26 December 2022
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and leadership, with new digests from Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life, TK Kader, and The Daily Stoic. Highlights include Limit to one or two resolutions — goals need systems, not just targets Outsourcing go-to-market before $3M ARR is where most startups die
Showing 19 digests for 26 December 2022.
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
8
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
Why founders must lead sales and marketing to reach $3M ARR
TK Kader
January 1, 2023
Niche selection
8
B2B sales
8
Content marketing
7
Outsourcing go-to-market before $3M ARR is where most startups die
Only founders can decode early customer signals and close the market-product loop
ICP, manifesto, and a consistent Broadway show are the three required building blocks
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Five usable practices from Stoicism for performance and growth
The Daily Stoic
January 1, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Deep work & focus
5
Focus only on what you control; everything else drains energy needed for performance.
Reframe obstacles as opportunities to grow stronger and uncover new edges.
Ego—not external circumstances—is the biggest obstacle holding you back from excellence.
Reviewing a three-year Vivid Vision: what hit, what missed
Cameron Herold
December 31, 2022
Vision & mission
9
Case studies
6
Write the Vivid Vision once — never revise it mid-cycle
Most three-year targets were hit despite COVID setting back membership count
NPS of +75 beats world-class threshold but falls short of the +90 goal
Work-life balance
YouTube
What went wrong in 2022 and how to slow down deliberately
Silicon Valley Girl
December 30, 2022
Work-life balance
8
Productivity & habits
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
Effortless iPhone Shorts outperformed every heavily produced video.
Saying yes to all brand deals killed editorial freedom.
A full schedule blocks bigger opportunities from ever appearing.
Automation & tools
YouTube
ClickUp Timeline vs. Gantt view: key differences and when to use each
Layla at ProcessDriven
December 30, 2022
Gantt is the only view that visualises task dependencies with arrows
Timeline's flexible group-by beats Gantt for scheduling and resource planning
Gantt unlocks critical path, slack time, and hour/year zoom levels
How Wavo 5x'd ARR by fixing its value proposition
TK Kader
December 29, 2022
Copywriting
8
Prospecting & outreach
7
Niche selection
6
Chasing tactics is a symptom of a weak value proposition
Narrowing your ICP makes messaging, sales, and retention easier
Founder-led sales is now table stakes — product alone is not enough
Customer discovery
Podcast
Lenny's Podcast: Top 10 episodes of 2022 countdown
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
December 29, 2022
Customer discovery
7
SEO
6
Productivity & habits
5
Ten reusable frameworks from practitioners at Stripe, Facebook, Amplitude, and more.
Imposter syndrome, LNO task prioritisation, and PSHE career levels decoded.
Small teams outperform large ones — the coordination cost compounds geometrically.
Prospecting & outreach
YouTube
How to get your first customers as a founder
Y Combinator
December 29, 2022
Prospecting & outreach
9
Sales systems & CRM
7
Product-market fit
5
Founders must do sales themselves before hiring anyone else.
Outbound is a numbers game — 100 emails is never enough.
Charge from day one; unpaid pilots mean you have no customers.
Long-term planning
YouTube
How to set company goals from a three-year Vivid Vision
Cameron Herold
December 28, 2022
Long-term planning
9
Management
6
Annual goals should flow from a three-year written Vivid Vision
Prioritise employee satisfaction over revenue when setting goals
One strategic thrust per year prevents execution from spreading thin
Content marketing
YouTube
SEO lessons and predictions for 2023 from Brian Dean
Semrush
December 28, 2022
Content marketing
8
SEO
7
Scaling content requires a team, not just a prolific solo writer
Google's helpful content crackdown on thin, regurgitated content will intensify
A coach accelerates skill growth far faster than solo repetition
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Dan Pink: why regret is your most useful emotion
How I Work
December 28, 2022
Suppressing regret wastes its signal — it clarifies what you value.
Annual top-three regret review beats New Year's resolutions.
"What would I tell my best friend?" is the best decision tool.
Founder interviews
Podcast
10 unforgettable moments from 2022
Masters of Scale
December 27, 2022
Founder interviews
9
Culture building
6
Resilience & grit
5
Authentic partnerships and ruthless prioritization unlock exponential growth and scale.
Leaders who navigate paradox—honoring past wins while building the future—sustain teams through existential challenges.
Transparency about what you don't know and co-creation with employees drives faster transformation and ownership.
AI tools & automation
YouTube
Eight ways to use AI language models in your SaaS product
Rob Walling
December 27, 2022
AI tools & automation
9
Feature prioritisation
6
The real AI opportunity is anywhere customers write or data accumulates.
Domain-specific integrations resist commoditisation; obvious ideas won't.
Sales calls, support queues, and internal docs are all queryable corpora.
Handling project-based churn, MVP feedback strategy, and hiring thinkers
Startups For the Rest of Us
December 27, 2022
Pricing strategy
8
MVP & prototyping
7
Hiring & recruitment
6
Annual-only pricing can eliminate project-based churn as a recurring problem.
Start MVP feedback with your owned audience before expanding to new segments.
Job title signals the thinking level required — match description bullets accordingly.