The SWIPES Email (Friday, July 4th, 2025)

Friday, July 4th, 2025 ​
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Swipe:

As big fan of stupid jokes....I always appreciate a stupid joke in public like this (that also gets it more views):

It says "Call this M.F." which makes you think (a certain word), but MF just means Matt Flannery 🤣 🤣 🤣

Wisdom:

.....over 20+ years I've tried alllll different forms of meditation, and I've come to the conclusion that for myself, trying to "turn my brain off" doesn't do much for me.

I think I'm dumb and just don't have that many thoughts.

What works better for me as a form of meditation is WRITING OUT what I'm thinking.

So if I have a problem I'm working on, sitting there with a pad and pen and just writing out ideas, potentials, drawing doodles works far more wonders for me. (Just my personal opinion on meditation).

Interesting:

I wrote ​this little article​ that if you're planning a sale, try attaching it to a holiday.

This is the simple formula behind a sales promotion like this:

​It's so simple because it convinces people who are ALMOST about to buy your product, but are waiting for a discount or the "right time" to buy.

For example, these are real holidays for the rest of 2025 you can pick as deadlines to build a promotion around:

​Read the full article here -->​
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Picture:

A simple pleasure I have is just sitting in my car and chilling while listing to a podcast or music or watching a video:

I have a special "chill" setting I push and it reclines my seat waaayyy back. I do this in the garage or outside of it sometimes.

Yesterday I was doing this while it was pouring rain....and it just felt fun :-)

Essay:

The amount of joy, entertainment, learning I get from free podcasts is unreal.

Here's a list of what's on my podcast feed that I most frequently listen to:

• ​Tuesdays with Stories​: Mark Normand and Joe List just tell stories and be stupid.

• ​We Might Be Drunk:​ Mark Normand and Sam Morrill talk about comedy, life, and have guests on.

• ​Kill Tony​: 200+ comedians signup to be pulled out of a bucket and do 1 min of stand up comedy, hilarity ensues.

• ​Joe Rogan Experience​: Joe Rogan talks guests about different stuff.

• ​My First Million​: Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss business ideas and talk to guests about money/business.

• ​Collin and Sameer​: They talk about creator economy stuff.

• ​Stavvy’s World​: Comedy podcast by Stavros Halkias, a big fat Greek guy who is funny.

• ​American Optimist​: Joe Lonsdale interviews founders and smart people.

• ​This Past Weekend​: Comedian Theo Von interviews people in his very one-of-a-kind style.

• ​Lex Fridman​: Interviews with technologists and other thinkers.

• ​Good Bad Billionaire​: They pick a billionaire and rate them based on different qualities.

• ​Iced Coffee Hour​: Graham Stephan interviews people about money stuff.

• ​Marketing School w/ Neil Patel and Eric Siu:​ Daily updated show where they talk about all things marketing

• ​Modern Wisdom​ - Chris Williamson interviews people about life advice.

• ​VladTV​ - He interviews rappers, gangsters, and in general kind of wild people who you wouldn't normally hear from.

• ​All In​ - They discuss current tech stuff and offer different views.

• ​The Art of Manliness​ - Talks and interviews about life and being a man.

• ​Neville Medhora Talks Copywriting​ (HEY THAT'S ME!) - Where I interview people and learn about marketing and business from them

I'm always open to new pods if you have some recs!

Splurge:

I use this pretty much everyday, and always bring it while travelling:

​The Kindle Paperwhite​ book reader!

This made me read WAY MORE in the recent months, and the reason is interesting:

I used to buy tons of books which end up sitting on my nightstand and would get bored with some of them, which made me read less (because I wasn't excited to read them):

But with the Kindle I'm able to preview books, read them for a few chapters, then decide if I want to continue.

For this reason alone I end up only buying books I like reading all the way through, and LOOK FORWARD to reading.

It's also been a game changer for saving space in my backpack when I travel!

Hope you enjoyed!
Sincerely,
Neville Medhora

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