Ideas From Me

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To succeed, focus on two things: curiosity and consistency. Stay curious—always seek to learn and explore. And keep showing up, day after day. Do this, and success becomes inevitable.

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Start or end your day with a brain dump. Take a piece of paper and write down everything on your mind—ideas, tasks, and random thoughts. Then, filter out what’s useful and make a list. This simple exercise clears your mind, allowing your brain to relax. Your brain is meant for creating ideas, not holding onto them. It’s surprisingly calming.

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Discipline leads to true freedom. By sticking to routines, prioritizing health, and maintaining focus, you build habits that give you control over your actions. This self-mastery frees you from the pull of instant gratification and short-term desires. True freedom isn’t doing whatever you want; it’s having the ability to consistently do what you know is right.

Lessons Learned From Others

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Ray Dalio on humility:

“The smartest people don’t defend their opinions; they challenge their own thinking and seek out where they might be wrong. Success requires getting smart to a certain level, and then having the humility to learn from others. It’s also important to discover what you’re not good at. Only then can you find someone who excels in that area and work together to achieve great things.”

Source: Make the Markets Work for You

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Jason Fried on rethinking marketing:

“Do you have a marketing department? If not, good. If you do, don't think these are the only people responsible for marketing. Accounting is a department. Marketing isn't. Marketing is something everyone in your company is doing 24/7/365.

Just as you cannot not communicate, you cannot not market:

• Every time you answer the phone, it's marketing.

• Every time you send an e-mail, it's marketing.

• Every time someone uses your product, it's marketing.

• Every word you write on your web site is marketing.

• If you build software, every error message is marketing.

• If you're in a service business, your invoice is marketing.

Recognize that all of these little things are more important than choosing which piece of swag to throw into a conference goodie bag. Marketing isn't just a few individual events. It's the sum total of everything you do.“

Source: Rework

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Chris Williamson on the introversion myth:

“You're probably not an introvert, your friends just suck.

Introverts don't exist.

Being social is effortless when you're with the right people.

And mind numbing when you're with the wrong ones.

Even the most introverted person will want to stay late at dinner when the conversation is great.

Plus, since moving to America, I've realised how much introversion and extroversion are culturally dependant.

"An American introvert is an English extrovert." - George Mack

So if you would be more extroverted if you'd been born in America, or in a more social family, or had a more outgoing friend group, what does it mean to say you ARE an introvert?

Stack on top of that if you're not particularly fired up or interested by the people around you, or if you're currently going through a Lonely Chapter where you're outgrowing your old friends - of course you're not going to feel particularly extroverted.

Don't be gaslit by cultural conditioning and misaligned friends masquerading as intrinsic nature.

You're probably not an introvert, your friends just suck.”

Source: Introverts, Shadowbans & Bears

Valuable Finds

● Aristotle—How to live a good life

● Always Try To Do It The Hard Way

● Go do something great and your network will instantly emerge