Korva rescues the ideas worth keeping from podcasts. Each one becomes a Card.
Use physical cues to switch creative modes: Rick Mode experiments playfully, while Prick Mode cuts without mercy.
Jelly-bean estimates went from five off on average to roughly 50% off after people heard one another’s guesses.
Warren Buffett keeps a literal “too-hard pile” on his desk for opportunities he refuses to force an opinion on.
Sam Newhouse ran Advance Publications with zero partners, zero executives, handshake deals, and weekly calls to every newspaper publisher.
Prepay for a trainer to come to your home. External commitments can make laziness too expensive to win.
Allow business complaints one scheduled 45-minute session weekly, with written notes first. Anger has time to dissipate before discussion.
Define a product by the job customers hire it to do, not by the activity they appear to perform.
Sam Parr built The Hustle’s first event in roughly six weeks, charged about $300, and attracted roughly 350 attendees.
Estimate an asset’s true value before hearing consensus. If that discipline feels too hard, low-cost index funds are the safer default.
Exclusivity can create an unusually strong network while restricting participation to people with particular careers and interests.
Eminem improvised “Hi, my name is...” over Dr. Dre’s beat, yet reportedly wrote extensively and worked from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Newhouse treated newspapers as advertising businesses first: make content good, sell ads, and control costs tightly.
Practice keeps creative water running, but nonstop repetition eventually needs fresh inspiration, new feedstock, and time away.
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