🌱 New notification I love

Here’s your 3 insights in 3 minutes.

🛌 Experiment Results

As an experiment, I deleted social media from my phone last month. 

But then something wild happened…

I had my BEST sleep month in at least 5 years.

And started getting my new favorite push notification:

Coincidence? 

Who knows. But I’d be a fool to go back now. 

So I’m running it back another month! 

February no social apps on the phone. 

Join me? (Reply with one app that you deleted.)

🤏 Shrink The Effort 

Notice how I didn’t say, “I am deleting it for the whole year!” 

That’s too hard. 

I’ve found this recipe to be most useful with any behavior change: 

• Shrink the effort (1 month > 1 year) 

• Add accountability (tell a friend)

• Insert joy (improved sleep means earlier mornings of reading/writing/exercising)

⚡ Speed vs Simplicity

Everyone knows Reid Hoffman's first principle of speed.

But miss how it only works because of his principle of simplicity.

How he describes each:

• Speed: "If you aren't embarrassed by the first version of your product, you shipped too late."

• Simplicity: "Solve the simplest, easiest, and most valuable problem."

Simplicity enables speed. But speed can prevent simplicity.

In other words…The order matters.

This applies to your business or personal life.

A few months ago, I decided to focus only on LinkedIn.

NOT my Instagram, Threads, X, and LinkedIn… Just LinkedIn. 

Back in September (when I made the decision) my posts got 1,700 impressions. 

Last month, they got 130,000. 

Simplicity enables speed.

Check out Reid Hoffman’s Two Rules For Strategy Decisions.

Salud,
Mitchell