1 December 2025
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and founder stories, with new digests from Matthew Volkwyn, Rob Walling, and Starter Story. Highlights include Earning more doesn't stop you going broke — ratios do AI still can't handle the last 10–20% of real application complexity
Showing 59 digests for 1 December 2025.
The EOS issues-solving track: identify, discuss, solve
EOS Worldwide
December 5, 2025
Processes & SOPs
9
Management
6
Most teams debate symptoms, never reaching the actual root cause.
Prioritise only the top three issues blocking your organisation.
Making any decision beats waiting for the perfect one.
How to document and operationalise your core business processes
EOS Worldwide
December 5, 2025
Processes & SOPs
10
Business operating systems
6
Document only the 20% of steps that drive 80% of results
No process exceptions — visionaries and top performers must comply too
Consistency requires training, measuring, and continuously updating processes
Quarterly conversations: a lightweight check-in tool for managers
EOS Worldwide
December 5, 2025
Management
9
Business operating systems
6
No forms — honest conversation beats documentation every time
The 555 covers core values, roles, and quarterly rocks
One quarterly check-in keeps alignment, accountability, and engagement intact
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
No one is truly self-made: Stoic philosophy on success and virtue
The Daily Stoic
December 5, 2025
Identity & self-belief
7
Resilience & grit
6
Relationships & family
5
Every great achiever — from Zeno to Schwarzenegger — was made by others.
Stoic 'circles of concern' means caring beyond what you control.
AI can't replace wisdom: experience is what catches confident wrong answers.
Physical & cognitive performance
YouTube
Lessons from Charles Poliquin and other mentors on movement and strength
Tim Ferriss
December 5, 2025
Physical & cognitive performance
8
Physical health & longevity
6
Poliquin's regret: he wished he'd trained flexibility far sooner
Trace ideas to their source — the backwards sled came from Finnish loggers
Low-volume ankle work done consistently beat years of high-effort rehab
Physical & cognitive performance
YouTube
The neuroscience of habit formation and breaking
Andrew Huberman
December 4, 2025
Physical & cognitive performance
9
Productivity & habits
7
Why anchoring habits to brain states beats fixed clock times
The post-habit window is the only reliable way to break bad habits
Sleep consolidates habits — neglect phase three and nothing sticks
How OnlyFans scaled to $7 billion with 42 employees
Masters of Scale
December 4, 2025
Case studies
9
Business models
8
Processes & SOPs
7
$7B revenue, 42 employees — $37M revenue per head
Built-in monetization from day one is why creators chose OnlyFans
Fully AI accounts banned; human authenticity is the platform's moat
Masterclass with Copywriting Legend | David Deutsch
Matthew Volkwyn
December 4, 2025
Copywriting
9
Market research
7
AI tools & automation
6
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How much your dream is worth when others want you to change it
Brendon Burchard
December 4, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Case studies
7
Resilience & grit
6
A $2M publisher demanded a full rewrite — he said no
Depth and obsession separate breakthrough work from mediocrity
One person's belief can be enough to keep going
Build a portfolio of niche health apps by solving your own problems
Starter Story
December 4, 2025
Case studies
10
MVP & prototyping
8
Niche selection
7
Three niche health apps reached $120K ARR in under a year.
Shared audience across all apps turns each launch into warm cross-sells.
Each app is a practice rep — skill compounds faster than any single bet.
Prompt engineering
YouTube
AI-generated YouTube thumbnails for $0.12 using a five-step prompt system
Dylan Davis
December 4, 2025
Prompt engineering
9
Content marketing
6
Let AI research best practices and write its own image prompts
A prompt improver turns a rough brief into a reusable project instruction
Gemini app vs AI Studio: watermarks vs pay-per-use at $0.12 per image
How Care Village grew from a dream into a sustainable orphanage in South Africa
EOS Worldwide
December 4, 2025
Case studies
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Government subsidies cover less than half the cost per child.
Smaller family units replacing institutional dorms with one carer per six kids.
On-site trade centre targets accredited diesel mechanics training for employment.
How cognitive load in your messaging is costing you customers
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
December 4, 2025
Copywriting
9
Conversion rate optimisation
6
The confused mind always says no — clarity drives orders
Clever copy adds cognitive weight that customers refuse to carry
Three words beat a book: simplicity wins every competitive market
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Why fear of losing is the real reason you're not winning
GaryVee
December 4, 2025
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
7
Goal setting
5
Fear of being seen to fail is why most people never start.
TikTok Shop and live selling work even with zero followers.
Renting beats buying when homeownership drains liquidity and kills flexibility.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Jane Wurwand of Dermalogica advises early-stage founders on focus and community
How I Built This with Guy Raz
December 4, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Niche selection
8
Community building
6
Tell, don't sell — education creates demand better than marketing.
Stay narrow: own one category before expanding product lines.
Community is often the real product; fitness, food, and underwear all prove it.