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The Art of Scratching Itches: The best businesses start with your own frustration
Someone once said it takes money to make money. They lied. By the time I was 12 I’d mastered
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Pixar Movies Suck: Why Great Things Start with Flawed Beginnings
In November 1995, a movie changed cinema forever. Pixar released “Toy Story,” the world’s first computer-animated feature film.
Finance
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The Perils of Dream Inflation: Why the goal you keep postponing gets harder every year
Deep down, everyone has some change they’d like to make in the world. They just may not frame it
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Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Mentality: What elite performance actually costs
This post is an early version of a thought/anecdote that eventually made its way into my book, Sovereign. Grab
You're Great at Forming Habits: Your bad ones prove it
You are VERY good at forming habits. I know this because you probably have ‘bad’ ones, and you return to
All of Us Are Like Tiny Ants
All of us, as great as we imagine our individual intellects to be, are like tiny ants riding the wave
Career
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Get Your Gloves On: Not every idea in your head deserves to stay there
Your actions stem from your values, and your values stem from everyone you've ever known and the things
Career
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The Power of Antifragility: Reimaging Work/Life Balance
Instead of seeking balance, sometimes it's worth intentionally seeking imbalance.
The 5 Great Sales Frameworks
I've sold thousands of products in the last decade. I've sold physical goods, digital ones, door-
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🎙Make Things that Matter with Rob Fitzpatrick
David speaks with Rob Fitzpatrick, a well-storied entrepreneur, and writer. Author of three books, including The Mom Test and
Thanksgiving: A Lesson In Mental Models And Heuristics
Every year in November I see a debate unfold around the history of Thanksgiving. On the surface there's
