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Yannick
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Building and scaling Hypefury

Moving away from Twitter.

Growing up on BlueSky.
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Quirky stuff will get you 100x times more attention than looking at your competitors and copying them.

A gum-shooting robot! How cool!?
April 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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What’s your best time of the year?

Mine is when skying is at the top of my activity list on my Apple Watch!
January 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I wrote a (not so) funny essay on self-help
The (not so) funny thing about self-help You probably know Maslow, and you’ll definitely know about his pyramid. For most people, their physiological needs are met, including food, shelter, and safety and security. You'll probably be more hesitant when you think about love and belonging. For example, my dad didn’t show me much love (if any). And I’m definitely not alone. Every house has its share of troubles. In the Pyramid, above love and belonging, there is the self—achievement and pursuit of respect and status. You work hard to get status and respect, and I do what most people do: I’ve read dozens of self-help books and tried dozens of productivity techniques. I listen to podcasts at 1.5x - 2.0x speed. I try to optimize everything about my life, and I’m sure you do, too—with the emphasis on try. Does it really give me status and respect? Maybe. Does it really make me more productive? Nope. Does it make me happier? Definitely: No. There’s this famous experiment where someone needs to put sand and stones in a glass container. When they start with the sand, the stones don’t fit anymore. The stones stand for the essential things in your life. Your family. Your friends. Your passion project. The sand stands for the emails, the distractions, and the podcast at 1.5x speed. Twenty years ago, if you started with the stones, everything would fit in your container. These days, no matter how little sand you put in the container, you can’t fit all the stones. They’re too abundant. So, to get ahead in life, you need to do two things. Choose what stones you’re going to fit in the glass container. And above all, realize that genuine self-help is not about helping yourself become more productive or live a better life. Some of those stones should be about helping others. Once you do that, you transcend yourself. You’ll reach a flow state more often. And you’ll live a happier life regardless of how many followers or likes you get. That’s the true pinnacle of Mas…
December 13, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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This is what YouTube recommends our viewers to watch after one of our videos 😂😬😱
December 5, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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For a SaaS that's made millions in revenue, our digital product revenue on Gumroad is pretty shit 😂
November 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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It took me 40 years but I finally solved a Rubik’s cube

AMA
November 24, 2024 at 9:42 PM