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@RTekumalla @MattGiovanisci I face this struggle all the time!

I wrote about it last year: https://justinjackson.ca/focus-on-your-own-shit/

@GSto @MattGiovanisci For me, this has helped:

1. Write out my daily tasks on paper (this is new).
2. Have a weekly accountability group with 2-3 people.
3. Have an audience that I'm accountable to, and communicating with frequently.
4. Treat my biz like an investment that needs to have ROI.

@nloadholtes @MattGiovanisci Yeah. Now, I pay attention to:

1. How I'm treating myself (am I getting enough sleep? Am I stressed all the time?)
2. How I'm treating my family (am I snapping at them? Grumpy?)

@tristanbailey @MattGiovanisci I think the key to be attentive to your family. They need to be onboard.

There needs to be good communication about what you're intending to do, what it's going to take, and what the potential rewards are going to be at the end.

@afhill Very likely! Yup.

RT @lovevalgeisler: @mijustin Exactly why I switched from building courses to a service-based business. (Courses are still good and worthy,…

You folks wanted @jonbuda and I to hash out more struggles in public.

In this episode we debate:

“Should we make our revenue numbers public?”

Listen on @ApplePodcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/build-your-saas/id1357295850?mt=2&i=1000411564203

Holy crap. just poured my heart out to @MattGiovanisci for his podcast.

We got really open about mental health, what really happens behind the scenes, and the difference between our public personas and reality.

You can subscribe here:
https://www.moneylab.co/podcast/

📊 Reverse engineering how @adamwathan got his landing page traffic for https://productvalidationchecklist.com.

2014: "Teach me how to do it so I can do it myself."

2018: "PLEASE JUST DO IT FOR ME."

RT @MattGiovanisci: I'm chatting today with @mijustin about the pros & cons of being an indie #entrepreneur and managing your mental health…

@jmacias I still use my phone way too much at home. Working on that.

RT @mijustin: 🌼 Mental health observation:

Having my 💻 out around my kids isn’t good for me, or them.

I can’t focus on family stuff and w…

@ScottHYoung You’re on to something here.

So many of my fights, disagreements, debates, have more to do with my mood than anything else.

RT @ScottHYoung: The ideas a person is willing to accept are partly a function of personality. Contrarian/conformist, simple/strange, etern…

@mike_hasarms Yup, that’s exactly what happens at @CoWorkVernon currently. 😊

RT @JacobPariseau: @mijustin He who chases two rabbits catches neither

Once I could afford it, I rented a little office downtown.

It cost $200 / month. (Utilities, common area includes)

Now, I use a cowork space.

Having an office outside my house is one of the best investments I’ve made. 👍

Having a defined place to do your work is invaluable.

I used to go to coffee shops, or the library, to work on my side-projects.

Contextual zones are helpful mindhacks:

Library = get shit done.

Computer work requires 100% of my attention.

At home, my family needs me to be 100% present.

I can’t do both at the same time.

🌼 Mental health observation:

Having my 💻 out around my kids isn’t good for me, or them.

I can’t focus on family stuff and work stuff at the same time.

The result is just stress and frustration (on both sides).

We’re all a lot happier when I keep work at the office. 👍

@ugmonk Nice! Can I go higher if I need to?

@bryce @grovemade If I was them, I'd market it like this. 😉

https://deskshelf.carrd.co/

Request for startup:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/995056639630757888

@JonathanZWhite Have you added your monitor stand to my tweet thread? ;)

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/995056639630757888

RT @joelgascoigne: @tiggreen @mijustin @hnshah @buffer Talk as much as you can to those 4 customers. Why are they paying? Just out of the k…

<comes back from 6 month jungle meditation>

“So, what’d I miss?”

https://twitter.com/Patticus/status/996207860664201217

RT @Lockedown_: The secret ingredient: creating something people can't live without, and executing on that brilliantly (via @mijustin ). ht…

@Shpigford You've handled this well Josh.

I think your post does a good job of explaining the context of your original tweet, and balancing that with the context of others. 👍

RT @Shpigford: There are a heck of a lot of replies/retweets/etc to this. For those still following along on this thread, I posted more coh…

@garrettdimon @nathanallotey @start_sustain If you haven't checked it out yet: @DescriptApp will...

1. Transcribe your audio.
2. Allow you to edit your audio by deleting "umms" and "ahhs" in your text!

I'm a big fan: https://app.descript.com/r/HkLbabKnG

@theDanKelly @TransistorFM Looks like @jamesstewartvc hasn't released any episodes yet. 😉

@MCLGarrett @reverentgeek Looks awesome!

"Chances are good that you've found product-market fit if a customer gives you a lot of their time, money, and can't stop talking about the product." – @hnshah

RT @Swizec: @mijustin Been observing this trend for years. People don't share publicly anymore, it's all direct messages and group chats.

@chrisbowler Yup, I’m just speaking from my experience.

I do know other Medium authors whose views are way down as well.

A few things that still get shared regularly in Slack:

- @IndieHackers articles / threads
- HN comment threads
- YouTube videos
- Podcast eps
- Tweets

Also, feels like folks are doing way less sharing (and reading) of Medium posts.

The change seemed to happen right when they switched to membership + the new homepage.

@ICT_GURU Are you reading Nuzzel, Flipboard, Medium regularly?

Observation: people are sharing (and reading?) less links on social.

Usage of apps like Nuzzel, Flipboard, etc... feels way down.

First day at the beach!

RT @DinaPomeranz: Some global statistics for #MothersDay (Thread):

In the 25 years from 1990 to 2015, maternal mortality rate (death from…

RT @madeyemaryann: [Moving the goalposts]
This fascinating study shows how we will redefine job requirements to match our internally prefe…

@pjrvs Dang!

At the ESP I worked for, we had the ability to redirect the trackable link to a different destination.

@tnorthcutt Battle Beast

@garrettdimon Nice! 🙌

@chase_reeves @TheLiturgists I gotta try this podcast out.

@pjrvs Yessss! Me too.

@smithtimmytim YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

@asmartbear @natalienagele @Wildbit I’m jealous! Natalie is awesome! 🙌

@ryanjanvier @transcendcoffee Nice 👌

@adamd @jimmyjacobson Jealous!

RT @maurar: Canada Is Going To Be The Next, Great, Entrepreneurial Tech Country https://www.feld.com/archives/2018/04/canada-is-going-to-be-the-next-great-entrepreneurial-tech-country.html

RT @natalienagele: I stand w/Josh & what he meant. I agree w the nuance of humans & hiring. AND I understand intimately sm businesses have…

Also, best line:

"Being famous and broke is a shitty combination." – Will Smith

"I went broke" could have been the end of the Fresh Prince's story.

But... instead he got a lucky break with Quincy Jones.

It's always your connections that make the difference.

Invest in relationships!

https://twitter.com/OnlyHipHopFacts/status/994744951387893770

@cliffordoravec This is a good point. @ideasasylum has been talking a lot about this.

@ideasasylum @brennandunn Europe is weird.

@rezzz I’m using @SpareMin!

@nevinwebster @davidbaulande @TransistorFM Yeah; we definitely want to add that soon. 👌

😮 OMG. @jonbuda and I just made a decision on-air about whether we'd share our @TransistorFM revenue on @IndieHackers.

Episode comes out on Tuesday: http://saas.transistor.fm

RT @TransistorFM: Should we make our revenue public?

Here's a little tease of Tuesday's episode.

Subscribe on @ApplePodcasts to get it!
h…

⚡️ Product people: look at real world usage!

- How are people really using your product?
- What accessories are they "hiring" to make your product better?

👀 Read this whole thread:
https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/995056639630757888

@nloadholtes I am ENFP.

How many of you have a monitor sitting on top of a box right now?

@chrislema I remember speaking to you at MicroConf about SaaS + WordPress. Is this still something you're focusing on?

My friend @coreymaass is talking about this a lot now.

@shanesmithau @TransistorFM Awww yeaaaahhh!

@davidbaulande @TransistorFM That’s something we’re still working on.

Twitter has a friendlier embedded media API than FB and LinkedIn.

RT @saronyitbarek: Stop seeking validation from others. You don't need it.

@cliffordoravec This is why I use @tweetbot

@rezzz Yesssssssssssss!

@NathanG @TransistorFM Yup. But I always schedule my podcasts to publish at 1am.

So I just set my email to go out at 5am. 👍

🤔 With so many people wanting to ditch their smartphone, will their be a market for “podcast only” portable players?

https://twitter.com/aprilwensel/status/994705201280892929

@jkostolansky You're welcome! I hope it's helpful.

⚡️ Email tip: REMIND PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE!

When I get an email (like the one below) I want to know:

- Who is this again?
- What does this app do?
- Why should I care?

☝️ Thanks to @cgenco (drone footage), @lorindaapps, @vanessapagan for contributing clips!

📹 I just put together a #microconf highlight reel!

https://youtu.be/5-lXxklJodY

Incredible conference this year. Can't wait for 2019!

Finally seeing why people like @breaker: getting interaction from podcast listeners right in the app is a nice feature. 👍

https://www.breaker.audio/build-your-saas/e/33594549

@matthewcrist I’ve been thinking about this a lot. “My wife” and “my husband” feels so possessive.

@bookoisseur How does it feel in NYC? I talked to quite a few locals that said the city was quite lonely - but it felt like the proximity and neighborhood design would lead to a more community feel.

“Work, and the ceaseless hunt for money, security, and consumer goods, dominate most people's lives; time for family and friends, and the activities that build community and meaning, is often scarce. Loneliness is epidemic.” http://theweek.com/articles/762397/americas-happiness-deficit

RT @FORSBERGtwo: @mijustin Just got a chance to watch your full talk.. so so good! 🙌 Love the simple excercise of writing “I want to start…

@jimmylipham I’m digging it! 🙌

I agree with @Shpigford completely.

It's unsustainable to focus 100% on your business. LIFE ISN'T JUST ABOUT WORK. It's about *living*. Let's enjoy other things besides typing and looking at screens.

https://baremetrics.com/blog/why-founders-need-hobbies

☝️ wore my @balsamiq t-shirt for this one. ☺️

Recorded my talk at #microconf on my phone. You can watch the full thing on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/F-q3PLqMOoc

My friend @adamwathan just launched his new course, Advanced Vue Component Design! 🙌

Adam makes really quality stuff.

Also, he has one of the best sales pages I've seen:
https://adamwathan.me/advanced-vue-component-design/

@FORSBERGtwo Whoa! Jealous.

@SzymczakK @JohnBuda 😊

@kraahkan Nice! Check out the video!

https://youtu.be/F-q3PLqMOoc

Want to validate your product idea?

Here's my talk from #microconf:
https://youtu.be/F-q3PLqMOoc

(filmed on my iPhone!)

@evanlewis_ Sweet!

You might like my new show too:
http://saas.transistor.fm

⚡️ Automatically email your list when you publish a new podcast:

1. In @MailChimp, create a new campaign
2. Select "Automated" and then "Share blog updates"
3. Enter your @transistorfm podcast's RSS feed URL
4. In the editor, use RSS tags like *|RSSITEM:TITLE|*
5. "Start RSS"

OMG! IT WORKED.

“Porsche subscription service.”

If @elonmusk does this for @Tesla it’d be huge!

http://www.porschepassport.com/

RT @leogdion: Putting together notes from #microconf and loved this quote: “The lessons you learn when you start small just get magnified w…

@leogdion @cgenco Thanks! It was great to talk podcasting with you too!

@FORSBERGtwo BTW - you were an example in my #microconf talk! 🙌

@FORSBERGtwo Whhaaaaaaat.

Ok, this is scheduled to go out in 45 minutes. We'll see if it works!

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