Happy Sunday to everyone reading Claudia’s Digest.

The last couple of weeks in December I took a tiny break from publishing this newsletter, but this week I’m back in full force.

Let’s dive in ↓

WIN OF THE WEEK
New Year, New…

Laptop.

That’s right - I finally switched from Windows to Mac, which was on my Bucket List for about 2 years.

I remember how in 2021 I was searching all over YouTube tutorials on how to instal MacOS to your Windows…

And now, at the end of 2023, I was able to buy a Mac for my own money.

Surreal how much can change with 1-2 years of consistent effort.

3 HIGH-IMPACT IDEAS
1) Theory of Constraints

There’s no doubt the ability to figure out what to work on is as important as doing the actual work.

The question is:

How do you find out what are those high-leverage tasks you should be working? How do you know what tasks to prioritize?

That’s where the theory of constraints comes in handy.

Here’s a short explanation:

Example:

Imagine you want to improve your physical health. There are 3 main levers to focus on:

• Diet

• Sleep

• Exercise

All of those 3 important - but there’s no doubt that sleep is the ultimate foundation.

Unless you get enough sleep, your body will suffer, no matter how healthy your diet is or how much you exercise.

Quite similar to the mathematical principle of multiplying by zero:

If a number, no matter how large, is multiplied by zero, it’ll always be zero.

Your goal, in everything you do, is to find the zero & optimize it before you focus on anything else.

2) A-B-C Goal Setting

For any daily goal, you set 3 levels:

A - Most ambitious, perfect case.

B - Middle ground, base case.

C - Minimum viable level, downside case.

— Sahil Bloom

Remember: Consistency, in the long-term, compounds more than intensity.

3) Be Selfish

Note to self:

Your writing should impress yourself before it impresses the world.

If what you write isn’t setting you on fire, it won't set other people on fire neither.

Although it’s possible to reach a lot of people with writing boring platitudes you stole from someone else anyways, the fulfillment from being a ’creator’ peeks when you’re optimizing for your own excitement.

If your writing resonates with you, it’s more than likely it’s gonna resonate with someone else too. You think you’re special, but on the other side might be people with the exact same interests & tastes as you, also thinking that they’re special.

Go out there and write to reach them.

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