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18 Apr, 13 tweets, 4 min read
To grow, you need to be relentlessly consistent.

Because growth - in your career, startup, writing, or life - comes gradually and then suddenly.

10 threads to help you on your growth journey:
Competitive Advantages

10 competitive advantages that don’t require talent.
The Feynman Technique

A learning framework for growth:
(1) Identify
(2) Explain It To Me Like I’m 5
(3) Reflect & Study
(4) Organize, Convey & Review
Memento Mori

Remember your mortality.

Use it to clarify, illuminate, and inspire.
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix

Differentiate between the urgent and the important.

Prioritize your life accordingly.
The Regret Minimization Framework

A framework for making big, important life decisions.
The Power Five Mental Models

Mental models to help you think clearly in an ultra-complex world.
Socratic Questioning

Asking difficult, uncomfortable questions to generate creative solutions and drive non-linear outcomes.
Ikigai

A powerful concept for finding balance and harmony in your life and work.
On Lessons Learned

7 lessons learned from 30 years of successes and failures.
The Fisherman & the Investment Banker

A classic parable on finding what is important to you in life.
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You can find all of my threads in the meta-thread below.
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13 Apr
The Audience Building Course

I’m excited to announce that my friend @Julian and I will be co-teaching a live sprint course on the art and science of audience building for Twitter and newsletters.

If you’re interested, apply to join at the link below! maven.com/demandcurve/au…
We will be teaching the sprint course in early June and will cover a variety of topics related to audience building.

It is designed to be tactical and provide course participants with everything @Julian and I wish we knew when we were getting started on our own creator journeys.
This course is for founders, creators, and builders looking to learn the ins and outs of audience building.

Participants will learn alongside a community of passionate, positive-sum individuals and have the opportunity to build circles to co-promote and grow.
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12 Apr
The story of the last few weeks in finance has been the secretive rise and rapid downfall of Archegos Capital Management.

A thread on the underlying mechanics of the Archegos saga and how a $20 billion fortune vanished into thin air...
First, let’s set the stage.

Archegos Capital Management is the family office of Bill Hwang, a former prodigy of hedge fund legend Julian Robertson.

Hwang previously built Tiger Asia Management - a so-called “Tiger Cub” fund due to its lineage from Robertson’s Tiger Management.
Bill Hwang grew Tiger Asia Management into a highly successful hedge fund, reaching ~$10 billion in assets under management in the 2000s.

He was a bit of an anomaly in the world of high finance - known as a devout Christian with simple tastes (seriously, he drives a Hyundai!).
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10 Apr
Kaizen is a powerful concept for unlocking growth in your career, startup, business, writing, or life.

A short thread on what it means and the magic of continuous improvement...
Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning “improvement.”

In practice, the term is used to convey continuous improvement.

It is a dynamic process - ongoing, incremental, compounding daily improvements.
The origin of the concept of Kaizen is long, winding, and global in nature.

In the 1930s, Walter Shewhart - a Bell Labs engineer - had developed the Plan-Do-Study-Act System (PDSA) to assess the effectiveness of organizational changes in driving continued business improvement.
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3 Apr
Focus is a competitive advantage.

But in a noisy world, it is increasingly difficult to find.

5 tactics for finding focus in your career, startup, or life:
Eliminate Low-Value Decisions

Mark Zuckerberg is famous for having only one outfit in his closet.

While an extreme example, there is a lesson here:

Eliminate decisions that require energy but do not create commensurate value.

Redeploy that energy into high-value decisions.
Sprint Then Rest

The human mind is not designed to be on at all times. It needs rest.

Work in short blocks (1-2 hours).

You can schedule the blocks - I call it "deep work" on my calendar - or leave yourself more flexibility.

Use biology to your advantage: sprint then rest.
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1 Apr
On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell took out full page ads in six major newspapers to announce a transformative acquisition.

A thread on one of the greatest April Fools’ Day pranks (and viral marketing campaigns) of all time...
Taco Bell is a chain of fast food restaurants offering attractively-priced, Mexican-inspired foods.

It was founded by Glen Bell in Downey, California in 1962.

By 1996, it had thousands of locations around the world.

The organic growth was great, but the team had bigger plans.
Management got to work.

After planning in secret for several months, they prepared to make a big, splashy announcement.

On April 1, 1996, they were finally ready.

Taco Bell ran a full page ad in six major U.S. newspapers announcing a transformative acquisition.
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28 Mar
Ikigai is a powerful concept for finding purpose and clarity to unlock growth in your career, startup, business, writing, or relationships.

A thread on its meaning and how it can change your life...
Ikigai is a combination of the Japanese words “iki” (or “life”) and “gai” (a term to describe value or worth).

It roughly translates to “reason for being.”

It is all-encompassing - it is not simply about work, money, or success - it is about the full scope of your existence.
Ikigai is the point of balance and harmony in your life and work.

It is found at the intersection of:
(1) What you love to do
(2) What you are good at
(3) What the world needs
(4) What you can be paid for

Importantly, it is at the nexus of passion and practicality.
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