NeverBeNeedy

The left and right are divided on whether human nature is perfectible or not — which determines every other detail in a society’s social structure

Drew Waterstreet • This Entire Reality Is a Lie. | Whatifalthist with Rudyard Lynch • Podcast Notes

There comes a point where a person goes from "old enough to know better" to "too old to know better."

✈️ First, first-class

"Results tend to accumulate to the person who enjoys the lifestyle that precedes the result."

3-2-1: How results accumulate, the secret to motivation, and living with a calm persistence

Maybe if I interviewed them, if I talked to 50 top performers in different fields about what makes them tick, then I’d be able to derive a set of first principles, the physics of how knowledge organization worked. If I turned those interviews into a newsletter, I could also use the newsletter to build the audience for my eventual product. At the... See more

How Tools Shape How We See the World

optimistic realism, intellectual generosity, and conversational authority.

I Taught Claude Every’s Standards. It Taught Me Mine.

"The beginning is mostly luck. The end is mostly choices."

3-2-1: On finding the best way to do something, how timing shapes communication, and making unreasonable requests

The title "The AFOREST Landing page or Blog Post Copywriting Formula" cleverly introduces a mnemonic device that organizes powerful writing techniques. Each element of AFOREST offers a specific approach to enhance engagement and retention. The content is concise, presenting each component of the formula with clarity and simplicity. The structured... See more

The AFOREST Landing page or Blog Post Copywriting Forumla

“A clear majority of human beings tend to connect their sentences, paragraphs, and scenes together with the word and.

This is a mistake. The ideal connective tissue in any story are the words but and therefore, along with all their glorious synonyms. These buts and therefores can be either explicit or implied.

“And” stories have no movement or... See more

Brain Food: Guided by Beauty

Practice until you get it right, and you'll need perfect conditions.

Practice until you can't get it wrong, and conditions no longer matter.