It's Okay to say, "I don't know."

Focus on effort, not outcomes. As Marcus Aurelius said, it’s insane to tie your wellbeing to things outside of your control. If you did your best, if you gave it your all, if you acted with your best judgment—that is a win…regardless of whether it’s a good or bad outcome.

What problem is worth solving?

A concept I heard Alex Hormozi talk about that I can't stop thinking about... The Solomon Paradox:

The only way to defeat pessimism is with optimism.

Bad marketing values promotions. Good marketing promotes values.

Matthew Perry. 💔 Thank you for helping others.

Don’t attack your "competition". Attack the old way of doing things.

I am running a FREE 4-part workshop series from Nov 15th to Dec 6th. And you’re invited. Register here: leanfoundry.com/cif Please share with other aspiring or early-stage founders.

While building a great solution is key, it’s not enough. It’s a single piece in a twelve-piece puzzle that turns the spark of an idea into a repeatable and scalable business model. True product = Business Model

The imperfect project you actually complete is worth more than the perfect project you never finish.

“If you simply plan on seeing what happens, you will always succeed at seeing what happens because something is guaranteed to happen.” -Eric Ries

Uncovering the "Right" Minimum Feature Set for Your Minimum Valuable Product (MVP): runningleanmastery.com/p/uncovering-t…

Having more passion for your solution than your customer’s problem is a problem.

If you want to master something, explain it to someone else. 🧠

Life is harder when you expect a lot of the world and little of yourself. Life is easier when you expect a lot of yourself and little of the world. High standards, low expectations.

“When you don’t have resources, you become resourceful.” - K.R. Sridhar

Not can we build it, but should we build it? Customer value, aka traction, is the goal.