This week's thought exercise comes from 2 years of observing Elon Musk work and realizing there is a thinking "algorithm" he uses to get things done efficiently. If Elon uses this algorithm to send rockets to space and create a new category of vehicles... I can only imagine what it can do for our businesses. Real quick before we get into that - I accidentally sent out 2 prompts last Thursday. Sorry for adding an extra notification to your inbox That prompt won't be considered one of the 4x...
13 days ago • 2 min read
This week's thought exercise is inspired by a Wall Street Scandal. The culprit: Ivar Kreuger. The crime: Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme happens when a con artist tricks people into investing, then pays off the original investors with cash from the new investors on a repeated cycle until it inevitably crashes and burns. Ivar's ponzi scheme worked incredibly well (he was assumed to be one of the richest people in the world in the 1920s) because he correctly aligned incentives. This was his clever...
20 days ago • 2 min read
So…the stock market had a nice week. ~ Awkward silence ~ Here’s how I think when the market takes a tumble, the financial gurus are telling us we’re doomed, and my entrepreneurial mind is grasping for logic over emotion: I put myself in the shoes of a founder who makes $500,000 a month. A bad month for me would be making $400,000. A really bad month would be $300,000. This is my reminder that the idea of a “bad month” is completely subjective. …and that the people having a “bad month” making...
20 days ago • 2 min read
Your weekly thought exercise is still heading your way on Thursday, Reader... But, I wanted to send you a little bonus content while you wait. Here's the prompt that will help you curate your business one-liner. If you have one already, you can ideate on optimizations that lean further into the pain points and hesitations of your customers. It'll take 10-20 minutes to go through: Prepare by finding your ideal customer's pain points and hesitations Pro tip: You can upload avatar/customer...
22 days ago • 1 min read
This week's thought exercise is inspired by The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. You can see why I think this relates to you Reader. đź’ˇ The author, Stephen Covey, created a matrix to help you figure out which current set of problems are urget and important. The matrix in inspired, and named after, President Eisenhower who said: "I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent." This week you're going to use The...
27 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader! I know it's Monday and you're not used to seeing ThinkWithAI in your inbox until Thursday. But, I wanted to share some bonus content with you as a thank you for being a subscriber. It's free and available in your ThinkWithAI account whenever you're ready to jump in. It's a list of questions from Leila Hormozi... She made $100 million before she turned 30. Now, she runs a portfolio of companies as CEO of Acquisition.com which makes means she's surrounded by business owners, their...
29 days ago • 9 min read
This week's thought exercise is all about "Killing your Onces" Reader. It's a concept from Dickie Bush. Dickie's an entrepreneur with online businesses: Writing Course: $3 million/year Ghostwriting Course: $5 million/year WriteWithAI newsletter: $500,000/year Typeshare: $1 million/year I've followed him on X for awhile and I like his intense attitude towards getting the most out of life by being the best version of himself...which requires killing your onces. Read the full thread This week...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Delivery, Reader 🎉 This week's thought exercise is inspired by Andrew Wilkinson's anti-goal framework. Instead of writing out a list of goals that he wants to achieve in his business, Andrew writes out everything that he DOESN'T want. Long days filled with meetings Having to wake up super early Constantly traveling and not getting to spend time with family He uses these anti-goals (the reverse of his actual goals) to tell him what to say yes and no to. If something gets him closer to...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Social psychologists Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein introduce the concept of “noise” in decision-making. Noise refers to the unwanted variability in judgments that should be identical. This phenomenon isn’t limited to courtrooms or boardrooms; it’s equally prevalent in the world of entrepreneurship. As a solopreneur, you’re bombarded with noise daily. Every social media post, podcast episode, or newsletter promising the “secret” to scaling your business adds to this noise....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read