This Week
- Why I stayed at this crazy villa in the countryside this week.
- Hanging with the guys chatting, playing padel, ping pong, exploring the house.
- Where I flew off to next.
November 2025
| Su | M | T | W | Th | F | S |
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| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 11/1 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 12/1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Where In The World Was I?
- 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
- 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece
Metrics From The Week
Nooooooo I’m no longer a teenager 😭 Haha
1MI Event
I’m part of this online community that runs in-person events and meetups, see:
- The Week Of The Insane Bali Villa, May 11th, 2025
- The Week In Budapest With The Boys, November 17th, 2024
- My Brain Is Rewiring What Is Now Possible, August 4th, 2024
This week there was an event outside of Porto at this massive 10-bed house with 20 guys from the group.
Insane – padel court, outdoor pool, indoor turkish bath (pool), sauna, steam room, little fitness room, wine shop, rooftop area…
It was crazy good, don’t get me wrong… but there were also the OTHER side realities…
- Uber didn’t pick up out there and no one rented a car (the group owner was supposed to have a car but it got delayed) so we had to rely on the van service that was recommended by the owner of the house, but they were 30KM away so we needed to either plan in advance or ended up waiting a while (hour and a half).
- There was a town 5 minute drive from the house (or a 40 minute walk uphill 😂 ) with a little grocery store, gym, butcher, but was closed the day we arrived. There was a bigger town with multiple big stores and restaurants about 20 min drive away.
- There was food on-site but only if you booked in advance, so we did a big grocery haul on day at the start, but by the end we sort of ran out of food and had to Uber Eats food. Getting to the grocery store was an adventure in and of itself.
- The little on-site cardio fitness center room was pretty minimal, one machine, couple cardio machines, 15kg dumbbells, so we all went into the little town 10 minutes away to the gym.
So we were kind of on a little island out there as it wasn’t too easy to get around BUT the house was big enough and there was enough to do that we didn’t feel “stuck.” Just want to give some counter balance so it doesn’t come across as ONLY rainbows and butterflies.
Mornings
MAN I was looking forward to this moment SO MUCH every morning. They had a coffee machine on site. And this feeling of waking up, it being quiet, sipping a coffee, watching the sunrise and looking out into the valley on the balcony/patio… MY DREAM.
I loved this moment.
I went for a little stroll around the property every morning then just sat and drank an espresso looking out into the distance.
The espresso was a little watery but honestly I’ll take what I can get when the views are like this 😂
Gym Sesh
Went up to the little town that thankfully had a gym open 2 weeks ago!
We took over the entire gym (just that single room) 😂
House Chillin’
And did a LOT of chillin’ at the house, eating, playing padel, ping pong, chatting, swimming. There was so much to do it’s crazy.
Had some nice conversations, some business conversations, but mostly a lot of just joking around and having fun. I think it’s been months since I laughed this much, like that ab-tightening soreness from laughing hysterically so much.
Hike
Went on a little hike (about an hour and a half) on the trail right next to the house.
Day In Porto
Went into Porto as a whole group one afternoon.
Other Stuff
SO MUCH CONTENT. We had a videographer on-site following us around the whole time, got so much content. He’s incredibly good. And I got a bunch of b-roll myself as well.
I also realized not many people actually know how to cook it was kind of funny. This is what I ate most of the week/what I bought, and a lot of the guys were like “DAYYUMMMM THAT LOOKS GOOD” 😂 I’m like, “what, chicken and rice?” 😂
The Movie
Friday we left the house and some of us stayed in Porto for one final night.
We went to this restaurant along the river and ended up watching this movie unfold before our eyes at the table next to us. It was this woman with her husband on their honeymoon or something (based on what we picked up), then this Brazilian guy at the table next to them started talking to the woman.
The husband was really distant on his phone as we watched the woman and this other guy talk away, and slowly over the course of maybe an hour, escalate as she started laughing more, touching his wrists…
We’re all sitting there like “Uhhhhhhhhh”
And then they start making out right in front of the husband sitting there on his phone.
We look at each other like “what the hell is going on right now,” hearts racing.
The women behind us were also watching this unfold 😂
They got up and went out into the rain and started making out behind this big advertisement sign.
The husband got up and got on a video call with someone, shaking his head in shock, showing it to whoever was on the call.
The Brazilian guy eventually leaves and she comes back. The husband is in shock and flustered, they leave together.
We end up going to the people at the table next to them that chatted with the three of them and asking what happened.
Apparently the “husband” was actually the gay best friend, the woman was recently divorced, and the woman we talked to was actually the one that pushed the woman to go for it because she saw her and the Brazilian guy looking at each other quite a lot.
What a wild rollercoaster. Felt like watching a movie in realtime.
Off To Athens, Greece
Got in Saturday night, exhausted. Will do a first impressions next week when I’ve had more of an impression.
Thoughts From The Week
The Bali Give It All speech is live on YouTube!
Some takeaways, notes, and thoughts from the week:
202511010914 Takeaways from 1MI Porto event
Takeaways 1MI Porto:
- [name] saying he wished he just doubled down on what he knew worked. Listen to intuition not other people.
- Chat with [name], "help lost high achievers looking for more meaning and fulfillment in their life." He asks for top things, I was like it depends. He gives me all these scenarios. I talk about fear and identity work, he's like oh like hard decision at work? I'm like nah and talked about [client], self betrayal, how he is alone versus with others, habit design. Immediately he's like ohhh I get it yeah I would pay for that, and said if you jumped into trader skool communities a lot of people struggle with habits because trading is all psychology and just doing what you know you need to do but distracting on your phone too much.
- From [name]:
- remove reels from main grid
- he also runs follow ads
- life, value, and results, for highlights
- content needs to be super niche and specific - how specific can I get on pain points
- watch @niksetting on YouTube, really good Instagram funnel content
- need to go back through Dan Bolton course again as well
- what's the boring work that will make the most difference in 6-12mo (that I'm avoiding?)
- look at Mazlows hierarchy of needs and look at books by Joe Dispensa
- Look at group, had two guys that fit target client asking about meaning in the chat
- [name] wanting to start YouTube content but waiting, what will his friends think, when he's in camera he's overthinking, all the mental excuses
[...]
Quick meditation:
- Where do you need me right now?
- How can I actually _put out_ my energy into the world (thinking about hearing [name] order a coffee and talk much more than just the default)
- Feeling into unworthiness, chat with [name], still starting out
Final event takeaways:
- double down
- paying permission
- niching down
- getting more intentional
- pain over dream
Meditation:
- seeing the leader qualities
- talk about the middle zone of suck
- [name] conversation about YouTube videos - you will not change a belief without something external stimuli
- how recharging it is to just laugh hysterically, yesterday at Padel court [name] kicking the ball with his feet and it going out of the court, the 6 of us just dying laughing, remembering Bali laughing so much
- put in offer doc polarity, speak more to positives and negatives, qualifying up front, "you've made the money, now what?" (Positive) And "you dont need hand holding"
- how could I subtly add qualifiers to every piece of content
- interesting how different I noticed I am compared to [name] and [name], them talking about women or something, noticed how I'm like huh, I think my body is biologically different to them, because I know how to feel, presence, emotions. Leverage it
- and [name] posting meme that's like anything you ever say to your woman is recorded and may be replayed, I'm like huh I remember a lot too
- many moments of disassociation, speaking and just almost jumping out of the present and not recognizing my reality, almost this dream like state
- how to unlock my entire self?, make this vision of me completely unlocked and flowing, fully worthy and abundant
- I'm liking this meditation download process sitting here, so many ideas
- showing people behind the scenes, been working on some crazy reels and footage but know that I'm still a human here, disassociating, pinching myself, not recognizing my own reality
- do another flow friction,
- what do I love to do - thinking, ideas, introspection, problem solving other people, creating, building
- friction - selling myself, pushing, perfectionism and waiting to post YouTube videos, unworthiness feeling
- creating a vision and building, more sacrifice, what can I sacrifice right now, what seeds can I plant that will blossom into fruit trees tomorrow. Thinking a little more about the future
- sharing more journal prompts - could do every Friday, or not worry about scaling yet, "if I stopped second guessing, whats the most obvious next step?" Take all the good ones
[name]:
- double down YouTube, much better than VSLs, lead quality way better than IG
- clear outcome, go hard on belief systems
- early CTA to DM with any questions
Idea: every couple of days go to a social space like a mall or Edgewater market and just approach people, give people compliments
[name] asking [name] about trading - what does he do to backtest, journaling trades, researching, improving... What would that look like if I applied that to coaching?
What’s Next?
Back-to-back events babyyyy