Chamath Palihapitiya Habits for High Performance and Impact

Answer four specific questions weekly to evaluate personal alignment with core goals, emotional authenticity, and resistance to external validation. Focuses on tracking progress and maintaining self-awareness.

Prepare espresso with exact bean weight (20g), extraction time (30s), and output ratio (30g water) daily. Creates ritualistic focus and sensory consistency to start the day deliberately.

Mandatory one-hour therapy every Monday post-workout to process childhood experiences and emotional patterns. Combines physical exertion with psychological unpacking.

Dedicate every Wednesday exclusively to absorbing content - blogs, research papers, videos - without meetings or calls. Forces deep focus on industry trends.

Strictly limit caffeine intake to one morning espresso and post-lunch coffee. Avoids afternoon/evening consumption to preserve sleep quality.

Consistently tip 100%+ at restaurants and services. Views excess gratuity as wealth redistribution practice and emotional investment in others.

Host regular poker games with tech leaders to practice probabilistic thinking under pressure. Treats bluffing as negotiation training.

Deconstruct one complex problem weekly into fundamental truths, rebuilding solutions from base components. Avoids analogical reasoning.

Allocate investments to thrive under volatility rather than just withstand it. Seeks asymmetric upside in climate tech and decentralized systems.

Weekly joint therapy session to align on family priorities and communication styles. Treats marriage as a strategic partnership.

Reconnect weekly with childhood refugee experience through journaling or conversations. Maintains hunger and risk tolerance.

Regularly educate audiences on cryptocurrency's role in combating authoritarianism. Allocates portfolio to Bitcoin as *insurance policy*.

Prioritize capital deployment into tangible climate assets over software - solar farms, grid storage, carbon capture facilities.

Re-read core math texts annually - number theory, game theory, probability. Maintains analytical rigor for complex systems modeling.

Analyze public company leaders' childhood traumas and insecurities. Predicts corporate behavior through founder psychographics.

Keep one weekday completely unstructured for emergent opportunities. Allows responsive capital allocation to time-sensitive deals.

Follow strict four-day split: push/pull/legs variations. Tracks exact incline, speed, and recovery metrics for sustained energy.

Completely disconnect on family trips using boat/remote locations. Forces present-moment engagement through environmental constraints.

Invest in soil carbon sequestration startups. Views farmland as undervalued asset class with climate upside.

Study niche healthcare topics like DCIS breast cancer through long-form podcasts. Builds cross-industry diagnostic frameworks.

Continuously assess countries' resilience to hyperinflation and social unrest. Guides geopolitical risk hedging strategies.

Seek investments with unlimited upside/downside protection. Uses tail risk modeling from poker/Taleb's works.

Require portfolio company CEOs to attend counseling. Views emotional stability as competitive advantage.

Capitalize on fossil fuel decline vs. renewables adoption mismatches. Invests in grid storage and rare earth minerals.

Apply martial arts principles to negotiations - leverage opponents' momentum against them through framing.

Model policy changes 5-10 years ahead using think tank reports. Anticipates subsidy shifts for infrastructure bets.

Recruit executives with ADHD/dyslexia for pattern recognition roles. Values cognitive diversity in problem-solving.

Structure blank-check companies during market froth, exiting before regulatory crackdowns. Times hype cycles.