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January brings a special kind of ambitious optimism.
Run a marathon! Speak spanish! Learn to code! Write a book! Lose weight! Practice piano!
That's fine, go big.
But we need constraints.
Here are the rules I've made for myself this year.
Run a marathon! Speak spanish! Learn to code! Write a book! Lose weight! Practice piano!
That's fine, go big.
But we need constraints.
Here are the rules I've made for myself this year.
"It has to fit the portfolio" is something I took from @nateliason.
He has a half-dozen businesses & projects, but they're all mutually reinforcing.
He has a half-dozen businesses & projects, but they're all mutually reinforcing.
"Subtraction before addition" is a riff on Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Via Negativa," the idea that taking something away is often more powerful than adding something.
"What would you do even if you knew it would fail" is from this Seth/Tim podcast: https://tim.blog/2020/10/26/seth-godin-the-practice/
"Document, Don't Create" is the advice of Gary Vaynerchuk: https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/creating-content-that-builds-your-personal-brand/
"Momentum is the most powerful force" is from the @thedannorris book This Is The Answer.
All of these rules grew from hearing @ShaanVP explain his "anti goals" to @jackbutcher.
Great thread of takeaways from their conversation here: https://twitter.com/grahamkmann/status/1343727632853176321?s=20
Great thread of takeaways from their conversation here: https://twitter.com/grahamkmann/status/1343727632853176321?s=20
