Just as you should never ask your barber if you need a haircut, don't ask a reporter how often you should be reading the news.

Sam Corcos, the founder of Levels, went News-Sober and replaced that time with reading books.

When he was addicted to the news, he read one book per…

“It won’t happen overnight, but if you quit, it won’t happen at all.”

Great thought for the hard moments…when you really want something.
Keep going. It is your only shot.

Sam Corcos spends more time writing than any founder I know.

His company, Levels, is worth ~$300 million, and he does a few Think Weeks per year.

Unlike Bill Gates who inspired the idea, he likes to go with friends who can hold him accountable. There are no social obligations…

First season of Moneywise so far: ~150k downloads.

I think we're 6 episodes into this season.

Looks like we'l do another season...

Wonderful 🧵 the knowledge provided by derek guy is a perfect mixture. in-depth & subtle

A champion once again. #themasters

SOURCE of modern man's weakness, stupidity, and general lack of vitality?

His leisure activities

Aldous Huxley predicted the degeneracy of modern amusements in a 103 year old essay: Pleasures (1920)

Huxley on why and how to radically rewire the way you spend your free time👇🏻

EMERGENCY POD:

Reddit IPO-d yesterday.

But the story of how Steve Huffman started the company is incredible.

My favorite part is halfway through.

You guys have to see this email that a 28 year old Chris Sacca sent to Steve.

So funny, so wise, and so cringe.

There's so…

I’m getting a bunch of text messages about this interview!

David asked me great questions and I got to nerd out about storytelling and writing

Dear 'my future first growth marketing hire',

My company Hampton, we're on a march to $100m in recurring revenue.

That's a goal of ours.

To get there entirely bootstrapped while having a sh*t load of fun.

So far we're doing great.

Our product is a community of…

I find the origin story of JSX airlines fascinating.

Are they working around the system, or are they working with the system in ways that weren’t intended? They’re following rules, but awfully cleverly.

What’s clear is people love flying JSX.

yahoo.com/news/airlines-…

People pay up for convenience.

I had so much fun riffing with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri on their pod. Went touched on a lot of topics and went deep and deeper on a few big ones.

Lots of practical bits as well as some philosophical ones.

Thanks for having me on, fellas. Looking forward to the next one.

You…

25 million people, every single year, download Shaan Puri’s podcast. What has Shaan figured out about storytelling?

He spilled the beans in our new chat. Here's how he does it:

1. A story is a five second moment of change. A story is not a sequence of events; it's about…

If you've done your job right...

Your integrity, reputation, and character should speak well of you....before you even walk into a room.

Every day, the current person you are, sets up the future.

You don't draw closer to things you vilify.....

- Villify the rich? You won't get there
- Villify women or men? You won't have great dates

Optimistic ppl - have different thoughts, make different choices & different actions

You draw closer to things you feel positively about.

Whatever you're doing - be 'all in.'
At work? Heads down, all in.
At home? Phone down, all in.

Your attention will largely determine what you get from the life you live...

So if you're doing something - whatever it is....give it all you've got.

Massive impact difference.

In personal productivity, techniques like timeboxing can help us stay focused.

Give a specific, limited time for a task, and stick to it.

You'll be surprised at how much you can get done when you treat time as a valuable resource.

In management, setting challenging but doable deadlines can stop tasks from growing too much.

It makes the team focus on the essentials, not the extras.

Constraints free us (paradoxically).

'Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.'

Peter Drucker knew this truth.

Parkinson's Law teaches us to:

• Set clear, realistic deadlines
• Break tasks into smaller, manageable parts
• Figure out what's urgent and important
• Regularly ask if tasks are really necessary