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6 Steps to Becoming a More Compelling Creator.
6 Steps to Becoming a More Compelling Creator.
If you’re looking to build online, you must be compelling. And if you dive deep into the most compelling creators online today, they operate differently than the average creator.
·justinwelsh.me·
6 Steps to Becoming a More Compelling Creator.
Joan Didion Essay About Being Rejected by Her Top College | Wow Writing Workshop
Joan Didion Essay About Being Rejected by Her Top College | Wow Writing Workshop
The author Joan Didion By Joan Didion This piece, about the author's college rejection from her first-choice college, appeared in The Saturday Evening Post April 16, 1968. “Dear Joan,” the letter begins, although the writer did not know me at all. The letter is dated April 25, 1952, and for ...
·wowwritingworkshop.com·
Joan Didion Essay About Being Rejected by Her Top College | Wow Writing Workshop
The Attention Diet
The Attention Diet
Distractions have become so pervasive in the digital age that we've come to accept them as normal. Here's how we can escape their grip and free our minds a little.
·markmanson.net·
The Attention Diet
Social Media Isn't the Problem... We Are
Social Media Isn't the Problem... We Are
When I was a kid, there were serious discussions in churches, schools, and in front of Congress about whether the music my friends and I listened to might be satanic. I remember my friend’s mother making him throw away all of his Metallica tapes. I remember hiding the parental warning labels when asking my mom to buy the new Pantera album. I can still see my father breaking my Bone Thugs-N-Harmony CD in half when he realized they dropped more F-Bombs than Nixon in Cambodia. In case anyone asks, this is the album that caused the downfall of human civilization. By the time I reached adolescence, the grown-ups had moved on from offensive music and commenced their hysterics over the corruptive forces of violent video games. The Columbine Massacre in 1999 was peak hand-wringing about violent entertainment. Back then, school shootings were still a rare occurrence. And it was only fitting that such an incomprehensible act be explained by such a new and incomprehensible form of entertainment. Sorry. Correction. This video game is what caused the downfall of human civilization. Today, we chuckle at the hair metal bands of …
·markmanson.net·
Social Media Isn't the Problem... We Are
Sebastian Junger’s Focused Retreat - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
Sebastian Junger’s Focused Retreat - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
In 1991, Sebastian Junger suddenly found himself with time to think. He had wounded himself with a chainsaw at his day job as a climber for a tree pruning company in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and was laid up recovering. Morbidly inspired by the experience, Junger became interested in the idea of writing a book about dangerous […]
·calnewport.com·
Sebastian Junger’s Focused Retreat - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
btc.us
btc.us
A better internet built on Bitcoin. Claim your domain.
·btc.us·
btc.us
Timeless: Jeff Bezos at Startup School 08, The True Origins of AWS, Space and Why Amazon Always Wins • Podcast Notes
Timeless: Jeff Bezos at Startup School 08, The True Origins of AWS, Space and Why Amazon Always Wins • Podcast Notes
Key Takeaways: From 2008: “Amazon’s real business down the line will be its cloud services. Amazon will be like a book store that serves cocaine out the back door. Books will just be a front to sell storage and cloud computing [Insert Evil Laugh]” – Jeff Bezos All companies want to get from idea to […]
·podcastnotes.org·
Timeless: Jeff Bezos at Startup School 08, The True Origins of AWS, Space and Why Amazon Always Wins • Podcast Notes
The Art of Note-Making
The Art of Note-Making
Tired of capturing notes that don't go anywhere? Think like a craftsman and give intentional note-making a try.
·thesweetsetup.com·
The Art of Note-Making
Why I moved my newsletter from Substack to Ghost
Why I moved my newsletter from Substack to Ghost
After using Mailchimp, Mailerlite, and Substack for my newsletter, I finally made the move to Ghost, to turn Creativerly into a full-fledged publication. Read on to get insights what reasons led to this move.
·creativerly.com·
Why I moved my newsletter from Substack to Ghost
The Racecar Growth Framework — Reforge
The Racecar Growth Framework — Reforge
Dan Hockenmaier is the Founder of Basis One , a growth strategy firm. He is also a Reforge Partner on our Monetization + Pricing program.
·reforge.com·
The Racecar Growth Framework — Reforge
Worldbuilding 101 for Marketing
Worldbuilding 101 for Marketing
10 min read Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite (p.90) by Paul Arden Attracting and engaging with audiences are two critically important skills for modern marketers, and there'
·tinylittlebusinesses.com·
Worldbuilding 101 for Marketing
The Rise of the Crypto Investor
The Rise of the Crypto Investor
This is a free issue of A$A. Paid members get special commentary and access to my reading and link list. Like many people, part of my “daydream” was that after starting/selling companies, if that really worked out, I could get into Venture Capital. Maybe one day I would be like one of those investors we all know…
·davidsherry.substack.com·
The Rise of the Crypto Investor
Using An Elgato Stream Deck With OmniFocus
Using An Elgato Stream Deck With OmniFocus
I bought a 32-key Elgato Stream Deck because I was getting tired of remembering (and running out) of hotkey combinations. And at the time, I was ramping up m...
·joebuhlig.com·
Using An Elgato Stream Deck With OmniFocus