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TOMMY's avatar

Then people need to get out and experience more. To find out what is truly interesting. You can't learn about that my reading alone, you have to feel it in your gut.

Personally I find myself stuck in the merger between personal and business growth. The personal growth seems to distract me. My mind focuses on those problems instead of the business problems.

It's a trick really because I need some alone time for deep focus but I need the life exposure for the perspective.

What I really need is to learn balance.

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Ryan's avatar

Yeah I feel that. It’s like you need space to think deeply, but also need real life happening around you to get perspective. I’ve had weeks where I’m super focused and making progress, but something still feels off until I get out, talk to people, and do something different. Still trying to find that balance too.

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TOMMY's avatar

This is why I like the idea of deep work everyday. Which creates breaks every day as well.

I just find sometimes that real life just invades 24hrs a day. And welcoming that sometimes leads to very interesting places.

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Pedro Grillo's avatar

This is an amazing content. The way you write inspires me, thanks for sharing!

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Kat Fu, M.S., M.S.'s avatar

Love this—especially how you frame POV as the real moat.

I see this in health and longevity too: two people can apply the same science, but their point of view—what they value, how they want to age, how hard they go—shapes entirely different outcomes.

Protocols don’t drive behavior.

Perspective does.

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Ryan's avatar

That last line really stuck with me,“ protocols don’t drive behavior, perspective does.” So true. I’ve seen that in a lot of areas too, not just health. Two people can follow the same ‘plan,’ but the outcome is different depending on what’s behind it.

Appreciate you putting it into words like that.

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Kat Fu, M.S., M.S.'s avatar

Thanks, Ryan—that means a lot.

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Christian James's avatar

This is a fantastic piece. In particular about how information evolves through different perspectives.

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Jan Schlösser, Ph.D.'s avatar

Thank you, Dan, I think this is exactly what I needed to hear. Using your identity as a lens/POV to synthesize different things makes so much more sense than trying to focus on just one thing. I tried the latter and hated it.

Then I tried to come up with a "niche" that could integrate everything I'm interested in. Needless to say, that was an exercise in futility.

But your idea is something I can actually see working for me. I'll start practicing this now.

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Veronica Quinn's avatar

“Dopamine dealers” indeed! Brilliant piece and reframe! We’re continually told to niche down but reflecting on all the creators I follow? I love their spectrum of ideas, the threads interwoven between their own thoughts! Partially why I started ‘Where Threads Meet,’ I always thought my lack of being a specialist was a flaw but it’s the culmination of all knowledge that makes the whole.

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Tony Writes Life's avatar

Great point.

I'm writing my view as Mexican immigrant in USA and I was focusing more in the time line instead of my personal view.

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Lisa Reshkus's avatar

I wrote my first newsletter today using all of the ideas I've been learning with you, Dan. I think you would be very proud.

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Freedom/ Future's avatar

Share the ideas which excites you. Do the work to grow yourself and to move forward towards your vision. Share what worked.

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Umme Habiba's avatar

This is so helpful.

Thanks Dan for such an insightful piece.

Needed that badly.

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Profound Ideas's avatar

I was only thinking about this today. I feel like there’s two types of creators: (1) solve one specific problem for people, and (2) solve as many of my own problems as possible. Two very different content outputs; deathly specific, repeatable, and bland, vs incredibly authentic, unique, and artistic. I want to be in the second type.

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Prime Mind's avatar

So true.....and makes us human again.

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Rinnegan Shema's avatar

Your letters inspired me to get serious with my social identity. I get serious with social media, released a book and quit my job two months ago. It’s scary but I feel more thrill than I did waking up to be on time for shit I give no shit about.

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Jana's avatar

Best of luck! Doing shit, you give no shit about is literally what society honestly come to. Realizing what you care about and then actually being able to do it, is truly worthwhile.

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Ryan's avatar

That’s a big move. Respect for actually doing it. I know that mix of scary and exciting, and yeah, it definitely beats dragging yourself through stuff that doesn’t mean anything to you. Hope it keeps unfolding in a good way!

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Amélie Breuil 🦋's avatar

I needed to read this. Thank you

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Naveen's avatar

Agreed. But can we apply it as a beginner also? I guess we need to have some credibility like you or not?

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Henry Bachmann's avatar

Thank you for the new food for thought. I recently started with Youtube and realized for myself how I am more authentic with a VLOG and just talking about my lifestyle and my view on life than creating short videos on Instagram that are just meant to grab attention. I can better clarify deeper ideas and topics from my domain of mastery and really present what you called “point of view”.

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