It lives: my 2021 Annual Review.

I have no clue if I'll ever have the time or patience to do another one of these, but wow! It was clarifying.

See below for my main goals in 2022:

stewfortier.substack.com/p/2021-annual-…
@FosterCoWriting Goals:

1. Cultivate the most exceptional community of writers in the world

2. Get Foster to next [Growth, Revenue, Funding] milestone
Twitter Goals:

1. Write and publish one thread per week

2. Write and publish one tweet per day

3. Rank in the top 30 of Readwise’s “Top Threads” list

4. Rank in the top 30 of Readwise’s “Top Tweets” list
Newsletter Goals:

1. Publish two Stew’s Letters per month

2. Announce an accountability challenge for my publishing goals

3. Join or create a weekly accountability group for writing
Financial Goals:

1. Retain a tax & financial advisor

2. Double my net worth by Dec. 31st, 2022

3. Do not make a single angel investment

4. Charge money for something that will force me to do more of the things I want to do
Creativity Goals:

1. Journal for 10 minutes at least 4 times per week

2. Tweet one opinion, observation, or question each week that makes me uncomfortable
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to begin my annual tradition of microdosing mushrooms and walking around for a few hours.

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More from @stewfortier

26 Sep 21
I want to cry every time I check the online communities I joined this time last year.

Most of them are now barren wastelands.

Some thoughts on why online communities fail... 🧶
First, picture the scene:

You joined a poppin' Slack or Discord a while back.

It was LIT when you joined, but now it's... not lit.
Worse, it's a total ghost town...

A person without a profile photo floats around talking to themselves.

The latest post in the #wins channel is 7 months old – and it has two pitiful thumbs-up reactions.

The leader of the community is nowhere to be found.
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12 Sep 21
It may seem like robots are going to steal all the jobs, but Internet-native ways to earn a living are going to steal all the workers first
example: an aspiring screenwriter realizing they can make way more money doing freelance writing work online than bartending
And of course there are all sorts of way wilder things starting to happen...

This @nick_dewilde piece explains one: junglegym.substack.com/p/playing-earn…
Read 4 tweets
2 Sep 21
I will match donations to any organizations fighting for women to have full reproductive rights.

Reply here with your receipt and I’ll reply with mine.

Cap: $1k

(See next tweet for a few options)
Kicking things off with $50 to each of these orgs
Read 4 tweets
23 Aug 21
Ape NFTs:
• Over-hyped
• Dopey-looking
• Largely a signal that you're rich

Penguin NFTs:
• Cute
• Hilarious
• Only cost $30, forever shrouding your net worth in mystery
This is your sign to waste $30 on a jpeg of a penguin smoking a cigarette: opensea.io/collection/32p…
Read 4 tweets
7 Jul 21
I interview successful online writers.

Some are doing $1M+ in revenue – others have built six-figure audiences.

No two succeeded in the same way.

Here's one quote + one lesson from each (thread):
“I spend very little time on distribution, partly because I find that the better the writing, the more it spreads.”
–Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan)

Lesson: good writing is the foundation for growth.
“People choose products based on the single thing that they care about the most.”
–Steph Smith (@stephsmithio)

Lesson: don’t be average at a few things, be exceptional at one.
Read 11 tweets
2 Jun 21
If there's anything I've learned launching startups the past 10 years, it's this:

How we talk about startups barely resembles what they're actually like.

Here are some things most people don't understand about startups (thread):
Startup failure rates are way lower than most people think.

They're still brutal, but they're not 90%+.

Lots of people make life-changing money by starting startups.

Also, new money is pouring in and de-risking the entire ecosystem.
95% of a startup's "competitive advantage" early on is just giving a shit.

Investors and founders waste way too much time talking about strategy.

What matters is if founders care 10x more about a problem than a salaried employee elsewhere.

If so, they’ll figure out how to win.
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