The Wisdom Project

Share this post
🧠 How to beat writer's block, the next Indie MBA event, and 5 cool things this week
wisdomproject.substack.com

🧠 How to beat writer's block, the next Indie MBA event, and 5 cool things this week

Updates from The Wisdom Project | Wisdom Letter #144

Jun 5
2
Share this post
🧠 How to beat writer's block, the next Indie MBA event, and 5 cool things this week
wisdomproject.substack.com

You know I write for a living.

Across my client work, and my own products, newsletters, and Twitter account I write around 3 to 4 hours a day.

I cannot afford to suffer from writer’s block 🤷‍♂️

For that, I’ve built a system for myself that works great. I actually enjoy and look forward to writing every day.

This 3 part system makes sure that I always have interesting ideas to write about:

  1. Consuming a lot

  1. A note-taking system that works.

  1. The transformations in my life.

If you are a writer (or want to become one) you will love this system.

Read more in this blog post:

The 3 part system to break out of writer’s block (and become a prolific creator)

Related:

  • In my writing course, I go deep into the idea of beating writer’s block and becoming a professional writer.


⬆️Think Better, Live Better

Quick update: If you like our newsletter, you will love our products.

Our e-books and toolkits help you live the life you want, both personally and professionally.

They are extremely actionable and insightful.

Try them out, you won’t be disappointed :

  • 🧠 Mental Models for Busy Professionals - How to think better, live better.

  • 💪The Toolkit for Atomic Habits - Everything you need to build life-changing habits.

  • 🦉7 Habits of Highly Effective Tweeple - The Wisdom Of Twitter

  • ✍️ Make Money With Words - Find your voice and monetize your writing in 2022

Now, let’s get into the 5 cool things for the week.


📖 5 Cool Things

💸 How Zapier got its first paying user, and how you can get your first 100

“You are not the hero of your startup (Your user is!)

Getting paying customers for a product is tough.

Building something worth paying for comes down to solving burning problems for users.

And then going out and spreading word about the solution you built.

In beginning, every strategy to get paying users comes down to timeless advice from Investor Paul Graham:

“Do things that don’t scale.”

This idea is at the heart of how Zapier's founder Wade Foster got his first paying user.”

Read more


Addicted to Speed | Nat Eliason

“You don't want a house out in the country. You want to slow down.

Patience is no longer a virtue. We once idolized the slow and steady grind towards a greater future. Now we enshrine speed, looking to those who beat the clock as our models of success.

I've been working on managing my addiction to Twitter. It's among the most pernicious of addictions since it's extremely easy to convince myself it's good for me. Twitter has brought me much of my professional success. So who knows what opportunities I'm missing out on by not checking it right now.”

Read more


15 bad habits holding you back | Sahil Bloom

  1. Complaining incessasantly

  2. Falling into productivity traps

  3. Saying yes to everything

  4. Glorifying the wrong things

  5. Taking everyone’s advice

And more…

Read the thread:

Twitter avatar for @SahilBloomSahil Bloom @SahilBloom
15 bad habits holding you back from your potential:

May 21st 2022

5,286 Retweets19,954 Likes

PS: If you want to break bad habits and build great habits, do check out our quick e-book - The Wisdom of Atomic Habits.


The psychology behind Netflix thumbnails | Trung Phan

“A Netflix user will browse the app for 90 seconds and leave if they find nothing. Thumbnail artwork is actually NFLX’s most effective lever to influence a viewer’s choice.
A user will look at one for only 1.8 seconds, so NFLX spends huge to optimize them.

Here’s a breakdown of how it works.

Spoiler alert: humans are visual animals. Our eyes move 3-4x per second to process information and we can analyze an image in as little as 13 milliseconds.”

Read more


A guide to believing in yourself (but for real this time) | Catherine Reitman

“TV star, Catherine Reitman, shares her lessons learned in seeing ideas thru to their completion, not allowing others to reshape your vision and a little bit about family dynamics. Catherine Reitman is the creator, executive producer, writer, and star of CBC’s acclaimed original comedy series, Workin’ Moms.”


✍️ More from us

  • Know your "Why", 1-question interviews, interesting nuggets, and tweets you may have missed | The Indie Creator #36

Fantastic must-read book - $100M offers.

I wrote a nice primer to it:

Twitter avatar for @ayushtweetshereAyush 🙏 @ayushtweetshere
The best quotes from @AlexHormozi's $100M offers as Tweets:
Image
Image

June 2nd 2022

3 Retweets9 Likes

🧠 Something to think about

Twitter avatar for @ayushtweetshereAyush 🙏 @ayushtweetshere
20 years ago: "Every company needs a website." 10 years ago: "Every company needs an app." Today: "Every company needs content."

May 31st 2022

3 Retweets22 Likes

Important Announcement

The next indie MBA event is scheduled to be on June 16th, there are limited seats, so make sure you book your seats fast.

Find more details in this tweet:

Twitter avatar for @ayushtweetshereAyush 🙏 @ayushtweetshere
📢 Announcement: The next Indie MBA event is with none other than @arvidkahl himself - The patron saint of Indie Entrepreneurship. If you want to be an embedded entrepreneur, don't miss this. 📅 June 16th ⌚ 3 PM UTC 🎟️ Limited Seats (22 seats already filled) Register below👇
Image

June 1st 2022

2 Retweets8 Likes

We will send a final reminder next week😀


This Week that year:

  • How to be an embedded entrepreneur | Wisdom Letter #92

  • Black Lives Matter | Wisdom Letter #40


Update for new members

If you’re a new subscriber, make sure you move us to your primary inbox.

Or just hit reply on any of our emails.

We don’t want you missing any emails just because the email went in your promotions tab.

Bye 😀

Ayush & Aditi

PS: If you liked this post, please share it with 1 friend.

PPS:

if someone cool shared this with you, join in on the fun :)

Share this post
🧠 How to beat writer's block, the next Indie MBA event, and 5 cool things this week
wisdomproject.substack.com
Comments

Create your profile

0 subscriptions will be displayed on your profile (edit)

Skip for now

Only paid subscribers can comment on this post

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in

Check your email

For your security, we need to re-authenticate you.

Click the link we sent to , or click here to sign in.

TopNewCommunity

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2022 Aditi & Ayush
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Publish on Substack Get the app
Substack is the home for great writing