Productivity & habits

Podcast

Steven Pressfield on resistance, turning pro, and saying no

The Daily Stoic February 29, 2020

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Productivity & habits 9

Identity & self-belief 8

Deep work & focus 6

• 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

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Founder interviews

Podcast

How Wences Casares built trust to bring Bitcoin to the masses

Masters of Scale February 27, 2020

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Founder interviews 10

Business models 7

Hiring & recruitment 6

• Growing up in Argentina where savings vanished three times shaped everything.
• Underground vaults and armed guards made a digital currency feel safe.
• Reaching the second billion users requires being there, not reading about them.

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SEO

YouTube

How to rank YouTube videos on the first page of Google

Ahrefs February 26, 2020

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SEO 9

Content marketing 6

• Ranking videos on Google is easier than ranking web pages for competitive terms.
• Transitive verbs in scripts unlock Google's suggested clip feature.
• Timestamps in descriptions trigger the key moments feature in mobile search.

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Business models

YouTube

How to diagnose and fix stalled business growth

Bill Gallagher February 26, 2020

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Business models 9

Management 8

Pivoting 6

• Four internal dynamics — not external forces — kill most growth.
• Misalignment is self-reinforcing: unfixed, it cascades into total decline.
• CEO humility is the single strongest predictor of a successful turnaround.

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Origin stories

Podcast

Frank Lloyd Wright: Ego, architecture, and the refusal to quit

Founders February 24, 2020

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Origin stories 9

Resilience & grit 8

Identity & self-belief 6

• A man ridiculed as past-tense for 20 years returned to create his best work in his 80s
• Radical architect integrated discipline, craft obsession, and unshakeable self-belief into revolutionary design
• How childhood trauma and a mother's thwarted ambitions cultivated the will to never surrender

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