Five Twitter accounts that will change your life.

Neeta C
3 min readAug 25, 2020

One of the best ways to put your thoughts, ideas out in a concise and impactful way is through Twitter. Various experts, experienced people jot down their views, opinions, facts and knowledge on Twitter for free. It’s quite a learning if you follow accounts that are giving out tidbits, from which you can attain wisdom, perspective.

There are hundreds of Twitter accounts that are delivering the best content and conclusive in various fields. I have just picked a few accounts which have improved my state of mind and have ignited a spirit of creativity, enriched lifestyle, particularly at this period, while we all are fighting against the pandemic and being centred, feeling free irrespective of the space we are confined to, has become challenging.

Following accounts will certainly bring clarity, sanguine effect in your life.

  1. Orange Book

@orangebook_

https://twitter.com/orangebook_?s=20

As the bio of Orange Books aptly says “Thoughts triggering thoughts”, this account has daily tweets that are quite philosophical, enriching and it touches most of the aspect of life. You will see there is the ease of conveying right things, some tough, some doable in a very sharp way.

2. Naval

@naval

https://twitter.com/naval?s=20

Naval Ravikant, huge entrepreneur, investor and a clear thinker. His tweets are often related to business, soul searching and mind-boggling questions and rational thoughts. The words have helped me alter my perspective with rationality. Also known for his great book recommendations.

3. Richard Feynman

@ProfFeynman

https://twitter.com/ProfFeynman?s=20

The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to convey it to another.

above quote is just a glimpse of thoughts that this account has to offer. Richard Fenynman was a theoretical physicist, his lectures and interviews are quite famous for his ability to teach tough subjects in a very understandable manner. He might not be around but his thoughts, thinking is to stay forever.

4. Maria Popova

@brainpicker

Maria Popova is the creator of brainpickings.org, her articles are nuanced and have substance. Mostly her tweets are about articles published at brainpickings while reading her articles you can experience the extensive amount of research, a surge of creativity that goes in writing those articles, Certainly, if you want to attain wisdom this account is worth following

5. Ray Dalio

@RayDalio

https://twitter.com/RayDalio?s=20

“So don’t be hesitant to give people those experiences or have them yourself. While it is important to be clear to people about what they are doing well, it is even more important to point out their weaknesses and have them reflect on them.”

The above excerpt is by Ray Dalio, He is a hedge fund manager, investor, the list is quite long. He offers all those years of learnings for free through his tweets which are not just educational but pragmatic, instrumental in various fields. His book Principles: Life and Work has been suggested by many entrepreneurs especially by Kevin Systrom, founder of Instagram.

Personal touch: I had never thought twitter can be so educational until I started using it and following accounts those were truly impactful, related to the fields that interest me. If you are not on Twitter yet, do join, it’s one of the social media sites that are not soul-sucking as others but soul-enriching, if you choose the accounts that interest you.

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Neeta C

Naive Phoenix, Devours anything that's readable and Writes out of love and Reading Evangelist.