There will be days when you don’t feel like showing up. No human is motivated to show up every single day. Motivation is fleeting and very muc...
Product Success Starts Before You Code
It’s difficult to create products that solve a real problem, work seamlessly, and feel intuitive, even in the age of AI, when we have agent developers at our disposal.
Hope is Not a Strategy
There’s a lot of money to be made convincing you that you can achieve anything, and that the system isn't rigged against you. AWS makes a fortune from solo found...
Everybody Wants Freedom
But let's try to be a little clearer about what freedom is, and why it matters. What is freedom?It's the agency to decide how we spend our time....
Who Do You Imitate?
We are monkeys who imitate everything we see. We start by mimicking sounds, and eventually master a language we're immersed in.
Don't Sell Out
What’s selling out? It's when you build a tribe of loyal fans and then the betray their trust by shilling crypto offering or a product you've never used, just be...
What is Your Business Value?
Whether you build software, offer a service, or sell a product, you need to offer value.Value is anything someone else is willing to pay for. You have a business...
Timing Matters
You may build exactly the right thing. Use the right distribution channels.Put it in front of the right people.And yet, still be wrong. The missing i...
Courage Is a Daily Decision
When a hero recounts the events that made them heroic, they often admit they were afraid but acted in spite of the fear. They acted even when the reasonable choice may...
The Meaning We Choose
Aetiology is the belief that our past, especially traumas, define our future. As proposed by Freud. Teleology is the belief that we can choose the meaning we assign to our past. A vie...
Show Up Anyway
What if it just doesn’t flow on a particular day? Very often, the mind plays tricks on us. Trying to convince us we do not have it in us today.
On Knowing Where You're Going
Stephen Covey presents readers of the 7 habits of Highly Effective People with an exercise. Imagine a funeral, not just any funeral, but your own funeral.
Reading Between the Lines
People have evolved a sixth sense for detecting nonsense. It's a sense of congruency. We are highly skilled at reading people, even the smallest cues can determine whe...
Constraints
Constraints challenge us at every turn. You have limited money in your account.You have limited connections.You have limited time. Inste...
Step Back to Move Forward
We get so caught up in the daily busyness that it’s hard to find even a minute to sit down, away from the constant distraction of emails, notifications, and news headlines.