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Vanity vs Valuable metrics (opens the original)
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Writing this to remind myself of what matters.Vanity metrics:LikesImpressionsRTsRepliesPage viewsClicksFollowersEmail sign-ups/subscribersMentions from pressPraise from peersFree usersRevenue 😱Valuable metrics:Positive testimonials from customers that shows you’re adding value to their lives.Negative feedback from
Stop (opens the original)
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The graveyard is full of people who were going to start tomorrow. The graveyard is also full of people who were going to stop tomorrow.They promise they will stop. They say:Tomorrow, I’ll stop being perfectionist and just ship that MVP.Tomorrow, I’ll stop procrastinating and just go fking do it.Tomorrow, I’ll stop my bad habits and start good habits.Tomorrow, I’ll stop sleeping late scrolling mindlessly.Tomorrow, I’ll stop wallowing and start building.Tomorrow, I’ll stop building and start marke
Start (opens the original)
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The graveyard is full of people who were going to start tomorrow.Tomorrow is a dirty word when it comes to habit formation, discipline, human performance. Because tomorrow gives a false sense of certainty.We all assume that people we care about will still be there.We all assume we will wake up tomorrow morning.We all assume things will stay the way it was.We all assume there’s always still time.We all assume we need a break.We all assume time isn’t ripe.Tomorrow.Then it never came.And the promis
Only joy (opens the original)
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The only measure of success is joy. – Deepak ChopraThat’s such a refreshing reminder.Ultimately it all comes down to this, isn’t it?Joy.Joy in life.Joy in health.Joy in building.Joy with family.Joy with money.Not followers.Not impressions.Not how much MRR.Not how jacked you are.Not how successful you look.Just joy.Plain and simple.Not always easy, though. But simple.If I can achieve it in this life, I think I would count it as a life well-lived.A good man.A g
A few hundred words (opens the original)
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When you die, they sum up your life in a few hundred words at your eulogy.Every little thing you’re flustered over right now, the tiny mistakes you made and will make, the big fails you felt you could never recover from… will not be in those few hundred words.After that few hundred words, people might remember you for a generation or two. Fifty years. Hundred if you’re lucky. Beyond that, nobody would know about your life, your existence. It’ll be as if you never existed.So what’s really holding
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