This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- A free behavior analysis tool
- How to conduct a life review
- An essay about shared fictions
- A time management technique
- A social media management tool
- And more…
🪶 Remember This
The most effective form of learning is practice, not planning.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🗓️ Annual Life Review shared by Tem
A framework to conduct your own self-paced annual life review.
⌛ Timeboxing shared by Swapnil Puranik
A time management technique for planning what you are going to do and when you will do it.
✨ Later shared by Jerome Green Jr
A social media management tool to plan, analyze, and publish content in advance.
🔧 Try This
A free alternative to behavior analysis tools such as FullStory and Hotjar. See heatmaps and session recordings for your sites.
🌟 Founder of the Week
“The Trends Pro community has been a treasure trove of insights and collaboration. I’ve met some of the smartest, friendliest, and most humble people here. I’m constantly learning from the community along with the Trends reports.”
Yarty is building Kick Ass Life. Inspiring founders and creators to live their most purposeful life by embracing challenges, taking action, and connecting with others in a meaningful way. He is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0001.
Yarty believes that growth happens when we push our limits. He thinks that we should become comfortable being uncomfortable, take on new challenges and most of all enjoy the ride.
What’s your most important habit?
Journaling.
It helps me distill my thoughts, be honest with myself, and see through the noise of my own judgment.
I journal daily. Each December, I write a long journal post sharing all the good (and bad) that’s happened. Then schedule to send this a year later. It’s always a pleasant surprise to receive it.
What are you reading right now?
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Stone
Big fan of Brad’s work and an even bigger fan of his previous book titled “The Everything Store“.
“The Everything Store” changed how I view my life and made me realize I was too comfortable. It prompted me to change my habits and led me to entrepreneurship and meeting new friends.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
Notion.
It has improved a lot over the past year. Everything from the app down to the databases. I use it daily, including my journaling habit.
If they could enable voice and video recording natively, that would be fantastic!
What are you bullish on?
Automation 100%.
The world of automation is here and is becoming more sophisticated every day.
Look at tools like Zapier, Make, and Pabbly. It’s incredible stuff and saves time for business owners and individuals alike.
It’s only going to get better with time.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
🔁 XaaS: Anything as a Service
What else?
Be comfortable being uncomfortable. Take on new challenges. Growth happens when we push our limits. Most of all, enjoy the ride. Cheers!
📘 Read This
Sapiens revealed shared fictions that we accept as truth. Taxes, nations, human rights, money and more.
I’ve found more shared fictions since then. Such as Caste from Isabelle Wilkerson and Legitimacy from Vitalik Buterin.
To understand legitimacy is to understand brands, cryptocurrencies, monarchies and more.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🆕 Brian Rey, Mingwei Gu, Le Paul, Karthik Vijayakumar, Sachit Adhikari, Brianna Brazle, Mark Wilcox, Byron Wilson, Michal, Francesco and Juan Pablo Roqueni became Trends Pro Members
👥 Brian Rey, Marcos Gorgojo, William, Mingwei Gu, Elijah George, Paul Tune, Karthik Vijayakumar, Le Paul, Brianna Brazle, Mark Wilcox, Reed Floren, Vatsalya Verma, Byron Wilson and Gabriel Limma unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
🤖 Joel Pickin launched ThisIsBuiltWith.ai
💰 Jwalant Patel launched a salary negotiation course
🎞️ Jerome Green Jr shared his workflow of using Descript to edit video. This is a 📈 Trends Pro Exclusive.
🤝 Tem closed a deal with a high profile lead
🧠 Shuyen Phoon unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching a 30-day standup streak
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