How to Write Every Day When You Also Run a Business
“To write every day, you need to break down every barrier you have. ‘That subject is too personal.’ ‘I don’t know how they’ll react if I write about them.’ ‘I’m...
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How to Master Time Scarcity
“True mastery of the time scarcity demon only really comes from a mindset shift. We have to address the feeling rather than figure out the logistics of it all. ...
How to Reframe Your Nervousness as Excitement
“The reason the journalists said, ‘Were you nervous?,’ is because they would be nervous. Athletes would never say that to each other.”
A 10-Step System to Learn Anything
“Acquiring information is not learning. You can’t learn to write novels, ride a bike, wrestle, fill out spreadsheets, or write Java code by reading textbooks. T...
The Four Kinds of Side Businesses You Can Start
“The biggest key to successful side hustles that I’ve seen? Understanding that you’re not starting a startup. Get this idea out of your head.”
How To Tell The 11 Excuses That Hold You Back To F- Off
The biggest challenge in life is to get out of our own way. Fears, insecurities, and doubts inspire the excuses we use to hide from going after what we want. We...
Why You Should Make Useless Things
“That’s the true beauty of making useless things — it’s this acknowledgment that you don’t always know what the answer is. And it turns off that voice in your h...
How to Cultivate Your Imagination
“Ideas are, at their root, combinatorial. New ideas are combinations of two or more old ideas.”
How to Access Breakthrough Knowledge and Minimize Noise
“Identifying potential breakthrough knowledge is actually fairly easy. There is a question that I ask myself before I consume any media that works as an incredi...
What I Learned From Sharing 1,000 Self-Improvement Ideas In 100 Weeks
This week marks the 100th edition of my For The Interested newsletter. It’s not a goal I set out to achieve, but I’m proud of the accomplishment and thankful fo...