Ulbircht did.\n\nHow Trace got into bitcoin\n\n\u201cI like buying gold because nobody has ever gone broke owning gold. Gold has never gone to zero. It does fluctuate in price, but its never gone to zero. Guess what, nobody has gone broke owning bitcoin. \n\nWhat advice does Trace have for young entrepreneurs? \n*Go watch Steve Jobs' commencement speeches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA \t\n*Read book The Holographic Universe http://www.amazon.com/The-Holographic-Universe-Revolutionary-Reality/dp/0062014102 \n*Read Book Life Before Life http://www.amazon.com/Life-Before-Childrens-Memories-Previous/dp/031237674X (please use our Purse.io affiliate link to buy with 20% off) https://purse.io/?_a=libertye\n*Watch movie The Cokeville Miracle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3877296/ \n\n\u201cWe don't do things because they are easy. We do them because they are hard. Life? We're gonna climb it. That's what's so fun about this.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it.\u201d\n\n\u201cEverybody, just live Epic!\u201d