The Technium: 1,000 True Fans

Portnoy, for instance, has gone from Boston sports, to all sports, to sports betting, to pizza, to the stock market. His success has taken many forms over the last 17 years. What this means for myself and everyone else in the early innings of a newsletter project is that whatever we’re doing right now will eventually have to be reinvented on the fl... See more

1. Your career is not your life2. Explore, then exploit3. Don't do the job you want to tell other people you do. Do the job you want to do.4. Be ruthlessly honest with yourself about what you value—and how much professional success matters to you5. Flow comes from voluntary, difficult, worthwhile work