Mindset: Resilience & grit
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Productivity & habits
Podcast
10 Stoic Choices You Can Make Today to Get Better
The Daily Stoic
October 24, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Resilience & grit
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Deep work & focus
8
- Almost every obstacle you face comes down to a choice you're making.
- Stop pre-suffering: anxiety punishes you without changing anything.
- Seek deliberate discomfort — it builds the muscle to handle real adversity.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Michael Jordan: obsession, practice, and the making of a dynasty
Founders
October 23, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Case studies
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- False confidence used as fuel before real skill closes the gap
- Jordan's greatest competitive weapon was his ability to be coached
- One athlete's obsessive practice built a $180M-per-year brand empire
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Fault vs. responsibility, practice vs. performance, and founder energy management
Startups For the Rest of Us
October 19, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Bad things aren't your fault — but fixing them is always your responsibility.
- Startup success is years of invisible practice, not a few visible moments.
- Caffeine, carbs, and late alcohol quietly wreck founder focus and mood.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Walking out of a Tony Robbins event and building your own instead
Noah Kagan
October 15, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Resilience & grit
5
- Superficial 15-second fixes don't resolve deep-seated personal problems
- Design your own personal development day for $0 instead
- The answers are inside you — magic solutions don't exist
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Stephen King on writing: craft, struggle, and showing up every day
Founders
October 10, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Self-doubt never goes away — even after 350 million books sold.
- Writing is a daily job, not a waiting game for inspiration.
- From maggot-infested laundry to a $200k payday: the years before Carrie.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Managing client communication, burnout recovery, and slow productivity
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 7, 2021
Resilience & grit
8
Productivity & habits
8
Processes & SOPs
6
- Clarity of process beats fast replies for managing client email overload.
- Burnout has two causes: physical overload and extrinsic career control.
- Dropping one task daily improves wellbeing without hurting long-term output.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
How Noah Kagan dealt with depression after being fired from Facebook
Noah Kagan
September 22, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Founder interviews
6
- A decade of depression while watching Facebook teammates become billionaires
- Small controlled wins — gym, blogging, helping one person — rebuild self-worth fast
- Use the chip on your shoulder as fuel, then find a better motivator
Resilience & grit
YouTube
7 challenges to overcome fear and start a business this weekend
Noah Kagan
September 20, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
- Fear of rejection — not ideas — stops most people from starting
- Ask for 10% off your coffee; do it where regulars know you
- Getting your first dollar from a friend unlocks real self-belief
Resilience & grit
Podcast
50 short rules for life from the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
September 5, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
8
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- Why having fixed rules beats deciding everything anew each day
- Focus on what you control — everything else gets zero energy
- Ego, complaints, and comparison silently erode performance
Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset with Reid, Bob and Sir Richard Branson
Masters of Scale
August 17, 2021
Motivation
9
Business models
6
Resilience & grit
5
- Entrepreneurial mindsets are cultivated behaviors, not innate traits, and apply across all business scales.
- Continuous learning through action cycles and networks beats pure theory-first learning.
- Bias to action—asking 'what if' and moving immediately—separates founders who ship from those who plan forever.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Reframing "not good enough" as a lifelong growth mindset
Bill Gallagher
August 10, 2021
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
6
- Chasing "good enough" keeps you stuck in a losing loop
- Watching an expert fail was the catalyst for real freedom
- Surrendering to never being done unlocks lifelong mastery
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Ten traits that predict entrepreneurial success
Noah Kagan
August 3, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
- Bias toward action separates doers from endless content consumers
- Relentless follow-up matters more than initial output quality
- Internal compass beats trend-chasing for long-term founder success
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven core Stoic practices you can apply every day
The Daily Stoic
August 1, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
- Virtue is the only good — everything else is circumstance.
- Obstacles are not blocks; they reveal the actual path forward.
- Meditating on death is the fastest route to daily gratitude.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Starting a side business while keeping your day job
Noah Kagan
July 26, 2021
Resilience & grit
8
Business models
6
Motivation
5
- Your day job funds the runway — quitting early kills most businesses.
- Fear of rejection, not lack of time, is what stops most people starting.
- Build income that works around the clock, not only when you show up.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Arnold Schwarzenegger's early mindset: bodybuilding as a philosophy for any craft
Founders
July 22, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
- Total mental commitment matters more than talent or technique.
- Ruthlessly fixing weaknesses beats endlessly training strengths.
- Bodybuilding discipline transferred directly to acting, business, and wealth.