I arrived at an obvious conclusion the other day: Some people are really good at using Twitter. And I don't mean that they have a large audience. The number of followers is actually a poor proxy …
Gumroad will take you there
I recently purchased two courses from people I follow on Twitter. Doing Content Right by Steph SmithSecret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking Guide by Austin Allred and Vin Clancy Both were …
Show up and do the work
Creative professionals show up and do the work no matter what. They don’t do it because they expect any recognition. They do it because it’s their job. A responsibility that must be fulfilled. If they …
Read it twice
I used to set reading goals for myself. In 2018 I read 31 books. Then roughly 25 the following year. I’m glad I did it. The challenge helped me get back into a daily reading habit and it rekindled …
Spinning my wheels
I rode my bike indoors yesterday. While visiting her parent's house, my wife found an old, unused CycleOps in the basement. She decided to bring it back to our apartment for us to borrow (for an …
They gave me the runaround
Here's the situation. My team and I work with small business owners. Medical physicians and dentists to be precise. And many of them applied for government loans this year due to the economic impact …
The trader who changed his mind
Nassim Taleb has a lot of respect for George Soros. Soros is a legendary trader and hedge-fund manager with a net-worth of over $8 billion. But Taleb has very little interest in the fortune …
Push notifications broke their promise
Push notifications were supposed to make us more productive. They promised we'd get more done as long as we never missed a beat. Technology would help us respond at a moments notice to every new …
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Go first
A business typically gains advantages by being first to market with a product or service. Being first usually means that you've had more time to iterate, improve and refine. As a result, you might …
The four tiers of effectiveness
On any given day, there can be hundreds of things that compete for your attention. You have emails to answer, clients to call, problems to solve, errands to run, projects to accomplish, …