Leading Through Innovation, Tesla's Unconventional Focus, Wordpress Success, & More

Issue #59

Today at a Glance:

• Quote: Innovation is leadership

• Reading: Ignore what isn't functional in a new category

• Podcast: Building a WordPress empire

• Tweet: The honey diet and more

#QUOTE

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." -- Steve Jobs

True leaders don't merely follow existing trends; they create new paths and set standards for others to follow. It is about out-of-the-box thinking, challenging the status quo, and embracing new ideas. In order to be a leader, you must take risks in order to achieve greatness.

#READING

Turns out nobody cared about panel gaps

//hey

Deciding where not to focus is key. In the case of Tesla, having an even tolerance for panel gaps didn't matter. Sure, it isn't pretty, but it doesn't affect overall functionality, and when you provide a product in a different category, certain things don't matter.

How a startup loses its spark

//johnqian

Inevitably, things start to slow down and people become jaded. In order to avoid this:

1. Slow down hiring

2. Don't act like a big company

3. Operate autonomously

Leave tasks finished halfway to get into the flow

//fastcompany

If you want to get into deep, focused thinking, you can trick your brain to get started by not finishing tasks. By doing this, your brain continues to think about it and you can quickly jump into where you left off.

Rather than starting over, you're picking up in the middle of it.

#PODCASTS

Rob Dyrdek Tells All - Net Worth, Houses, His Investment Portfolio & Health

//mfm

• Rob's going from nothing to today to billionaire

Asking My Friend How He Went From $0 To +$100M Before Age 30

//mfm

• Syed Balkhi built a 9-figure WordPress empire

#HOT TAKE

Frozen mangoes are so much better than normal mangoes.

• Pre-cut

• Cheaper

• Tastes better

#TWEET

Honey is a natural superpower. 24 facts about honey. My favs:

• Honey is the only food that has every single substance to sustain life.

• To make one pound of honey, bees need to visit 2 million flowers. 2 MILLION.

• Honey is one of the best hydration sources in the world. Honey > Pre-Workout.

Earthquake detection kit--a true MVP (minimum viable product)

Amazing "How we work" doc by Warp, you can find the whole thing here. (source)

Mr. Beast cracked YouTube. Genius (source)

Always laugh during bad situations (source)

This is the master plan to take over Canada.

Avoid misery in life.

Change how you launch startups to completely skip planning and start launching. This will result in real learning rather than writings for yourself. (source)

#WATCHING

Mommy orangutang