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40 Mind-Expanding Concepts (Summer 2023)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets eBook : Dennis, Felix: Kindle Store
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets - Kindle edition by Dennis, Felix. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets.
productiveThe Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
Why the dark forests of the internet — podcasts, newsletters, and other private channels — are growing, and why might that pose a problem
Creator Flywheels: 5 Examples From Top Creators - creatorboom
Five examples of successful creator flywheels to help you grow your audience and business.
creative
Why would you write a book in 2023?
It doesn’t make much sense to write a book in 2023 — especially a nonfiction book.
In fact, your readers would likely pay 10X as much to get the same information in a video-based course. But, for many reasons, some of us still prefer creating books over any other medium.
writing
investment
The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class
Alex Danco's Newsletter, Season 3, Episode 2
Keith Haring's Street Notes
"Everything in this notebook is subject to change."
Chantal Akerman’s methodology
“If you start with no ideas, something happens.”
Sell Futures, not Features by Michael Killen - my notes
Ultimately, we’re transferring enthusiasm about something which can help people. Then working out if we’re a good fit for each other – that, is selling
mindsets
A willingness to be bad - Austin Kleon
How to get good at things: be willing to be bad, first.
We need not all be connected, all the time
When I went to school in the 80s and 90s, the communication between the institution and home was limited. Kids could bring home a flyer about some future event, they'd get their grades and remarks detailed in a little grey book, and once a year parents would come in for a chat with the teachers. That was basically it, and it was glorio...
Dedicate Time And Space To Not Doing - Matt Norman
Re-establishing Your Limits: Find clarity and connection by prioritizing rest and self-reflection. Discover the power of saying 'no' to say 'yes' to yourself.
Updated Taekman Zettelkasten Workflow using Devonthink, Drafts, and Obsidian-2023 Edition — Workflows in Personal and Professional Productivity
It's been a while since I posted my original entry and my workflow on Zettelkasten. Since then, my methods have evolved into a system that's working incredibly well for me. So, I thought I'd write about what I'm doing so others may use (and improve) my methods. This entry is an update to Zettelkast
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How Rick Rubin, Quentin Tarantino, and Bill Simmons pay it backward
Rick Rubin with Johnny Cash. François Truffaut with Alfred Hitchcock. Quentin Tarantino with John Travolta. An examination of the artistic version of paying respect to your elders.
Everything Must Be Paid for Twice
One financial lesson they should teach in school is that most of the things we buy have to be paid for twice. There’s the first price, usually paid in dollars, just to gain possession of the desired thing, whatever it is: a book, a budgeting app, a unicycle, a bundle of kale. But then, in order to make use of
Folklore.org: Pirate Flag
The Mac team held another off-site retreat in Carmel in January 1983, just after the Lisa introduction (see Credit Where Due). Steve Jobs began the retreat with three "Sayings from Chairman Jobs", intended to inspire the team and set the tone for the meeting. The sayings were:
1. Real artists ship.
2. It's better to be a pirate than join the navy.
3. Mac in a book by 1986.
How I Self Published My Book to #1 on Amazon - Jim Huffman
How I Self-Published on Amazon, Became a #1 Bestseller, and My Book Beat Seth Godin for 72 Glorious Hours. The Step by Step Guide to selling books online.
Sahil Bloom: The Road to 400k Subscribers in 36 Months - Growth in Reverse
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter, you’ve seen his tweets.
Building the minimum Badass User | Kathy Sierra | BoS 2012
Kathy gives some of the smartest advice anyone has given about how to approach software development.
Every self-help book ever, boiled down to 11 simple rules
The basic advice in hundreds of bestsellers is older than you think.
How I podcast: Editing
Once you’ve recorded your podcast, it’s time to edit. Editing can be incredibly simple–trim the beginning and end point and be done with it–or as complicated as you want to …
Power of One
I think part of what Mike Little showed with his comment on my blog that led to the creation of WordPress, is that it’s not about how many views you have, how many likes, trying to max all y…