When starting for yourself, it’s necessary to have a network of people willing to support you and do business with you

Most people use the internet to find something that can help them. A minority of people aim to supply that demand. Ask yourself, ‘What do you know and how can it help people?’

Balance them with stable revenue projects for income security.

A hunter-gatherer spent most of his day looking for game. Prolonged low-intensity work follow by a burst of intense chasing and hunting. Whereas a farmer puts in continuous work. Ideally, you want a balance of both to accumulate resources and provide protection in case the hunt fails. That said, “We have taken the farming style too far”

Contrary to popular assumption, risk isn’t one-dimensional. Steady salary jobs have a tail risk that people don’t see.

Keep in mind, the best work is one that flows and comes naturally to you, rather than you fighting against it.

When you pursue a single goal in exclusion of everything else, you become blind to opportunities. This limits your upside potential while positioning you to be harmed by any event

Your brain works best when you are not instructing it on what to do. A lot of creative work is really just sitting around

Do high-intensity work for short periods of time, as opposed to the consistent average 40 hours work week