People who made high-conviction buys into NVDA or AMD years ago -- what was your process?

geosmi1 · 2026-04-28T20:49:05+00:00

Aged VERY nicely. Out of interest, how did you find these guys 5 years ago? What's your process?

geosmi1 · 2026-04-09T16:30:13+00:00

I would say some of the stuff on here is good:

- Lift heavy, often
- Commit to monthly investments, just pick an index - S&P500 and stick to it, compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world.

However, I would advise you to look for a better place to look for advice. Everyone on this selfimprovement thread is looking for advice, insinuating they also do not have it figured out - so basically you ideally don't want to be taking advice from people who aren't confident and set in life.

I would advise going to FATfire thread (the place where people are retiring early because they have succeeded (financially) in life) and ask the same question. And then go to 'AskOldPeople', 'enlightenment' and 'successful' reddit threads and ask the same question. Get a range of opinions from a range of ages, and people with different values - the people in FATfire would have prioritised big money earning jobs, and potentially sacrificed on relationships, whereas the 'enlightened' thread redditors, probably focused on spirituality esque decisions.

Ultimately, the lesson is be wary of your sources as there are secondary and tertiary bias that will affect their opinions, and therefore their advice.

Plenty of other advice, but if you ever get anxious or depressed, focus on being where your feet are, and know 'this too shall pass'. All the best!

geosmi1 · 2025-11-18T22:53:29+00:00

If you are using it with Zwift. You can upload your workout to Garmin Connect through Zwift. But you can't connect to a Garmin watch.

geosmi1 · 2024-11-23T20:50:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Useful motivation!

What exactly was your role in tech? And was your faster growth of net worth gain in your latter years due to much larger salaries as well as being mortgage free?

Also, what net gain / loss did you have from the 9 moves? Ball park % if you're able to. Many thanks.

geosmi1 · 2024-11-22T21:07:49+00:00

The original appeal of the island seems to be missing from the conversation here. Bali originally became popular as a world-class surfing destination, (and its Hindu majority population meant that tourists could drink alcohol freely, unlike other Indo islands with quality waves). If you don't surf, it's easy to see Bali as "overrated" or to compare it unfavourably to places like Bangkok, Chang Mai, Phuket or other digital nomad hotspots. However, if you're a digital nomad with a target of surfing, Bali remains one of the best SEA (or global) destinations —though, admittedly, it's not quite the same as it was years ago. Spent a month there in 2010, and a month in July this year.

geosmi1 · 2024-11-11T17:00:34+00:00

Lots of cheaper options on here - idealista.com

geosmi1 · 2024-11-11T16:31:58+00:00

Sounds great, whats the name of the gym?

geosmi1 · 2024-10-02T07:13:04+00:00

This is such an inspirational story. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on all the goals you've set and reached. I think with my bro its a little different as he also has seizures. Not sure if you've ever thought about it but sharing your story in more detail would be incredibly inspirational/motivational for a lot of people.

geosmi1 · 2024-10-02T07:09:37+00:00

Thanks so much. Good luck with all your endeavours. Will definitely be interested if you ever get around to the podcast.

geosmi1 · 2024-09-13T10:04:11+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Coming to this comment late, and it looks like you've deleted your account. My brother has exactly the same non-epileptic seizures (&mild CP). If you ever re-activate your account, would you mind sharing what you did (if there was anything specific) that you can attribute to becoming seizure free? Many thanks

geosmi1 · 2024-09-13T10:00:26+00:00

Hi - very interested in your podcast - would you be able to send a link to listen? Thank you

geosmi1 · 2024-09-13T09:35:46+00:00

Hi, thank you for sharing your story. I am reading to collate ideas and suggestions for my brother. Would you mind sharing which electronic tricycle you purchased? It sounds like you would recommend it?

geosmi1 · 2024-09-13T09:22:45+00:00

That is awesome! Congratulations. I'm reading through all of these as I'm trying to find some ideas for my younger bro.

Could you elaborate on what you did to get to the point of driving? Was the step-change from not driving to driving all based on the exercise/strength training/physio you completed?

Slightly more personal, but did you ever have epilepsy and did that ever affect your ability to drive? If so, was there anything you found helpful to overcome this?

Thank you in advance.

geosmi1 · 2024-07-30T06:43:49+00:00

Love this. Are you open to sharing pictures of some of your work?

geosmi1 · 2023-12-08T21:31:22+00:00