Writing
The key is understanding that each part serves a purpose:
- The opening breaks their mental pattern
- The body makes them see themselves in your words
- The payoff gives them something they'll remember (and save)
Justin Welsh • Reverse engineering attention in 2025. | Justin Welsh
No more waiting to be asked, no more apprenticeships, no more asking for approval. Those who recognise your truth and are ready will find you - they will sense the new template . We have the technology to seed our ideas to millions of people.
Do you Fit the Way Finder/Mender/Sensitive/Outlier/Maverick Profile?
“ Write about where you’ve been and where you’re going. Become a niche of one .”
Joe Forrest • I Launched My Atomic Newsletter… and This is Why You Should, Too!
"Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things. Your mind locks onto a certain element and then searches widely for something unexpected that fits with it. What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? There is always some connective tissue between disciplines. If you wish to be more... See more
3-2-1: The secret to creativity, how our challenges shape us, and the value of bad workouts
James Clear on creativity.
"How to clarify a concept you can't articulate:
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?"
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?"
3-2-1: On hard conversations, how to ruin a good strategy, and asking for what you want
The best storyteller in the world, Matthew Dicks, on the principle of but and therefore:
“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... See more
“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... See more
Shane Parrish • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
Make the default timeframe of any goal 5 years.
Then ask yourself: “Now, do I still really want this goal?” If yes, then proceed.
Then ask yourself: “Now, do I still really want this goal?” If yes, then proceed.
10 Laws of the Good Life and How You Can Apply Them to Live a Limitless Life
"In many cases, what you hope to learn by reading books or listening to podcasts can only be learned by attempting what you fear. Some knowledge is only revealed through action."
3-2-1: The secret to creativity, how our challenges shape us, and the value of bad workouts
James Clear on learning by doing