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When to Outsource Work
Not all work is outsourceable but tasks that are can help a business scale and save money.
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When Things Are Intensely Themselves
There is trust in the world when things are intensely themselves.
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Choosing the Best SEO Strategy
Which of the three kinds of SEO works best depends on the business, but these days editorial content performs the best.
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Imitating High-Status People Doesn't Work
People tend to closely emulate individuals of high-status but the counter signaling they pick up on doesn’t work unless you are already high-status.
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The Radius of Economic Opportunity Is Limited
The economic benefit of increased wages is highly localized. 8 in 10 people live within 100 miles of where they grew up and disadvantaged groups are less likely to move for higher wages.
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8 in 10 People Live Within 100 Miles of Where They Grew Up
Where you live and work is highly dependent on where you grew up.
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Truth-Tellers, Liars, and Bullshitters
Truth-tellers need to know the truth so they can say it.
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Consistency Is Potency
The more consistent something is, the more potent it becomes. It might sound boring to do, hear, and say the same things over and over again, but it leads to better results.
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AI Puts a Higher Premium on Unique Knowledge
AI augmented tools for creative processes like writing (ChatGPT) and drawing (StableDiffusion, DALL-E-2) establish a new baseline for content.
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Three Kinds of SEO
There are three kinds of SEO: technical, programmatic, and editorial. Technical SEO is about setting up the right infrastructure for pages including page speed, internal link architecture, redirects, and so on.
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Stutz (Literary Notes)
Stutz is a documentary that is ostensibly about therapy, but is really about the endearing relationship between Jonah Hill and his therapist.
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Less Time, More Time
There are many things I want to spend less time doing and many things I want to spend more time doing.
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When to Do SEO
Before investing in SEO, evaluate whether or not it has the potential to have a large impact on your business.
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How to Do SEO
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What Does Customer Success Do at a Startup?
At an early-stage B2B SaaS startup, customer success has one responsibility: make sure customers don’t churn.
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The Line Between Micro Management and Leadership
When things are going poorly, a natural response is for managers to get closer to the details.
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Turn Every Weakness Into a Strength
When building products, we’re constantly aware of how imperfect the things we build are.
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Accrued Vacation Policies Are Better Than Unlimited PTO
The problem with unlimited vacation days is that it creates a bimodal distribution of usage—some employees take too little time off and some employees take way too much time off.
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Time Saved Using Keyboard Shortcuts
I use Alfred to switch between applications using keyboard shortcuts. On average, I use Alfred 127 times per day, mostly to use keyboard shortcuts.
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Areas of Responsibility List
An AOR list (areas of responsibility) prevents a tragedy of the commons at your company.
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Use Impeccable Agreements for Better Productivity and Morale
Impeccable agreements create accountability and motivation. This improves productivity and morale for high-performing teams.
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Typing Fast Is Thinking With Your Hands
Knowledge work is often limited by time spent thinking versus doing, but typing fast helps you think faster.
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Why All My Business Writing Is in LaTeX
In my day-to-day business dealings, people are surprised when they receive LaTeX-generated documents for business proposals, memos, etc.
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Hope Is Fear in Disguise
It’s obvious that living life without fear is a good thing, but what about life without hope?