What's New

See the latest Trusted Library digests, grouped by the week they were added.

What's New

See the latest Trusted Library digests, grouped by the week they were added.

13 October 2025

This week's additions focus on mindset, founder stories, and strategy, with new digests from Matthew Volkwyn, Starter Story, and EO. Highlights include Tactics without systems are why most copywriters stay broke Proven business ideas are listed publicly — you just need to find them

Showing 53 digests for 13 October 2025.

Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Seek counsel, make honesty your policy: two stoic lessons

The Daily Stoic October 14, 2025


Identity & self-belief 9
Management 7
  • Commodus failed because he rejected his father's hand-picked advisors.
  • Wisdom requires teachers and critics — not solitary study.
  • True honesty is visible in character, not announced as a warning.

AI tools & automation

YouTube

How hearing loss damages your brain and what to do about it

Andrew Huberman October 13, 2025


AI tools & automation 9
Deep work & focus 8
  • You can lose 90% of auditory neurons and still pass a standard hearing test.
  • Hearing loss is directly linked to dementia, depression, and social isolation.
  • Magnesium before loud noise exposure measurably reduces hearing damage.

Culture building

YouTube

Team norms, not talent, drive high performance

Coaching for Leaders October 13, 2025


Culture building 9
Management 6
  • Individual talent and EQ don't predict whether a team performs well
  • Belonging is the dominant social need — people only notice it when it's absent
  • The single most powerful norm: members genuinely knowing one another

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Why common phone-use advice fails and what actually works

Deep Questions with Cal Newport October 13, 2025


Productivity & habits 9
Deep work & focus 7
  • Algorithms are literally built to hijack your brain's reward circuits
  • Friction, detoxes, and moderation rules don't touch the dopamine loop
  • Three unsexy fixes that actually work: remove apps, dock the phone, build discipline

Founder interviews

YouTube

How Codie Sanchez Built a Million-Follower Brand With Simple Messaging

StoryBrand With Donald Miller October 13, 2025


Founder interviews 10
Branding 7
Pricing strategy 5
  • Attention is a fourth form of leverage — as valuable as capital.
  • Most brands don't need a rebrand; they need more repetition.
  • Nine out of ten businesses need better product, not more leads.

Founder interviews

Podcast

Michael Dell on curiosity, cost advantage, and reinventing Dell for every technology wave

Founders October 13, 2025


Founder interviews 10
Business models 8
Identity & self-belief 7
  • Dell beat Compaq by holding 5 days of inventory versus their 90
  • Fear of failure still motivates more than the love of success
  • AI prompted a full company reset: become the faster competitor or die

Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Revenge, self-betrayal, and why knowing better is not enough

The Daily Stoic October 13, 2025


Identity & self-belief 9
  • Knowing the right thing and doing it are completely different problems.
  • Revenge warps the avenger — Peter Thiel's Gawker campaign shows how.
  • Seneca's distinction: justice for real harm is valid; revenge never is.

Case studies

Podcast

Faherty Brand: how twin brothers built a $250M coastal fashion company

How I Built This with Guy Raz October 13, 2025


Case studies 10
Business models 8
Bootstrapping 7
  • 12 years of deliberate prep — fashion school, Ralph Lauren, finance — before launch
  • Choosing wholesale over VC-fueled DTC saved the business from burning cash
  • COVID flipped the model: resort stores boomed, enabling a 40-lease expansion sprint

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