Use this to pitch an idea or product in 1 line

“Most [X] do [bad thing]. I built [Y] to do [better thing] without [pain point].”

Examples:

• Most planners create guilt. I built one that celebrates small wins without overwhelm.


• Most landing pages look good but don’t convert. Ours flips the focus to behavior triggers.

My favorite question to ask anytime I'm talking to a customer, a new company, or an expert in an area I'm trying to learn about:

"What should I be asking you that I'm not?"

It is surprising how often there is entirely different topic or line of questioning that I didn't know enough to ask about.

anti-intellectualism will have you believe that spending all day reading and going down rabbit holes is a waste of time when you can just “google it” or “ask ChatGPT”

More enjoyment comes from knowing how something is made than just enjoying the product.

We’re moving into a creator economy that values discernment over noise. Where your perspective — not your productivity — becomes the differentiator.

The future won’t belong to those who can post the most, but to those who craft with clarity, filter with intention, and design with depth.

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You need to learn to finish something . Anything really.

Stop research, stop planning, stop preparing to do the work and just do the work.

It doesn't matter how good or how bad. You don't need to set the world on fire with your first try. You just need to prove to yourself that you have what it takes to produce something.

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Uno es verdaderamente libre cuando deja de sentir vergüenza de sí mismo.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Writing from a place of joy, interest and curiosity will always take you somewhere interesting and unexpected; in a world where every writer is told there are no jobs and there is no money to be made, I want to tell you a different story.

mām Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (رحمه الله) said:

“An action that is done without sincerity and uprightness is like a traveler who fills his bags with sand on the road — carrying a heavy load that brings him no benefit, only burden.”

The happiest people I know create— they write, take beautiful photos, work with wood, make music.

The unhappiest consume— endlessly scrolling through others’ highlight reels, sensationalized news stories, content designed to hijack their nervous system.

Creativity fills the soul.

Consumption drains it.