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Writing is thinking at work.
I try to write bi-weekly with lots of my old posts still living on Medium ↗ and Mirror ↗. I usually cover topics like product thinking, branding and growth mindsets. But I explore new ground regularily and love to publish book takeaways of recent titles I enjoyed.
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2024
October
Mercenary, Prince, Hitman: Attuning to the Entrepreneurial Mindset You’ll Need Most
How adopting the right entrepreneurial operating protocol can unlock limitless momentum, depending on the needs of your professional journey.
September
Founder Mode for iOS & Mac
Uncover the benefits of founder mode to evolve your leadership engagement, clear communication, and team collaboration in the early startup days.
August
Shutting down founders.menu
Reflecting on the founders.menu journey, merging with early.tools, and the psychology that helped me quit a strong commitment without losing face.
July
Book Takeaways: Quit by Annie Duke
Understand the psychological barriers to quitting on time and how overcoming them can help you make decisions with positive expected value in mind.
June
Book Takeaways: The Brand Gap by Marty Neumeier
How branding brings out your unique qualities and builds a trusted identity. It's not just a logo but a feeling shaped by clarity, aesthetics, and distinctiveness.
May
10 Lessons from Working 1:1 with a Design Agency Founder
Reflecting on lessons from my time as a Product Owner, Team Lead, and Founders Associate: clarity, proactive problem-solving, self-leadership, and effective collaboration.
April
Book Takeaways: Building a StoryBrand
Learn to make your customer the hero, craft compelling messages, and guide them to success. An essential read for all entrepreneurs and marketers.
March
Book Takeaways: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Unlock the essence of creativity and purpose with Rick Rubin and receive profound insights filled with practical wisdom for your daily life.
February
Book Takeaways: Reality Transurfing
Unlock the power of Transurfing: choose, control, and shape your reality with intention. Eliminate doubt and embrace positivity for self-mastery.
Chapter Summaries: Reality Transurfing
Get a chapter by chapter summary of Reality Transurfing in the words of the author to make revisiting and relearning the Transurfing worldview easier.
January
Book Takeaways: The Lean Startup
Unlock startup essentials: rigorous experimentation, sustainable growth, and effective pivoting. Navigate uncertainty with clarity toward success.
Book Takeaways: The Winner Effect
Embrace failure, fuel momentum, harness passion and grit, choose strategic environments, control cortisol for a balanced power approach.
Launching founders.menu
Access resources & multimedia to keep your momentum high with founders.menu as your daily startup companion. Stop thinking, start doing.
2023
October
Building Lifelong Bonds: 10 Questions to Identify People with Relevance
Identify people with psychologically healthy behaviours that align with what you need now and in the future. Define who belongs in your life long-term.
September
The Best Man Speech For My Sister’s Wedding
Two families joined to watch daughter and son commence a lifelong union. This is my best man speech that moved many people to tears and left a lasting impression.
2022
January
My personal website choice
Personal websites shouldn't be complex. Time to start treating them like a book you add chapters to, post by post - around your #1 format.
2021
November
5 Reasons why your client will never respond
5 reasons to better understand what to do with unresponsive potential clients and a new standard for client relations with 3 proclamations.
June
How I made $500 with a Notion dashboard and spent $0 on marketing
Learn how to leverage your knowledge to create passive income from Notion templates and dashboards. Launch your side-hustle with BOOTSTRAP OS.
May
The Infinity Flow State
How to maintain a consistent flow state through inspiration and execution. Balance your internal and external life for heightened awareness.
January
Creativity is not imagination. It’s realisation.
What determines creativity in humans? Gain perspective and increased self-awareness through a historical and value-based analysis.
2020
December
13 steps towards your dream pitch
How to deliver effective presentations and documentation in both physical & remote.
June
How I built and launched a newsletter with virtually 0 cost
And how you can do the same by simply following my transparent process outlined in this Medium article. Simply start making.
March
Quarantined: a perspective of time
How self-isolation can move and improve your life as you fight a mental war with distractions in a worldwide existential crisis.
January
On the greatness of House music
The untold story of where electronic dance music originated and why you should know what happened.
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