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Jessica Lackey on the entrepreneurial casino, why social media stopped working, and playing the long game
Escaping the online business hype machine & building the right business for your life
Feb 27
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Michael Carruthers
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Stop, and you're dead
The three things that keep me creating
Feb 13
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Michael Carruthers
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Dave Kang on living like an octopus, the Ikigai lie, and why it's okay to quit
Why that famous purpose diagram is lying to you, and what multi-passionate people should do instead
Feb 4
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Michael Carruthers
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January Round-Up: Are you Claude-pilled?
Trade-offs, software-shaped problems, art and authenticity
Jan 30
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Michael Carruthers
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Karin Majoka on why experimentation beats perfection, creative balance, and the pressure to pick just one thing
Watch now | On battling overthinking, juggling full time work & creative pursuits, treating creative mediums as "languages", and the struggle with…
Jan 21
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Michael Carruthers
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