Mindset: Goal setting
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Resilience & grit
Podcast
Three mental frameworks for founders: resilience, taste, and success planning
Startups For the Rest of Us
March 21, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Goal setting
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- A symbolic 'Armageddon beer' instantly resets founder panic to rational thinking.
- The taste-skill gap is normal — volume of work is the only way to close it.
- Asking 'what if I succeed?' protects against arrival fallacy before you get there.
Reframing goals, gratitude, and authentic content creation
GaryVee
March 14, 2023
Goal setting
9
Work-life balance
8
Content marketing
6
- Achieving a goal at 39 beats burning out chasing it at 25.
- Balance is measured by intent and love, not logged hours.
- Selfish content fails — make it because you mean it.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Success comes from simplicity and self-awareness, not external validation
GaryVee
February 17, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Goal setting
7
- Chasing external validation is the root cause of unhappiness
- Simplicity and a small circle of loved ones define real success
- Bold, simple communication is a learnable skill that compounds
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How philosophy can help us live well, not just feel happy
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 14, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Goal setting
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Happiness is a byproduct of living well, not the goal itself.
- Acknowledging difficulty — not avoiding it — is the foundation of real connection.
- Atelic thinking: value lies in the process, not the outcome.
Ambition without burnout: the pragmatic middle path
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 6, 2023
Motivation
9
Work-life balance
8
Goal setting
7
- Why both chasing everything and wanting nothing leave you miserable
- Set short goals with lasting payoffs, then ladder up deliberately
- Separate background activities from projects — only one project at a time
How to set smarter startup goals and avoid common traps
Y Combinator
January 11, 2023
Goal setting
9
Business models
6
- Fake metrics let founders avoid measuring whether anything actually works
- Winning the fundraising game often means losing control of your company
- Cheating to hit a goal means you learned nothing — and you know it
Stoic journaling and clarifying your intentions at the start of the year
The Daily Stoic
January 5, 2023
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
6
- Stoics treated journaling as active combat training, not self-expression.
- No defined goal means no good decisions — directionlessness guarantees failure.
- Plan all the way to the end or risk overshooting what you aimed for.
How to set realistic resolutions that actually stick
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 1, 2023
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
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- Limit to one or two resolutions — goals need systems, not just targets
- Choose from pain points and joy; permission to pursue joy is underrated
- Missing a session isn't failure — build in makeup days and drop perfection
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Career advice for non-linear paths in tech
EO
December 21, 2022
Productivity & habits
8
Goal setting
6
Niche selection
5
- A messy career path can compound into a unique, hard-to-copy edge
- Ask for 20 minutes, not a mentor — relationships build before requests
- Productivity means fewer tasks, not more — 60% of work time is wasted
Two types of ambition: choosing activity or simplicity after success
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
November 1, 2022
Goal setting
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Case studies
6
- Success reveals your ambition type — feast on opportunities or ruthlessly simplify
- Grisham wrote one book a year, 15 hours a week, and needed no assistant
- Escaping the second control trap requires a quantitative conversation with your manager
Rethinking goal setting through identity, capacity, and practice
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 31, 2022
Goal setting
10
Work-life balance
7
- Why chasing merit badges for self-worth leads to burnout cycles
- Your identity is a network — over-indexing one layer depletes the rest
- Treating work as practice beats sprinting toward achievement targets
Annie Duke on quitting, sunk costs, and decision-making
The Daily Stoic
October 19, 2022
Goal setting
9
Resilience & grit
7
Pivoting
6
- Quitting at the right time is courageous, not cowardly.
- We stay in losing positions to avoid converting losses to reality.
- Tackle the hardest problem first before building anything else.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Work vs. meaning: a history of how Americans relate to their jobs
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 17, 2022
Work-life balance
9
Goal setting
7
- Why 'follow your passion' is a baby-boomer guilt compromise, not career advice
- Three bridge questions turn a life vision into a specific job search
- Quiet quitting and anti-capitalist Twitter are algorithmic noise, not real reform
11 personal habits that help CEOs build better companies
TK Kader
October 9, 2022
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
7
- Your personal strategy directly determines how well your business performs
- A rolling 365-day goals system beats annual resolutions every time
- Three 'unfair advantages' — brain trust, beast mode, upper limits — separate top performers
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic guidance on ambition, mortality, and inner resilience
The Daily Stoic
October 7, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Goal setting
7
- Why erring toward kindness resolves the law-versus-justice tension
- Stoic ambition means controlling effort, not outcomes
- The inner citadel is built through philosophy and deliberate hardship