Weekly Mix #177 - Remote Work, Life Advice, Creator Towns, Bitcoin and Frameworks for Work

Weekly Mix #177 - Remote Work, Life Advice, Creator Towns, Bitcoin and Frameworks for Work

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Happy Monday!

I hope you had a great week.

I took Friday off from work, which I think I'm going to do more during the rest of the pandemic.

I keep accruing vacation days, but don't have any trips to go on.

I also love days off just to think and spend time reading and learning. In my role doing growth, a lot of the work is coming up with original ideas to test. And original ideas often come from whatever I'm consuming.

The other reality is that I'm just finding it tougher to find time to do as much reading as I'd like, and an extra day off helps me find that time.

On another note, I added more things to the Tools section of my website, which I'm going to continue expanding.

Check it out and let me know if there are specific recommendations you'd like to see (exercise gear, camera equipment, etc.).

In this week’s newsletter:

Blog Post: 10 Things I've Learned About Remote Work

Article: The days are long but the decades are short​

Article: What is a Creator Town?​

Article: What I Think of Bitcoin​

Article: A pdf made of gold & my favorite frameworks​

Product: Theragun Mini​

10 Tweets

Photo of the week

Have a wonderful week!

Graham

Blog Post: 10 Things I've Learned About Remote Work

It's been almost a year of remote work during the pandemic, and it's highlighted some lessons for me, including how our work relationships change, and why a great home video/audio setup matters.

Article: The days are long but the decades are short - Sam Altman​

We don't spend enough time and effort thinking about how we should spend our time.

This list of advice from Sam Altman (successful entrepreneur and investor) is full of great ideas for how to do things a little better.

Article: What is a Creator Town? - Nat Eliason​

Nat is a successful entrepreneur who just "retired" and started working on a new project: Creator Towns.

I'm interested because I've been thinking about optimal living situations for a while, and this is an extension of that thinking.

Where and who we live with/near has a huge impact on our lives, yet most of us don't plan it at all, instead choosing to be satisfied with the neighbors we happen to get.

Article: What I Think of Bitcoin - Ray Dalio​

Bitcoin continues to remain a topic of conversation, and these are the first published thoughts from Ray Dalio, the billionaire head of hedge fund Bridgewater.

The short version: it's an option on a speculative bet, and you should be prepared to lose 80% of anything you put in.

That aligns with how I view it: potentially huge upside, but the most likely outcome is it never reaches wide market adoption.

Article: A pdf made of gold & my favorite frameworks - Shaan Puri​

I discovered Shaan a few months ago, and I've been enjoying his perspective and frameworks, including the ABZ planning framework (originally from The Startup of You), "work like a lion," and more.

Product: Theragun Mini​

I haven't splurged for one yet, but I did use a friend's Theragun Mini over the weekend, and I was impressed.

They've come a long way since the early versions—very quiet, small enough to travel with, and serious power.

Perfect for making it easy to convince your partner to give you a massage, or for working out knots and sore muscles.

10 Tweets

​David Perell on how we develop friendships by wasting time with people​

​Book recommendations from Nick Huber​

​My takeaways from Jack Butcher and David Perell's conversation on Personal Monopolies this week​

​How to create LinkedIn content from Justin Welsh​

​How to grow your podcast, blog, or newsletter from Julian Shapiro​

​Twitter accounts to follow from Jamie Russo​

​Lessons from billionaires from Greg Isenberg​

​The ultimate work-from-home video setup (shared by Tiago Forte)p​

Photo of the week: Winter surfing

This weekend I went surfing with some friends. It was the coldest surf of the winter so far—just over 2C water, and -6C air—but that doesn't matter when you're dressed well and enjoying the beautiful weather.

Surfing remains one of the activities I find most relaxing, and I understand why it comes to dominate the lives of many who get into it.

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