Part of Recommendations, 11 sections of picks from GritCult's posts.
a running ledger of clips, talks, films and fights gritcult tells the timeline to actually sit down and watch. mostly raw youtube links with no titles, framed by what they'll do to you: build the founder's mind, harden you against death, expose the shady, or just inspire violence done well.
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he doesnt rec films to entertain you. he recs them as fuel. theres a daily ritual clip he watches every morning to set the tone [1], a video hes memorised and tells you to make personal [7] — this is liturgy, not viewing. the screen is a whetstone or its noise.
the through line is build or be built. when markets shake he says ignore the charts, watch this instead [2]. every founder should study the business film of the week [5], every man in crypto needs the talk he calls one of the best hes ever seen [6]. he points at gurus selling fake courses and says watch real films about money and men instead [3].
then the harder edges. meditate on death, watch this [8]. keep negativity away because mindsets are contagious [9]. and combat sport as inspiration — crawford dismantling gamboa with superior strategy [11]. comfort viewing is for the herd. he wants you sharpened.
Picks
12 recommendations, each linked to the post it comes from.
| # | Pick | Why | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morning ritual clip | i watch this every morning when i wake up — sets the tone before the world gets a vote | Post |
| 2 | Ignore the markets, watch this | posted into market chaos — look away from the charts, feed your head instead | Post |
| 3 | Finance films instead of guru courses | pursuit of happyness, catch me if you can, margin call, boiler room, wolf of wall street | Post |
| 4 | Paul Graham on startup ideas | look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself | Post |
| 5 | Weekly business film | one of the greatest business films ever made — every founder should watch | Post |
| 6 | Best crypto talk hes seen | every single person building in crypto right now needs to watch this | Post |
| 7 | The memorised video | ive memorised this video — you need to make it personal | Post |
| 8 | On death | thinking about death, meditating on death. watch this | Post |
| 9 | On contagious negativity | why he distances from negative people — negative mindsets are contagious | Post |
| 10 | Chamath warning video | watch them bragging about dumping on retail — be warned, very shady | Post |
| 11 | Crawford vs Gamboa | for combat fans — superior strategy, truly inspiring, pound-for-pound | Post |
| 12 | Rogan x Eddie Bravo on belief | stress-test your models against extreme skeptics — debate practice | Post |
Recurring themes
- watching as daily ritual and liturgy
- build-or-be-built: founder, startup and crypto study
- real films over fake guru courses
- memento mori and guarding the mind
- combat sport as discipline and inspiration
- exposing the shady — warnings about who to distrust