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Summer energy

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Searching for purpose in all the wrong places​

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Why you believe the things you do

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Putting money on the line to stay accountable

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How to keep focused on your goals

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Filter for quality

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Don’t become an internet dweeb

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Do you want to be happy or right?

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How to stop getting distracted: Tame your inner voice

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Start by pretending

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The freedom paradox

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Turning a negative into a positive

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Don't be a midwit

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The power of the internet

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Dopamine nuggets

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The only habit needed to become successful

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Entrepreneurship is non-linear

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Find your obsession

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Is re-reading books a waste of time?

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Step out of your bubble

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Thinking in concentric circles

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Freedom first, big swings second.

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The first business complex

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Live with intensity

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Simple, but not easy

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Bet on yourself

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The Experience Fallacy

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Using unsolicited advice to get out of your own head

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You don't need to reinvent the wheel

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The creative procrastinator

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Focus on doing things that excite you...

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I'm taking a break from freelancing...

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Blissful ignorance

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Optimising the wrong things

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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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How to curate what you consume

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Knowledge is not understanding

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When everything is important, nothing gets done

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The traffic problem...

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Afraid to fail?

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How to utilise the greatest meta-skill

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Not investing will make you more money...

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Lessons learned or lessons earned?

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Good advice, wrong time

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Betting on creators

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Build your project graveyard

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The craftsman vs the creator economy

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Building a lifestyle business

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How to stop giving a sh*t what other people think of you

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Improve your focus with the 90 - 30 method

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How hard should you work?

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How to make interesting things and meet interesting people...

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why local maxima is holding you back...

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Screw it. Let's do it!

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Life is not linear, here's why...

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the power of gratitude

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why "following your passion" is more rational than you think

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one question can change your trajectory

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why good advice won't change your life

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Invest in Something

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Why passive income doesn't exist.

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On infinite games and chasing money.

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On the importance of knowing what you want

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On the ingredients to a fulfilling career and how to build a brand.

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On learning, pessimism & self-belief

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On using systems, getting unstuck & having skin in the game

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On creative work & the cost of saying yes

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The Sunday Filter 2.0

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On running outta time, building brands and $450 million in exits

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On redefining hardwork, making $$ as a freelancer and the writing process

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On charging five figures $$, the power of labels and quality time

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On spending $48 million per year on videos, the defining decade and identity

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The great online game, writing books and crypto

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On burnout, time and showing up

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On take rate, career sampling, having pets and AI

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On Saving 🤑Youtube vs Netflix 🥊Making good art ✏️

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On information diets, studios vs startups & simple truths

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On Web 3.0 🕸 Bundling & Unbundling ♼ Ulysses Pacts 📑

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Shifting gears, improving your speech and TRT 💉

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Working smarter, sharing ideas, sunlight and Notion

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Books that will change your life, visualisation of ideas, and automation 🤖

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Becoming a nomad, building a network, starting a side business and logistics 🪐

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Default life plan, thinking big and making mini documentaries 🚁

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Overwhelm, work-life balance, sports and sticking around long enough to get noticed 🎥

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Balance, boredom, not drinking and erupting volcanoes 🌋

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How to decide what to work on

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Complexity Bias

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Making it

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Failing in public

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Should you build in public?

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12 Favourite Problems

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Optimise for enjoyment

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Stepping into the Arena

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The Age of Leverage

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Full Stack Creator

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Self-Doubt

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Burning the Boats

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Solitude: How to achieve Mental Clarity

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Productivity in the Knowledge-Economy

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Memento Mori

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