Isaac Nichols

a journal of thoughts, rules and progress

[Dan @salinasdanielf]

Finally a normal YC company. @certus_ai @maxmvsgrave @AdamGamieldien @_apisaac

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

How do you know you’re building in sf?…

Anyone looking for an intern?
@ycombinator

[Gurveer Singh @Gurveersingh299]

GTM vs Product type set up

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Restaurant owners! This is the no. 1 AI phone agent for restaurants👇

Certus AI is taking thousands of calls per day across the US, Canada, and the UK

Restauranteurs no longer worry about missed calls, customers on hold, failed orders....

Never hire another staff member.

[Naval @naval]

Behind every great product there’s at least one engineer who knows the entire stack, takes problems personally, and jumps in and solves them.

Without regard to ownership, credit, or chain of command.

If you don’t know who this is in your company, I have bad news for you…

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Quick reminder tonight to stop doing ‘your best’ and just do what is required.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Be as proud of what you haven’t done as the things you have done.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Saying ‘Yes’ is a withdrawal from your energy account.
‘No’ is the deposit you’re making into your goal account.

“People think focusing is saying yes to the thing that you want to achieve, but it’s actually saying no to a hundred other good ideas” - Steve Jobs

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

A mind that is settled,
A character that is at peace with itself,
Will always be home
Wherever it is
Both in location and in time.

- Seneca

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Just as to want to survive a natural disaster is not enough to become prepared for one, to desire happiness is not enough to avoid its opposite.

To be swept away by your faults is blameworthy and is your responsibility.

Waste no more time arguing what a good person in. Be one

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

“If one is firm in one’s attitude to uncertainty - secure in themselves, why should one be disturbed by the instability and fluctuation of fortune?”

- Seneca

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Imagine a competitor you’d never want to go against.

Focused
Persistent
Always learning
Always improving
Relentless
Says no to everything but that which makes him stronger

You know what he looks like
You know how he acts
You know who he associates with

Great, now become him.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Why rely on luck or good fortune when hard work and preparation is in your control.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

There is no way that’s more productive to interact with someone than to give credit where credit is due.

Including yourself.

Treat yourself like someone you’re responsible for looking after.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

If shortcuts worked, training would be pointless.

If there was really a magic formula, working would be pointless.

You win by being better.
You get better by working harder.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

The pathway of the most self-sacrificial responsibility is in accordance with the Christian path.

Aim up.
Carry your cross.
Invite the spirit of forward movement to reside in you.
Listen for the call to adventure.
Tell the truth.
Get out and make something of the world.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

It’s the belief that something can / will work for you that makes it work.

Most people are passive and neutral:

They try and test if systems work rather than trying to make it work for them.

Is it a ‘system’ problem or a ‘me’ problem?

Winners win. Regardless.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

The Biblical injunction:

The highest form of faith is represented by the spirit that is represented in the biblical stories.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

You have to believe/have faith in something:

You are constantly confronted by your own ignorance.
You move forward on principle. You have to.
You move forward in faith.

[Isaac Nichols @_apisaac]

Failure to be offered temptation is not a moral virtue

- Jordan Peterson