- While You Were Away
- Posts
- While You Were Away: Dec 26, 2021
While You Were Away: Dec 26, 2021
Welcome , I'm glad you're here!
It's been a wild year.
I started writing on Twitter in May with 38 followers.
As of today––112,000 🤯 (insane)
If you're reading this, I assume you are one of them. Thank you!
Stats for nerds:
Total Subscribers: 3,013
New Subs since last week: ⬆️ 404
In This Issue:
Yale's most popular class
Building wealth by doing the small things
Why Red Bull isn't a drink company at all
Content marketing is a lot harder these days.
Last year, 65% of Google searches ended without a click.
And social media platforms will ding you for linking out.
The harsh truth? Marketers need to get a lot savvier about their content.
Here's how:
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat)
4:53 PM • Dec 22, 2021
Yale's most popular class in it's 320 year history:
Psychology and the Good Life.
Here are 7 lessons from the course to help you live a happier life:
— Zain Kahn (@heykahn)
5:15 PM • Dec 21, 2021
Building wealth doesn’t have to all be giant moves.
How you do the small things matters, here's a short list of tech tools that help me grow wealth step by step…
— Codie Sanchez 💥 (@Codie_Sanchez)
2:12 PM • Dec 23, 2021
21 lessons learned in 2021:
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
2:59 PM • Dec 18, 2021
2021 has been transformational for me in many ways.
Here are 20 of my biggest reflections and affirmations:
— Joshua Bonhotal (@jbonhotal)
12:27 AM • Dec 24, 2021
The framework Pixar and Disney use to tell compelling stories that keep your eyes glued to the screen 🧵
— Alex Garcia 🔍 (@alexgarcia_atx)
5:37 PM • Dec 19, 2021
Do you hate small talk as much as I do?
Instead of small talk, try talking big. Ask thoughtful questions that invite connection. Lean into vulnerability and share yourself with others.
Here are 7 questions you can ask instead of “what’s new with you?” 🧵⤵️
— Dr. Emily Anhalt (@dremilyanhalt)
4:15 PM • Dec 21, 2021
Why does Red Bull own an F1 team?
Because the company — which sells $7B+ of energy drinks a year — is a pure marketing firm (outsources all production).
Its invested $2B+ into F1 but has gained multiples of that for the brand by "manufacturing history".
Here’s a breakdown🧵
— Trung Phan 🇨🇦 (@TrungTPhan)
5:08 PM • Dec 23, 2021
In 2021, I abandoned Quora & Medium and started writing consistently on Twitter.
These 10 Twitter threads generated over 10 million impressions and 100k engagements.
Here's why I think they worked 🧵👇
— Nicolas Cole 🚢 (@Nicolascole77)
5:13 PM • Dec 24, 2021
Finalized a divorce, moved states, raised 3 kids, grew a D2C company to a $1m run rate in the first year through community and navigated dating life as a single mom.
21 things I learned in 2021.
🧵/
— Amanda Goetz (@AmandaMGoetz)
5:10 PM • Dec 22, 2021
Want to exit the rat race in 2022?
Buy a Business for $50k.
Turn it into a $1M a year profit machine.
Let me show you how 👇
— Chris Munn (@chrisxmunn)
1:38 PM • Dec 24, 2021
Want to exit the rat race in 2022?
Buy a Business for $50k.
Turn it into a $1M a year profit machine.
Let me show you how 👇
— Chris Munn (@chrisxmunn)
1:38 PM • Dec 24, 2021
By changing nothing, nothing changes.
Want to change your life in 2022?
Hyper-visual 🧵on 10 Stoic principles that will immediately change your life
- @blakeaburge
👉Read - Save - Share
— Sachin Ramje 🚢 (@SachinRamje)
8:24 PM • Dec 21, 2021