Time Distortion Therapy
“Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.” – Alan Watts Life goes by way too fast… …Most of the time. But I’m
This weird writing technique makes your inner critic shut up for good
I’m just gonna give a little shoutout to Jack Grapes For years he’s been teaching a thing called “Method Writing” and one of his core techniques is the literary equivalent
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How I learned to stop listening to douchebags…
Spoiler: We’re all douchebags within a various degree. The world runs on a special fuel made from blended confidence and bullshit. The most dangerous predator in the business ecosystem isn’t
163 miles away
Me being the incredibly high IQ person that I am. Who everyone adores… I’ve happened to have one of those days, where I ordered £60 worth of food From a
The kiss of death in business
“To build product, make something people want. To create art, make something you want. The best do both.” – Naval Ravikant I’ve got three lessons for entrepreneurs — aspiring and
103 days
…and 103 emails since I’ve had to restart this wacky list of misfits Getting my ass booted off a platform I enjoyed has definitely changed the way I view the
Coffee shop hero
A dead coffee shop is not a good coffee shop (Even if the coffee is amazing) So I go there to get my daily bean juice fix and it’s silent.
Capitalism Is Noisy.
Quote at the end, today… During our retreat last weekend, a friend dropped a line I won’t easily forget: ”Capitalism is noisy.” Hah! (let that one sink in…) Now, I
Fundamentals beat the quick-fix bs
There are no shortcuts. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. The tactics over principles mindset is a festering, pustulent lie that needs to be lanced and drained before it infects your entire
I think we can pull this off…
Time is a finite resource. Not some magical renewable wellspring that gushes forth like a geyser of productivity while you smile beatifically at yet another “quick call” that stretches into
Your time is not an all-you-can-eat buffet
Time is a finite resource. Not some magical renewable wellspring that gushes forth like a geyser of productivity while you smile beatifically at yet another “quick call” that stretches into
Raw Advice For Young Entrepreneurs
“Choose what you want and don’t compromise.” Hey, how’s your week going over there? I’m finally back home after running one of the most intense weekend retreats I’ve ever
When the work dries up, the weird turn pro
Look, let’s be honest here (because why the hell not, right?) When your client work dries up like a slug on hot concrete. Poof, gone, kaput… Adios income stream. You
Perfection is a pyramid scheme…
Let’s cut the bone straight up. Perfection isn’t a destination. It’s a cult. It whispers sweet nothings like “Just one more edit” and “You’re not ready yet” while it pickpockets
A.I. is already trying to kill you
Let’s talk about the future… You know? that thing we were promised would have flying cars and robot butlers? Turns out it’s just a tide of ChatGPT diarrhea flooding Amazon
How writing is the last legal black magic
Let’s talk about the sorcery of words… Alchemy isn’t dead. It’s just traded its alembics and philosopher’s stones for pens and Google Docs. Think about it this way… Base metal?
How To Unlock Your Creativity (The IDDEA Framework)
“There’s no such thing as a bad creation. Sometimes the seemingly bad ones need to happen for a good one to come.” – Rick Rubin If you’re an entrepreneur, creator,
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You’ve Been Programmed By Dopamine
The Dopamine Series: Part 3(remixed from November, 2023)“Dopamine is not about the pursuit of happiness, it is about the happiness of pursuit.” — Dr Robert Sapolsky Dopamine is dumb. That’s
Your brain is a liar with a knife collection
Evert now and then I’ll get a question about how to start. So let’s cut through the prepocalypse… You want to be a writer? Painter? Nude accordionist? Cool. Here’s the
The coffin slams shut.
The nails hammered in with the finality of a judge’s gavel… bang, bang, bang. Inside? Ghostwriting. Your ghostwriting. That spectral little fucker you’ve been feeding for years, shovelling your voice
Turns out, the path really is the destination
The Dopamine Series: Part 1(remixed from November, 2023) “Once you realize that the road is the goal and you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but
Here’s the deal with “manifestation”…
“There are only three answers to a prayer: yes, not yet, and ‘I have something else in mind for you.’” – Elsa Dutton, 1923 Reader asks:”What’s the deal with manifestation?
Pregnancy roulette
Unless the internet isn’t your thing… You might’ve heard of Lily Phillips, whose viral OnlyFans challenge a little concerned and rightly so a few weeks ago. Now I’m not gonna
Just a little bit of doom, sir
Emotions are uncomfortable. And there seems to exist this habit online that when people experience or display an emotion that makes us uncomfortable we feel the need to either, minimise
A Map Of Your Mind
“The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your
An open letter to young entrepreneurs
Today’s email is a throwback to one of our greatest hits, originally sent in September, 2024. Enjoy 🙂 During a talk I gave at WLU business school last night, a
The Jack Reacher school of consistency
It’s not a secret that I love Lee Child and his writing And today I spent the day binging the Reacher series to get ready for season 3 that’s out
Fastest entrepreneur wins.
“Money loves speed.” – Dan Kennedy Last week, I launched a one on one coaching program for entrepreneurs. And within a few days, it was full. Here’s how it happened:
You can’t outrun the debt, Garrick.
I’ve been knee deep in my notepad today writing story intro after story intro. Noodling around with words on paper seem to be one of the most cathartic things to
Marinating in anger sauce
It’s like everyone lost their damn minds today… I wonder if it’s cause of the Super Bowl? Could be Mercury doing backflips in whatever space based juice box it’s swimming
£12.99 for Mediocrity?
The man sat in the dim light of his small apartment. The television glowed. It was the only light. He watched the screen. Netflix. Always Netflix. It was his escape,
Every high-level entrepreneur pays this price
“There is nothing wrong with having butterflies as long as you can get them to fly in formation.” – Rob Gilbert Every year for the past ten years, I’ve given
The sacred art of doing jack shit
There’s nothing like taking a day off to do absolutely nothing. The kind where you ignore work related email, clients, and the screaming urge of capitalism to binge Shameless until
Why most people should NOT be entrepreneurs
“Running a start-up is like chewing glass and staring into the abyss. After a while, you stop staring, but the glass chewing never ends.” – Elon Musk First thing’s first:
Social distance insanity
Honestly I’m not even surprised at what happens in the world anymore. Here in the UK they’re just off the rails. There’s a flu going around again and it’s supposed
What you are looking for exists.
“The goal so far as human beings are concerned… is ultimately the ‘self-actualization’ of a person:The development of the fullest height that the human species can stand up to or
Use the anti-calendar
The Anti-Calendar isn’t a planner. It’s a brick through the window of what’s expected and if you go back to the 70s when the punk movement came about… This is
A story about Mr. Beast every entrepreneur should hear
“People say you’re crazy until you’re successful, then they call you a genius.” – Mr. Beast I heard an amazing story about Mr. Beast (Jimmy) the other day: A story
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Consistency is a cult.
Me, 16ish, dumb as a box of hair. Armed with a pencil chewed raw by anxiety. A library book titled Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Betty Edwards,
Start your list. Here’s why…
You’re not a “creative,” you say? Bullshit. Everyone’s creative. Somewhere deep in that skull-cave of yours, there’s a spark. A glimmer. A half-formed thought that smells like burnt toast and
A parasite
In 2020 Netflix released Korean black comedy called parasite. “The struggling Kim family sees an opportunity when the son starts working for the wealthy Park family. Soon, all of them
3 weekend recommendations | 31.1.25
“Our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.” – Petrarch Happy Friday. I’m back home in snowy Canada after a long month away, running plant medicine retreats
Be cringe. Be kind. Be bored. Be bad at stuff.
Let’s be clear right off of the rip. The internet used to be a playground for humans. Now? It’s a portfolio-packed dystopia of performative flexing. Everyone’s a CEO, a guru,
John Doe’s box of horrors…
PRE-EMPTIVE SPOILER WARNING (AKA “THE ETHICS CLAUSE YOU’LL IGNORE BUT SHOULDN’T”) This email is written like a rabid squirrel on espresso to mimic the greasy-fingered, soul-sucking tactics of marketers who
Lessons from the Darkness (Part 2)
“When we have no choice but to become greater, we do.” As we said on Monday: Darkness — pain, suffering, trauma, fear, doubt, anxiety, illness, disease — is not scary.
Your voice is a shape shifting demon.
Voice is always an interesting topic that rears its ugly head in the writer community. It’s not the kind you use to order tacos or argue with your cat though…
Flesh Monsters, Anxiety Meds, and You: A Love Story (Unsubscribe Now or Suffer)
YOU’RE HUNGRY. Not the oh-shit-I-forgot-lunch kind of hungry. The kind that gnaws. The kind that starts in your gut and climbs your spine like a rat with a meat cleaver.
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Sitting for ideas
Back in 287-212 BCE, our boy Archimedes of Syracuse was famously associated with having insights while having a bath. According to the well-known story, he discovered a method for determining
February better watch its back
January. That temporal dumpster fire that felt like it lasted approximately 74 years while simultaneously disappearing faster than my will to wear pants. Let’s be honest… January was rougher than
Build it and they will come
I get this asked on occasion and it’s nothing new. And a lot of people who start off, believe they can build whatever it is they want and people will