Dru's Notes
By Dru Riley
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One mental model each day in a few minutes. Habits, business, building products and thinking clearly. From Dru Riley, founder of Trends.vc.
| Episode | Date |
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The 1 Area I Ignored Across 20 Businesses | Daily Essay
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Plenty of Fish Sold for $575M. He Had 3 Employees.
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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The Estimation Trick I Use to Start Moving | Daily Essay
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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The $1,000 Rule Behind My Trends.vc Reports | Daily Essay
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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The Pattern Behind Every System Collapse | Daily Essay
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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I Chose to Be Worst at Replying | Daily Essay
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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How I Stop Procrastinating | The Single Page Method | Daily Essay
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Why Poker Pros Fold What Investors Buy | Daily Essay
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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I Quit Daily Writing in My 20s and Regretted It for Years | Daily Essay
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Stop Wasting Your Off Days | Daily Essay
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Habit Banking: How to Keep a Streak Without the Panic
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Software Engineers Were Modern Scribes | Daily Essay
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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The Math of Inevitable Success | Daily Essay
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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Ron Hill's 52-Year Daily Running Streak | Daily Essay
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Why Polar Bears Pace and Rich Men Dive to the Titanic | Daily Essay
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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From Clay to Code: What 24 Technologies Made Scarce | Daily Essay
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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If You Ain't Got Nothing, You Ain't Got Nothing To Lose | Daily Essay
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Force Yourself to Go Faster - Then Pay for It | Daily Essay
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Cold Water Beats a Pep Talk | Daily Essay
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Is Getting Rich Luck or Hard Work? | The Market vs. You
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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The Downward Spiral of Oscar Wilde | Daily Essay
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Continuous Improvement | Daily Essay
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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What a Poker Table Taught Me About Daily Habits | Daily Essay
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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I Set These 10 Anti-Habits: How I Finish Work by 4pm | Daily Essay
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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How to Stay Consistent (By Finding the Minimum Dose)
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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His Joke Was So Bad It Cost £500 Million | Daily Essay
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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You're Not Overthinking. You're Under-Moving. | Daily Essay
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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How I Got My First Customer With 8 Notion Docs | Daily Essay
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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1 Metric for Life Progress: The Daily Tempo Score | Daily Essay
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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AI's 7-Month Doubling Rule | Daily Essay
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Y Combinator's 1,000-to-1 Bet | Daily Essay
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Why Rich People and Dying Spacecraft Follow the Same Rule | Daily Essay
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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You're Not Undisciplined. Your Habit Is Too Big. | Daily Essay
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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The 150-Year Art of Delayed Gratification | Daily Essay
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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The 10,000 Hour Rule Counts the Wrong Thing | Daily Essay
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Everything Feels Important? It's a Ranking Problem | Daily Essay
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Neil Gaiman's Two-Draft Rule | Daily Essay
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Your Cold Shower Is an Exposure Therapy Rep | Daily Essay
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Your Habit List Is a Single Point of Failure | Daily Essay
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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You Stopped Feeling It. It Didn't Stop Working. | Daily Essay
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Stop Raising Your Standards. Start Proving Them. | Daily Essay
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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190,000 Taste Tests Said Yes. Customers Said No. | Daily Essay
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Madam C.J. Walker: $1.25 to 20,000 Agents | Daily Essay
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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The 200-Million-Year Test for Any Habit | Daily Essay
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Revenge Bedtime Procrastination Isn't About Sleep. Ask Hermès. | Daily Essay
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Proximity Is Power. Here's the Math. | Daily Essay
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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The 100x Comparison: Big City vs Small Town | Daily Essay
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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From $32 Billion to 25 Years: The Math He Skipped | Daily Essay
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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The Same Loop That Killed Sears Runs Your Nights | Daily Essay
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Patagonia's 5-Word Policy for Getting Work Done | Daily Essay
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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How to Focus on One Thing All Day | Daily Essay
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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One Small Promise, Kept 108 Mornings in a Row | Daily Essay
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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The 3% Mortgage Debate Is Really About Sleep | Daily Essay
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Chase Risk Before It Chases You | Daily Essay
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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The Tater Tots Trick for Repurposing Content | Daily Essay
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Work-Life Balance Is a Myth. Choose Your Table. | Daily Essay
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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I Pay 34 Minutes a Day for My Business to Grow | Daily Essay
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Your Habits Have a Hurdle Rate | Daily Essay
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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You're in a Status Game Whether You Entered or Not | Daily Essay
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The Con I Run on Myself to Start Working | Daily Essay
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Optimizing Your Life Is Killing Your Progress | Daily Essay
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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The 10pm Rule I Failed for Two Years | Daily Essay
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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The NBA Deleted a Shot. Your Habit Needs the Same. | Daily Essay
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Fifteen Years on One Wall. One Day Off the Business Week. | Daily Essay
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The 3am Binge Isn't a Willpower Failure | Daily Essay
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The Map Is Not the Territory (And Why That's Fine) | Daily Essay
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Habit Banking: What You Can Bank and What You Can't | Daily Essay
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Small Habits, Big Results: 47 Novels Before Work | Daily Essay
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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The $4.6 Billion Lesson in Not Rushing | Daily Essay
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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You're Not Lazy. The Step Is Too Steep. | Daily Essay
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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4 Things I'd Tell My Younger Self. One Changed Everything. | Daily Essay
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Confidence Is a Trailing Indicator | Daily Essay
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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The Navy Cured Scurvy. Then It Uncured It. | Daily Essay
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Why I Can't Drink a Latte (and Billionaires Pay No Tax) | Daily Essay
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Stop Trading Your Habits Like Stocks | Daily Essay
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Why Mormons Get Rich and Adventists Live to 100 | Daily Essay
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Your Habits Are Your Investment Portfolio | Daily Essay
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Anti-Habits: The Discipline of Saying No | Daily Essay
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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I Optimized My Habits Until They Broke | Daily Essay
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Your Habits Are Only as Strong as Your Worst Day | Daily Essay
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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My Cold Shower Got Better. My Business Didn't. | Daily Essay
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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An AI Named the One Trait That Predicts Success | Daily Essay
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Centralize or Decentralize: How to Actually Decide | Daily Essay
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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How to Make Hard Decisions When You Already Know | Daily Essay
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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How to Attract the Right Clients With Your Price | Daily Essay
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Customer Lifetime Value: What ConvertKit Got Wrong | Daily Essay
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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How to Adapt to Change Fast Enough | Daily Essay
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Consistency Over Intensity: What Pushing Harder Costs | Daily Essay
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Think on Paper to Keep Your Principles Sharp | Daily Essay
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Get More Done by Counting What You Finish | Daily Essay
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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Analysis Paralysis Is a Bundling Problem | Daily Essay
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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I Stopped Taking Rest Days. The Binges Started. | Daily Essay
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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How to Get Startup Ideas: Build the "Dumb" One First | Daily Essay
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Why Comfort Will Ruin Your Life: The Turkey Problem | Daily Essay
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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To Achieve Your Goals, Aim at Your Habits | Daily Essay
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Fail Fast, Fail Often: My 1-in-20 Hit Rate | Daily Essay
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Why Achieving Goals Doesn't Make You Happy | Daily Essay
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Turning Failure Into Success: 7,000 Subs, Zero Sales | Daily Essay
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Don't Hard-Code Trauma: How to Let Go of the Past | Daily Essay
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Not All Trade-Offs Are Real | Daily Essay
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Why Smart People Stay Broke | Daily Essay
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Your Morning Habits Work. The Order Doesn't. | Daily Essay
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Niche | Daily Essay
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May 31, 2026 |
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How to Get Good Ideas | Daily Essay
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May 30, 2026 |
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Why Good Habits Get Boring | Daily Essay
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May 29, 2026 |
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The One Minute Rule for Habits That Stick | Daily Essay
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May 29, 2026 |
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Warren Buffett's Ovarian Lottery: Are You Born Lucky? | Daily Essay
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May 27, 2026 |
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Consistent But No Progress? It's the Hurdle Rate | Daily Essay
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May 26, 2026 |
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How to Make Habits Stick When Life Pushes Back | Daily Essay
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May 25, 2026 |
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Substitute, Don't Subtract: How to Break a Habit | Daily Essay
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May 24, 2026 |
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Engineered Addiction: Why I Deleted the App | Daily Essay
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May 23, 2026 |
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Habits of Great Writers, Founders and Investors | Daily Essay
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May 22, 2026 |
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What a Mastermind Group Actually Does | Daily Essay
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May 21, 2026 |
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Charlie Munger's Learning Machine (In Plain English) | Daily Essay
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May 20, 2026 |
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Don't Believe Everything You Think. Test It. | Daily Essay
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May 19, 2026 |
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5 Things Chess Teaches Us About Life | Daily Essay
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May 19, 2026 |
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Build Systems So Your Work Runs on Easy Mode | Daily Essay
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May 17, 2026 |
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We Are All Investors | Daily Essay
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May 17, 2026 |
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The Optimization Trap That Broke My Meditation Habit | Daily Essay
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May 15, 2026 |
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How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Faster | Daily Essay
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May 14, 2026 |
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Lee Kuan Yew: Engineered Sovereignty | Biography
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May 14, 2026 |
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Why I Rewrite My Principles by Hand | Daily Essay
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Minimalist Philosophy of a Jellyfish | Daily Essay
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May 12, 2026 |
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Why Some Habits Stick: 12 Tardigrade Traits | Daily Essay
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May 11, 2026 |
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Buy the Red Ocean | Daily Essay
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May 10, 2026 |
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When to Give Up on a Business: Force or Flow? | Daily Essay
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May 09, 2026 |
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Ray Dalio's 42-Year Daily Habit | Daily Essay
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May 08, 2026 |
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How Meditation Eats Stress | Daily Essay
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May 07, 2026 |
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Satoshi Nakamoto: Absent Authority | Biography
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May 07, 2026 |
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Mental Toughness via Meditation
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May 06, 2026 |
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From Self Taught Programmer to Senior in Under 2 Years
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May 05, 2026 |
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Willpower Is Finite (How to Do Hard Things Anyway)
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May 04, 2026 |
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The Morning Habits That Stick (Why Order Matters)
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May 03, 2026 |
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Eat Your Own Cooking
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May 02, 2026 |
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Flywheel Explained: One Action, Many Wins
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May 01, 2026 |
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Manifesting Is Learned Helplessness in Reverse
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Launch First, Name Later
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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I Deleted Social Media. Here's What I Kept.
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Do Less, Get More: The F1 Math
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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How I Get Business Ideas
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Simulation Thinking: How to Make Hard Decisions
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Hidden Cost of Moving: Decision Fatigue
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Time Is Not Your Most Valuable Asset
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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How to Prioritize When You Have Too Many Ideas
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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I Had Too Many Habits. Here's What Saved Me.
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Most Habit Trackers Miss the Point
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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How I Build Habits That Don't Break
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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How to Close a Chapter Without Regret
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Why Smart People Underperform
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The Cure For Anxiety Is Doing More Of It
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo.
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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How I Use a Paper To-Do List to Finish What Actually Matters
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Long-Haul Luxuries: Why I Only Buy Things Built To Last
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Why I Call Everything v0.1 Before I Launch
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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The Second-Time Rule: Turn Fixes Into Systems
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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What 2,000 Days of Building in Public Proved
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Do Less, Get Better: I Removed a Good Chapter
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Why the Simplest Version Takes the Most Work
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Ship Before It's Ready
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Justified Complexity
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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I Left My Job in 2017. Here's What 10 Years Proved.
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Why Rest Days Made Everything Harder
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Prediction Markets Are Accurate (That's the Problem)
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Trade You Make 100 Times a Day
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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I Run Every Business Idea Through These 11 Filters
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Will AI Take Your Job? The Rebuttal Is Incomplete
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Why I Went to the Gym at Midnight (The Streak Method)
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Mar 26, 2026 |