Mindset: Identity & self-belief
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Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How Tom Bilyeu thinks about money and spending wealth
Noah Kagan
June 12, 2020
- Getting rich didn't fix a single insecurity — money never does.
- His real safety net is skill, not savings.
- Wealth matters only as fuel to build what you believe in.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport answers productivity, technology, and deep life questions
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
June 9, 2020
Deep work & focus
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Productivity & habits
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Identity & self-belief
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- Social media rewires your brain to fear judgment — here's the fix
- Why Newport went from lazy student to straight-A Ivy Leaguer
- Working backwards from a positive vision beats eliminating negatives
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Navigate crises by building networks and seizing emerging opportunities
Masters of Scale
June 3, 2020
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- In chaos, established patterns break—exploit the openings for emerging opportunities.
- Build networks early; their compounding value over decades determines career trajectory.
- Seek roles at industry hubs where smart people and momentum concentrate.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
The mindset of an extreme winner: Larry Ellison's relentless competition
Founders
May 20, 2020
Resilience & grit
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Motivation
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Identity & self-belief
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- Extreme winners create games within games to sustain competitive intensity over decades
- Will and desire to win trump talent every time—how Ellison rebuilt Oracle and won America's Cup
- Sports provide unmistakable feedback; business's endless quarters lead nowhere without competition
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Charles Kettering: The professional amateur inventor
Founders
May 15, 2020
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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Case studies
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- Progress comes from unusual people with imagination and willingness to work independently and courageously.
- Treat yourself as a professional amateur: embrace learning through trial and error and repeated failure.
- The unknown unknowns far outweigh what we know; approach all work with humble curiosity.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
How to protect your time from fake business gurus on YouTube
Noah Kagan
May 11, 2020
Productivity & habits
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Identity & self-belief
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- Most business YouTubers profit by selling to you, not from real businesses.
- Three red-flag phrases that expose a fraudster immediately.
- Zig when others zag — read books no one else is reading.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Shifting your money mindset as a freelancer or solopreneur
Joanna Wiebe
April 30, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Cash flow management
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Processes & SOPs
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- Your hidden childhood money beliefs cap what you let yourself earn
- Separate business and personal accounts before making any hiring decision
- Automating your salary is the single biggest mindset shift for freelancers
Resilience & grit
YouTube
What a difficult ayahuasca experience taught about courage and self-discovery
Noah Kagan
April 28, 2020
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- Running shirtless into the dark wasn't the failure — coming back was the point.
- No one is coming to save you; the answers are already inside.
- Any deliberate challenge works; ayahuasca is one tool, not the only one.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Using Stoicism to manage negativity, anger, and lazy habits
The Daily Stoic
March 28, 2020
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
6
Productivity & habits
5
- Temperance, not willpower: self-discipline as freedom from your own urges
- Anger is universal — Stoics used audits, pauses, and outlets to domesticate it
- Tommy John's 1-in-100 shot: why the Dichotomy of Control demands full effort
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Creativity, parenting, and identity: lessons from Austin Kleon
The Daily Stoic
March 14, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Productivity & habits
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Deep work & focus
5
- Writing reveals what you think — it doesn't record what you already know
- Create an environment for kids to learn; don't try to teach them directly
- Forget the label; identity is a trap and the work answers the question
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Overthinking, decision-making, and living by your values
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 2, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Deep work & focus
6
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Perfectionism silently fuels overthinking in ways most people don't recognise
- Pre-made decisions based on your values eliminate most daily deliberation
- Small mental habit changes compound — just like small destructions do
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Steven Pressfield on resistance, turning pro, and saying no
The Daily Stoic
February 29, 2020
Productivity & habits
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Identity & self-belief
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Deep work & focus
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- Resistance is the internal force blocking all creative work
- Procrastination ends when you sit in the chair — nothing else
- Every yes is a no to something else; rules make saying no easy
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Friendship as a path to becoming your best self
Masters of Scale
January 13, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Motivation
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- Friendships expose blind spots you cannot see alone and reshape your identity
- The people you befriend teach uncomfortable truths about who you are
- Real friends give lasting gifts that guide how you live your entire life
Resilience & grit
YouTube
How to ride the entrepreneurial roller coaster without crashing
Cameron Herold
November 14, 2019
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- Entrepreneurs share clinical bipolar traits — and can't escape the pressure.
- Crisis of meaning is predictable; most founders don't recognise it in themselves.
- You can't think or work your way out alone — support is the only exit.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Bill Gallagher on coaching founders to scale up
Bill Gallagher
August 27, 2019
Identity & self-belief
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Goal setting
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- Flat growth is a founder problem, not a strategy problem
- You have the company you deserve — scaling means changing yourself
- A coach surfaces the vision founders are afraid to say out loud