The Manual #35 - The 1%

Apr 30, 2023

A few quick thoughts, learnings and hard truths:

Regular good night sleep is the ultimate productivity hack.
Hard work doesn’t pay well.
Doing 1% extra will put you in front of 99% of people.
Happiness isn’t an end goal. It’s a work in progress till death.
Don’t give unsolicited advice. Sometimes people just want to vent.
Taking yourself too seriously will make it easy for people to hurt you with their words and judgement.
You can admire someone but not want to be like them.
Get used to being cringe and nothing new will scare you.
The best people to teach beginners are other beginners.
Some of the most ambitious people are not only driving toward a goal, they’re also trying to get away from something that scares them.
Most people will never become entrepreneurs/creators because they’re never willing to do the dirty work.

My Super Efficient Setup

Lots of little details in here worth paying attention to.

There’s some thoughts I’ve shared at the end of this video that are probably more valuable than the rest of the video.

A collection of links to stuff I think are worth sharing.

How to make money without a following — Great tweet thread sharing a way to make money without having an audience.

Ollie Block Theme — An actually really nice WordPress theme.

Herding — A visual bookmarking tool. This looks awesome! I’m currently using Eagle but this is another great option.

Gems — An AI tool for all of your own knowledge.

Threads — A Slack replacement.

Loowner — An app to help you add up the value of all of your belongings.

Hyperduck — A better way to send links from your iPhone to your Mac.

Mnmllist — Collection of well designed products.