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Building a Personal Monopoly: (thread)How to combine competence, curiosity, and character to create a category of one.↓ 1/ CompetenceIf we want anyone to spend their time, attention or money on

10 ideas that changed my life: (thread)Illustrations by @visualizevalue 1/ Get more done by doing less. 2/ You can't get better unless you get started. 3/ Zoom out. It's getting

What is "first principles thinking" and how does it work?↓ 1/ First, a few definitions.A "first principle" is a foundational assumption or proposition - it is foundational in that it

Building Principles:↓ 1/ Value = doing things that other people don't do, won't do or can't do."You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve" —

10 perspective-altering ideas: (thread)Illustrations by @visualizevalue 1/ Expectation ≠ reality. 2/ Distraction vs. traction. 3/ Depth sharpens edge. 4/ “The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to

The Permissionless Apprenticeship: (thread) Had a chat earlier this week with @mkobach and this came up.https://twitter.com/mkobach/status/1261133343359451136 If you want to catch the attention of someone you admire, give yourself a

10 life-altering ideas: (thread)Visuals x @visualizevalue 1/ Focus on less, achieve more. 2/ You can't get better unless you get started. 3/ Bias obstructs truth. 4/ To add value, subtract

The Art of Saying No: (thread) Some people build a massively successful business on their first shot. That wasn't my experience, nor the experience of most people I've met.This thread

Building Audience through Proof of Work: (thread) No one cares what you can do, everyone cares what you can do for them.As evidenced by notorious tweeter @mkobach's PhD research. Most

10 Concepts from Build Once, Sell Twice: (thread) 1/ Build once, sell twice.Move from selling your time to storing your effort in digital assets that you can sell twice. 2/

Don't sell time, sell experience: (thread) 1/ Skill buildingEveryone starts somewhere, for most people this is learning on the job or an extra curricular pursuit.Your time is worthless. 2/ Result

Learn by building: (thread) Permissionless projects = permissionless progress.The internet makes it possible to build projects in public to validate demand in real-time. Visualize Value didn't begin with a very