Jordan Bester

Chris utilized both environment design and habit stacking to stop sleeping in. He wrote, “I have a bad habit: Hitting snooze. To eliminate it, I “made it hard” and put phone in the bathroom. The phone then became a habit stack. The first thing I do when I wake up: turn off alarm, go to bathroom, brush teeth, etc.”

Highlights from episode: 

- My favorite approach is to pick a very tiny version of your habit and track that. For example, I have been tracking the habit of “reading 1 page” for the last month. One reader named Günter did something similar. “I've done a simple workout every day for over half a year now. I managed to stick to it by changing the scope: when I don't have time... See more

Existing crypto wallets like MetaMask have been built to process and track transactions. Increasingly, however, wallets serve as a place to track digital goods and experiences – becoming an extension of identity. That may benefit newcomers like Genesis. 

- Another popular tactic in the book is something I call “habit stacking.” It's strategy I first learned from Stanford professor B.J. Fogg. He refers to it as “anchoring” because you anchor—or stack—your new habit onto a current habit.

" In 1960, two men made a bet....

The main advantage of Web 3 is that it attempts to address the biggest problem that has resulted from Web 2: the collection of personal data by private networks which are then sold to advertisers or potentially even stolen by hackers.

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Show Notes:

( 00:00 ) - Intro

( 00:40 ) - Anand's Background

( 04:01 ) - "Sawdust Data" businesses

( 08:17 ) - Tiny but growing niches

( 12:38 ) - Daily executive briefing email

( 17:32 ) - Pricing data business

( 24:06 ) - Broke & Busted College Rankings

( 30:33 ) - McCormick Spice Competitor

( 41:59 ) - How To Manage And Sell A

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3. Reach Out to Micro-communities