Is this the perfect startup? Created by the author — original from Mikhail Nilov on Pexels Sahil isn’t your typical founder. He was only 19 when left Pinterest to create Gumroad in 2011. Within a year he had raised $8m and truly believed he could make his company a unicorn. But he failed. His company
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How to not overwhelm yourself Of the author by the author The idea of having multiple income streams seems smart. Yet the common execution is more trouble than it’s worth. Sure, someone, you saw on the internet juggles real estate investing, crypto, dropshipping, blogging, YouTubing, and a dozen other micro-businesses but it would be a
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#1 Keeping dogs (not the fluffy kind) Photo of the author by the author Money. Everyone knows it’s important. I won’t insult your intelligence by pretending I don’t care about it. Yet if I only measured success in monetary terms, I wouldn’t have quit my day job. I’d have kept dancing on the edge of
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Because I actually enjoyed going there Photo of the author by the author I finally handed in my resignation after a year of pandemic-induced full-time working from home. I calculated the timing so I would never return to the office despite my long notice period. Yet, I wasn’t driven by a hatred of the office
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Don’t let people put you off Created by the author — original image from pexels It’s easy for creators to develop narcissistic traits when they begin to see success online. It’s a truth not said often enough but I can see it in myself. The rational side of our brain can’t accept we might have
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No, the decision isn’t easy A photo of the author, created and edited by the author People want to know the exact moment I made the big decision to quit my job. But there wasn’t a specific moment at all. I’m not one of these supremely confident people who can make a snap decision and
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#3 Protect each other’s Achilles’ heels Created by the author — original image from unsplash You know when it just feels right when you’re around someone but you aren’t sure why? David Bradford and Carole Rubin know the answer. Together they have taught interpersonal relationships to Stanford MBA students for over two decades. They aim to make more
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It takes under a minute to test it out Image created by the author — original image from pexels I was sharing hot wings and discussing life’s big mysteries with a friend when she said something weird. “Oo great point, give me a second. I’m going to send myself a message about that.” I gave
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Without being a starving artist A photo of the author, created and edited by the author 🙂 This all feels a bit weird still. I never considered myself the type of person to leave the corporate world to do something as creative as writing. I thought only people having mid-career breakdowns did such things. It’s
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#1 Lion’s breath Created by the author — original image from cottonbro on Pexels With all of humanity’s progress, it’s ironic we’ve become worse at the basic task of breathing. You can test this out for yourself by placing one hand on your chest and one on your stomach and breathing how you normally would.
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