Joan Westenberg
@joanwestenberg
I write about tech + humans + philosophy. Skeptical tech optimist, EA aligned, building internet businesses.
Joan Westenberg
joanwestenberg.com
If I stand by what I've written, recorded, invested in, or built, then there is nothing wrong with it.
And if what you are doing is moral, ethical, and legal, and you stand by it, then there is nothing wrong with you trying.
“Nothing was useful which was not honest.” – Benjamin Franklin
And if what you are doing is moral, ethical, and legal, and you stand by it, then there is nothing wrong with you trying.
Louie Bacaj • (4) The Original "PDF Hustler" - by Louie Bacaj The Original "PDF Hustler"
Yancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big -
Darcy reflects on the daily challenges he faces as an independent journalist: "Every day you wake up and you're like, what am I gonna write today?" This blend of spontaneity and strategy is central to the ethos of Status, which thrives on delivering timely and relevant content.
Article
How to beat 97% of people.
Believe in yourself to a point of delusion.
Believe in yourself to a point of delusion.
Threads
I built a 1,107-customer business from a single weekly ritual:
•Write
•Hit send
•And repurpose.
Emails become blogs, blogs become scripts, scripts spawn shorts.
Here's the deal:
Flywheels obey... See more
Parker Worth ️x.comWhat I do every day to generate income:
· Exercise (for energy)
· Read (for ideas)
· Write (to understand)
· Publish (to market myself)
· Comment/DM (to improve my network)
Oddly enough, this is the 20% that moves the needle 80%.
· Exercise (for energy)
· Read (for ideas)
· Write (to understand)
· Publish (to market myself)
· Comment/DM (to improve my network)
Oddly enough, this is the 20% that moves the needle 80%.
Threads
Not for everyone, but the reason my business grew is because I made "stupid" decisions that forced me to make it work. I moved into a place 2x what I could afford so I had to make more. I got rid of everything and moved to a new state for the same reason. I've become very good at creating tactical stress: not destroying my life, but putting myself... See more
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From Dan Koe
Time, in all crises, is usually the ingredient missing to make a solution. It is best supplied by an agreement on a pause.
John Keegan • The First World War
Life is full of suffering. It’s unevenly distributed in tragic ways — I would never dispute that. But even the best and luckiest and most privileged life has an unfortunate share of suffering in it. And there are choices to be made: How much do we focus on it? How much do we dwell on it? How much do we speak of it? How do we speak of it? And how... See more