Some plans for September - “Singular September”, because there’s a recurring theme of the number ONE. Also denotes singular focus on just getting stuff out the gate and into the world.

Launch 1 product

• Just-in-time learning of Rails, no need to boil the ocean, just what I need to make and launch 
• It will have to be a minimum viable product for sure, but fully working and functional for that minimum set of feature(s), solving 1 painpoint for an ultra-niche group of users.
• Out of a total of 4 product ideas which I will launch and iterate on (will share more about this later)

Get 1 customer

• Yes, just one. This is the equivalent of writing 200 words a day, doing 1 rep at the gym, the 2-min rule of downscaling your habits to make it easy to stick to. Yes, getting paid customers should be a habit for any serious entrepreneur, otherwise it’s just a hobby!
• Not sure if I can count as one customer. That might be cheating?

1% weekly improvement for keystone habit system

• 1% compounding effects per day leads to 3700% growth in a year, 1% per week leads to 170% growth in a year - I might not be able to improve 1% everyday, but I can try find 1% increments every week at least!
• Interesting questions to think about - what does 1% improvement in fitness, diet, sleep, meditation, deloading/review, deep work look like? How can I measure or at least guesstimate it meaningfully?
• Keep repeating this mantra which I learned from my harshest teacher (which I’m beginning to realise it can extend far beyond just the body and physical health): “I surrender to the wisdom that is my body. I surrender. I surrender. I surrender.”

Books to finish or check out

Finish -

• Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• The Anti-fragility Edge: Antifragility In Practice, by Sinan Si Alhir

Check out (and maybe start on, if it’s any good) -

• The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want, by Sonja Lyubomirsky (thanks @juliasaxena for the link!)
• The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by M.J. DeMarco
• Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, by Max Lugavere (thanks @keni for the link!)
• Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, by Nir Eyal

All this in time for the next milestone:

Q3 quarterly review on 30 Sept.