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Lessons from the journey: the failures, decisions, and hard-won principles behind building businesses that last.
The One Habit You Need to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
You cannot stay consistent at what you cannot see
Everybody says consistency is the key, and nobody tells you how to actually be consistent. Here is the habit that fixed it for me: measuring and tracking every activity in the business, so the work pays you something on the day you do it instead of 3 months later.
10 min read
How to Be Successful If You're Lazy
Lazy by nature, productive by design
Everyone who works with me thinks I am one of the hardest working people they know. The truth is I am one of the laziest. Here is the science on why discipline will not save you, and the systems that make the lazy option harder than the work.
16 min read
The Paradox of Being a Boring Entrepreneur
Being boring is the best business strategy
Your brain is wired to chase whatever is new, which is why the boring work is so hard to stick with. Here is the science on why steady founders win, why the doom loop kills momentum, and how to build a system that keeps you doing the boring work that pays.
15 min read
If It Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It
It's meant to be hard. That's the moat
Most people quit when the work gets hard, and they walk away from the most valuable thing they had. Here is the science on why difficulty is your moat, why almost everyone avoids it, and how to use that on purpose.
14 min read
Start 20 Businesses in 12 Months
Business is a skill you build
It took me eight failed businesses and eighteen years to learn that business is a skill you build. Here are the lessons, the six systems they led to, and what to do with them.
13 min read