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27 Apr, 9 tweets, 3 min read
5 threads to bookmark if you want to build a daily writing habit:
1/ Use @jamesclear's Four Laws of Behavior Change:

2/ Listen to these 10 episodes of the @tferriss show:

3/ Design your environment to defeat distractions:

4/ Find your sacred hours, then defend them ruthlessly:

5/ Set these 7 creative constraints:

6/ Immerse yourself in these 10 books:

And if you really want to start writing every day, join 200+ others signed up for the May Ship 30 for 30 cohort

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22 Apr
THREAD: Seven creative principles in five words or less.

From Ship 30 for 30 Office Hours with @jackbutcher

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Make noise, listen for signal.

A simple framework for prolific output:

• Share 1,000 ideas, find 100 that resonate
• Share 100 ideas, find 10 that resonate
• Share 10 ideas, find 3 that resonate

Then, find a way to say those same 3 ideas in 1000 different ways.
Consistency is the great differentiator.

What does consistency breed?

Credibility → Talk about something long enough and you become a reputable voice.

Competence → No one has 50 shitty versions of anything. They either have 10 shitty versions and quit or they figure it out.
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20 Apr
Twitter is the ultimate idea refinery.

No other platform lets you test ideas and get immediate market feedback.

But Twitter does a poor job of showing your their full suite of analytics.

So here's Twitter Analytics, 101 ↓
Let's start with how to find your analytics.

On an individual tweet, tap the three bars next to the share button.

For your profile as a whole, start with analytics.twitter.com

But at the end of this thread, I'll show you the best tool to use.
Impressions

Impressions are the number of times your tweet shows up in someone's timeline.

How does your tweet show up in someone's timeline?

Three ways:

• They follow you
• Someone they follow liked your tweet
• Someone they follow retweets your tweet
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19 Apr
The best writers act like startups.

They're the CEO and their writing is the product.

• Rapid iteration
• Creating systems
• Talking to customers
• Hustle for distribution
• Solving specific problems
• Delightful user experience

Let's dive into this 6-part framework ↓
The best writers iterate quickly.

A simple system for airtight feedback loops:

• Make small bets
• Listen to the data
• Double down on what's working

The best writers don't make assumptions or spend time overthinking.

They put out an MVP and adjust to the market.
The best writers create systems.

Their *writing* is not the product.

Their writing *system* is the product.

They put on their engineering hat, creating systems that:

• Crush creative friction
• Make prolific output inevitable
• Gain momentum with everything they write
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18 Apr
Exploring something new with my weekly newsletter Dickie's Digest:

Going to include every link in a weekly thread with a tweet-sized description

This week's edition just hit the inboxes of 2,610 readers.

Links below 🔗👇🏼
1/ When someone like @george__mack (already very high-signal) publishes a thread of ideas he thinks are the highest-signal, my ears perk up.

Eight gems in this thread, my favorite being the Shaan Club, CEOs > Presidents, and Write Before Action.

2/ I’m a huge fan of what Patrick O’Shaugnessy is building at @joincolossus

This thread of lessons he’s learned along the way is filled with valuable advice for anyone building (or anyone who wants to start building).

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15 Apr
The key to unlocking creativity?

Constraints.

Setting the rules of the game lets you focus all of your efforts on one thing: creating.

Because the fewer decisions you have to make, the better your output.

As a creator, here are 7 different constraints you can put in place:
Before diving in, here's one thing to remember.

These are not "forever" constraints.

Think of them as constraint "sprints."

You set a few, explore a certain way of doing things for a bit, then iterate.

But if you don't have constraints set, you don't know what to tweak.
The seven constraints you can have:

• Time
• Topic
• Length
• Medium
• Platform
• Cadence
• Environment

Let's dive in.
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13 Apr
A running thread of indicators of wealth (that have nothing to do with money)
Wealth is your ability to choose how you spend your time, where you spend your time, and who you spend your time with.
Wealth is freedom from negative people, negative thoughts, and negative emotions.
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