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🤔Thought Starters
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🤔 Thought Starters
They may not be avoiding you. They may just be:
- Overwhelmed with work
- Processing a shock or trauma
- Putting some boundaries in place
- Saving money
- Distracted by an unexpected life change
- Tired of having to put on a happy face
- Needing some silence and space
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.
You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself each moment.
So instead of trying to find out who you are, seek to determine who YOU want to be.
And be that.
👩💻 Founder & Investor Corner
Three observations on cold outreach:
1. Cold emailing has effectively been replaced by Twitter
2. Cold outreach works much better if you’ve written on the topic you’re reaching out about
3. Very interesting people actually reach out to you when you write & share great content
The more I encounter and try to learn from super successful people, the more I think that there’s basically only 2 things they have in common. 1. Grit (persevere through tough times.). And 2. Extreme sense of agency (minimal self-pity, they believe they control their fate.)
😹 Funnies
You really want to understand hidden inflation? This was a regular sized Reese's Peanut Butter Cup in 1763.
2009 Twitter:
Had a burrito for lunch
2019 Twitter:
Did you know that the burrito originated in the 19th century with the vaqueros, the cowboys of Nothern Mexico? Strap in for a wild story highly applicable to distributed teams...1/20 🧵
being really into bitcoin https://t.co/WJ1CXmNAEF
no more mr wife guy @TheSocietyDude
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Pretty chill issue this week,