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Against “Against Taste”
Taste did not suddenly arrive. Every few years the word comes back into fashion and starts carrying more weight than it should. But taste itself is simple. It is knowing what is good. That sounds
intro to ray peat.
before we get started, i want to tell you the most important thing about ray peat, and it is... don't listen to random people, only listen to peat himself random people on twitter have a high
How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
Naval taught me more about making money than almost anyone else. He wrote a famous Twitter thread called “How to Get Rich” and thousands of creators used those ideas to get rich online. I’m one of
How to Become a Millionaire in Your 30s
Working a 9-5 job was soul-crushing for me. Long hours. Boring meetings. Bosses who thought they were going to be the next Donald Duck president and gave speeches full of political mumbo jumbo. Even
i benchmarked K2.5 (1T params) on 1x to 8x 3090s. every result, every crash, every dollar.
a single RTX 3090 can run a 1 trillion parameter model. a GPU you can find used for $800. the same card people game on just ran the largest open-weight model ever released. i wanted to know how far
How to get your Framer template approved every time
Okay, finally a tweet about how to fix the biggest problem in this business. I don’t know how you ended up on this article of mine. Maybe someone who has the same problems shared it with you. Maybe
You Don’t Have To Be Lucky, You Just Have To Be Good
These are strange times. On one level, everything is wonderful–better than it ever has been. On another level, almost nobody feels that way. The world seems like it’s falling apart. It does not seem
If You Want to Be a Millionaire, You Need to Be Nicheless
The average person doesn’t understand millionaires. They see them on TV but they don’t have any who are close friends. They can’t see behind the story millionaires present to the public to protect
I spent $25k and flew 22h to learn from Hormozi's team. Here are 17 takeaways you can apply today.
1/ Sequencing is everything. There are a million good moves you can make in business. The difference between a grandmaster and an amateur isn't knowledge, it's knowing which single move to make right
How to Change Your Life in 365 Days
2020 was a make-or-break year. I talk to people about 2020 and you will hear stories like, “That’s the year I switched jobs,” or “That’s when I began my career,” or even “That’s the year I found
Being Consistent Won't Make You Successful Anymore – And It's One of the Greatest Lies Ever Told
Social media is full of success p0rn. It makes me cringe. Every time I read an essay, book or viral post about success, it always contains some basic b*tch version of “just be consistent.” Before AI
how to turn nano banana pro + grok imagine + IG into a $100M money making machine in 2026
There's a specific "combo" happening in 2026 that's creating what I can only describe as an absolutely unfair advantage for anyone who understands how to combine 3 seemingly unrelated tools into a
The #1 sign you’re winning in life: No one understands what the hell you do for a living.
The average person wants to be rich and famous. There’s a better goal. Choose a life so far away from a typical career that no one understands what the hell you do for a living. The most successful
What I’d Build Differently
20 years of recalibrations that all point to the same place. I’ve been building things on the internet since 2005. Websites, newsletters, products, tools, open source software, online stores. Many of
Why moving fast is the slowest way to build wealth
You've been told to move fast. Raise fast, scale fast, exit fast. The venture model rewards intensity. Social media celebrates overnight wins. But most forget that speed too often kills compounding,
Know Your Chronotype, It'll Change Your Life.
The science shows that when you work matters more than how much you work, who you work with, or how hard you work. That sounds backward. We obsess over effort, hours, and team dynamics. But there's
IN THE PURSUIT OF GREATNESS
""He who has a why to live can bear almost any how" - Friedrich Nietzsche The only way out is delusional optimism. That is your how: WHY? Because you owe it to yourself and those around you to
9 Business Principles That Have Served Me Well (And Helped Me Build A $20M Digital Business)
Recently, I was coaching a small mastermind of entrepreneurs with one goal: For each person to grow their take home profit by 50% or more during our first 6 months working together. So, I wrote the
I Reverse-Engineered What Actually Trends on X in 2026
I Ran a 14-Day Experiment Here’s what really moves the algorithm now First, let’s kill a myth: It’s not about threads. It’s not about AI prompts. It’s not about blue ticks. It’s not about “post
I'm Scared.
This is a feeling that is very hard to put into words. Even sitting here writing this now, I'm still unsure of how to articulate this because it's hard for me to wrap my head around. But I'm going to
9 Daily Habits That Have Nothing To Do With Writing (But Have Made Me A Wealthy Writer)
I'm not a "genius" writer. But over the last 10 years, I have: Published 11 books Written thousands of articles Built multiple 7-figure writing businesses The secret? I treat my writing like a mental
Full guide on how to actually get clients
I've been running my agency for over a year now, and throughout this time we got hundreds of leads, tens of clients, hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, and much more. In this article, I
I Stopped Caring About Results (And Started Getting Them)
The week after my first book came out in 2012 was rough. I mean, it wasn’t actually rough. I was twenty five. My rent was $900 a month for a beautiful two room apartment in the Garden District in New
How to cure your anxiety in the next 24 hours
Anxiety nearly took my life. I became so nervous I couldn’t sit in a meeting room with the door shut. This became my worst nightmare. My hands would shake constantly. It was such an embarrassing way
SEO Tips #/100
100 SEO tips in one place. Bookmark this. I’ll keep adding links. More detailed SEO guides on my blog: https://nicklaunches.com/ SEO Tips #1/100: Start with search intent, not keywords. Link. SEO Tips
You Don't Actually Want to Be Successful. You Just Like Thinking About It
You've saved 847 motivational posts. You follow 23 productivity gurus. Your camera roll is full of screenshots about discipline. And you're exactly where you were six months ago. This isn't failure.
How to build your dream life in just 1 hour per day
This essay is exactly the opposite of what you think. One hour a day sounds like some nice little self-helpy advice, where you drink a green smoothie, take a cold plunge, and high-five everyone at the
Stop trying to be 10x better. Different is better than better.
Startups set out to build a product that's ten times better than what's already out there. Better capabilities, better speed, better design. They spend years building and iterating. The product works,
9 Brutal Truths I Learned About Making Money As A Writer (After Generating $20M+ Writing Online)
Every writer should know these 9 brutal truths about making money. Sadly, most will ignore them. Which means they: Stay broke Waste years chasing the wrong goals Make expensive mistakes (just like I
Of course they're putting ads in AI
The internet is a miracle of universal access to opportunity, inquiry and connection. And ads pay for that miracle. As Marc has long argued, “if you take a principle stand against ads, you’re also
OpenClaw Works. Your Setup Doesn’t (Yet).
Every person I talk to is excited about OpenClaw. "We have 10 agents! 14 agents! An agent for everything!" Cool. How do they remember what happened yesterday? *silence* That's the gap. And it's huge.
How To Generate AI Influencers That Actually Look Real
How To Generate AI Influencers That Actually Look Real If your AI Influencers still look fake or “too perfect”, it’s not the model’s fault. It’s your prompt. AI models like Grok Imagine, Kling 3.0,
Best AI Tools for Solopreneurs in 2026
The solopreneur economy just crossed $1.3 trillion in the United States alone, with 41.8 million solo operators running everything from SaaS products to consulting empires. But here is what changed in
How to setup a team of agents in OpenClaw - in just one command
This article will show you how to install an entire team of agents into your OpenClaw setup with one simple command. Your lobster will then be able to manage an agent team and have them execute
If you can spare me 7 minutes, you'll get 10 years of your life back
Most people unconsciously waste years of their lives. It makes me emotional. I wasted 10 years of my life, that I can never get back, stuck working in a bank treading water until I magically felt
I Tried Going Back to Supabase After a Year on Neon. Lasted 30 Minutes.
Last week, I did something stupid. After a year of using Neon Database exclusively, I decided to give Supabase another shot. Not because I needed to. Not because Neon was failing me. But because my
if you're in your 20s and below, read this!
we live fast. one minute you’re excited about turning 20, the next minute you’re almost 25 and thinking, damn… when did this happen? the truth is, time doesn’t care. it doesn’t care about me nor does
Software With a Spine
Every app has a chat box now... Every team is shipping features based on customer requests because vibe coding makes it trivially easy to say yes. The result is often software that tries to do
The Reply-Guy Playbook: A Beginner's Guide to Growing on X
This is a beginner's guide to the reply-guy strategy ~ what it is, how it works, and how you can use it to grow organically on X. I grew from 0 to 100 followers in my first 7 days using this
Clearing Your Allostatic Load Makes Laziness Impossible
It's 11 AM. You're getting bombarded from seven directions: Slack, email, a call from your boss... You're underslept and over-caffeinated. Every interruption pinches you harder than it should. You
This Is The Most Important Thing For These Crazy Times
It’s the hardest thing. Especially right now. Not making money in this economy. Not climbing a mountain. Not running a marathon or writing a book or building a business. Not dealing with the high
The $200 Toolstack I Use to Make 6 Figures
My $200 monthly creator tech stack: Carrd: $4/m X Blue: $40/m Notion: $8/m Zoom: $20/m Canva: $16/m Zapier: $20/m OpenAI: $20/m ConvertKit: $90/m Carrd: $4/m What it is: Carrd is a platform that
Society Is Secretly Full of Cowards. This Is the Greatest Opportunity of the 21st Century.
Saying the masses are cowards sounds like an insult. It’s not meant to be. Over the last 11 years, I’ve interacted with millions of people online through email, social media, paid/free webinars, and
Your 30, 60 & 90 Day Roadmap to Make Money Online
Day 1 to 30. 1. Pick a high-income skill: This is a skill that you can sell as a service as a solution to people with problems. I’d recommend web design, copywriting, SEO, ads, sales closing, etc.
How Average People Become High Achievers (Top 1%)
Her husband lost everything. Right when their second child was born premature and almost didn’t survive. Her little family spent weeks in intensive care. During this time her husband’s business
10 Trading Lessons from the Epstein Interview That Was Buried for 7 Years
Jeffrey Epstein did a secret interview in 2019. It was buried for 7 years. It just leaked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIEYmflX090 To be clear — Epstein was a pedophile, a trafficker, and a predator. I do not
The Simplest Roadmap To Making Your First Dollar Online
Step 1 Pick and learn a high income skill. A skill that you can offer to someone to solve their problems. You pick a skill, learn it, learn how to help people with it, and offer it as a service. This
Human Ambition
This article might not age well. I’m writing it anyway. There’s a narrative floating around tech circles that AI will eventually eliminate most jobs and universal basic income will cover everyone.