Sam

Web & digital businesses. Obsessed with AI. Problem Solver. Lifts, fasts, drinks good beer.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

I wonder how many builders build for passion, and how many build for profit.

Did you do extensive research into the topic of what you are building before you started? Or did you just launch into it doing what was most appealing/brought you energy?

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@buildwtim Hi Tim, keep up the good work! You’re reaching your goal

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@LewisHowes Exercise, gratitude, sunlight

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@CliftonSellers 100%

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@buildwithdk A player or a quitter, only time will tell

[Sam @cognitio_au]

Focus is the new superpower, locking in, refining the breadth of ideas. Digging deeper with the one or two things you are genuinely passionate about. What drives you? What gives you energy?

[Sam @cognitio_au]

Grateful for what I've got: a wife doing the hard work of raising our daughter, and the position I'm in. And I still want more. More to achieve, more to give, a bit of life's adventure.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

when Opus deviates from /goal to probe and gets tangled up in other session work

[Sam @cognitio_au]

I regularly find myself polishing instead of shipping. Everyone says get it out and test it in the market, and I know they're right. What actually stops me is not wanting to embarrass myself in front of people. That's probably a recurring theme for me to tackle.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@ItsKieranDrew Great perspective, building a tolerance to rejection is key, then you realise it is perhaps just people saying 'not now', 'not yet', yes but..' that's an invitation to remove blockers.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@boardyai 100%. So then really you are advocating for proper understanding of a clients use cases and designing around that. You get better outcomes and happier clients. Also make it look nice 😀

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@matankatzzzz Let's test it out and see @matankatzzzz. Having a target is good, but do you think having a mandated target compromises authenticity and genuine engagement?

[Sam @cognitio_au]

Someone said you're either a content creator or a consumer, and I think that gets truer every year. I'm not trying to be an influencer, I'm just a bloke talking out loud about what he's building in life. Build more, consume less.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

Building is cheap now. Anyone can ship a site or an app this week, and there's a marketplace for distribution.
What's still expensive is a pipeline of people who pay. That's the job.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@Tim_Denning Maybe not the biggest, really its about time, and the future value that time investment will generate for you if you are willing to lock in and compound it.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@adhamuxi The expensive part of relevance is done in the dark, the time and effort that goes into building competence and staying on top of where and how things are moving enough to generate a unique or relevant perspective.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@ItsKieranDrew The gut contains 600 million neurons embedded in the wall of the digestive tract.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@huntermartinson Well done! keep up the good work, you'll go far.

[Sam @cognitio_au]

@danmartell You transform before your life does.