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One mental model each day in a few minutes. Habits, business, building products and thinking clearly. From Dru Riley, founder of Trends.vc.

  1. 11H AGO

    5 Things Chess Teaches Us About Life | Daily Essay

    I sat down to play one game of chess. Twelve hours later the day was gone. Five lessons from the board that run my work and my life. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    3 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Build Systems So Your Work Runs on Easy Mode | Daily Essay

    I draft most posts on walks now. One experiment, voice-to-text, changed how much leverage every post gets. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    1 min

  3. 2D AGO

    We Are All Investors | Daily Essay

    Say the word investor and most people picture money. Money is one resource among several you trade every day to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    1 min

  4. 3D AGO

    The Optimization Trap That Broke My Meditation Habit | Daily Essay

    I broke my meditation practice many times over fifteen years. The pattern was always the same. A working practice, the impulse to make it more efficient, and a feedback loop too delayed to catch in time. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    1 min

  5. 4D AGO

    How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Faster | Daily Essay

    Three types of experiments — mental, physical, social — cost different amounts of energy. The type you avoid most is usually the one to lean into next. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    2 min

  6. 4D AGO

    Lee Kuan Yew: Engineered Sovereignty | Biography

    Lee Kuan Yew built one of the most efficient states in modern history and engineered the legal toolkit that kept his party in office for fifty-six years. Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    12 min

  7. 5D AGO

    Why I Rewrite My Principles by Hand | Daily Essay

    Each day I'd open my notebook and copy yesterday's principles to a new page by hand. Some lines I wrote without thinking. Others slowed me down. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    1 min

  8. 6D AGO

    The Minimalist Philosophy of a Jellyfish | Daily Essay

    Each day I remove three things. A physical item, an app off my phone, a subscription on autopay. A jellyfish has no brain and has lasted 500 million years. Watch on YouTube Read the full post Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

    2 min
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One mental model each day in a few minutes. Habits, business, building products and thinking clearly. From Dru Riley, founder of Trends.vc.

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