“There’s evidence that you’re more likely to get a bigger raise if you ask in terms of percentages instead of dollars. This is because the percentage will feel less tangible.”
How to Ask for a Raise
All That We Share
“These people have a lot to talk about, they just don’t know it…yet.”
Where to Start When You Want to Optimize Your Health
“Most of the benefits of sleep, exercise, and diet come from just doing the basics right. So if you’re feeling overwhelmed, here’s where to start.”
How to Figure out Your Next Step When You Feel Stuck
“Be micro-ambitious. Put your head down and work with pride on whatever is in front of you…you never know where you might end up. Just be aware that the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery. Which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams.”
How to Earn Passive Income
“Passive income is based on the faulty assumption that once you hit a goal, you’ll be happy and satisfied and can go on with your happy life. But as pretty much anyone who has ever gotten something they want knows, that’s not really how it works.”
How to Create a New Business Model
“If you are working on a new model, for anything (it could be crypto, health care, education, finance, etc, etc), you should look very closely at what are the most annoying and frustrating aspects of the current model and focus on leading with features that remove them.”
How to Do Nothing
“One thing that is important to me is: was there a time in the day when you were fully aware of the fact that you’re alive? Were there even five or ten minutes where I was able to drop out of the stream of productive time? A lot of time it’s just closely observing something. If you’re really lost in observing something, you lose yourself.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“The easy way is also the right way.” — Bruce Lee
How To Write A Newsletter That Gets 25,000 Subscribers
I’m about to tell you how to write a newsletter.
Well, at least I’ll tell you how I write mine and what’s worked well for me to get a lot of subscribers.
Every week for more than four years I’ve shared actionable ideas to help creators better produce, promote, and profit from their creations in my For The Interested newsletter.
Doing so has attracted 25,000 subscribers.
How have I done it?
Here’s exactly how to write a newsletter that connects with a large audience including the process and tools I use to write and distribute my own each week.Continue reading →
A Seth Godin Q&A About Creative Work
“How do you ship stuff that you’re proud of? Ship stuff that you’re not proud of. Keep shipping bad work over and over again for two reasons: One, practice will help you get better. And two, shame will push you to improve.”