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Stop Playing Nice
What I learned in a 4-day sales cycle about how indecisive people drain the living blood out of your businessimage generated with GeminiLast month, I sent out an email on
Money Will Tell You What Your Family Won't
Why "Great Job" doesn't mean you're actually creating valuePhoto by Jon Tyson on UnsplashI spent two years draining my savings and 401K.Until it became clear: I needed proof that what
Building in the AI Rat Race
The manufacturing lesson I learned over a decade about where value truly lives and how to create your unfair advantageimage: canva, gemini, adobe (no rats were hurt in the making
Building Something Nobody Wants
Why I now pay a "building tax" before every new feature I buildPhoto by willy wo on UnsplashHere is the voice agent I built last week (+1-833-659-8124). You can call
Build Something Useless
What a kid hugging a delivery robot taught me about innovationI just released a free 7-day LinkedIn course called SHIP 7.That’s what I was laser-sharp focused on last week Saturday
Your First Solution Is Probably Wrong
What the Netflix button on my remote taught me about buildingLast week, I was on Substack when I saw a post that arrested my attention.It was from one of the
Build for 5, Not 5,000
What a Bangkok Temple Taught Me About Finding MeaningInside the Temple of The Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho)16 months ago in Bangkok, I stood outside a temple watching the sunset reflect
Abandon Your Strategy
What 730 Days of Showing Up Taught MePhoto by Erica Magugliani on UnsplashTwo days ago, I demoed a marketing tool I built for founders.It didn’t come out of nowhere.I created
The Fear of Falling Into the River Is Worse Than Actually Falling In
Fear is actually not the real issue that holds you back from your goals, it's something else.I was sitting in a school bus, driving alongside the river in Colorado. Tense,
The Silent 'K' That Cost Me 5 Years of Growth
How I learned that the worst business advice can come from inside your headIt all started as a joke between my brother and I, on his couch, back in Indianapolis.We
I Stopped Building My Audience and Started Building Conviction
Here's what 3 years of consistent weekly practice taught me about validationTwo weeks ago, I scrolled back through 157 consecutive weeks of this newsletter.This meant facing my own doubts, my
Subtracting Your Way to Success Is The Growth Strategy Nobody Talks About
I had to fail over and over again to learn thisI was on my phone at the back of class, checking whether my developer had updated the menu of my