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The Manual #36 - Not about being the smartest

Oliur
May 31, 2023
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Seems like you guys love the quick thoughts and learnings format so I wanted to continue that.

  1. Easy to be a victim. Better to be someone who doesn’t care anyway.

  2. Sometimes to succeed you have to be willing to be low status. It’s much more rewarding at the end too.

  3. Most things in life aren’t a competition. We can all work together to benefit. Rising tide raises all boats.

  4. No such thing as “it’s too late” when it comes to personal achievements.

  5. Nearly everything is temporary. So enjoy it whilst you have it.

  6. Not about being the smartest. You just have to be persistent.

  7. Stop pleasing people who can’t take harmless jokes.

  8. Comparing yourself to others can be a great motivator or depressing. You decide.

  9. Most people see the big wins but don’t see all of the little wins it took to get there.


Currently running a deal where you can purchase all wallpaper packs and get access to all future packs for a one-off fee. You can use the code MANUAL to get 50% off. Limited time only, ends 31 June.

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House Tour 2023

Finally uploaded a new house tour video. It’s been four years since the last one. Tbf not much has changed since the last tour but so many people have been asking for it.

I Bought a Ferrari

After years of joking about it and never thinking it would happen, it actually happened. Unreal experience.


Link Lowdown

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

Herding — A visual bookmarking tool. Love the aesthetic.

Reflect — Another very awesomely designed note taking service.

Sofa — An awesome app for collecting your favourite movies, tv shows and books. Would highly recommend. This link also gives you a week free of premium.

Magician — Clever tool that uses AI to enhance your Figma designs.

Umbrel — Your own private home server. Very tempted to buy one myself.

11 Reasons not to become famous — Great read from Tim Ferriss.

Dato — A calendar app and world clock app, built right into the menubar.

Pager.xyz — Another link in bio service that’s quite different from the others.

Ones to watch — Hubspot put me on their blog! Partnered up with them on some videos. Great team and they have so many great free resources.

Private Discord — Reminder that I have private paid discord as well if you want to join the conversation, where we discuss things not shared anywhere else.

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Shane G
Jun 1

Congrats on the car, man 👏🏻

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Jonathon L.
May 31

It always feels good to wake up to one of your newsletters Oliur! Thanks for the great links, bite sized mantras to take into my day, and congrats on the Ferrari. Hit me up if you ever visit Aus!

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