Joseph Jude

What SaaS product(s) have a free plan that you absolutely love?

The Tamil Christian worship song 'Ennil Adanga Sthothiram' performed by the Nagaland singer Zanbeni. Music provided by Benny Prasad.

You need to combine the system & the result to achieve the desired outcome. And Everyone involved in the process should have a clear understanding of the overall outcome. Only then you can avoid a disastrous "surgery is successful, but the patient is dead" situation.

A funny lie of adult life is pretending we'll act on advice we collect: I don't revisit bookmarks. I rarely re-open Google docs. I don’t re-read Kindle highlights. Until today, my friends. I finally realized how to turn notes into action:

2/ Lia DiBello writes, of her work: “… we noticed that highly talented business performers are very similar to each other. (…) business is an orderly closed system of relations between principles, and so-called intuitive experts in business have an implicit grasp of this.”

It is time that we accepted English as an Indian language and encourage it as any other Indian language.

Jeff Bezos, June 2000: “If I could do anything, I would like to go help explore space.”

What's the craziest way you've made a lot of money?

Listing some frameworks I find valuable as CEO: (1) Netflix's 5A feedback model (2) Andy Grove's TRM model for delegation (3) Amazon's written narrative & PR FAQ (4) Ben Horowitz's 3P model (5) 5 Why's (6) STEPPS framework for marketing Each is worth a Google search & read

This made my day. I can not ask for more.

Copy Experiment: Don’t write a “call to action” Write a “call to value” — Here’s what I mean… [Get started] -> [Plan your finances] [Sign up] -> [Grow your following] [Try Now] -> [Launch your site] See the difference ? Test it and see what works best for you.

Still relevant!

@Rashmi_SocPsy A couple of articles to help further - 1. Advice from someone who got rejected last year - 2. How to reach out to profs - 3. How to build a network on Twitter - 4. SoP = Hooks? -

To outperform, you need serious problem-solving skills. Fortunately, these skills can be learned. THREAD: A simple, powerful mental model for thinking clearly and solving complex problems:

Focus on the past, that’s ego. Focus on the future, that’s pride. Focus on the present, that’s humility.

Study B2B SaaS companies and you'll find that they do these parts of marketing better than anyone else: • Onboarding • Content marketing • Conferences • Engineering as marketing • Partner & reseller programs Steal these lessons ↓

It's the weekend! Grab a cup of coffee, in this thread I will explain 1. Peter Lynch's Six Categories of Stocks 2. How to identify the type of stock you own? 3. How to think and decide about the runway for growth of a company? Lets dive right in.

When placing a bet, it's NOT enough to look at just our *probability* of being right. We should ALSO look at our *payoffs* -- how much do we gain if we're right, and how much do we lose if we're wrong? "Pascal's Wager" vividly illustrates this kind of thinking:

There’s rich and then there’s this guy

A lot of people know the german word "𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒖𝒅𝒆": pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. Not enough people know the pali word "𝑴𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂": pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's good fortune.

4. Confidence People focus so much on remembering the message they forget to think about presentation. Don’t. Audiences judge competency and credibility on your confidence.

I can teach you to be a much better marketing copywriter in 10 tweets. Improving a few words can easily double your conversion. THREAD: 10+ copywriting mistakes:

In 2017, a doctor started a Youtube channel. 4 years later, he is averaging $25k/week in passive income. How'd he do it? THREAD: 6 Passive Income Ideas for Busy People Who Want To Build Wealth and Achieve Financial Freedom.

Fix your mind ~ Meditate, Read, Write, Be Mindful, Gratitude Fix your body ~ Exercise, Water, Stretching, Sun, Relax Fix your relationships ~ Trust, Give, Integrity, Honesty, Respect, Time, Space Fix your wealth ~ Learn, Save, Invest, Growth, Value, Ethics, Simplicity

An interesting video from Think School on finding gold mines in particular sectors and investing in them and how one can take exposure in the green energy sector through Niveshaay's Green Energy @smallcaseHQ portfolio. #GreenEnergy #smallcaps #investing

I'd love to follow the inputs of great thinkers: What @balajis reads What @JayShettyIW listens to What @wes_kao watches What questions @briannekimmel ponders What service allows you to log what you curate and have other people follow?

Great debate on hacker news about my article on money flows. Lots of interesting points there.

I keep thinking of the quote ‘tanquam ex ungue leonem’, commonly translated as ‘you will know the lion by his claw’. It means that you will recognise the relative skill of a person by the quality of their work, assuming you have some expertise.

The stupidity of conservative memes 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Want to do an MBA for free ? A thread 👇

@gregisenberg For modest outcomes: more science For gigantic outcomes: more art

Establish Structure “People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.” – Steven Spielberg Stories need structure. Clear narrative arcs (like Pixar’s “hero’s journey”) work well.

Why are some teams constantly firefighting? 4 common causes 1) Infra: unreliable, insecure, slow 2) Execs: asking for new / different / contradictory things 3) Interpersonal: petty drama between people & teams 4) Habits: managers conditioned to think firefighting is the job

I learned a tremendous amount of world history from playing and modding Europa Univeralis (much less from various versions of Civilization, though I still love it)

In 1990, my mother, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, called me a bad writer. Bad writing robs you of the attention you deserve. Want to supercharge your writing? 7 lessons from @ShaanVP's Power Writing Course 👇 (Stellar visuals by @OzolinsJanis)

Visited Village. Finally got actual pic of my school as on 1970. 300 sq f. 40 students. I room. 1 teacher. 5 classes. Attraction: zero fees. 😁. Free Midday meals🤣. 🙏🏼to Mr. K. Kamaraj. Then CM.

“Both the parties know the truth. It’s the judge who is on trial.” Justice J R Midha’s (Delhi High Court ) farewell speech

Calculate your investment returns using this formula, easily, quickly and accurately.

"People believe wisdom in two forms: money and religion. Unless you're financially successful or a saint, they'll rarely listen to you." #reflections #RandomThoughts #mindfulness

To be consistently effective in Product Management, you need to build expertise in 5 domains. Tactics & Processes are essential for starting. But don't stop there. Important to learn, build & teach the right Principles, Frameworks & Mindset. Mindset is especially underrated.

When in a high leverage role: Stop doing work that simply provides a positive return on investment. Start focusing on work that minimizes opportunity cost.

No one really wants to be friends with the popular kids, despite what you think. People predict that other folks want to be friends with popular people who have lots of friends already. In reality, people would rather make friends with those who are less popular & value them more

Vinod Sethi's brilliant advice to youngsters, in The One Percent Show. Watch the full episode here -

4/Steal from Animalz's principles. Principle # 1: You should be an alpha source. Document your journey and process. Then, share it with the world. "Unlike most content marketers, we don't write about things. We don't have firsthand experience of." — Says @thinking_slow

6/Principle #3: Sharing frameworks, not tactics. Tactics solve one problem. Frameworks solve many. Understand that core principle, you can create your strategies for writing different stuff. You don't need our prescriptive five tips (tactics). You can solve your problem then.

Here are my 16 biggest life mistakes. I am 46 years old. I still feel young, but old enough to have real regrets. To celebrate reaching 16,000 followers.. .a thread: (1/n)

My mentor taught me a way of documenting my various thoughts and thought procedures in something called the "Digital Brain" We used to use Obsidian to document our thoughts. What ways do you use to note down your thought procedure?

Good learning resources for finance and investing

Goals = What + Why Systems = How

How to outsource marketing for your side project | Hacker News Some good answers in this thread #marketing