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  • The Truth About Running Multiple Businesses at Once | Daily Essay

    I spread one daily marketing block across 8 products and each one lost momentum while I tended to the other seven. With 8 products sharing that block, each one got marketing time once or twice a week.

    Featuring: Serena Williams

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Serena Williams on concentration

    (00:08) One marketing block across 8 products
    (00:22) The hammer and the cooling metal
    (00:33) Starting a fire with a bow drill
    (01:05) One pause resets the board
    (01:13) Tending a fire versus starting one

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    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
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    2 min
  • The 4 Anti-Habits That Make My Habits Possible | Daily Essay

    Each day I reach out to 13 people, do 8 courage challenges and run 34 minutes. As my habits grew, I tightened my anti-habits. Haruki Murakami went to bed at 9pm to buy his 4am writing start. Formula 1 brakes let drivers stay at speed longer before each corner. The more aggressive your habits are, the more aggressive your anti-habits need to be.

    Featuring: Shonda Rhimes, Haruki Murakami

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Shonda Rhimes's Email Rule

    (00:07) The Daily Habit Push
    (00:37) Tightening the 4 Anti-Habits
    (01:03) Haruki Murakami's Bedtime Trade
    (01:30) Formula 1 Brakes and Habit Boundaries

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    2 min
  • I Use Evolution to Predict Which Markets Survive AI | Daily Essay

    Chegg lost about 99% of its market value while electricians got busier. Markets take the same five routes species take through an ice age: gone, hurt, unchanged, thriving and new.

    Featuring: Elizabeth Kolbert

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Watching markets meet cheap intelligence

    (00:24) Five routes through an ice age
    (00:52) Gone and hurt: Chegg and bill negotiators
    (01:38) Unchanged: barbers
    (01:47) Thriving: electricians
    (02:08) New: Mercor

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    3 min
  • What Google's M&M Jars Taught Me About Willpower | Daily Essay

    Ten years back, my interior designer wanted to put a bar cart in my house. Put liquor in plain sight and you're subconsciously primed. Move it out of sight and the thought doesn't form.

    Featuring: Leonardo da Vinci

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Leonardo da Vinci on Resistance

    (00:05) The Bar Cart Decision
    (00:21) Google's M&M Experiment
    (00:42) Shaping Your Environment

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
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    1 min
  • What a 20-Mile Night Run Taught Me About Negative Returns | Daily Essay

    Kiese Laymon ran at least six miles a day for 2,564 days straight until his body broke. With most good things, more does less each time. With a few, more starts producing the harm it was protecting you from.

    Featuring: Kiese Laymon, Dongfang Shuo

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Dongfang Shuo's Water Maxim

    (00:09) Kiese Laymon's Daily Streak
    (00:34) The 20-Mile Night Run
    (00:48) The Point of Negative Returns
    (01:06) Where the Good Turns Bad

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    2 min
  • How I Play Aggressive But Safe | Daily Essay

    Blue team defends a system. Red team breaks in. The defender needs to be perfect, while the attacker only has to find a single error.

    Featuring: Biggie Smalls, Cory Doctorow, Phil Hellmuth

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Blue Team vs Red Team

    (00:23) Tight-Aggressive Poker
    (01:00) The Threat Is Stronger Than Execution
    (01:15) Mouse vs Maniac
    (01:55) Aim Your Aggression

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    3 min
  • Why I Turn My Phone Screen Red at 9pm | Daily Essay

    Unlocking your phone by face is instant. A passcode adds a few seconds of friction where you decide whether to keep going.

    Featuring: W. Clement Stone

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) The Passcode Friction

    (00:27) Red Light Mode and Sleep
    (00:44) Dual App Blockers and Downtime
    (01:16) Batching Meetings for Deep Work
    (01:21) Deciding Once in Advance

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    2 min
  • The 2,000-Day Experiment I Couldn't Shut Down | Daily Essay

    I ran a daily standup for 2,000 days. Hundreds of founders joined and logged 44,110 standups, but ending it took years.

    Featuring: Milton Friedman

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) Friedman on Temporary Programs

    (00:06) The 44,110-Standup Streak
    (00:40) Traction as an Accidental Obligation
    (01:05) Call Options for Projects
    (01:25) 4 Rules to Keep Experiments Optional

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    3 min
  • How I Quit My YouTube Addiction | Daily Essay

    I was on a Trends.vc Masterminds call when the host asked what move had a payoff that wildly outran its cost. Curfew was my answer: an app that blocks YouTube on my laptop until 4pm.

    Featuring: Gustave Flaubert, Jonathan Franzen

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) What Payoff Wildly Outran What It Cost You?

    (00:18) Curfew and the 15 Hours a Week
    (00:38) Jonathan Franzen's Sawn-Off Cable
    (00:59) Decide Once, Never Daily

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    2 min
  • I Thought Bigger Muscle Just Meant More Strength | Daily Essay

    I thought bigger muscle just meant more strength. Then a health podcast on a run split capacity from firing. Two fishermen showed why waiting to feel ready is just not starting.

    Featuring: Dickie Bush, Flannery O'Connor

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    Chapters:

    (00:00) A line I had to rewind

    (00:15) Bigger muscle just meant more strength
    (00:19) Muscle is capacity
    (00:42) Two fishermen who had never cast
    (01:08) A shitty rod on day one
    (01:29) Progress first, then optimize

    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    2 min

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One mental model each day in a few minutes. Habits, business, building products and thinking clearly. From Dru Riley, founder of Trends.vc.