Year: 2018
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Self-made? Nah.
If a big part of your identity is that you’re “self made” you may want to reassess the world.
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Cull hard.
I find culling to be one of the most important habits I have. Culling (Facebook) friends that no longer align with what I want. Culling habits that aren’t worth the time. Culling responsiblilities that don’t move the needle for me. If you’ve ever programmed it’s basically garbage collection for your life. The key truth is…
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How our charity food offs evolved from raising $950 to over $100,000
TL;DR recap (thanks to 647 Media): Software evolves. Instead of developing the perfect piece of software, you release it, and then start iterating and improving based on feedback and issues you run into. It’s how my charity food offs have evolved: The first chocolate chip cookie off was 30 months ago amongst…
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Simple pro-tip when doing email intros
Here’s a simple pro-tip – gmail collapses emails that have the same sender and subject line. So when sending out intro emails, make sure the subject is both distinct AND unique. Simple way: “Introducing XXX YYYY” #networking
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Auctioning off exclusive one-on-one access
My Charity Chocolate Chip Cookie Off is on July 8 (for more info, see #cookielife). I’ve convinced five superstars who know their shit and who are not available for consulting to donate their time for charity. They are: Ramit Sethi. If you want to know how to lead a rich life, this guy is your…