This week's additions focus on strategy, marketing, and mindset, with new digests from TK Kader, The Daily Stoic, and Founders. Highlights include Partnerships only work as accelerants after your direct motion is proven. Anxiety is internal — removing stress won't remove it.

Niche selection

YouTube

How to compete when your market doesn't search online

Dan Martell March 7, 2022

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Niche selection 9

Growth hacking 8

Processes & SOPs 6

• Target competitors' customers using technology scrapers, not ads
• CAC payback under 90 days lets you grow without raising capital
• Skipping process documentation causes companies to collapse at scale

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Deep work & focus

Podcast

Deep work, talent vs. technique, and the case for embracing boredom

Deep Questions with Cal Newport March 7, 2022

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Deep work & focus 9

Productivity & habits 7

• Working smarter shapes your life — it won't make you world-class at anything.
• Boredom tolerance is trainable; the crave-distraction loop kills deep focus.
• Collaborative work counts as deep — the whiteboard effect often intensifies it.

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Case studies

Podcast

How Steve Jobs turned Pixar from -$50M to $7.6B

Founders March 7, 2022

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Case studies 10

Fundraising & VC 7

Business models 6

• Jobs funded Pixar solo for a decade before it earned a dollar
• Cutting every sideshow and betting solely on feature films saved the company
• Timing the IPO to Toy Story's release turned Jobs into a billionaire

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