Empowering
It’s any time someone hesitates to make the thing they desperately want to make because they succumb to the avoidable things that kill creativity. There is never enough money or time. You will never feel you have enough knowledge. There are no perfect market conditions. Ideas never (read: shouldn’t) come with a guarantee of success. Just make the t
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Naval Ravikant's latest podcast with Chris Williamson is mind-blowing.
He revealed:
• Why he deleted his calendar
• Three decisions that determine 90% of your life's outcome
• Why most anxiety comes from a problem few understand
10 insights that'll transform your life: https://t.co/5jsynf3CGc
It's weird how social media made us think that 10 likes is nothing.
Now imagine 10 people in real life telling you they admire your work. How does that feel now?
Trust does not happen instantly, either. Trust must be, well... earned. "Assured reliance" is a high bar. And people are generally skeptical. So earning trust means that you have to prove yourself not just once but over and over and over again.
If you happen to be a brand putting content out in the world, trust is even harder to come by. Most people
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First let me apologize for taking a couple of days to put this outline together. When I spoke to Kurt I was in the middle of making a Fugazi album1, but I thought I would have a day or so between records to sort everything out. My schedule changed unexpectedly, and this is the first moment I've had to go through it all. Apology
Shaun Usher • I would like to be paid like a plumber
But here's the thing: being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement . Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have owners... See more