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All self-help advice ever, distilled into ten sentences — January 2026
Debts and lessons — November 2024
You can’t miss a day — November 2024
Comparison is the thief of joy — October 2024
Sometimes, life comes at you fast — May 2024
Not all EBIDTA is created equally — October 2023
A quick update on Net Income — September 2023
The niche software company going toe to toe with Adobe — July 2023
Gymshark part 2: co-founder exits, billionaire tax planning, securing the bag, and cash crunches — July 2023
The boardroom drama behind Gymshark, one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies — July 2023
Is this guy the British Michael Jordan? — June 2023
How to make millions selling PDFs — June 2023
Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK’s happiest resort — June 2023
From £2m to £200m: how to scale a people business — June 2023
Gary Mead’s million-pound empire of brown gold — June 2023
The Scottish SaaS business with 71% operating margins — May 2023
Where do these numbers come from? — May 2023
Quick update: I’ve launched another newsletter — May 2023
How to double revenue and 10x margins in three years — April 2023
Think in decades, not days — March 2023
The wonderful, asymmetric opportunity of writing online — March 2023
How does one man do so much? — March 2023
The simplest productivity advice in history — February 2023
What is ambition anyway? — February 2023
What’s your work story? — February 2023
Orders of magnitude: how companies differ at scale — January 2023
When is it time to leave your job? — November 2022
The second brains of an elite Premier League manager and a world-class business coach — November 2022
In praise of ambition — October 2022
I started a successful business, then immediately shut it down — September 2022
Impeccable agreements — September 2022
These two formulas will make you a great manager — August 2022
On destination and vision — August 2022
Stand-up comedy was the best thing I ever did for my career — August 2022
Hello again! Some housekeeping and updates — July 2022
What Tucker Max taught me about hard work — November 2021
How We Doubled Revenue and Increased Margins 10x in 4 Years — January 2021
How To Conquer Your Email Once And For All — November 2020
Mental Models of Poker #1: Game Selection — October 2020
The Inversion Principle — October 2020
What’s The Real Business? What Delta, Google, McDonald’s And Your Local Movie Theatre Have In Common — October 2020
13 Lessons On Why, What And How To Read — February 2020
The Three Traits You Need To Be A Learning Machine — February 2020
Why You Should Write More — February 2020
Your Habits Are Your Destiny: James Clear — January 2020
The Professor With The Secret To The Good Life — December 2019
Why Do People Love CrossFit So Much? — December 2019
The Downside of Specialisation — September 2019
Life Is the Sum of All The Small Moments — November 2018
The Value of Curiosity — November 2018
Improvements — November 2018
What’s Next? — November 2018
See The World As It Really Is — November 2018
You Are The Priority — November 2018
Are You Delivering? Then Everything Else Is Secondary — November 2018
The Most Important Money Rule To Follow — November 2018
The Ten Year Idiot Rule — November 2018
The Rule I Use For Buying Books — November 2018
Procrastination — November 2018
Back To Work — November 2018
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable — November 2018
Compounding — November 2018
Keep Your Identity Big — November 2018
Why Are You Doing This? — November 2018
You Don’t Have To Do Anything — November 2018
Your Word — November 2018
10 Things I Learned By Getting In Shape — November 2018
The Secrets Of Being Likeable — March 2018
2017 Annual Review — December 2017
Ask Yourself Why — March 2016
Weekend Reflection and Reading - March 26, 2016 — March 2016
How Michael Lewis Writes Such Great Books — March 2016
Turn Someday Into Today — March 2016
The Cold Shower Experiment — March 2016
How To Turn A Small Opportunity Into A Big One: The Parlay — March 2016
How To Instantly Make Your Writing Better — March 2016
The Power of Focus — March 2016
Weekend Reflection and Reading - March 19, 2016 — March 2016
Fixing Habit Loops — March 2016
This Equation Could Make You A Star — March 2016
How I Got Fired From My Dream Job – And What I Learned — March 2016
Force Multipliers — March 2016
The False Dichotomy — March 2016
Are Your A Creator Or A Consumer? — March 2016
Focus On The Fundamentals — February 2016
How To Handle A Down-Market (And 3 Book Recommendations) — January 2016
Why Don’t Billionaires Quit Their Jobs And Start Spending Their Money Instead? — January 2016
The Number One Way To Increase Your productivity, Get Healthier, And Become A Happier Person — July 2015
The Uberconomy: How Traditional Jobs Are Being Replaced By On-Demand Employment — June 2015
How To Make Money Blogging — March 2015
7 Weeks in Austin, TX — March 2015
A Simple Mental Model For Business And Finance — February 2015
How To Land A Job You Love — January 2015
Why I’m Glad I Worked Terrible Jobs — January 2015
Why Your New Years Resolution Will Fail, And What To Do About It — January 2015
Notes And Quotes From The Hard Thing About Hard Things By Ben Horowitz — December 2014
Cutting Your Own Path — September 2014
How To Get RIch — September 2014
Principles — July 2014
Avoiding The Harmful — June 2014
A Lesson On The Power Of Incentives — May 2014
The Obstacles Is The Way: Summary, Notes and Quotes — May 2014
Self Awareness Is Useless On Its Own — May 2014
Hustling — April 2014
How To Make Decisions Quicker — March 2014
A Short Lesson On Investing From Warren Buffett — March 2014
To Make Something Great, Start By Making Something Crap — February 2014
Why I’m A Big Fan Of Genghis Khan — February 2014
What I Learnt From Two Years Of Online Poker — December 2013
How To Work For Yourself (Even If You’re Employed By Someone Else) — December 2013
Write To Sell - Intro To Copywriting, Part 2 — December 2012
The Only 3 Things You Ever Need To Know About Marketing — March 2012
Write To Sell - Intro To Copywriting, Part 1 — February 2012
Why You Shouldn’t Care At All About The Eurozone Crisis — January 2012
Time As A River — September 2011
Here’s What Scares Me — September 2011
A Simple Lesson From Stoicism — July 2011
Why I Want To Be An Entrepreneur — May 2011
The Advice I Got From James Altucher — May 2011
The Job Market Sucks, And It’s My Fault — May 2011
2011 Second-Half Goals — May 2011
Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics - AV Edition — April 2011
Life Advice From Will Smith — April 2011
The Doctrine Of The Strenuous LIfe — April 2011
90 Days — March 2011
Locus Of Control — February 2011
My Biggest Weakness — February 2011
Nokia And Microsoft Form Partnership? More Like A Suicide Pact — February 2011
Start Investing, Honestly — February 2011
First-Time Voter — May 2010
Some Things Are Difficult, Even If You’re Smart — March 2010
Update On Erin Pavlina, And Why I Disagree With What She Does So Much — August 2009
The Best Paragraph (And A Half) I’ve Read Today — July 2009
Erin Pavlina Is A Crazy Person — May 2009
The MPs Expenses Scandal, And Transparency — May 2009
New College Students: Make The Most Of ‘Diet’ Real Life — April 2009
What I’m Reading - April 2, 2009 — April 2009
Being Familiar With The Ideas — March 2009
The Fear, And Self Sabotage — March 2009
How To Handle Constructive Criticism Like A 5 Year Old Child — March 2009
A way To Show Employers What You Can Do Before You Get The Job — February 2009
An Idea For Landlords — February 2009
A Layman’s Guide To The Credit Crunch, Part 5: Confidence Is Everything — February 2009
A Layman’s Guide To The Credit Crunch, Part 4: Mortgage-Backed Securities — February 2009
Apple Customer Service — February 2009
A Layman’s Guide To The Credit Crunch, Part 3: Securitization — January 2009
A Layman’s Guide To The Credit Crunch, Part 2: How Do Banks Work? — January 2009
A Layman’s Guide To The Credit Crunch — January 2009
The Value Of Work — January 2009
A Self-Evaluation — December 2008
What I’m Reading - December 14, 2008 — December 2008
Charlie Hoehn’s 3^3 Project — December 2008
What I’m Reading - November 29, 2008 — November 2008
On Reading And Progress — November 2008
My Top 3 Blogs — November 2008
Alexander: The Virtues Of War — November 2008
A Short Collection Of Unconventional Ideas — November 2008
Book Quotes, Fight Club Edition — November 2008
More Advice On Life From Friends Of Tucker Max — November 2008
Book Quotes, Malcolm X Edition — November 2008
Why I’m Such A Huge Tucker Max Fan — November 2008
Why Blog? — November 2008
Positive Actions And Stepping Into The Arena — November 2008
What I’m Reading - November 11, 2008 — November 2008
Writing A CV — November 2008
Finding Your Passion In Life — August 2008
Who I Am, And Why I’m Writing This Blog — August 2008
Starting A New Blog And Creating A New Media Presence — August 2008