Nicholas Aufenkamp

@p_millerd Against the Machine, Paul Kingsnorth

What recent non fiction books do you actually recommend in public a lot? Not one that someone sent you but that you bought, read, finished and loved. A few I hear about a lot: tiny experiments and wanting What else?

@GrammarHippy @tommyswriting Underrated reply.

@tommyswriting Only daycares

You have 30 days to make $10,000. • No connections • No audience • No money (except for living expenses). What’s your action plan?

@JJEnglert Guide

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Why does the line “clear not clever” work so well? Because it is clever. Anyone who tells you not to be clever: not a writer. Anyone who tries to be clever without being clear: not a writer. Anyone who is clear without being clever: boring af Good writing = clear & clever

I Should Have Been There. open.substack.com/pub/howtobebet…

I don’t really do Christmas letters. But if I did, it’d be something like this: open.substack.com/pub/howtobebet…

@PhilMackey Ironically, this will be a prime example of a team failing a young quarterback. No excuse at that moment in a game to call a play that leaves your inexperienced QBs exposed to an unblocked Brian Burns. Asinine play call. KO may have just cost JJM his career as a starting QB.

Season over for JJ McCarthy? If so, the Vikings will only have 8.5 games of sample size to work with (over 2 years) when deciding how to proceed at QB this offseason.

@thorku Reminds me of Mullens. Except better.

Nasty work from Mahomes

The second hardest part of life is knowing the best thing to do. The hardest thing in life is actually doing the thing.

@getpaidwrite Serendipity

In ONE word, why do you write?

@SMBjourney Moo. The Soft Touch Super cards feel incredible and make an impression every time I give one out. Literally, every time people remark how nice they are. The card is a demonstration of the quality & intentionality I want people to expect when they hire me.

Need business cards - what service do you recommend?

@p_millerd @AlexHormozi Well played. Haha.

@AlexHormozi pathlesspath.com

In any endeavor, there's a big difference between just building and building with style. Profit and beauty aren't mutually exclusive—and in fact, the latter results in more of the former in the long run. More importantly, doing things with style is far more satisfying.

@SMBjourney @cashrulesNC Congrats, Mark!

Bought a house today! Another step toward building the life we want in our hometown. Thank you @cashrulesNC for repping us on the buy side. Now let’s see your magic work on the sell side. No pressure! Ryan and I met on the everything app btw. Add real estate $ to the 𝕏 stack.

Housing Stalemate: Boomers vs Millennials

@jayclouse Any recommendations?

@jayclouse I never realized this was a thing! Thanks for the tip!

PSA: Spotify Premium includes more audiobooks than you may expect. Check it before spending your Audible credits!

@SMBjourney It feels like such a juvenile issue to have in my mid-30s, but the struggle is real. Haha. I’ve got to be extra careful around added sugar in bread, buns, and things like bars or yogurt. Even just those little bits send my cravings into overdrive.

@nick_auf I’m addicted to sugar too. Gave up sugary drinks last week and still craving them. Only relief is that I still consume sugar in things I eat

I consider myself a reasonably mature, competent, & rational person. But I also struggle with a sugar addiction. I have to work shockingly hard to resist my cravings for sweets. Now, I can confidently counsel people through marriage issues, help them purchase homes, and even raise my own kids. But sugar? That's the enemy I struggle most frequently to conquer. I can't make it make sense.

@JustinHorsch It doesn’t help matters that nearly EVERYTHING today has added sugar.

@nick_auf Same. Especially if it is sour and sweet.