Archive of posts from August 2023

Daily Post #2091 • August 31 2023 • Narrative

Get uncomfy

I’ve been bankrupted twice.

Daily Post #2090 • August 30 2023 • Craft

Making things

In my experience…

Daily Post #2089 • August 29 2023 • Experience

You’re doing just fine

What if no one social media is doing as well as you think?

Daily Post #2088 • August 28 2023 • Momentum

Stay ready

Unpopular habit: Daily drills.

Daily Post #2087 • August 27 2023 • Experience

Love the right brand

What brands do you love?

Daily Post #2086 • August 26 2023 • Experience

If you couldn’t monetize

Fun weekend mental exercise:

Daily Post #2085 • August 25 2023 • Craft

Formulas everywhere

Formulas. Formulas everywhere.

Daily Post #2084 • August 24 2023 • Craft

Hard vs Smart

Some say you need to grind to achieve things.

Daily Post #2083 • August 23 2023 • Momentum

Far more rewarding

Option 1:

Daily Post #2082 • August 22 2023 • Craft

Secret equations

You hate what you do = Your goal is to stop/retire.

Daily Post #2081 • August 21 2023 • Craft

You’ve already won

I see a lot of nervous energy from creators on social media these days.

Daily Post #2080 • August 20 2023 • Resilience

The 'good old days' are today

These are ‘the good old days’ of when you built your thing.

Daily Post #2079 • August 19 2023 • Momentum

Snowflakes say no

Snowflakes tell you to never give your time away.

Daily Post #2078 • August 18 2023 • Experience

Don’t set yourself on fire

If you want attention, you could just set yourself on fire in public.

Daily Post #2077 • August 17 2023 • Craft

The tortoise won

If you feel like you’re in a hurry to make something happen…

Daily Post #2076 • August 16 2023 • Momentum

Get support

Building big stuff takes:

Daily Post #2075 • August 15 2023 • Experience

Give away Pringles

Underrated marketing strategy: Give away Pringles.

Daily Post #2074 • August 14 2023 • Experience

Stop preparing

So many folks are stuck ‘preparing’:

Daily Post #2073 • August 13 2023 • Resilience

Being a creator is like playing Sonic

Being a Creator is like playing Sonic The Hedgehog:

Daily Post #2072 • August 12 2023 • Craft

It’s not too late

Spoken to a handful of creators who feel they’re “too late”.

Daily Post #2071 • August 11 2023 • Experience

Set their world on fire

If you want attention, you could just set yourself on fire in public.

Daily Post #2070 • August 10 2023 • Craft

Make things easy

Hard task - Hard work = Hard

Daily Post #2069 • August 09 2023 • Resilience

It’s all hard. So what?

Here’s the thing about hard things:

Daily Post #2068 • August 08 2023 • Experience

Products. Pringles.

Your work should be like a tube of Pringles:

Daily Post #2067 • August 07 2023 • Experience

Setting fire to things

Want fast attention?

Daily Post #2066 • August 06 2023 • Craft

Some things faster

I don’t think life should be fast.

Daily Post #2065 • August 05 2023 • Experience

Little reminders

You truly care about way less than you think you do.

Daily Post #2064 • August 04 2023 • Momentum

12 years

Some games reward you for being fast, always-on, and micro-focused through the night.

Daily Post #2063 • August 03 2023 • Momentum

Real good, real fast

Things got real good, real fast, when I:

Daily Post #2062 • August 02 2023 • Craft

Be the show

Shared this observation with someone today. Thought I’d share it with you too:

Daily Post #2061 • August 01 2023 • Craft

Work and shave

What they say:

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