Hidden Value with David Sherry
Step inside real founder conversations: raw, unrehearsed, and honest. No playbook. No polish. Just ambitious entrepreneurs uncovering the answers that were there all along.
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How to Trust Your Next Chapter Before It Makes Sense (opens the original)
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How to move toward what feels alive without burning down what already works.
Work Like a Lion: Productivity for an ADD Brain (opens the original)
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In this episode, I talk about working like a lion as a better productivity model for an ADD-style brain. Instead of trying to graze all day, the idea is to rest deeply, work in intense bursts, use habits and rules to carry the work, and shorten the distance between idea and execution. This is a practical way to think about focus, momentum, scheduling, and founder energy.
Stop Doomscrolling: Trade Up to Better Media (opens the original)
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Trade Up Your Media: Stop Infotainment & Read for Real Change The speaker discusses feeling unsatisfied by scrolling and "infotainment," which blurs information and entertainment and scatters attention with addictive but unfulfilling content. They propose a "trading up" process: choosing higher-quality media and, when possible, moving from digital to physical formats (e.g., newsletter to book, YouTube video to film or documentary, lower-quality authors to higher-quality ones) to be more engaged
How to Embrace Change and New Opportunities (opens the original)
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AI, Change, and Opportunity: How to Adapt Without Doing It Alone David discusses how constant change in the world creates new opportunities, even when it feels scary and demands adaptation. He notes that every day brings new businesses, books, apps, and tools, and that technological advancement often drives deflation-making once-expensive products smaller, cheaper, and more powerful-while also disrupting older industries. He frames AI as an accelerating force that will change jobs and behaviors,
Transforming Goals into Changes and Habits (opens the original)
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David Sherry explains why goal-setting often fails for entrepreneurs and how to fix it. He argues that many people set "fake" goals based on what they think they should want or what others are doing, which leads to low commitment and stalled progress; he recommends getting honest about what you truly want so you have sustainable energy to pursue it. He also warns that big, vague goals (like making a million dollars) lack actionable information and can create frustration. Instead, he suggests ref
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