This graphic shows that learning to use a spreadsheet is probably far more helpful than many advanced math subjects 😂

Subjects like calculus were hard to get excited about in high school because they never told you WHY it was helpful.

If you give zero evidence why something is useful, it’s hard to dedicate time to it.

This is the same for your product marketing. Are you telling your customers all the reasons your product/service will help them?

Cool quote overheard on a Lex Fridman and Kimbal Musk podcast:

"Food is a gift we give ourselves 3 times a day.”

- Kimbal Musk

I like this quote because I cook almost all my meals, either in the form of meal prep once a week:

I have in the past bought pre-made meals, but there's something very satisfying about fresh food and you know every ingredient that goes into it.

Also I enjoy the process of taking a few minutes to grill up some steak or chicken on the grill. There's something very fun about it.

Some angel investing advice Dan Martell said Naval Ravikant gave him (paraphrased):

“Make 12 investments, all of the same size, over the course of a 4 year period.”

He said it roughly follows the old normal curve, where most of the investments will either be a washout or you breakeven, but 1 or 2 of those investments will return all the money:

You can see his advice here at this timestamp: 30:36

If you are reading this on Friday morning, I am probably travelling at the moment, so I pre-wrote this SWIPES Email a few days early.

I couldn't find any non-personal-event pictures to share, so I am sharing this random picture of my Aprillia Scarabeo 100 scooter that has served me well for the last 10 years (also I had 2 other of the same model before that).

I've always lived around Downtown Austin, so if I ever need to get somewhere in a hurry when there's tons of traffic or parking will be bad, this baby has always been there!

This quote means sometimes JUST DOING THINGS to advance a goal is better than pondering on it:

....it doesn't mean you shouldn’t stop and think, but if you’re feeling inspired you can start writing that article, buying that domain name, or making a mockup…and the motion helps you move forward.

For example this is just PART of my collection of useless domain names:

...but buying a $7 domain name is often the first step in helping me take a project seriously.

So what if I waste $200 in a year buying dumb domains? One success out of those can return 1,000x.

Some "motion" towards an idea will help you work on it faster.

When I'm alone I goof off, BUT if someone is working with me (and can preferably see my screen) I will get lots of work done.

Sometimes working at home doesn't provide this, and I'll often hop onto CaveDay (this isn't sponsored I just think it's a cool service).

I am currently writing this SWIPES Email from a CaveDay Session, and it currently has 75 people on the call just silently co-working