I'm a designer who turned into a writer who turned into a startup CEO. My mission is to help creators earn a living. Subscribe for essays on building an audience and earning a living as a creator.
The big lessons from history
This year Thanksgiving looks a little different since it will just be Hilary and I and the boys. But we're using it as a teaching opportunity... for important skills like flipping pancakes without a spatula!
WHAT I'M READING
The big lessons from history
This is a great article about some of the high level lessons we can learn from history. It takes a step back and looks at the takeaways that affect most of us, and how they apply to this crazy year we've been living in. This one really made me think and I keep coming back to it.
Read the full article here »
NEW AT CONVERTKIT
Autosave on email sequences
This is a simple change, but one of our most requested! All changes on email sequences are now automatically saved, and you can choose to publish or discard them. We hope it makes using ConvertKit that much easier!
WHAT I'M READING
The biggest heists in history
Sometimes a little escape is what I need, and this article was just that. Equal parts interesting and diverting, these stories are full of quirks and twists you don't see coming. Do you ever marvel at the lives that people lead? I find myself wondering who they are, how they made these choices.
WHAT I'M WATCHING
White Collar
Continuing the art theft theme, this is an older show (ended in 2015) about a former thief who ends up working for the FBI. The characters are really well developed and each episode is engaging and fun. Its a low key thriller show, doesn't stress me out, but maintains the suspense enough to keep me watching. Its been a really fun watch these last few months!
You can stream it on Hulu if you're interested!
That's it for today. Thanks for being a regular reader and supporting everything I've created over the years. I'm really grateful for what you all have enabled for my family and the entire team at ConvertKit!
Nathan Barry
I'm a designer who turned into a writer who turned into a startup CEO. My mission is to help creators earn a living. Subscribe for essays on building an audience and earning a living as a creator.
Hey Reader, What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? You’ve probably seen some version of this question before. It’s a good one, though sometimes the answer isn’t immediately obvious. That’s why I like Graham Weaver’s 8 questions for what to do with your life. Graham founded the private equity firm Alpine Investors, and he teaches at Stanford. In Chapter 2 of my upcoming book, The Ladders of Wealth, I credit him with a principle he shared with his MBA students called "worse first",...
Hey Reader, If I could solve only one thing in my business, that would have the biggest impact, what would that be? This is the question every great entrepreneur obsesses over. Rather than trying to do everything at once, you look for the bottleneck and focus on solving that. There’s a book called The Goal by an Israeli physicist named Eliyahu Goldratt. It’s a 1984 business novel that business systems nerds love. However if you’re not a business systems nerd you probably… won’t love it. It’s...
Hey Reader, Have you ever spent money on something and immediately felt guilty afterward? Will Guidara spends his money foolishly on purpose. And he thinks you should too. He once bought an entire barrel of whiskey and put it in his basement. He also put a skee-ball machine in the office. Is he going to get a monetary return on either of these things? No. But that’s kind of the point. He calls it the 95/5 rule: Manage your money and time like a maniac 95% of the time (no expense is too...