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š updates on the 25 in 25 challenge and 5 cool things this week | Wisdom Letter #148
Quick update on my 25in25 challenge.
The first project - the indie masterminds program sold out last week, group calls and hot seats start this week š¤©
The 2nd project crossed $100 in revenue, so Iām working hard at it, to ship it by this Tuesday.
Wish me luck š
If youāre wondering how I am coming up with ideas for products and services, Iāve identified 4 ways of coming up with business ideas.
I wrote a quick blog post with examples and results Iāve achieved with this framework:
š Book Recommendations
For years I read books based on what the āexpertsā and the āgurusā recommended me to read.
Some recommendations were okay, but some were pure BS.
So last week I asked on Twitter what was the 1 book you thought everyone should read in their lifetime.
And I got 129 incredible book recommendations with real reasons from real people.
These were books that literally changed peopleās lives.
The next book I read is coming from the replies to this tweet:
Whatās the 1 book YOU think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime?
Hit reply and let me know, I will add it to my reading list.
š 5 Cool Things
āIf you meet a jerk once a month, youāve met a jerk. If you meet jerks every day, youāre a jerk.ā
This is one of the many gems of wisdom shared by Sahil Bloom:
āLife is almost always a framing problem, and wealth is no exception to this. To say that money is complicated is a cliche worthy of a thousand eye rolls, but when it comes to our ongoing relationship with it, I find that itās quite simple to explain and distill.ā
From Money is the Megaphone of Identity by Lawrence Yeo
Big fan of Lawrence and his blog - More to That.
This is one of my all-time favorite pieces of writing. Do read.
āWe only need to spend 2% of global GDP to prevent catastrophic climate changeā
Itās so hard to believe, and itās so crazy that weāre still not spending that money.
Yuval Noah Harari explains in this Ted video:
The Actual Cost of Preventing Climate Breakdown.
This is a very important video, itās only 10 minutes long, watch it and share it with your friends.
āā¦scientists determined that in mice with mild Covid-19 infections, the virus disrupted the normal activity of several brain cell populations and left behind signs of inflammation. They believe that these findings may help explain some of the cognitive disruption experienced by Covid-19 survivors and provide potential pathways for therapies.ā
Covid-19 causes ābrain fogā, and scientists are trying to find a way to fix it with therapy. Read more in āThe Secrets of Covid āBrain Fogā Are Starting to Liftā from Wired magazine.
Should Elon Musk buy Twitter? Is it ethical? Should 1 person have so much power and influence?
Listen to this podcast for an interesting debate:
āDebate: Elon Musk, Billionaires, Ethics, and Role Models with Sahil Lavingia and Justin Jacksonā | Indie Hackers Podcast.
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