This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and operations, with new digests from Rob Walling, Founders, and TK Kader. Highlights include Find ideas by sourcing complaints from founders and niche communities No fast formulas: wealth comes from decades of disciplined ownership

Management

YouTube

How Dan Martell lost 33 pounds in 90 days at age 44

Dan Martell June 17, 2024

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Management 9

Processes & SOPs 5

• Solo effort stalled until a mid-journey coach changed everything
• Visible abs are statistically rarer than being a millionaire
• Social pressure — not hunger — is why most people quit meal plans

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Deep work & focus

Podcast

Time blocking is effective but oppressive — and how to need it less

Deep Questions with Cal Newport June 17, 2024

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Deep work & focus 9

Time management 8

Productivity & habits 7

• Time blocking works — but it's genuinely exhausting, and that's not your personality.
• The real fix is workload management, not better personal productivity tools.
• Quality obsession beats busyness, but stakes in the ground prevent perfectionism.

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

Stop repeating what doesn't work and take a walk

The Daily Stoic June 17, 2024

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Productivity & habits 8

Resilience & grit 5

• Trying the same failed habit harder is its own form of insanity.
• The Stoics say: when a path is blocked, go around it.
• Walking doesn't pause thinking — it sharpens it.

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