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turns out your brain is terrible at remembering priorities when slack notifications are going off every 5 seconds
paper (or notion) beats memory every time
turns out your brain is terrible at remembering priorities when slack notifications are going off every 5 seconds
paper (or notion) beats memory every time
learn to talk to machines
machines help you build systems
systems solve real problems
problems solved = value created
value created = money made
you don't need to be technical
you just need to be curious
learn to talk to machines
machines help you build systems
systems solve real problems
problems solved = value created
value created = money made
you don't need to be technical
you just need to be curious
Do you have a side hustle?
If you do: What is it? Do enjoy it?
If you don't: Why not? What's has been holding you back?
Do you have a side hustle?
If you do: What is it? Do enjoy it?
If you don't: Why not? What's has been holding you back?
So they acquire the agile ones:
RXBar → $600M by Kellogg
Dollar Shave Club → $1B by Unilever
Poppi → $1.95B by PepsiCo
Modern startups win by moving fast, staying lean, and obsessing over product-market fit.
So they acquire the agile ones:
RXBar → $600M by Kellogg
Dollar Shave Club → $1B by Unilever
Poppi → $1.95B by PepsiCo
Modern startups win by moving fast, staying lean, and obsessing over product-market fit.
But It broke me.
I’d get sick the moment I took a day off—like clockwork. Eventually, it landed me in the emergency room. No glory in that. No trophy. Just burnout.
But It broke me.
I’d get sick the moment I took a day off—like clockwork. Eventually, it landed me in the emergency room. No glory in that. No trophy. Just burnout.
But It broke me.
I’d get sick the moment I took a day off—like clockwork. Eventually, it landed me in the emergency room. No glory in that. No trophy. Just burnout.
But It broke me.
I’d get sick the moment I took a day off—like clockwork. Eventually, it landed me in the emergency room. No glory in that. No trophy. Just burnout.