Everything you learn in the gym applies to life. -Reps are the only way to get better -Showing up over and over is the only hack that works -Losing the fear of failure is the only way to accomplish anything big -Do a little more every week and tiny wins build into something huge

It's tempting to look at successful podcasts and say, "I can do that too!" and start your own. Acquired and Founders are outliers today but spent nearly a decade each toiling in obscurity. It took a ton of time and effort to reach these levels. The reason? It's tough to gain

The highest art is the ability to see patterns others miss.

Paul Graham on why you shouldn’t write with AI: “In preindustrial times most people's jobs made them strong. Now if you want to be strong, you work out. So there are still strong people, but only those who choose to be. It will be the same with writing. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥

Chrome Hearts to me is kind of like Ralph Lauren. Their focus is not 100% on the clothing, especially to those who subscribe to those brands deeply. The focus is more in a way the lifestyle they represent. What they actually are selling is a way of standing in the world and their

People imagined the Internet as a utopia because it'd put all the world's information in our pocket, but instead of enjoying the great books and watching the great movies, we've become obsessed with what's happening now. The majority of what people consume online was created in

Sigmund Freud in a letter to Carl Jung

Just wrote something called THE MORAL CASE FOR “SELLING OUT” franklinleonard.substack.com/p/the-moral-ca…

Venture is either a game of: 1. Unique Access: I am able to find and win deals more frequently than my competition. 2. Unique Insight: I have a differentiated point of view and belief that leads me to companies that my competitors are not looking at. You have to be at least

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The idea that it's hard to beat the market is mostly trotted out by money managers. What they really mean is that it's hard to do when you manage other people's money, because it's difficult to get paid for doing the obvious thing. I think it's substantially easier than most

A 38-year-old Utah mom with 5 children named Nicole Tanner used her life savings to start Swig, a 'dirty soda' chain that sells Sprite, Coke, etc. spiked with fruit purees and creams. She launched Swig in 2010 after selling Mary Kay products, using her savings to buy a

i have bad news DTC twitter isn’t gonna like this, but i reviewed the data In the last 4 years (extent of my data), not one founder/ceo who has achieved a publicly disclosed 9 figure exit in consumer was a digital marketer by trade / spent most of their time on ads Mostly

Ryan Petersen (Ryan Petersen) has turned posting like he's tech's 'hurricane reporter' around all things shipping and trade into a big platform, with 310K followers on X. His lesson for startups: nobody cares. "In general, nobody cares about your startup," Flexport's CEO tells

FIRST-TIME OSCAR WINNERS Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson

Michael B. Jordan's reaction to winning his first ever Oscar. See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26

Michael B. Jordan's acceptance speech for his first-ever Oscar. “I know you guys want me to do well and I wanna do that cause you guys bet on me. Thank you for keeping betting on me and I’m gonna keep stepping up.”

‘SINNERS’ won 4 Oscars tonight. • Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan) • Best Cinematography • Best Original Screenplay • Best Original Score See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26