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]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 16:15:23 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 45 I draft most posts on walks now. One experiment, voice-to-text, changed how much leverage every post gets. I draft most posts on walks now. One experiment, voice-to-text, changed how much leverage every post gets. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No We Are All Investors | Daily Essay We Are All Investors | Daily Essay full c48c04b4-1b1c-46cd-8a91-43e98db0b001 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5cfdfd0d Say the word investor and most people picture money. Money is one resource among several you trade every day to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

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]]> Sat, 16 May 2026 18:24:28 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 67 Say the word investor and most people picture money. Money is one resource among several you trade every day to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Say the word investor and most people picture money. Money is one resource among several you trade every day to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Optimization Trap That Broke My Meditation Habit | Daily Essay The Optimization Trap That Broke My Meditation Habit | Daily Essay full 4fb69c13-dd73-42be-8e2c-71f43b3b3cbb https://share.transistor.fm/s/1850f1c9 I broke my meditation practice many times over fifteen years. The pattern was always the same. A working practice, the impulse to make it more efficient, and a feedback loop too delayed to catch in time.

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]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 13:04:31 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 66 I broke my meditation practice many times over fifteen years. The pattern was always the same. A working practice, the impulse to make it more efficient, and a feedback loop too delayed to catch in time. I broke my meditation practice many times over fifteen years. The pattern was always the same. A working practice, the impulse to make it more efficient, and a feedback loop too delayed to catch in time. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Faster | Daily Essay How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Faster | Daily Essay full 0b089d9e-aac5-4918-a8f7-e11ef0aec571 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5292fe1d Three types of experiments — mental, physical, social — cost different amounts of energy. The type you avoid most is usually the one to lean into next.

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]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 15:54:38 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 109 Three types of experiments — mental, physical, social — cost different amounts of energy. The type you avoid most is usually the one to lean into next. Three types of experiments — mental, physical, social — cost different amounts of energy. The type you avoid most is usually the one to lean into next. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Lee Kuan Yew: Engineered Sovereignty | Biography Lee Kuan Yew: Engineered Sovereignty | Biography full 075a6d06-9185-4930-9cf2-d65bad1ea851 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0a13f57a Lee Kuan Yew built one of the most efficient states in modern history and engineered the legal toolkit that kept his party in office for fifty-six years.

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]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 13:52:49 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 717 Lee Kuan Yew built one of the most efficient states in modern history and engineered the legal toolkit that kept his party in office for fifty-six years. Lee Kuan Yew built one of the most efficient states in modern history and engineered the legal toolkit that kept his party in office for fifty-six years. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Why I Rewrite My Principles by Hand | Daily Essay Why I Rewrite My Principles by Hand | Daily Essay full e925335c-91ff-413b-866c-3e18e058546e https://share.transistor.fm/s/010b9615 Each day I'd open my notebook and copy yesterday's principles to a new page by hand. Some lines I wrote without thinking. Others slowed me down.

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]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 13:41:21 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 50 Each day I'd open my notebook and copy yesterday's principles to a new page by hand. Some lines I wrote without thinking. Others slowed me down. Each day I'd open my notebook and copy yesterday's principles to a new page by hand. Some lines I wrote without thinking. Others slowed me down. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Minimalist Philosophy of a Jellyfish | Daily Essay The Minimalist Philosophy of a Jellyfish | Daily Essay full f9b40b7c-546a-48f8-8102-422a59faaaaf https://share.transistor.fm/s/c1d4f5fc Each day I remove three things. A physical item, an app off my phone, a subscription on autopay. A jellyfish has no brain and has lasted 500 million years.

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]]> Tue, 12 May 2026 10:59:47 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 98 Each day I remove three things. A physical item, an app off my phone, a subscription on autopay. A jellyfish has no brain and has lasted 500 million years. Each day I remove three things. A physical item, an app off my phone, a subscription on autopay. A jellyfish has no brain and has lasted 500 million years. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Why Some Habits Stick: 12 Tardigrade Traits | Daily Essay Why Some Habits Stick: 12 Tardigrade Traits | Daily Essay full 3143c472-9d30-4bd9-9400-8b95f62b336d https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a990ed6 I came up with a term to describe something I value. If tardigradity is the probability a thing keeps going, it has to come from somewhere.

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]]> Mon, 11 May 2026 14:30:14 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 206 I came up with a term to describe something I value. If tardigradity is the probability a thing keeps going, it has to come from somewhere. I came up with a term to describe something I value. If tardigradity is the probability a thing keeps going, it has to come from somewhere. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Buy the Red Ocean | Daily Essay Buy the Red Ocean | Daily Essay full 8ecd6f81-f969-4053-ab30-9430d92b47e4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5423c6ed Most founders see 15 competitors and feel deflated. They should feel relieved. The buyer's move in a red ocean is to switch seats and let the market do the work.

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]]> Sun, 10 May 2026 08:53:24 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 106 Most founders see 15 competitors and feel deflated. They should feel relieved. The buyer's move in a red ocean is to switch seats and let the market do the work. Most founders see 15 competitors and feel deflated. They should feel relieved. The buyer's move in a red ocean is to switch seats and let the market do the work. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No When to Give Up on a Business: Force or Flow? | Daily Essay When to Give Up on a Business: Force or Flow? | Daily Essay full a25e2d49-68cf-4ecc-94ac-acb7527aef27 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1b6df02f What's forced falls apart. The line between effort and force is flow, and the test is whether the market is returning what you put in.

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]]> Sat, 09 May 2026 11:24:04 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 104 What's forced falls apart. The line between effort and force is flow, and the test is whether the market is returning what you put in. What's forced falls apart. The line between effort and force is flow, and the test is whether the market is returning what you put in. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Ray Dalio's 42-Year Daily Habit | Daily Essay Ray Dalio's 42-Year Daily Habit | Daily Essay full 41fa0dfa-888c-4aa2-a02b-bb8658774ab4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/89f31074 Most people treat their morning routine like a battery that runs all day. It doesn't. Meetings, decisions and small frictions bleed it dry by noon. Reading through biographies of Dalio, Dorsey and Harari, I kept hitting the same detail: all of them meditate twice a day. So I added a midday session to test what a second reset actually does.

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]]> Fri, 08 May 2026 14:59:17 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 66 Most people treat their morning routine like a battery that runs all day. It doesn't. Meetings, decisions and small frictions bleed it dry by noon. Reading through biographies of Dalio, Dorsey and Harari, I kept hitting the same detail: all of them meditate twice a day. So I added a midday session to test what a second reset actually does. Most people treat their morning routine like a battery that runs all day. It doesn't. Meetings, decisions and small frictions bleed it dry by noon. Reading through biographies of Dalio, Dorsey and Harari, I kept hitting the same detail: all of them medita meditation,ray dalio,mindfulness,daily habit,productivity No How Meditation Eats Stress | Daily Essay How Meditation Eats Stress | Daily Essay full 1e2d3c7f-8179-482b-9965-55a6954ed0d2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/00ec319e Stress is raw material. Meditation metabolizes it. Life supplies the stressors whether you want them or not, and the practice has two modes: clearing the table or going deeper.

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]]> Thu, 07 May 2026 09:19:59 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 28 Stress is raw material. Meditation metabolizes it. Life supplies the stressors whether you want them or not, and the practice has two modes: clearing the table or going deeper. Stress is raw material. Meditation metabolizes it. Life supplies the stressors whether you want them or not, and the practice has two modes: clearing the table or going deeper. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Satoshi Nakamoto: Absent Authority | Biography Satoshi Nakamoto: Absent Authority | Biography full 06bc059d-9541-4bc6-bd15-4da45e1958c6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2f4887d2 Satoshi Nakamoto built money that could run without personal trust, then protected it by becoming impossible to find. This biography traces the technical record, the political timing and the deliberate disappearance of the most consequential anonymous person in financial history.

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]]> Thu, 07 May 2026 08:00:25 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 1242 Satoshi Nakamoto built money that could run without personal trust, then protected it by becoming impossible to find. This biography traces the technical record, the political timing and the deliberate disappearance of the most consequential anonymous person in financial history. Satoshi Nakamoto built money that could run without personal trust, then protected it by becoming impossible to find. This biography traces the technical record, the political timing and the deliberate disappearance of the most consequential anonymous per entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Mental Toughness via Meditation Mental Toughness via Meditation full 397c8d04-3303-41f5-b96c-6495884e6865 https://share.transistor.fm/s/724e00bf I sit still for two and a half hours each day. Meditation trains a specific muscle: each minute is a rep against the urge to stop or check the time, and that muscle transfers to hard runs, heavy lifts, tense negotiations and cold showers.

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]]> Wed, 06 May 2026 10:42:44 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 107 I sit still for two and a half hours each day. Meditation trains a specific muscle: each minute is a rep against the urge to stop or check the time, and that muscle transfers to hard runs, heavy lifts, tense negotiations and cold showers. I sit still for two and a half hours each day. Meditation trains a specific muscle: each minute is a rep against the urge to stop or check the time, and that muscle transfers to hard runs, heavy lifts, tense negotiations and cold showers. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No From Self Taught Programmer to Senior in Under 2 Years From Self Taught Programmer to Senior in Under 2 Years full f7f5900e-e7a5-4479-b5fb-2bb30450d7a6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c3b8752f I learned to code alone in Vim, with no one to unblock me. A single bug could cost a month. The high-friction years built the foundation that made everything after compound fast.

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]]> Tue, 05 May 2026 16:40:32 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 122 I learned to code alone in Vim, with no one to unblock me. A single bug could cost a month. The high-friction years built the foundation that made everything after compound fast. I learned to code alone in Vim, with no one to unblock me. A single bug could cost a month. The high-friction years built the foundation that made everything after compound fast. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Willpower Is Finite (How to Do Hard Things Anyway) Willpower Is Finite (How to Do Hard Things Anyway) full 34d65c00-3d04-49f3-af98-81c4a82d76f4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2dd4789e Stanford says believe hard enough and your willpower becomes unlimited. Henry Ford said the same thing a century earlier. Turns out the battery drains whether you believe it or not.

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]]> Mon, 04 May 2026 15:42:53 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 57 Stanford says believe hard enough and your willpower becomes unlimited. Henry Ford said the same thing a century earlier. Turns out the battery drains whether you believe it or not. Stanford says believe hard enough and your willpower becomes unlimited. Henry Ford said the same thing a century earlier. Turns out the battery drains whether you believe it or not. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Morning Habits That Stick (Why Order Matters) The Morning Habits That Stick (Why Order Matters) full b4ba3f60-aaf8-4f3c-9ce6-d0fa4216d133 https://share.transistor.fm/s/333a3b8f I keep my habits in an app that tracks how often I do each one. The ones at the top of the list have longer streaks. Position is the lever. Willpower is exhaustible. Interruptions stack. The first slot has the most fuel and the least drag.

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]]> Sun, 03 May 2026 12:14:28 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 56 I keep my habits in an app that tracks how often I do each one. The ones at the top of the list have longer streaks. Position is the lever. Willpower is exhaustible. Interruptions stack. The first slot has the most fuel and the least drag. I keep my habits in an app that tracks how often I do each one. The ones at the top of the list have longer streaks. Position is the lever. Willpower is exhaustible. Interruptions stack. The first slot has the most fuel and the least drag. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Eat Your Own Cooking Eat Your Own Cooking full 73170149-c2fc-451d-8356-f36243247f1b https://share.transistor.fm/s/dccb9de1 Most bug reports travel through three people before anyone fixes them. By then the pain is a paragraph in a ticket and the person who felt it has moved on. There's a shorter path.

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]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:26:14 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 92 Most bug reports travel through three people before anyone fixes them. By then the pain is a paragraph in a ticket and the person who felt it has moved on. There's a shorter path. Most bug reports travel through three people before anyone fixes them. By then the pain is a paragraph in a ticket and the person who felt it has moved on. There's a shorter path. indie hackers,saas,dogfooding,founder,build in public No Flywheel Explained: One Action, Many Wins Flywheel Explained: One Action, Many Wins full 96949aae-aa07-40df-aa63-b6e4ac7800c1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4c847e02 I write a post each morning. By lunch, that post is a video on YouTube. One action that touches more than one node in your system at once. I call this a tap.

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]]> Fri, 01 May 2026 16:12:14 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 69 I write a post each morning. By lunch, that post is a video on YouTube. One action that touches more than one node in your system at once. I call this a tap. I write a post each morning. By lunch, that post is a video on YouTube. One action that touches more than one node in your system at once. I call this a tap. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Manifesting Is Learned Helplessness in Reverse Manifesting Is Learned Helplessness in Reverse full 2be669e1-cde5-486e-8753-61af0ae9e05c https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9d2ea17 One line from my prediction markets video kept looping in my head. The market price was supposed to reflect what the crowd believed. It was reflecting those beliefs. It was also changing them.

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]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:41:18 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 87 One line from my prediction markets video kept looping in my head. The market price was supposed to reflect what the crowd believed. It was reflecting those beliefs. It was also changing them. One line from my prediction markets video kept looping in my head. The market price was supposed to reflect what the crowd believed. It was reflecting those beliefs. It was also changing them. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Launch First, Name Later Launch First, Name Later full bc4afd10-b6f6-438f-bcf2-c1fdcb7240aa https://share.transistor.fm/s/bfb274a3 I spent two days on a name and shipped zero code. Domain searches across a dozen tabs. Then I stopped, deployed on a subdomain and started shipping. The name came later.

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]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:59:27 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 76 I spent two days on a name and shipped zero code. Domain searches across a dozen tabs. Then I stopped, deployed on a subdomain and started shipping. The name came later. I spent two days on a name and shipped zero code. Domain searches across a dozen tabs. Then I stopped, deployed on a subdomain and started shipping. The name came later. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No I Deleted Social Media. Here's What I Kept. I Deleted Social Media. Here's What I Kept. full 633b9336-c849-45e5-a89b-0fa018fa4cd9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7ab70d4 You already know the cost before you open the app. You open it anyway. The algorithm that taught you a skill in a month is the same one eating your evenings.

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]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:28:05 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 81 You already know the cost before you open the app. You open it anyway. The algorithm that taught you a skill in a month is the same one eating your evenings. You already know the cost before you open the app. You open it anyway. The algorithm that taught you a skill in a month is the same one eating your evenings. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Do Less, Get More: The F1 Math Do Less, Get More: The F1 Math full b16052dd-89b9-40a5-9683-222f482ecef2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9009eae Most people behind on their work add more. F1 engineers know better. The math says removing weight wins.

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]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:14:18 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 91 Most people behind on their work add more. F1 engineers know better. The math says removing weight wins. Most people behind on their work add more. F1 engineers know better. The math says removing weight wins. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule full 77019986-05ea-4cee-b8c5-5ffe6fab7ae9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f973362f Most investors argue about concentration versus diversification. The best ones think evolutionarily. Strategy follows the environment, not preference.

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]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:39:44 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 146 Most investors argue about concentration versus diversification. The best ones think evolutionarily. Strategy follows the environment, not preference. Most investors argue about concentration versus diversification. The best ones think evolutionarily. Strategy follows the environment, not preference. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last full 2a91549c-3812-4c7b-89f3-7ed346bfe4de https://share.transistor.fm/s/e35eaf61 Most habits die during your worst weeks. The ones that survive share a single trait that has nothing to do with discipline. This episode introduces tardigradity. It's the probability that a practice keeps going.

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]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:52:07 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 109 Most habits die during your worst weeks. The ones that survive share a single trait that has nothing to do with discipline. This episode introduces tardigradity. It's the probability that a practice keeps going. Most habits die during your worst weeks. The ones that survive share a single trait that has nothing to do with discipline. This episode introduces tardigradity. It's the probability that a practice keeps going. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No How I Get Business Ideas How I Get Business Ideas full 96f6bc31-19a5-4acc-810f-9dc734e6def0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e39c10f3 I have a backlog of 200+ rough blog post ideas. When I sit down to write today's post, the idea is already there. The same habit works for business ideas.

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:12:43 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 46 I have a backlog of 200+ rough blog post ideas. When I sit down to write today's post, the idea is already there. The same habit works for business ideas. I have a backlog of 200+ rough blog post ideas. When I sit down to write today's post, the idea is already there. The same habit works for business ideas. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Simulation Thinking: How to Make Hard Decisions Simulation Thinking: How to Make Hard Decisions full 0fdf202e-425b-4974-b078-39c2b9e88a20 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e1d247ee I built five books in one day to pick which one to ship. Why simulation thinking beats picking between descriptions, and why AI makes it runnable on any decision that matters.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:41:07 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 120 I built five books in one day to pick which one to ship. Why simulation thinking beats picking between descriptions, and why AI makes it runnable on any decision that matters. I built five books in one day to pick which one to ship. Why simulation thinking beats picking between descriptions, and why AI makes it runnable on any decision that matters. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Hidden Cost of Moving: Decision Fatigue The Hidden Cost of Moving: Decision Fatigue full 4bb67eef-c1c9-4bba-a83a-fed0f280005d https://share.transistor.fm/s/40f6788a Five years of moving to a new city every few months felt like freedom. The real cost was thousands of invisible daily decisions a settled person never faces. Why environment design is really decision reduction.

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]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:42:17 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 152 Five years of moving to a new city every few months felt like freedom. The real cost was thousands of invisible daily decisions a settled person never faces. Why environment design is really decision reduction. Five years of moving to a new city every few months felt like freedom. The real cost was thousands of invisible daily decisions a settled person never faces. Why environment design is really decision reduction. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Time Is Not Your Most Valuable Asset Time Is Not Your Most Valuable Asset full 1f730e56-1c3d-485c-aa02-2083d7a2b152 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6321ff82 Time goes one way. Money goes both ways. You can earn back a dollar. You can never earn back an hour. Treating the two as the same is a category error. This episode breaks down a seven-layer hierarchy of resources, from money at the bottom to awareness at the top.

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]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:45:32 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 111 Time goes one way. Money goes both ways. You can earn back a dollar. You can never earn back an hour. Treating the two as the same is a category error. This episode breaks down a seven-layer hierarchy of resources, from money at the bottom to awareness at the top. Time goes one way. Money goes both ways. You can earn back a dollar. You can never earn back an hour. Treating the two as the same is a category error. This episode breaks down a seven-layer hierarchy of resources, from money at the bottom to awareness at entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No How to Prioritize When You Have Too Many Ideas How to Prioritize When You Have Too Many Ideas full 3a378a32-d22b-4e6d-a94b-5f5878c8a486 https://share.transistor.fm/s/431f3c1d Each day I run experiments. Most days there are more experiments in my queue than I can run. Two filters decide what gets picked first: does this remove something from the system, or does this build something future experiments depend on?

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]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:37:22 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 99 Each day I run experiments. Most days there are more experiments in my queue than I can run. Two filters decide what gets picked first: does this remove something from the system, or does this build something future experiments depend on? Each day I run experiments. Most days there are more experiments in my queue than I can run. Two filters decide what gets picked first: does this remove something from the system, or does this build something future experiments depend on? entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No I Had Too Many Habits. Here's What Saved Me. I Had Too Many Habits. Here's What Saved Me. full cc7a7438-2bb2-4388-8ff8-2a203235ecdb https://share.transistor.fm/s/5efcf674 Habits pile like grains of sand. Add enough and the whole stack collapses under its own weight. Here's the cap I set to stop the collapses, and the split I had to make when that cap started blocking habits I wanted to add.

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]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:29:47 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 127 Habits pile like grains of sand. Add enough and the whole stack collapses under its own weight. Here's the cap I set to stop the collapses, and the split I had to make when that cap started blocking habits I wanted to add. Habits pile like grains of sand. Add enough and the whole stack collapses under its own weight. Here's the cap I set to stop the collapses, and the split I had to make when that cap started blocking habits I wanted to add. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Most Habit Trackers Miss the Point Most Habit Trackers Miss the Point full f515c643-c5e9-4313-905d-dae578addd18 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a6cb6863 You can't trust your memory to measure change. I add and remove habits regularly. Three weeks later I can't remember how I felt before the change. The water temperature adjusted and I adjusted with it. My solution: forced review checkpoints.

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]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:56:58 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 95 You can't trust your memory to measure change. I add and remove habits regularly. Three weeks later I can't remember how I felt before the change. The water temperature adjusted and I adjusted with it. My solution: forced review checkpoints. You can't trust your memory to measure change. I add and remove habits regularly. Three weeks later I can't remember how I felt before the change. The water temperature adjusted and I adjusted with it. My solution: forced review checkpoints. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No How I Build Habits That Don't Break How I Build Habits That Don't Break full d1e366f4-29f7-4646-9e82-e2b2a56745c1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3fe24ef4 For years my habits lived in boom and bust cycles. Then I replaced banking with ranges: a floor, a target, a ceiling.

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]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:19:46 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 78 For years my habits lived in boom and bust cycles. Then I replaced banking with ranges: a floor, a target, a ceiling. For years my habits lived in boom and bust cycles. Then I replaced banking with ranges: a floor, a target, a ceiling. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No How to Close a Chapter Without Regret How to Close a Chapter Without Regret full 291791bc-d352-482f-a760-9c031111eccb https://share.transistor.fm/s/6a5fe781 I ran a daily standup for six years. 2,000 days. 44,110 standups logged. Here's how I closed the chapter with a book instead of silence.

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:12:33 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 114 I ran a daily standup for six years. 2,000 days. 44,110 standups logged. Here's how I closed the chapter with a book instead of silence. I ran a daily standup for six years. 2,000 days. 44,110 standups logged. Here's how I closed the chapter with a book instead of silence. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality full f9a9a6d3-a616-43f3-8fd8-7fd87a7dc1e1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a28389c8 One scene from The Thinking Game documentary stopped me. A DeepMind AI found a move no human player would try. I named it tunneling, then found nature doing the same thing for billions of years.

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]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:32:25 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 273 One scene from The Thinking Game documentary stopped me. A DeepMind AI found a move no human player would try. I named it tunneling, then found nature doing the same thing for billions of years. One scene from The Thinking Game documentary stopped me. A DeepMind AI found a move no human player would try. I named it tunneling, then found nature doing the same thing for billions of years. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Why Smart People Underperform Why Smart People Underperform full c85a63d7-f5e5-4ee5-9292-de64a4e50b86 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cabe3277 The best AI coding model writes bad code inside Antigravity IDE. The same model in Cursor or Claude Code performs much better. The same law applies to people. Environment is the multiplier.

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]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:18:53 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 77 The best AI coding model writes bad code inside Antigravity IDE. The same model in Cursor or Claude Code performs much better. The same law applies to people. Environment is the multiplier. The best AI coding model writes bad code inside Antigravity IDE. The same model in Cursor or Claude Code performs much better. The same law applies to people. Environment is the multiplier. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Cure For Anxiety Is Doing More Of It The Cure For Anxiety Is Doing More Of It full c2c82196-ec86-476f-abb3-e992a5f45588 https://share.transistor.fm/s/347ad97f My first blog post took hours. Three months of daily posts later, I write, publish and move on. If you're anxious about something, the answer is usually more exposure.

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]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:03:35 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 28 My first blog post took hours. Three months of daily posts later, I write, publish and move on. If you're anxious about something, the answer is usually more exposure. My first blog post took hours. Three months of daily posts later, I write, publish and move on. If you're anxious about something, the answer is usually more exposure. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo. We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo. full cdae0854-34e2-4d45-8d87-535857c9c314 https://share.transistor.fm/s/90b3dbe7 We live in the wild, not the zoo. The systems around us are built for what we buy, what we click and what can be mass produced. Our wellbeing is a side effect. Once we accept that no one is looking out for us, we start taking accountability for our own wellbeing and outcomes.

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]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:49:45 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 110 We live in the wild, not the zoo. The systems around us are built for what we buy, what we click and what can be mass produced. Our wellbeing is a side effect. Once we accept that no one is looking out for us, we start taking accountability for our own wellbeing and outcomes. We live in the wild, not the zoo. The systems around us are built for what we buy, what we click and what can be mass produced. Our wellbeing is a side effect. Once we accept that no one is looking out for us, we start taking accountability for our own we entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No How I Use a Paper To-Do List to Finish What Actually Matters How I Use a Paper To-Do List to Finish What Actually Matters full f1bd1297-83cb-40cb-96ce-dd3efc6f136e https://share.transistor.fm/s/782d535e Each day I rewrite my to-do list on paper. The things I finished get crossed off. The unfinished things only get carried forward if they're worth rewriting. The longer an item survives that process, the louder the signal: this is the one to finish.

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]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:11:33 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 100 Each day I rewrite my to-do list on paper. The things I finished get crossed off. The unfinished things only get carried forward if they're worth rewriting. The longer an item survives that process, the louder the signal: this is the one to finish. Each day I rewrite my to-do list on paper. The things I finished get crossed off. The unfinished things only get carried forward if they're worth rewriting. The longer an item survives that process, the louder the signal: this is the one to finish. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Long-Haul Luxuries: Why I Only Buy Things Built To Last Long-Haul Luxuries: Why I Only Buy Things Built To Last full 102f5364-9d8f-469a-9d02-fd1d1d262640 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3ceb0226 I paid $150 for a chef's knife last week. A recent trip taught me what a good knife feels like.

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]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:05:59 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 86 I paid $150 for a chef's knife last week. A recent trip taught me what a good knife feels like. I paid $150 for a chef's knife last week. A recent trip taught me what a good knife feels like. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Why I Call Everything v0.1 Before I Launch Why I Call Everything v0.1 Before I Launch full d1993092-8808-4a2b-a1cc-3078e325940b https://share.transistor.fm/s/5e3496d5 One label manages expectations before users can form the wrong ones. It gives you permission to ship fast.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:41:23 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 53 One label manages expectations before users can form the wrong ones. It gives you permission to ship fast. One label manages expectations before users can form the wrong ones. It gives you permission to ship fast. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Second-Time Rule: Turn Fixes Into Systems The Second-Time Rule: Turn Fixes Into Systems full 2ba1466b-9e83-4132-bbdf-7177f8d30754 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e5c283d5 The second time you do something, turn it into a protocol. One-time work that pays off each time. A rule for turning fixes into lasting systems.

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]]> Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:03:46 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 80 The second time you do something, turn it into a protocol. One-time work that pays off each time. A rule for turning fixes into lasting systems. The second time you do something, turn it into a protocol. One-time work that pays off each time. A rule for turning fixes into lasting systems. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No What 2,000 Days of Building in Public Proved What 2,000 Days of Building in Public Proved full 7ebfcf55-b0ac-451a-9ddd-40ae06c20b4c https://share.transistor.fm/s/67846b7d 546 founders wrote daily standups for 2,000 days. The most committed founders wrote the most ordinary first entries.

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]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:36:16 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 98 546 founders wrote daily standups for 2,000 days. The most committed founders wrote the most ordinary first entries. 546 founders wrote daily standups for 2,000 days. The most committed founders wrote the most ordinary first entries. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Do Less, Get Better: I Removed a Good Chapter Do Less, Get Better: I Removed a Good Chapter full 254020d7-f67e-40da-bf73-62bebd0d04a1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1afe3495 I cut a chapter from my habits book. The chapter was good. The book is better without it.

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]]> Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:53:11 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 54 Simple code is easier to fix, easier to read, easier to maintain. Getting to simple is the hard part. Simple code is easier to fix, easier to read, easier to maintain. Getting to simple is the hard part. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Ship Before It's Ready Ship Before It's Ready full 1548a870-fec3-4ae2-a5e5-2c6b5ead5145 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4a60e9d I ran one command from my terminal and a post showed up on WordPress. It was rough. But it went through, end to end. Flawed but real.

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]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:00:55 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 85 I ran one command from my terminal and a post showed up on WordPress. It was rough. But it went through, end to end. Flawed but real. I ran one command from my terminal and a post showed up on WordPress. It was rough. But it went through, end to end. Flawed but real. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Justified Complexity Justified Complexity full ab0a98e3-93e3-4e9b-8e15-75a28f9ad9a7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a1eb5526 I talk a lot about simplicity. This week I made my render pipeline 5x more complex. On purpose.

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]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:02:15 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 52 I talk a lot about simplicity. This week I made my render pipeline 5x more complex. On purpose. I talk a lot about simplicity. This week I made my render pipeline 5x more complex. On purpose. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No I Left My Job in 2017. Here's What 10 Years Proved. I Left My Job in 2017. Here's What 10 Years Proved. full 95da65c0-5488-4869-a04e-7a5788980d19 https://share.transistor.fm/s/989060c0 I left my job in 2017. People thought I was crazy. Almost 10 years later, the safe path turned out to be the dangerous one.

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:13:26 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 100 I left my job in 2017. People thought I was crazy. Almost 10 years later, the safe path turned out to be the dangerous one. I left my job in 2017. People thought I was crazy. Almost 10 years later, the safe path turned out to be the dangerous one. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong full 099a2cd8-437a-4dab-b95c-c1d80c4b11ae https://share.transistor.fm/s/f44a2f9c Loss aversion is called a cognitive bias. But the math says otherwise. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. Some losses have no recovery at all.

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]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:19:23 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 96 Loss aversion is called a cognitive bias. But the math says otherwise. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. Some losses have no recovery at all. Loss aversion is called a cognitive bias. But the math says otherwise. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. Some losses have no recovery at all. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Why Rest Days Made Everything Harder Why Rest Days Made Everything Harder full 75f85c68-cc14-41eb-80cf-bfbbcc1df6ca https://share.transistor.fm/s/1a63941e I kept a rest day each week for years. It made everything harder. There's a hidden cost to any gap in a habit: reactivation energy.

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]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:27:46 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 101 I kept a rest day each week for years. It made everything harder. There's a hidden cost to any gap in a habit: reactivation energy. I kept a rest day each week for years. It made everything harder. There's a hidden cost to any gap in a habit: reactivation energy. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No Prediction Markets Are Accurate (That's the Problem) Prediction Markets Are Accurate (That's the Problem) full 3ed76c0a-f085-4b93-9680-d6ebf88d3ee4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/69be05bc Prediction markets aggregate real information from people with real stakes. The accuracy is real. The influence that some participants have over the outcome is also real.

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]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:21:50 -0700 Dru Riley Dru Riley 118 Prediction markets aggregate real information from people with real stakes. The accuracy is real. The influence that some participants have over the outcome is also real. Prediction markets aggregate real information from people with real stakes. The accuracy is real. The influence that some participants have over the outcome is also real. entrepreneurship, habits, systems, bottlenecks, leverage, daily, trends, startups, independence No The Trade You Make 100 Times a Day The Trade You Make 100 Times a Day full c761e580-5d6b-42af-ab34-582e64914405 https://share.transistor.fm/s/921be2f8 Each choice you make is an investment. You invest time, energy, attention, willpower. Sometimes money. The question is: what's your ROI?

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