Dickie Bush Quotes

One of the most underrated reasons for starting a business is it helps you realize you are the bottleneck to growth

I attribute a massive amount of my progress to treating Sunday as a work day for the last decade. It’s by far the best day to write & get deep work done, as no one is on to distract you. Plus, you can plan the entire week ahead of you, so you can hit the ground running on Monday. Highly recommend for anyone looking to progress faster.

You’re stuck because every time your mind almost has the space to come up with a novel idea, you interrupt it by checking your phone.

My mental model for living well:

If I repeated my actions from this week every week for 52 weeks, where would I be in a year?

Twitter is the ultimate idea refinery.

There's no better place to get rapid market validation on an idea you're exploring.

And because of this, you should never invest time writing something long-form that then "flops."

If it does, you didn't validate market demand beforehand.

Saying you don't have time to write is like saying you don't have time to learn.

The best "writing" is a byproduct of following your curiosity and making sense of it for yourself.

The people I most admire faced a disgusting & treacherous amount of exceptionally boring work on the way to achieving their ultimate goals. And they tackled it one day at a time.

The easiest way to get ahead in life is to start writing.

Every day. 90 focused minutes. Taking one idea that’s in your head and putting it out into the world.

Waking up the next day and doing it again.

Staying committed even if growth is slow. Looking back 12 months later and seeing a massive library that will pay you dividends for years.

You need to be DAWN MAXXING. Up precisely 90 minutes before the sunrise. Hands down the best time of day. It’s silent. The sky is just waking up. Birds barely chirping. Creativity is flowing. Clarity is high. The potential of a new day awaits. The warm orange sun greets your retina in harmonious circadian fashion, just as nature intended. Life is good.

If you're broke you should not follow your passion unless your passion is becoming not broke.

I read a lot less today than I did 5 years ago. 99% of my reading was really just procrastination disguised as productivity. Instead, I invest in courses and masterminds when I need help.

If you don't have time to write for an hour per day, you should write for 2 hours per day

The best writers are really just the best walkers and internet distraction avoiders

The returns from being early have never been higher.

But the window for being early has never been shorter.

Three quick writing tips:

1. Write and edit at different times
2. Read everything you write aloud
3. Write to one specific person to solve one specific problem

Every piece of writing advice is somehow related to these three.