You don't have ideas because you don't read.

You can't articulate ideas because you don't write.

You can't leverage ideas because you don't build.

You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.

You don't have ideas because you don't read.

You can't articulate ideas because you don't write.

You can't leverage ideas because you don't build.

You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.

You care too much about what others think because you:

1) Don't have your own goals
2) Lost focus on your own goals
3) Have your own goals but never put effort into them

If your priorities were strong enough, you wouldn't have time to focus on other people's opinions.

If you have a negative goal, your mind will accept ideas that help you achieve that goal.

If you have a positive goal, your mind will accept ideas that help you achieve that goal.

Choose your goals.

If you don't, society will, and you'll wonder why life 'isn't fair.'

How to start a billion dollar business:

Don’t.

Start as one person, on a free platform, with free content, with minimal cost digital products, and use those as a way to validate a more cost intensive business.

You can start as soon as you’d like:
youtu.be/3n_Q6DCQ2ks

It feels terrible to know your potential, never do anything about it, and convince yourself that it’s less painful than finally making the change.

What did you look like in 2013?

Success in the gym is 80% experimenting through the lack of passion until you find the routine, exercises, and training style you enjoy.

Success in work is no different.

Try everything, even when discouraged, until you find the one thing you can't pull yourself away from.

Writing = foundation of communication.

Communication = requirement for getting what you want.

The internet = the ability to communicate at scale.

Identity = what makes you unique.

Writing on the internet = a viable way to control your life.

Start:
thedankoe.com/letters/the-be…

Writing is intentional thinking.

Intentional thinking is the prerequisite for good decisions.

Good decisions are how you create a life you enjoy.

If you don’t want to live a life of mindlessness and mediocrity, write.