OODA Loop

The OODA loop is a decision-making framework developed by military strategist John Boyd. It stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. Observe The first step, gather information from your environment. Whether that’s physical or related to a problem you are having. You have to start by gathering all the information you can. Orient Analyse it. Mentally process all the information and position yourself in the context of the information. How does it affect you?...

June 1, 2024

Consistency = Winning

I’m chronically ADHD. Staying consistent has always been one of the hardest things for me to do. I find it nearly impossible to build habits that last. The second I miss a single day of any habit I fall apart. The solution to building habits, that last for me, has been one thing. Only trying to build 1 habit at a time. The constant mistake I was making was trying to change too many things at the same time....

May 27, 2024

The Importance of Market Research

Introduction Market Research It doesn’t sound very interesting, yet it’s increasingly important. I made the mistake today of not researching a market well enough before entering it. Specifically not researching the market in my country. What happened I made the decision at my company to target boxing gyms with our product offering. The issue with this, is that in the UK boxing gyms are more like clubs, that have sponsors and receive donations, unlike the US where boxing gyms are businesses which you can sell too....

March 7, 2024

One Day or Day One

Introduction One day or day one… One of my favourite motivational quotes. It’s extremely cliche, but it’s true, it applies to nearly all things you want to start. Today I did my first 6 proper cold calls. I had been putting if off for a long time and today was the day I finally decided to do it properly. You are going to be awful You are going to suck, its your first day, no one is a master at it on their first day....

March 7, 2024

My first month on Arch

Introduction I’ve been using Arch for about a month now. It has been the best experience that I’ve had while using a computer. And its not even close. The beginnings Growing up I played a lot of video games, so naturally I gravitated towards windows. I also didn’t have a lot of money. This combination meant I was using windows and always attempting to squeeze the most performance possible out of it....

March 3, 2024