Bradley Spitzer

Make good work and enjoy the good work created by others.

@gregisenberg Anyone need a clipper? I'm in! Let's go - send me a message.

We'll soon see the rise of the "Chief Clipping Officers" at companies The person who figures out the 47 second moment inside the 2 hour podcast that gets 10M views Probably will be the highest paid marketing hire of 2027

Life gets a lot more abundant and easeful when I stop thinking so much about what I feel called to do and instead just start doing them. I often forget this. But when I remember, and start *allowing* the action again—without interruption from my mind—life opens up just the same.

There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild. He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed. When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them. Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate. The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions. Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement. The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean. That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.

Whenever I start a new direction in life, I make a pact: Expect results in 2 years, not 2 months. Because the start is supposed to suck. But if you don’t give it time, you’ll never find out if you were right.

A man born in the 1800s told his teenage grandson one thing: After every meeting, lecture, or significant moment, spend 30 seconds—no more, no less—writing down what mattered most. No other system. No other advice. The grandson did it. Excelled in everything. Built a remarkable life with room to actually live it. Now in his fifth decade, he's parachuted into corporate crises, writes speeches for Fortune 500 CEOs, advises world leaders. Google him: barely a ripple. He doesn't need the noise. It's not note-taking. Taking notes lets you avoid the hard work of deciding what actually mattered. 30 seconds forces you to interpret. It's exhausting. Which is why most people skip it. But that exhaustion is the work that matters. You listen differently. Because now you know you have to distill it. You ask better questions. Because vague answers won't survive the 30-second cut. You understand others better. Because what makes the cut is usually what matters to them. It gets easier. Each time you practice, it becomes more natural. More useful. More fun. It's not a quick fix. It's a foundational skill that compounds for decades. What would change if you did this after your next meeting?👇🏼

Too many people are trying to grow fast and not enough people are trying to grow forever

Leonardo da Vinci, the genius strikes again

The first bottleneck to anything isn't to do it well It's to do it, period Just start

your nervous system goes into fight or flight when you rush. when you push yourself to always produce. and act like everything is urgent. move slower through your tasks. slow down your breathing. you’ll get more done when your body isn’t in a state of panic.

Charlie Munger said, “If you need a tool and haven’t bought it, you’re already paying for it.” On a similar note, if you have a dream and you haven't started acting on it, you're already paying for it.

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At the core of anyone’s success lies a deep, insatiable curiosity for learning. thedaily.coach/p/runnin-down-…

How to Find Meaning in Suffering: - Put your energy towards helping others - Be grateful for what you have left - Look for beauty everywhere - Make your ancestors proud (suffering doesn't skip a generation)

Introverts don't dream about luxury. For them luxury is freedom. Quiet mornings. Unrushed coffee. Long walks at 2.35 pm. Work that feels meaningful. A few people who feel like home. Time to read. Reflect. Think about things that matter. A simple life. Rich in depth, less in noise

“What time is it right now?” For who? You? For most people in the world, that’s not the current time.

In the era of algorithmic distraction, the ability to maintain a single thread of thought for four hours is a superpower. It is the only way to solve hard problems.

I have noticed that the people who changed my life did not try to change my life. they were simply in the room being themselves with such completeness that the completeness altered me. through proximity alone. the way a fire alters the room simply by being lit inside it.

Something I’ve learned in life - when you pursue excellence in a craft, it’s who you become through the process that’s the reward.

Best Advice during hard times: Have a routine. Do not just sit in your challenges. Do things outside. Leave your home. Force it. You will work your way out much faster.