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Back to SearchI Pay 34 Minutes a Day for My Business to Grow | Daily Essay
Episode 115
It costs me thirty-four seconds of cold water a day to stay in a good mood. My business growth charges more: thirty-four minutes of marketing a day. …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Your Habits Have a Hurdle Rate | Daily Essay
Episode 114
A working habit is the one in danger. Once your effort clears its hurdle rate and starts compounding, the only threat left is your own hand reaching …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
You're in a Status Game Whether You Entered or Not | Daily Essay
Episode 113
My chess wins are funded by other people's losses. Every rating point I take comes off someone else's number, and the same is true of status: rank in…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Con I Run on Myself to Start Working | Daily Essay
Episode 112
I promised myself 20 minutes of outbound sales. Two hours later I was still doing targeted outreach. The small number was bait. Going from zero to on…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Optimizing Your Life Is Killing Your Progress | Daily Essay
Episode 111
My worst weeks start right after I improve something. For years I couldn't see the pattern, until I noticed each dip followed a habit I added or drop…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The 10pm Rule I Failed for Two Years | Daily Essay
Episode 110
Two years of thinking never told me why I struggle to disconnect from electronics by 10pm. One week of experiments did. The fix came from treating my…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The NBA Deleted a Shot. Your Habit Needs the Same. | Daily Essay
Episode 109
Sears died in the gap between Walmart and Nordstrom. The NBA deleted its least efficient shot and scored better than ever. A habit set on a single mi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Fifteen Years on One Wall. One Day Off the Business Week. | Daily Essay
Episode 108
I broke my own meditation practice the same way for fifteen years. Then an AI playing Atari Breakout taught me to tell a wall I should accept from a …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The 3am Binge Isn't a Willpower Failure | Daily Essay
Episode 107
Some nights I'd binge until 3am, sometimes 5, then wake up ashamed. For a long time I read those nights as a discipline failure.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Map Is Not the Territory (And Why That's Fine) | Daily Essay
Episode 106
I sent an email about putting my habits on a range instead of a single number, and a reader asked why. The answer says something true about every mod…
3 months, 3 weeks ago