all comes down to focus...the amount of time doesn't matter

at least! and in a good way - means you are heads down focusing, creating, executing Not: - on useless conf calls - doing admin work - commuting

I really enjoy seeing fakery fail. All the clowns here that magically grew their accounts to 20k overnight and sold wild claims of income, now with stale accounts, no posts for the last 3 months, outdated headlines. I literally love it. They knew it wasn't sustainable but did

Vacations don’t fix burnout - FYI

People with too much time and too little purpose don’t become peaceful. They become volatile. They need drama to feel alive, conflict to feel engaged, enemies to feel unified with their faction. - From Stoic Wisdoms email this morning.

Never ever send a cold email follow up with: [person's first name]? Immediate visceral reaction.

Holy crap - I’m tired and pumped at the same time. In the personal business, I help IT consulting orgs build pipeline with Microsoft. Part of what I do is write newsletters for these companies that they send to a targeted list of Microsoft reps. I’ve found that 1-2 of clients

Life hack

High performers love specificity. Performers hate it.

I live in the Houston suburbs. Probably at least 15000 people in this community. Kids everywhere, yet, 50 degrees on a sunny Sunday, not a cloud in the sky, amazing playground and not a soul to be seen anywhere. Not even kids playing in the neighborhood/ street. This is a

Free yourself

Don’t contribute to the graveyard

Great era to build a business

I used ChatGPT to analyze the paywall on my mobile app. It suggested an different layout, copy, etc. It's now converting at 3.1% vs 1.6%....that's a 94% increase. Using Superwall to A/B test these 2 paywalls. 90% on the new one, 10% on the old. I'll eventually phase out the

Get pissed. Then do something about it. (build a personal business)

These were literally the best days / nights ever.

TO ALL MY TECHIE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF (or if you know it's coming): All you need is an ounce of commercial training and the willingness to put yourself out there and you can replace at least 50% of your salary in 2-3 months. And be fully in charge of your schedule.