Luke Clancy

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I live by 4 words: connection authenticity exploration, & growth.
I’m on the road to an original place through introspection, self development, and authentic experiences.
Quick hits: Check out my recent essays on recruitment and mental health, my career and life operating philosophies, and my favorite resources.
Studying in Urbana-Champaign 🌽 born & raised in Chicago 🌇

Sharing my notes on the 5 best things I learned that week through Notes To Self (below).
Working with Julian Shapiro on projects & leading growth for DeepChecks.vc
Curating internet gold for Matter.
Studying Industrial Engineering at UIUC.
Writing essays & tweets about ideas I wish more people knew about.
Recording my friends’ & family’s life stories through a private podcast.
Teaching a leadership course for my business frat, AKPsi.
Learning salsa dance, improv comedy, & DIY haircuts.

Founded Illini Blockchain — a powerhouse student org at UIUC.
Sent 1000s of cold emails for Third Wall.
Interned in Deloitte’s blockchain advisory practice.
Hosting events for entrepreneurial students to grow together.
Hosting house parties where curious people get drunk on ideas.
Closed $10k of deals for Cyber Patterns through cold Twitter DMs.
Learned from a few industry experts on old my podcast, Blockchain Big Brain.
Wrote about meaningful careers & life at Your Mindset Matters.
Did growth for Burst, a VC-backed blockchain startup.
Built tech infra to help scale my Mom’s estate planning business to over $500k in ARR.

Check out what I’m thinking about right now on Twitter.

Emerging technology.
Building a meaningful life & career.
Exploring my mind, recognizing patterns, & asking better questions.
Learning the stories and playbooks behind great people, companies, cities, & civilizations.

biology, consciousness, brain machine interfaces, ego, creativity, influence, Goggins, Jiddu Krishnamurti, human condition, meaningful relationships, creativity, Taoism, Buddhism, Stoicism, spirituality, love, meditation, mindfulness, serendipity, presence, how to (not) argue, journaling, travel, hostels, hiking, indie hacking/making, creator economy, private equity, cash flow, holding companies, leverage, storytelling, copywriting, charisma, sales, cold email, automation tools, growth, decision making, flow state / focus, marketing, tech history, building businesses, blockchain, AI, lifting, running, longevity, NBA basketball strategy, & Latin dancing.

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Previous:

*still updating this

2023: podcasts for time capsuling,

2022: reflection, online writing, making money using the internet

2021: emotional intelligence, writing, kinematics, multi-variable calculus,

2020: mental health, entrepreneurship, calculus & integrals,

2019: chemistry, algebraic equations & pre-calculus

2018: baseball,

2017: athlete-based lifting,

2016: social intelligence, charisma, lifting, baseball, basketball, cross country

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Future:

Endless rabbit holes if you click this.

Making society more passionate, more thoughtful, less depressed, & less polarized.
Helping people around me create meaningful relationships & passion projects.
Leveraging emerging tech to create a 100x better future.