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7 Dec, 16 tweets, 8 min read
Twitter supercharged my learning this year.

Here’s a mega 🧵 of my favorite ideas from my favorite thinkers:
Tail events drive the world. Expose your systems to consistent stress to make them antifragile. @nntaleb amazon.com/Antifragile-Th…
Play wealth games, not status games. Utilize leverage with media and code. @naval
Bitcoin is the perfect currency and the antidote to our inflationary, overly financialized world. @PrestonPysh and @Breedlove22 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-…
Differentiate yourself with consistent output. @stephsmithio
Build a personal monopoly and be prolific. You’ll enjoy more serendipity. @david_perell perell.com/tweetstorms/bu…
Creating wealth is more about what you do and less about what you think. @morganhousel amazon.com/Psychology-Mon…
Thrive in our volatile world by building optionality into your life. @MeadowsRichard amazon.com/Optionality-Su…
The future of freedom requires decentralized media. @balajis
Use tools for thought that work the way your brain works. @Conaw
You can predict the price of Bitcoin by measuring stock-to-flow. @100trillionUSD medium.com/@100trillionUS…
We’re made to work with bursts of energy and lots of leisure. Build that dynamic into your life. @dvassallo smallbets.circle.so/c/ama/thoughts…
All the wisdom in this thread for ambitious people 🤯 @shreyas
Never underestimate the power of curation. @jmikolay
In certain fields like science and investing, you must be both correct and different. @paulg paulgraham.com/think.html
Don’t trade time for money. Productized your skills, sell your sawdust, and generate demand through consistent output. @jackbutcher

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14 Nov
You should read The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming.

But you probably don’t have time.

So here is a 🧵 with a running summary as I read and take notes on the book.
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13 Sep
We live in the best time for makers! Where to start?

Build a course and sell what you know. People want your skills.

But don’t brain dump into Teachable and then light up your followers with posts.

Here’s a better plan for making 💰 online.

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Follow people who’ve built profitable courses like @fortelabs, @david_perell, and @jackbutcher. Gain inspiration from them, but don’t copy their current strategies. They gained success through a sequenced process. Start in the place right for you.
Share lots of free, quality content. Show your value, build trust, grow followers. Be a lighthouse so like-minded people find you (cr:@mkobach).

Be prolific, not perfect. Iterate and experiment. Over time, you'll uncover the right topic for your course & focus for your branding.
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7 Sep
Makers, let's increase the GDP of the internet.

Here's my contribution: a canvas and mega 🧵 on profitable courses.

As a PM in edu, I've reached a million+ people with my products and increased a college's revenue by 20%.

Here's my secret sauce packaged for solopreneurs.
Canvas

Your first course idea won't be your best. You'll need to strategize, iterate, experiment, and prototype. Use the canvas to model your different ideas and test for feasibility, viability, and desirability.
Audience

You must be hyper-specific to make money. Don't target people who like education. Target people trying to earn side income by selling their online courses on Twitter.

Avoid technicalities like psychographics. Just make sure you have confidence and razor-sharp clarity.
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4 Sep
Everyday, a new book comes out on how to make great decisions.

If you bought each one, you’d go broke.

Here’s a 🧵 with the six books you absolutely must read.

I’d sell my shirt or skip meals to make sure these were on my shelf.
1. The Bible of decision science by Nobel Laureate Danny Kahneman: amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-…
2. The authoritative handbook on reframing problems by the genius practitioner @thomaswedell: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/163369…
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