“I don't believe in 50 friends. I believe in a smaller number. Nor do I care about society events. It's the most senseless use of time. When I do go out, from time to time, it's just to convince myself again that I'm not missing a lot.”

going for a run on a nice day makes me want to start 50 different new projects 😭

My gut said something I ignored with rationalization.

I have the benefit of living with Dr. Julie Gurner. Explaining the situation, her challenge was spot-on:

'Think of all the times your gut has ever been wrong.

Now, think of all the times your gut was right about something - and…

this is art

A truly high performing team gets brought down by even one mediocre player

The better the team, the faster you have to root the mediocre out

IRS: you owe us taxes

Me: how much do I owe?

IRS: you get to figure that out

Me: can I just pay what I want?

IRS: no we know exactly how much you owe but you have to guess the number too

Me: what if I guess wrong?

IRS: jail

The two biggest biases you’ll run into when doing a startup are from people that know *too* much:

1. This problem is already solved and doesn’t need a new solution

2. Every time this problem has been attempted to be solved it never works

Sometimes you just need fresh eyes.

If everyone likes you, you're not a very interesting person. Use authenticity as a filter.

Be Yourself.

the graffiti in this Joshua Tree coffee shop bathroom is so wholesome 🥹

Betting on yourself matters...because confidence is constructed.

You create virtuous cycles or destructive ones, by the smallest of actions - your hesitancy, or your willingness to take risks.

Here's how it works - from my chat with Shane Parrish

Construct Confidence.

Jeff Bezos on why you want to be bold:

'We all know that if you swing for the fences, you're going to strike out a lot, but you're also going to hit some home runs.

The difference between baseball and business, however, is that baseball has a truncated outcome distribution.…

I don’t have it in to me join another consumer social app

Immediacy is the value of people that are aware how short life is

Conference season is on the horizon and I jotted down my thoughts after talking to a handful of 776 early stage founders... I'm very cynical about the usefulness of attending conferences as an early stage founder.

Boring is exceptional.

What makes people rise, is not exciting or sexy…

It’s an impressive internal engine that most people can't see. 1/

✨ Lil' updates, big magic: No more manually inviting every-single-one-of-your-teammates one by one on Stark, which is a usability nightmare. Now you can pull from a CSV or paste a bunch of emails into the email field.

Shout out to the Queens of Disney for the support.

Kith For Columbia 4.12.24

No because why did my coworkers make me Paul Atreides?!? 💀

Before women could even vote...

I'm looking to speak to the best brand builders in cannabis.

Who should I be speaking with?