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“Document, don’t create. Talk about your process. Talk about what’s right in front of you. Then do it again tomorrow.” Serial entrepreneur, investor, and New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk offers a playbook on how to make something people will pay attention to & stop letting perfectionism block your creative energy. Read it his Substack, Underpriced Actions: https://garyvee.substack.gcom/p/document-dont-create

A private equity firm co-owned by LVMH recently acquired a majority stake in viral fitness competition Hyrox, valuing it at $700mm. @DanielYawMiller's analysis: "It’s a remarkable ascent for the business founded in Germany in 2017, and one which speaks to a prevailing reality that simply would have been unthinkable just years ago: that sports properties are now a luxury asset class in the eyes of the fashion industry’s most deep-pocketed brands." (link in replies) Read his deep dive in in SportsVerse, a bi-weekly newsletter of breaking news and analysis on sports, business culture, and fashion: https://lnkd.in/gqRdNjux

Author, podcaster, and cultural critic Katie Gatti Tassin takes an unsparing dive into the "circular infomercial" that is influencer Alix Earle’s new Netflix series, on her Substack, Money with Katie: https://lnkd.in/eAyHBcks

“The father I remember from my childhood was angry and violent, and the memories I have of him, kept me at a distance from him my whole life. But learning about what had happened to him when he was a boy at residential school unlocked some empathy and curiosity.” Connie Walker is a Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award winning investigative journalist, and Cree from the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan. Her Substack, launching as Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, shares her work digging into survivor testimonies—records that face the threat of imminent destruction: https://lnkd.in/eHcf-eRX

“The root of chronic people pleasing is not concern for others. It’s concern for their acceptance and approval.” Organizational psychologist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant explains that a fear or being disliked often stops us from speaking up, but self-respect requires setting boundaries and saying "no". Read the full post on his Substack, Granted: https://lnkd.in/gS64FAWQ

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"There are roughly one million words in the English language. Default AI writing sounds like it's working with about four hundred of them." a16z crypto editor Steph Zinn provides an in-depth primer on how to improve your AI-assisted writing that goes beyond editing out familiar “tells”: https://lnkd.in/gX9pZaHG

Laurel Pantin explains the name of her Substack, Earl Earl. Subscribe at the link in bio.

"Over the past half decade, small, relatively cheap drones have proven their potency on the modern battlefield... But there are tradeoffs and obstacles to Taiwan’s push for greater drone manufacturing power." Defense researcher and Boren Fellow Ethan Kessler dives into the push for Made in Taiwan drones, on ChinaTalk's Substack: https://lnkd.in/gGii46rn

Two recent cancer drug trials successfully extended patients' lives, but were a reminder that curing most cancers is still out of our reach. Dr. Vinay Prasad takes a deep dive into recent advances, and contemplates the “Grand Canyon” between trial efficacy and real-world effectiveness: https://lnkd.in/gfcPAhXn