The Most Selfmade Thing You Can Do Is Be Present
Building something from nothing means nothing if you're not there for the people you're building it for.
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Strategy, mindset, markets, and the work of building a selfmade life.
The Things You Don't Do Are More Important Than the Things You Do
Everyone's looking for the one thing to add to their life. The real leverage is in what you subtract.
The Ability to Begin Again
Resilience isn't about never falling. It's about how quickly and cleanly you stand back up.
Keep Your Word to Yourself
Most people think integrity is about how you treat others. It starts with how you treat the commitments you make to yourself.
Forget Goals. Build a System You'd Be Happy to Run Forever.
Goals are for people who want to change once. Systems are for people who want to change permanently.
Learn to Be Useful to Yourself
The most selfmade skill isn't ambition or hustle. It's the ability to solve your own problems without waiting for someone else to step in.
You Are Not Your Worst Day
The stories we tell ourselves after a failure are more dangerous than the failure itself. Here's how to separate what happened from who you are.
The Things You Do Every Day Matter More Than the Things You Do Once in a While
Discipline isn't a personality trait. It's a design problem. And most people are designing their lives for failure without realizing it.
Nobody's Coming
The most important realization on the path to building anything of your own.