The business of business
When you deal with people who have trouble, you can either choose to taken the token that says “it’s no big deal” or the token that says “it’s the end of the world”. Whichever token you pick, they’ll take the other.
If you’re talking about something new or novel, you’ll have to repeat yourself for years before you’re heard.
Growth is electric, but profits are elusive. We take an old school, economics 101 approach: Make more than you spend. That’s why we’ve been profitable every year we’ve been in business. It’s the responsible way to be reliable and take care of customers over the long haul.
“Greatness is consistency.
Meditating once is common. Meditating daily is rare.
Exercising today is simple. Training every week is simply remarkable.
Writing one essay rarely matters. Write every day and you're practically a hero.
Unheroic days can make for heroic decades.”
Meditating once is common. Meditating daily is rare.
Exercising today is simple. Training every week is simply remarkable.
Writing one essay rarely matters. Write every day and you're practically a hero.
Unheroic days can make for heroic decades.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Hate as a Defense Mechanism, Reciprocity, and Consistency | James Clear
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The first step of any meaningful pursuit is to severely underestimate its difficulty.
Sara Hooker • Tweet
It’s simple. Stay on the bus. Stay on the f*cking bus.Why, because if you do, in time you will begin to see a difference.
Arno Rafael Minkkinen • Arno Rafael Minkkinen: 'Stay on the bus. Stay on the f*cking bus', Finding Your Own Vision, New England School of Photography - 2004 — Speakola
If you’re efficient, you’re doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way. The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life.
Daniel McGinn • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
This Colorado food writer came up with a novel way to monetize his content
Simon Owensopen.substack.com
Food blogger built his business with only 12 advertisers. Over indexes on benefits:
All 12 advertisers get a logo in every issue
4 of them receive ads in the weekly post (all school listing type eg pub quiz Tues, earlybird thurs etc). He does 3 posts per week so every advertiser receives 1 mention per year
1 big feature piece or 1 podcast episode per year
Partnership opportunities between each other
Asks them for viewpoints/opinions in his think pieces (opportunity to comment)
Charges $500-$1000/month per advertiser.
The secret to life is doing the thing again. And again.