Synth: Week of 11.2.20
Nov 9, 2020
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.