Synth: Week of 11.2.20

4-Step Strategy to increase traction, by Nir Eyal via Dan Shipper:

1 — Master internal triggers

2 — Make time for traction

3 — Hack back external triggers

4 — Prevent distraction with pacts

Quotes:

• “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers” — Pierre Marc Gaston
• “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” — Lao Tzu
• “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” — J. Krishnamurti
• “Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance.” — Seth Godin
• “social returns to angel investment aren’t just a happy side effect. They’re often the main thing people are really after.” — Alex Danco
• “exceptional founders see (a distracting environment) as a rare opportunity to break away from the pack.” — NfX
• “It isn’t the storage capacity of your brain that gets overwhelmed when learning a new skill — it’s the emotional capacity.” — Thiago Forte
• “Average people say: “When I’m happy, then I’ll be grateful.” Joyful people say: “When I’m grateful, then I’ll be happy.”’ — Andrew Matthews
• “Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” — Naval Ravikant
• “The worst outcome in the world is not having self-esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?” — Naval Ravikant
• “Your real resume is just a catalog of all your suffering.” — Naval Ravikant
• “The opposite of distraction isn’t focus, it’s traction.” — Nir Eyal

Shower Thoughts:

• I need to increase the income from my paid newsletter to afford all the paid newsletters I subscribe to now.