This week's additions focus on mindset, leadership, and strategy, with new digests from Rob Walling, Ryan Deiss, and Superwall. Highlights include Past wins don't transfer — every product-market fit search starts over. Gut-feel leadership stops working around $2–4M revenue.

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Escaping the digital doldrums through engineered wonder

Deep Questions with Cal Newport July 28, 2025

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Productivity & habits 8

AI strategy & adoption 5

• Disney built a backyard railroad to escape creative malaise — and it worked.
• No rare skill in a new venture? The market has already priced that in.
• AI headlines contradict each other wildly — no one actually knows yet.

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AI tools & automation

YouTube

Using AI as a partner without losing the human touch

StoryBrand With Donald Miller July 28, 2025

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AI tools & automation 10

Deep work & focus 5

• AI is engineered to flatter you — and that's a problem worth fixing.
• Custom GPTs let agencies run entire client accounts without re-briefing.
• AI raises the knowledge ceiling, but human presence still drives accountability.

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Founder interviews

Podcast

From crack addiction and food trucks to $300M taco empire: Mike Rypka of Torchy's

How I Built This with Guy Raz July 28, 2025

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Founder interviews 10

Resilience & grit 7

Processes & SOPs 6

• Sober at 15 after crack, car theft, and $40K in spent savings bonds
• No paycheck for two years; a landlord cut power mid-lunch with bolt cutters
• Private equity grew the brand too corporate — Mike came back and cut it back

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