THREAD:

10 real reminders that help you outperform in startups, life or your career:

(shared in a fun way)

How to design impactful products:

Useful: █　
Useful, simple: █ █
Useful, simple, fun: █ █ █

Productive hours in a work day

Good day (5 hours): ███████████
Bad day (1 hour) : ██

Don't feel guilty for not being productive 8-12 hours a day

Failure isn’t a failed project. Failure is not trying:

The risk of trying: █　
The risk of hiding: █ █ █ █

Trying beats hiding 10 times out of 10

Starting a project is simpler than you think:

What you think you need to get started:
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What you actually need to get started:
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Point: One step at a time. You got this

How to fast-track product/market fit:

Building a product FOR a community █
Building a product WITH a community: █ █ █ █

Our world needs more terrific teachers

Everyone: █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
People teaching online: █　

The more people are inspired, motivated and skilled, the better world is

Point: try teaching

How to time the markets:

Don’t: █ █ █ █

Practice + preaching is a winning combo

Preach: █　
Practice █ █
Practicing what you preach: █ █ █

Overnight successes are a myth

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The journey The time people think it takes

Most fear feels worse than it is:

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Feels like Reality

Bonus:

Picking fights is a losing strategy. Positive people win

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Pick flowers Pick fights

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