founder's mentality
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founder's mentality
Don't focus on metrics. Just focus on making the best videos possible and the metrics will be taken care of.
Lex Fridman • MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #351
What do they got?
A big team, lots of money, a strong brand, seemingly unlimited resources, panache, reputation, all that. They’re established.
They’re your competitors.
You want to look away, but you see them everywhere. Their ads on your social, their name in... See more
Jason Friedx.comMore heads down, less looking around.
You only compete with one thing
I love this re-framing of competition by Jason Fried: “When it comes to business, I've always preferred the term "alternative" to "competitor" when addressing other options in the market.”
Things don’t happen for a reason. But they do often happen because nobody has yet found a better way.
Jeff Huber • Find a Better Way
3 ideas to start your year:
1) You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
2) Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
3) Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with... See more
James Cleartwitter.com
One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.
Paul Grahamtwitter.com