Why You Should Write

1) Putting words on paper freezes your thoughts, which gives your mind space to think deeper about a problem.

2) Writing lets you see if the epiphany you just had is brilliant or total bogus.

3) You want to attract smart people — because smart people…

Steph and David have such a great riff on playing long games that lasts a good chunk of the middle of the episode.

Worth listening in whole.

I’ve never tried to directly make money from writing. Even now I still “monetize” thought my corporate work. My writing is my good work,…

The paradox of reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the vast majority of what you read.

H/t - David Perell

'You know you’re aligned with your work when answers get revealed to you in dreams. Means you’re all-in. Mind, body, and spirit. Breakthrough ideas aren’t so much found or discovered, but revealed to you by mystical and ethereal forces.'
David Perell

'Copy-pasting someone else’s growth strategy doesn’t work because the voice that suits them doesn’t suit you. Everything—including your content strategy—should be downstream from the texture of your spirit.'

Who should I interview on How I Write?

This is a masterclass on storytelling.

I had to slow the episode to 1x speed AND re-listen because it is PACKED with insights.

So damn good Shaan Puri David Perell

Revisiting this excellent post 🍿

“Never be ashamed of trying. Effortlessness is a myth.”

~ Taylor Swift

Reading books is the only way to get out of the news cycle. Getting out of the news cycle is the only way to acquire real knowledge.

“No greater mistake can be made than to imagine that what has been written latest is always the more correct; that what is written later on is an improvement on what was written previously; and that every change means progress.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer