Ben Cowley

Christian, father & husband. thinking strategically in life and business

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@natolisnuggets @BowTiedDingo @bot Following. Our policies are too tight to do this

[Anthony @natolisnuggets]

If you’re in sales and using @bot

Respond back with your favorite use cases

I’ll share mine below

[BowTiedSalesGuy @BowTiedSalesGuy]

most salespeople wait for the buyer to say No, then work really hard trying to turn it to a Yes.

i’d rather beat them to the No. here’s why:

https://t.co/DqytTq6ZLW

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@elonmusk @bot Have it build and launch local iOS apps. I want an icon for my finance tracker tracker a health tracker that updates based on my convos within grokbot. Basically a page but ad an app

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Once the family is set, there is a huge sigh of relief. You can take on endless risk once this is done. If you go bankrupt, they won’t even know. That’s the life hack. Give your wife and kids everything and then go crazy for your dreams.

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

My kids are gonna be rich!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@natolisnuggets This is awesome dude. I try to encourage all my friends to get married if they’re telling me she’s the one. No need to wait, it’s the best thing ever. Insane that people put this off due to societal “norms”.

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@BowTiedSalesGuy Took me a while to have the confidence to go off script due to pressure to stick to the framework; and when I did I earned my managers trust forever

[BowTiedSalesGuy @BowTiedSalesGuy]

elite salespeople are connected to their emotions when they sell.

your emotional system is constantly feeding you information: tension. curiosity. frustration. a sense that something doesn’t add up.

those feelings/sensations literally give you conversational threads to pull.

if you’re stuck in your head thinking about what you’re “supposed” to say next, you’re missing what is happening right in front of your face.

[BOSS @thebeautyofsaas]

it has nothing to do with the animation itself, but with the fact that we live in an era where everything is optimized for volume

when your only goal is more output, the craft and art themselves have zero importance, or much less than before. byproduct of the attention economy

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

This will be legendary

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

The only other person who’s ever made me this excited about a product unveil was Steve Jobs. Watching him introduce the first iPhone is a huge part of why I fell in love with technology.

Elon brings that feeling back for me, but honestly, I think he takes it to a whole different level. Tomorrow, he and the Tesla team are unveiling the next-gen Roadster, and I seriously cannot wait.

The Roadster they showed in 2017 already promised 0–60 mph in 1.9 seconds. Since then, Elon has talked about a Tesla–SpaceX collaboration, having it fly, and getting that time below ONE second, and calling it “the least interesting part” of the car.

How do you say something like that and expect me NOT to be excited?!

But beyond how fast it goes, I want to see something that makes me sit there and say, “Wow… how in the world did they build that?” I honestly don’t know what they’re going to show us, and that’s part of what makes this so much fun. I really want to be surprised and see the unthinkable.

These days I feel many older people don’t get that excited about things… I only see that spark in kids. But imo, we should still get excited about people building cool things. We should still root for the nerds, engineers, and designers trying to do something that has never been done before.

And I hope there’s a kid watching tomorrow who feels what I felt watching Steve Jobs introduce the iPhone. Someone who sees this car and starts wondering how it works, sketching their own ideas, or thinking about what they could build someday.

I hope y’all are ready to have your minds blown.

I’m rooting for you, Elon, and the entire Tesla team behind this car.

Go give us a night we’ll never forget!

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

Looking for a few substack/long form content creators to trial my platform. Get premium hard copy work to your audience at zero cost and 30 mins of your time.

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@bot @bot email please

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@Shopify @grok @bot @bot we are going to be great business partners

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@AJA_Cortes At least you know he means it when he says he’s impressed by how you’ve grown your page! The rest maybe not so much

[Brian LaManna @BrianLaManna_]

Gong 100% isn’t the fastest grower, the most AI native possible, largest TAM, etc.

Doesn’t have the firepower of an Anthropic, Cursor, etc.

I get it.

But it’s 99% better than most companies & the people here are amazing.

Single digit list of tech companies growing 50% at over a $500M run rate.

Grass isn’t always greener & i’m not greedy.

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

Sell quarterly digests of your Substack and online content.
- Increase revenue
- Differentiate yourself
- Connect with your audience
- Make your work beautiful

Total Investment: 20 minutes of your time

No capital needed.

Launching soon. Dm if you have interest. Forward this to somebody that might.

[Quarterpost @QuarterPostMag]

Tactile, analog, and impactful. We are extending online influence to living rooms around the world.

Announcing InnerStack, providing end-to-end quarterly publications for online creators and authors.

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

@BowTiedCocoon Booked a call for Monday

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

$20 secret weapon to unlock 2-3 hours of uninterrupted work

[Ben Cowley @mentalmodality]

I’ve done this twice and it’s truly impactful