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Illustration for Distributed Work: Do the best work of your career

Distributed Work: Do the best work of your career

You've tried remote work but probably haven't thought about *where* you'd actually be most productive if geography didn't matter. This post breaks down the specific tools (including Starlink hitting 50-150Mbps in rural areas) that are eliminating the "bad connection" excuse, and challenges you to answer: where would you do your best work?

Illustration for Leverage The Last Mile

Leverage The Last Mile

You've built the thing, but you're stuck waiting for someone else to act or for the 'right moment' to finalize it — and that's why your projects stall out. This shows you how to stop waiting and instead do the one tiny action right now that forces the value to unlock, like pre-signing contracts or booking the meeting instead of saying 'we should meet soon.'

Illustration for Do Less, Better

Do Less, Better

You're probably adding features to fix problems when you should be perfecting the core experience — this breaks down why Slack beat crowded competition by *removing* distractions, not adding them. The trap you're falling into is scope creep; this shows you how ruthless focus on 'less, better' creates the product/market fit that makes users overlook what's missing.