What's New

This week's additions focus on mindset, leadership, and strategy, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Ryan Deiss, and TK Kader. Highlights include Counter-programming beats defending yourself after a mistake at work Hating your business is normal — you're scaling labor, not systems.

Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Battling vanity and anger: why Stoics solve problems early

The Daily Stoic June 9, 2025

Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 5

Vanity and anger are the two vices that destroy leaders.
Every vice starts small — intervene early or lose control permanently.
Avoid temptation structurally; don't rely on willpower in the moment.

Case studies

Podcast

Perfect Snacks: how a family built a bar business from a homemade recipe

How I Built This with Guy Raz June 9, 2025

Case studies 10

Bootstrapping 8

Processes & SOPs 7

Grew up homeless; invested last $100K in a candy-bar wrapping machine
Hand-rolling bars with rolling pins until output hit 20 million per year
A Salmonella scare nearly killed the company right before their first investor deal

AI tools & automation

Podcast

How to use AI deep research to replace hours of manual searching

How I Work June 9, 2025

AI tools & automation 9

Automation & tools 6

AI searches up to 490 websites and writes the report for you.
Refining the search plan matters as much as the prompt.
Fewer hallucinations — but always click through the citations.

What's New

9 June 2025

Battling vanity and anger: why Stoics solve problems early

Perfect Snacks: how a family built a bar business from a homemade recipe

How to use AI deep research to replace hours of manual searching

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