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Big Bad Bully Club
This week has been pile on city, and I’m watching people I used to respect turn into schoolyard bullies with blue checkmarks and LinkedIn profiles. Everyone’s got a take. Everyone’s
What would Søren do?
I spent another day unpacking old notebooks out of boxes. Went through an old diary that had notes from the time I was balls deep in the studying of Søren
One thing you you shouldn’t forget
I can’t remember the saying but you’ve heard it before… Something something all work and no play makes you blah blah. It’s true. We’ve gotten to that point where we’re
My man Wendig
I wanted to write about this but my man Chuck Wendig put it out there before me. So grab a glass of water or whatever and have a quick read
Asimov’s rolling in his grave and we need a 4th law…
Isaac Asimov is spinning in his grave so fast you could power a small city with the kinetic energy… The man who gave us the Three Laws of Robotics, which
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You’re using the wrong voice (and it’s killing your writing)
A dead poet in Los Angeles figured this out 40 years ago… I need to tell you something and you’re probably not gonna like it. Your writing voice. The one
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Se7en deadly marketing lessons
As I’m closing out on a week long water fast. I thought I’d re-share something that tips the scales in your favour if you use it ethically. One of my
Death by a thousand Discord messages
So it’s not a secret that I’ve been unwinding myself from doing client work for the last few years. Frankly, I’ve just been so bored of people flip flopping into
The most important thing to commoditise
Which also sounds gross by design… But it’s the ability to actually think. While everyone else is outsourcing their brains to ChatGPT or the LLM of their choice, you’re going
the Pulp Fiction way of getting things done
Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield didn’t fuck around when they had a job to do. They showed up, handled business, and got results. There was no endless planning meetings or
You’re not even trying.
“If my answers frighten you, then you should cease asking scary questions.” – Pulp Fiction You think you’re trying, but you’re probably not. (how’s that for a harsh
Troll Me a River
Crazy thing is you’re building something. You’re creating content and growing your audience, hell. Like many of us. You’re trying to make a living from your ideas and work. But
What would Kobe do?
“Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry In 2011, my young company, EGTBasketball, was running a
An invitation for entrepreneurs
If you run a profitable business, and you want to scale to 7 or 8 figures this year, I have an invitation for you. Here’s the the backstory:
I shouldn’t have beat this NBA All Star
“The more you do things that are natural to you, the less competition you have.” – Naval Ravikant In late 2014, I made a power move. It was
Why does everything feel like wet cardboard?
And what can we do about it? I had to try really hard to not do the whole RE: RE: RE: No, Seriously, Why Does Everything Suck Now type of
I am grateful
That you show up every time and read my emails and reply and just interact. I’ve had so many great conversations and also views on the topics and ideas I
The Art of Whore
Here’s a little social media “game” for us folks who still require those platforms to feed into our own platforms… After all. Our audience/clients/customer numbers aren’t going to increase themselves
The great dumbification
The world is systematically dumbing itself down to feed the dopamine starved masses, and we’re all complicit in this intellectual race to the bottom of the barrel… Everything is getting
How to get behind 99% of people
“Who wrote the software running in your head? Are you sure you actually want it there?” – Elon Musk The voice in your head is right: You’re not
How to stay clean in the online swamp
“Short-term and long-term results typically lead to different results, which are often the opposite.” – Eben Pagan This morning, during one of my regular identity-crises about being a “business
Size doesn’t matter
I had an interesting conversation with a fellow creator today, who sadly got sucked into the world of generative AI. They were lied to by some of our favourite marketing
Why you shouldn’t over socialise
Stop over socialising. Seriously. Every coffee meetup, networking event, and “quick catch up” is stealing time from your actual work. We get deluded into thinking that we’re building relationships. Although