Vin Tila | XOXO Monday
@vintillion.bsky.social
I'm escaping corporate hell and documenting every step. Because Mondays shouldn't make you cry.
My most strategic meeting today was explaining to my kid why we can't bring the garden hose into the living room.
March 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My most strategic meeting today was explaining to my kid why we can't bring the garden hose into the living room.
From Zeropreneur to XOXO Monday:
A lesson in finding my voice (and not launching buttcheek wine)
Started with a mission to help everyone escape their self-imposed prisons. Called it Zeropreneurship. Noble cause. Terrible strategy.
A lesson in finding my voice (and not launching buttcheek wine)
Started with a mission to help everyone escape their self-imposed prisons. Called it Zeropreneurship. Noble cause. Terrible strategy.
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
From Zeropreneur to XOXO Monday:
A lesson in finding my voice (and not launching buttcheek wine)
Started with a mission to help everyone escape their self-imposed prisons. Called it Zeropreneurship. Noble cause. Terrible strategy.
A lesson in finding my voice (and not launching buttcheek wine)
Started with a mission to help everyone escape their self-imposed prisons. Called it Zeropreneurship. Noble cause. Terrible strategy.
"Work-life balance" is corporate for "we'll let you see your family if you finish your PowerPoint."
March 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Work-life balance" is corporate for "we'll let you see your family if you finish your PowerPoint."
Ancient yogis knew a secret about success that took me years to understand.
The path to helping others starts with helping yourself.
Here's why putting yourself first actually makes you less selfish: 🧵
The path to helping others starts with helping yourself.
Here's why putting yourself first actually makes you less selfish: 🧵
March 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Ancient yogis knew a secret about success that took me years to understand.
The path to helping others starts with helping yourself.
Here's why putting yourself first actually makes you less selfish: 🧵
The path to helping others starts with helping yourself.
Here's why putting yourself first actually makes you less selfish: 🧵
Let me tell you about a kid who thought Saturdays had different air.
Yeah, that was me - so sheltered, so naive, that I genuinely asked my mom if the atmosphere changed on weekends.
(It didn't. That was just freedom I was breathing.)
Yeah, that was me - so sheltered, so naive, that I genuinely asked my mom if the atmosphere changed on weekends.
(It didn't. That was just freedom I was breathing.)
March 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Let me tell you about a kid who thought Saturdays had different air.
Yeah, that was me - so sheltered, so naive, that I genuinely asked my mom if the atmosphere changed on weekends.
(It didn't. That was just freedom I was breathing.)
Yeah, that was me - so sheltered, so naive, that I genuinely asked my mom if the atmosphere changed on weekends.
(It didn't. That was just freedom I was breathing.)
The brutal truth about reaching your potential:
You're the only thing standing in your way.
Here's how to get out of your own way:
You're the only thing standing in your way.
Here's how to get out of your own way:
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The brutal truth about reaching your potential:
You're the only thing standing in your way.
Here's how to get out of your own way:
You're the only thing standing in your way.
Here's how to get out of your own way:
Money isn't everything.
But it's the backbone of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Here's how money impacts each level of human needs: 🧵
But it's the backbone of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Here's how money impacts each level of human needs: 🧵
March 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Money isn't everything.
But it's the backbone of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Here's how money impacts each level of human needs: 🧵
But it's the backbone of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Here's how money impacts each level of human needs: 🧵
Are you using information to grow or hiding behind it to avoid taking action?
March 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Are you using information to grow or hiding behind it to avoid taking action?
Success leaves clues.
Study those who have what you want.
Model their mindset.
Copy their habits.
Study those who have what you want.
Model their mindset.
Copy their habits.
March 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Success leaves clues.
Study those who have what you want.
Model their mindset.
Copy their habits.
Study those who have what you want.
Model their mindset.
Copy their habits.
Removing friction is great.
Adding friction is also great.
It just depends on the situation.
Adding friction is also great.
It just depends on the situation.
March 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Removing friction is great.
Adding friction is also great.
It just depends on the situation.
Adding friction is also great.
It just depends on the situation.
What you resist persists.
What you embrace dissolves.
A profound truth I learned after years of fighting against myself.
Here's how to discover what you REALLY want (and finally get it):
🧵
What you embrace dissolves.
A profound truth I learned after years of fighting against myself.
Here's how to discover what you REALLY want (and finally get it):
🧵
March 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
What you resist persists.
What you embrace dissolves.
A profound truth I learned after years of fighting against myself.
Here's how to discover what you REALLY want (and finally get it):
🧵
What you embrace dissolves.
A profound truth I learned after years of fighting against myself.
Here's how to discover what you REALLY want (and finally get it):
🧵
I spent years consuming self-improvement content without improving. Information without action is just entertainment.
February 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I spent years consuming self-improvement content without improving. Information without action is just entertainment.
The oxygen mask principle changed my life.
"Put your own mask on first before helping others."
This isn't selfish. It's necessary.
Here's why being "selfish" is actually the key to helping others effectively:
"Put your own mask on first before helping others."
This isn't selfish. It's necessary.
Here's why being "selfish" is actually the key to helping others effectively:
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The oxygen mask principle changed my life.
"Put your own mask on first before helping others."
This isn't selfish. It's necessary.
Here's why being "selfish" is actually the key to helping others effectively:
"Put your own mask on first before helping others."
This isn't selfish. It's necessary.
Here's why being "selfish" is actually the key to helping others effectively:
Today's scarcity isn't information - it's wisdom.
And wisdom doesn't come from endless scrolling.
And wisdom doesn't come from endless scrolling.
February 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Today's scarcity isn't information - it's wisdom.
And wisdom doesn't come from endless scrolling.
And wisdom doesn't come from endless scrolling.
You're not behind.
You're not stuck.
You're exactly where you need to be to start.
You're not stuck.
You're exactly where you need to be to start.
February 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You're not behind.
You're not stuck.
You're exactly where you need to be to start.
You're not stuck.
You're exactly where you need to be to start.
Are you where you wanna be?
February 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are you where you wanna be?
Want to break free from information overload? Here's how:
1. Notice how content makes you feel:
• Energized or drained?
• Inspired or overwhelmed?
• Creating or just hoarding?
1. Notice how content makes you feel:
• Energized or drained?
• Inspired or overwhelmed?
• Creating or just hoarding?
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Want to break free from information overload? Here's how:
1. Notice how content makes you feel:
• Energized or drained?
• Inspired or overwhelmed?
• Creating or just hoarding?
1. Notice how content makes you feel:
• Energized or drained?
• Inspired or overwhelmed?
• Creating or just hoarding?
Building a Business You Love 101
In 2018 I started a real estate business and failed miserably.
Just like myself, here's what most get wrong: 🧵
In 2018 I started a real estate business and failed miserably.
Just like myself, here's what most get wrong: 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Building a Business You Love 101
In 2018 I started a real estate business and failed miserably.
Just like myself, here's what most get wrong: 🧵
In 2018 I started a real estate business and failed miserably.
Just like myself, here's what most get wrong: 🧵
Stop asking "Am I ready?"
Start asking "What's the next small step?" Then take it.
Start asking "What's the next small step?" Then take it.
February 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Stop asking "Am I ready?"
Start asking "What's the next small step?" Then take it.
Start asking "What's the next small step?" Then take it.
The simple framework I use to upgrade any area of life:
1. Current Reality
• Where am I now?
• What's working?
• What's not?
2. Desired Future
• Where do I want to be?
• What does success look like?
• How will I measure it?
3. Gap Analysis
• What's missing?
• What's needed?
• What's next?
1. Current Reality
• Where am I now?
• What's working?
• What's not?
2. Desired Future
• Where do I want to be?
• What does success look like?
• How will I measure it?
3. Gap Analysis
• What's missing?
• What's needed?
• What's next?
February 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The simple framework I use to upgrade any area of life:
1. Current Reality
• Where am I now?
• What's working?
• What's not?
2. Desired Future
• Where do I want to be?
• What does success look like?
• How will I measure it?
3. Gap Analysis
• What's missing?
• What's needed?
• What's next?
1. Current Reality
• Where am I now?
• What's working?
• What's not?
2. Desired Future
• Where do I want to be?
• What does success look like?
• How will I measure it?
3. Gap Analysis
• What's missing?
• What's needed?
• What's next?
Change is the only constant.
February 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Change is the only constant.
The most valuable skill in 2025: the ability to ignore irrelevant information.
February 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The most valuable skill in 2025: the ability to ignore irrelevant information.
Your past "failures" weren't failures. They were attempts to build someone else's dream. Build yours instead.
February 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your past "failures" weren't failures. They were attempts to build someone else's dream. Build yours instead.
Want to unlock your full potential?
Start by asking these 5 questions:
1. "What makes me lose track of time?"
This reveals your natural talents.
2. "What problems do I love solving?"
This reveals your purpose.
3. "What would I do for free?"
This reveals your passion.
Start by asking these 5 questions:
1. "What makes me lose track of time?"
This reveals your natural talents.
2. "What problems do I love solving?"
This reveals your purpose.
3. "What would I do for free?"
This reveals your passion.
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Want to unlock your full potential?
Start by asking these 5 questions:
1. "What makes me lose track of time?"
This reveals your natural talents.
2. "What problems do I love solving?"
This reveals your purpose.
3. "What would I do for free?"
This reveals your passion.
Start by asking these 5 questions:
1. "What makes me lose track of time?"
This reveals your natural talents.
2. "What problems do I love solving?"
This reveals your purpose.
3. "What would I do for free?"
This reveals your passion.
82% of entrepreneurs end up trapped in businesses they resent.
Here's the framework I use to make sure that never happens to you:
Here's the framework I use to make sure that never happens to you:
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
82% of entrepreneurs end up trapped in businesses they resent.
Here's the framework I use to make sure that never happens to you:
Here's the framework I use to make sure that never happens to you: