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- 32 To Focus or Not to Focus
Christian gets advice about how to focus to make more money... but is that what he wants? We also talk about how to start and maintain programming projects as a solo dev.
00:00 Intro03:47 Chris's next week05:20 Learning math for a masters - making a product from it?10:52 Short form content plays better in today's world13:56 What kind of assistant aligns with Christian's business goals?19:34 Focus to make more money?33:36 Using business skills for personal projects38:46 How to start a new programming project48:17 Syncing changes across projectsTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco🧮 3 Blue 1 Brown Linear Algebra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjBOesZCoqc&list=PL0-GT3co4r2y2YErbmuJw2L5tW4Ew2O5B🧠 Imperial College of London Linear Algebra for Machine Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T73ldK46JqE&list=PLiiljHvN6z1_o1ztXTKWPrShrMrBLo5P357 min - 31 What is your time worth?
If you could just spend money to save time - would you do it? Where is that line? Christian explores a personal assistant and Chris finally gets his new computer.
00:00 Intro00:04 New computer03:03 Camping and shiny toys07:12 Freeze dryer16:13 Exposing yourself to different ideas17:43 Selling the core thing vs selling an experience21:07 The value to the customer25:07 Chris update27:54 Apple is focused on the story29:12 Novelty32:30 Passion35:36 Christian update39:33 "Why don't you just..."42:42 Applying work tools to family projects47:27 Consumers are terrible customers48:52 What is your time worth?55:32 Spending money instead of timeTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco❄️ Home freeze dryer https://harvestright.com/product/home-freeze-dryer/🥩 Alinea https://www.alinearestaurant.com/1 hr 2 min - 30 ADHD chat with Jesse J. Anderson
Even if you don't have ADHD, learning about your brain and how it works will pay dividends for your entire life. We chat with Jesse J. Anderson about his journey with ADHD, what symptoms to look for if you think you might have it, and some processes and systems you can try to get a handle on it. If you want to hear more, check out Jesse on twitter! https://twitter.com/jessejanderson
00:00 Intro00:53 How Jesse came to learn about ADHD03:28 ADHD symptoms and behavior07:32 Where's the line? What makes a diagnosis?09:08 It's not just willpower09:37 Motivation and importance10:19 Rewards and consequences10:41 5 factors of motivation13:31 Are these strengths or weaknesses?14:39 Privilege and support systems15:46 Reasons to get a diagnosis18:33 ADHD and kids20:20 What if you're stuck22:56 Would you flip a brain switch if it existed?27:42 Doctors vs therapists31:00 Whiteboards help36:05 ADHD effects on significant others38:50 Co-morbidities40:36 The "caretaker" role42:38 Criticism and complements48:47 Positive reinforcement and positive accountability50:45 External systems and processes that help01:00:04 Manufacturing urgency and gamification01:02:02 OutroTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco🧠 The ADHD Nervous System: https://jessejanderson.com/posts/the-adhd-nervous-system🤪 You Mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?! The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults w/ Attention Deficit Disorder: https://amzn.to/3x7CYem🍬 I Love Lucy candy making factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQ58I53mjk💍 The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps: https://amzn.to/3pxclgz👶🏻 Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get On with Life: https://amzn.to/3w5Uqjt😠 Rejection Sensitive Disphoria: https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria🦸♂️ Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child: https://amzn.to/3cpJVj6⏱ Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day: https://amzn.to/3x5W9VY📄 Tactical Time Blocker by Jesse J. Anderson: https://gumroad.com/l/timeblocker📓 ReMarkable: https://amzn.to/3v2efGY🌅 Morning Pages: https://www.chriswinfield.com/morning-pages/🧭 Roam Research: https://roamresearch.com/💠 Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/✅ Due app: https://www.dueapp.com/1 hr 4 min - 29 B2-ME: Choose to Believe
Competition isn't bad, it's good! If you target a narrow market and tell your story, then people will buy your product just for that. This week, Christian figures out who to hire first and Chris preps for his CS masters to start.
00:00 Intro03:13 Podcasts are cool04:13 Next week: ADHD chat06:28 Prepping for a CS masters10:30 Teaching as you learn16:38 Future Christian tells past Christian who to hire26:36 Activation energy to hire someone30:56 Choosing what you spend time on36:00 Hot take: clips.marketing is B2-me42:52 If you hit a wall, go for a walk46:04 Competition is not what you think48:50 Target a narrow market - pick your angle and tell your storyTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoDelegate and Done: https://start.growthlab.com/delegate-and-done/Your World Class Assistant: https://yourworldclassassistant.com/Great Assistant: https://greatassistant.com/52 min - 28 Tactics to get work done + is college worth it?
Chris has big news about the next few years. Christian thinks about how and who to hire. Also, we talk about ADHD again: how to handle it, and what it means.
00:00 Intro00:29 Meal prep03:29 Solving AI problems08:38 MS CS10:40 Why get a college degree?15:28 What makes someone a student?17:10 Work in Progress update19:56 Having more capacity to do work25:48 Live streaming as accountability for work31:50 ADHD behaviors and tactics45:35 How to get started in practical AI47:38 Who and how to hire help58:44 Email access for a personal assistantTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco1 hr 2 min - 27 AI and Negative Externalities
Chris's Kaggle competition wrapped up and he finished in 5th! Christian goes on a hunt to figure out what is wrong with his parents house, and contemplates what the future of life and business is once an AI is better than humans at most things.
00:00 Intro02:29 Chris finally bought a computer12:39 GPT-3 and the future of AI21:52 Home diagnosis33:11 How do you curate when there's too much information?35:28 Dusting tips with Chris and Christian37:47 Negative externalities42:05 Makermade CNCTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoundefined45 min - 26 Burnout and Meaningful Work
Burnout is sneaky. Chris and Christian talk about what makes work meaningful, and how to find that work. Christian talks about onboarding and how many info products get the checkout flow all wrong. Also, Christian is building a tiny house and is super excited about it.
00:00 Intro01:29 Burnout09:22 AI Update11:10 What makes work exciting?16:44 Work in progress18:51 Deep learning machine21:09 Meaningful work23:28 COVID25:17 Tiny houses29:04 Improving checkout flows and onboarding33:32 How to transition to serverless40:58 Should Christian do a kickstarter?Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoBook: "Drive" by Dan PinkThe perfect wall system: https://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-001-the-perfect-wall51 min - 25 How much is $1,000 MRR worth?
How much would you spend to increase your MRR by $1000? Christian thinks he has been thinking about customer acquisition all wrong, and could be spending a lot more to get customers.
00:00 Intro00:26 Kaggle contest update06:34 Christian had A WEEK13:53 Making a super simple info product21:48 How much is $1000 MRR worth?26:57 LTV = ARPU / Churn31:09 Acquiring a small saas or info productTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoProfitwell blog: https://www.profitwell.com/recur/allMicroaquire: https://microacquire.com/37 min - 24 B2B SaaS or Start a Cult
Chris talks about overfitting to the public leaderboard (on Kaggle and in life), and Christian tries to figure out a direction for two different projects: a hierarchical book reader (or writer?), and his timetracking app: should he go more B2B, or be more like Scott's Cheap Flights or Nomad List?
00:00 Intro02:48 Overfitting to the public leaderboard06:48 Different approaches to life, business and problems11:40 Buying a new computer?20:04 SaaS Work in Progress and 30x50023:03 Hot Take: hierarchical book reader37:29 Hot Take: timetracker: B2B or start a cult?Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco🎙🗺 Confronting Your Fears and Taking a Leap with Pieter Levels of Nomad List: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/043-pieter-levels-of-nomad-list🎙✈️ Building a Million Dollar Mailing List with Scott of Scott's Cheap Flights: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/020-scott-keyes-of-scotts-cheap-flights📺 Don't start a business, start a cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gj7Qb9w_Kk49 min - 23 Choosing a direction, growing a twitter audience, and writing about RubyChristian is out this week so Chris is joined by Matt Swanson (https://twitter.com/_swanson). We talk about making decisions about features and user roles in his software consulting role, how he grew a twitter audience to 4,000 and what he learned, and "Boring Rails", his latest project, where he talks about writing software using the tride-and-true "boring" rails stack.53 min
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