A meaningful goal + clarity on how to achieve it + a real deadline closing in = the greatest nootropic stack known to man - Dan Koe

Building a project will teach you more than watching a tutorial ever will.

Self-improvement is a gateway drug into entrepreneurship because you start seeing life as a system you can optimize. You start to believe that if you don't like something about your life, you can change it. And since the source of most people's problems is money, you stop waiting for a raise and start building something.

Normalize disappearing for an extended period of time to do a factory reset on your focus and creativity.