16 March 2026
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and marketing, with new digests from Matthew Volkwyn, Starter Story, and EOS Worldwide. Highlights include Intelligence makes you resist the simple actions that actually work AI overviews killed content sites overnight — zero clicks, zero revenue
Showing 64 digests for 16 March 2026.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Why smart copywriters stay broke and dumb ones get rich
Matthew Volkwyn
March 22, 2026
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Intelligence makes you resist the simple actions that actually work
Ego stops you asking questions — and kills campaigns worth thousands
Playing dumb and just starting beats overthinking every time
Content marketing
YouTube
How one founder rebuilt to $250K/month after AI wiped out his content sites
Starter Story
March 22, 2026
Content marketing
10
Product-market fit
9
Diversification
8
AI overviews killed content sites overnight — zero clicks, zero revenue
A 1,800-view YouTube video drove 80% of a $20K MRR product launch
Daily niche videos for two years became the insurance policy that saved everything
Identifying root causes requires courage, not just process
EOS Worldwide
March 22, 2026
Management
9
Vision & mission
6
Naming the hard issue early is a speed mechanism, not a risk
Three hard issues solved in 24 minutes beat a day on symptoms
Simple and easy aren't the same — courage finds the simple path
How to build an effective B2B SaaS sales strategy
TK Kader
March 22, 2026
B2B sales
9
Objection handling
8
Content marketing
5
Treating the first call as a demo kills your win rate
Inbound leads are the only path to elite 30–50% close rates
Pipeline discipline twice a week separates real deals from noise
AI tools & automation
Podcast
Using AI to automate weekly industry news briefings
How I Work
March 22, 2026
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
6
Vague prompts give generic results — source specificity is everything
ChatGPT and Copilot can schedule recurring research reports automatically
Structure your prompt with sections: drops, quick hits, hype watch, links
How posting weekly as a personal brand puts you in the top 1%
KeyPersonOfInfluence
March 22, 2026
Social media
9
Branding
7
Only 1% of users post weekly — algorithms reward them with amplified reach.
Business brand accounts get 20x less reach than personal brand accounts.
Attention is business currency; posting as yourself unlocks it.
Influencing executives: How product leaders get buy-in for great ideas
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
March 22, 2026
Communication
9
Iteration & feedback loops
6
Vision & mission
5
Executives haven't thought about your problem since your last meeting.
Killing your own projects is one of the highest-trust moves available.
As AI handles execution, influence becomes the 10x product skill.
Communication precision determines your professional influence ceiling
Dr. Grace Lee
March 21, 2026
Communication
10
Identity & self-belief
5
Influence rises to your communication level, not your expertise level.
Lexicon and syntax drive persuasion more than delivery style or body language.
Articulating others' unspoken feelings instantly positions you as the solution-holder.
AI tools & automation
YouTube
Why AI agents outperform chat and how to start today
Dylan Davis
March 21, 2026
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
7
Agents bring the AI to your files — not the other way around.
Agent memory compounds across sessions, turning a tool into an asset.
Three starter tasks let anyone try agents without any coding.
How the issues list surfaces root problems and focuses leadership teams
EOS Worldwide
March 21, 2026
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
70 of 77 issues on one list pointed to a single leadership seat problem.
Once it's on the list, stop — no side conversations, no interrupting colleagues.
Silence after one curious question is often enough to surface a full list.
How great leaders cultivate teams: Daniel Coyle on culture and growth
The Daily Stoic
March 21, 2026
Culture building
9
Management
8
Communication
6
Why treating your organization like a machine always fails eventually
One morning's decision by Commodus ended the Pax Romana
Firing someone for feedback silences a room for years
Apollo: How Complexity Became a Competitive Advantage
Business Breakdowns
March 20, 2026
Case studies
9
Fundraising & VC
7
Business models
6
Apollo evolved from distressed debt opportunist to $750B manager through insurance-backed origination.
Rowan's perpetual capital machine: annuities fund origination platforms that create credit feeding insurance portfolio.
Appetite for complexity and balance sheet mastery set Apollo apart from larger but less nimble competitors.
Business operating systems
YouTube
Why most businesses stall at $1M and how to break through
Ryan Deiss
March 20, 2026
Business operating systems
10
Delegation
6
Your effort has a ceiling — the business must outgrow you.
Decision hoarding makes the founder the only bottleneck that matters.
Self-sabotage kicks in unconsciously when success exceeds your internal set point.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
The number one key to greatness: study the greats
Scaling Up with Verne Harnish
March 20, 2026
Identity & self-belief
8
Vision & mission
5
Michael Jackson studied every number one hit before recording Off the Wall
Greatness is built by obsessively learning from those who've already achieved it
Build an advisory board of giants — then study everyone you can
AI strategy & adoption
YouTube
MIT professor Max Tegmark warns AI race risks civilisational loss of control
Silicon Valley Girl
March 20, 2026
AI strategy & adoption
9
Identity & self-belief
7
MIT study: ChatGPT users showed 55% less brain connectivity and forgot their own work.
Tegmark warns unregulated AGI race is civilisational suicide — control lags far behind capability.
The judgment and critical thinking AI erodes is exactly what employers now pay most for.