Dru's Notes

By Dru Riley

I went from McDonald's to software consulting to a three-year mini-retirement to running a newsletter read by thousands. Along the way I started writing down the rules. One mental model day.... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Dru's Notes:

How many episodes does Dru's Notes have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.

Dru's Notes episodes:

April 02, 2026 The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong
Loss aversion is called a cognitive bias. But the math says otherwise. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. Some losses have no recovery at all.
Watch on YouTube
Read the full post
Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.
...more
2min
March 31, 2026 Why Rest Days Made Everything Harder
I kept a rest day each week for years. It made everything harder. There's a hidden cost to any gap in a habit: reactivation energy.
Watch on YouTube
Read the full post
Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.
...more
2min
March 30, 2026 Prediction Markets Are Accurate (That's the Problem)
Prediction markets aggregate real information from people with real stakes. The accuracy is real. The influence that some participants have over the outcome is also real.
Watch on YouTube
Read the full post
Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.
...more
2min
March 29, 2026 The Trade You Make 100 Times a Day
Each choice you make is an investment. You invest time, energy, attention, willpower. Sometimes money. The question is: what's your ROI?
Watch on YouTube
Read the full post
Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.
...more
2min
March 28, 2026 I Run Every Business Idea Through These 11 Filters
I've run hundreds of business ideas through 11 pass-or-fail filters. HeadsUp, Multi and Charm survived. Each filter covers personal use, daily frequency, platform potential, counter-positioning, portfolio fit, energy, revenue proximity, marginal costs, market size, passive value and evidence of demand.
Watch on YouTube
Read the full post
Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.
...more
3min
March 28, 2026 Will AI Take Your Job? The Rebuttal Is Incomplete
Most tea bags contain plastic. Switching to loose leaf solved one problem and created another. Problems beget problems. And when it comes to AI and jobs, the rebuttal everyone repeats is incomplete.
Watch on YouTube
Read the full post
Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.
...more
2min
March 26, 2026 Why I Went to the Gym at Midnight (The Streak Method)
...more
2min

FAQs about Dru's Notes:

How many episodes does Dru's Notes have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.