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Extracted from The Diary of a CEO, Huberman Lab, Acquired, My First Million and more

Sam AltmanY Combinator

David GogginsHuberman Lab

Elon MuskAll-In

Naval RavikantThe Tim Ferriss Show

Alex HormoziMy First Million

Robert GreeneThe Diary of a CEO

hire for slope, not y-intercept

— Sam Altman,Y Combinator

The playjudge your next hire on the most impressive thing they have actually built — not the institution they built it at.

the 40% rule

— David Goggins,Huberman Lab

The playnext time you want to stop, treat it as 40% done — push one rep, round, or minute past it.

invite your harshest competent critic

— Elon Musk,All-In

The playhand your work to the most credible critic you can find, then fix what they get right.

play long-term games with long-term people

— Naval Ravikant,The Tim Ferriss Show

The playcut one transactional relationship this week; reinvest that time in someone you would work with for a decade.

make an offer so good price stops mattering

— Alex Hormozi,My First Million

The playlist every objection before the sale, then add one offer element that kills each — starting with a result guarantee.

use silence as a weapon

— Robert Greene,The Diary of a CEO

The playin your next hard conversation, let a 3–5 second silence sit before you answer.

hire for slope, not y-intercept

— Sam Altman,Y Combinator

The playjudge your next hire on the most impressive thing they have actually built — not the institution they built it at.

the 40% rule

— David Goggins,Huberman Lab

The playnext time you want to stop, treat it as 40% done — push one rep, round, or minute past it.

invite your harshest competent critic

— Elon Musk,All-In

The playhand your work to the most credible critic you can find, then fix what they get right.

play long-term games with long-term people

— Naval Ravikant,The Tim Ferriss Show

The playcut one transactional relationship this week; reinvest that time in someone you would work with for a decade.

make an offer so good price stops mattering

— Alex Hormozi,My First Million

The playlist every objection before the sale, then add one offer element that kills each — starting with a result guarantee.

use silence as a weapon

— Robert Greene,The Diary of a CEO

The playin your next hard conversation, let a 3–5 second silence sit before you answer.

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TACTIC 03·My First Million

The 30-Second Build Is a Scouting Tool

The episode title comes from a real demo where Shaan built a working AI app in under 30 seconds using no-code tools. His point wasn't look how easy it is. His point was: when building takes a day instead of three months, you can test 20 ideas in the time it used to take to test one. The bottleneck shifted. Building is now cheap. Finding the right problem and getting distribution is still hard. 'The whole game moved. Ideation and distribution are what matter now. Building is basically free.'

THE PLAY

Use Cursor, Bolt, or Lovable to build a working prototype in under a day. Don't polish it. Get it in front of 20 people in your target market within 48 hours. Watch what they do, not what they say. If someone tries to pay you in the first five interactions, you have a business. If they say cool but, you have feedback. Speed is the edge. Use it.

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