The foundation of Ship 30 for 30 is the Atomic Essay.
• One idea
• Under 200 words
• Fits in one iPhone screenshot
This eliminates any friction to publishing ideas online.
And without that friction, momentum is inevitable.
In the last 60 days, I've helped 253 people build an online writing habit.
Here are 10 lessons they've taught me in behavior change, human psychology, and writing online.
THREAD...👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
The foundation of Ship 30 for 30 is the Atomic Essay.
• One idea
• Under 200 words
• Fits in one iPhone screenshot
This eliminates any friction to publishing ideas online.
And without that friction, momentum is inevitable.
"Write something every day" is hard.
There are too many choices to make.
"Publish a 200-word essay with a 30-minute time limit every day for 30 days."
This is easier.
Within these constraints, creativity thrives.
The foundation of Ship 30 for 30 comes from @jackbutcher:
Make noise, listen for signal.
Weekly blog posts sent into the void = no feedback.
Daily Atomic Essays on Twitter = immediate feedback.
Faster feedback = faster iterations.
But not with common advice of "believing" in yourself.
Early writers think everyone else has figured out.
Until they start writing.
Then, they realize everyone is figuring it out as they go.
Cure impostor syndrome with action, not belief.
If you're afraid to publish ideas online, you have an ego problem.
You assume people care what you have to say.
Newsflash: No one on earth thinks about you 1/10000 as much as you think about yourself.
Just start shipping.
The goal of Ship 30 for 30: build an online writing habit in 30 days.
The real goal: become a writer.
Because writers write every day.
When your habits align with your identity, they're easy to stick to.
Simple as that.
Writing every day, alone, is hard.
Writing every day, surrounded by 250+ others on the same journey as you, is easy.
When a behavior aligns with the rest of the tribe, behavior change is easy.
There's a camaraderie to group struggle.
Never underestimate accountability.
Ship 30 for 30 leverages:
• Financial accountability
• Community accountability
If Ship 30 for 30 was free or done privately, no one would stick to it.
With any new habit, find your forcing functions.
No one has 200 shitty versions of anything.
They either quit after 10 tries or stick with it long enough to figure it out.
It's not 10,000 hours.
It's 10,000 iterations.
In 30 minutes per day, you unlock:
• Clearer thinking
• Sharper communication skills
• Access to like-minded people
And most importantly:
Unstoppable personal momentum.
And you can jump back to the top of the thread here: https://t.co/jY1qfJIxAU
In the last 60 days, I've helped 253 people build an online writing habit.
— Dickie Bush \U0001f6a2 (@dickiebush) February 2, 2021
Here are 10 lessons they've taught me in behavior change, human psychology, and writing online.
THREAD...\U0001f447\U0001f3fc\U0001f447\U0001f3fc\U0001f447\U0001f3fc
https://t.co/gFBSuuRAzv
More from Dickie Bush 🚢
THREAD: I've thought a lot about what it means to be wealthy.
But putting a "number" on it is a one-way ticket to the rat race.
Instead, here are 10 indicators of wealth (which have nothing to do with money):
1.
Wealth is the ability to choose:
• How you spend your time
• Where you spend your time
• Who you spend your time with
Learned from the wise @jamesclear
2.
Wealth is freedom from:
• Negative people
• Negative thoughts
• Negative emotions
• Forced obligations
@EricJorgenson's Almanack of @naval says it best:
Wealth is not freedom to, it's freedom from.
3.
Wealth is a calendar without recurring meetings.
Recurring meetings mean you're on someone else's schedule.
Empty calendars mean you're on your own schedule.
Here's an example
4.
Wealth is the ability to say no.
Early on, building wealth requires saying yes.
Yes to people, projects, and places you're not thrilled about.
But you've found wealth when you start saying no.
But putting a "number" on it is a one-way ticket to the rat race.
Instead, here are 10 indicators of wealth (which have nothing to do with money):
1.
Wealth is the ability to choose:
• How you spend your time
• Where you spend your time
• Who you spend your time with
Learned from the wise @jamesclear
2.
Wealth is freedom from:
• Negative people
• Negative thoughts
• Negative emotions
• Forced obligations
@EricJorgenson's Almanack of @naval says it best:
Wealth is not freedom to, it's freedom from.
3.
Wealth is a calendar without recurring meetings.
Recurring meetings mean you're on someone else's schedule.
Empty calendars mean you're on your own schedule.
Here's an example
Wealth pic.twitter.com/iS395O2h0Z
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) February 3, 2021
4.
Wealth is the ability to say no.
Early on, building wealth requires saying yes.
Yes to people, projects, and places you're not thrilled about.
But you've found wealth when you start saying no.
