Write "There's not much I actually have to do" on a piece of paper.

Then try this.

Now, on to this week's ideas...

New year, new valuable resources to help you:

1. 5 Productivity Traps That May Be Holding Your Business Back​

The most common issues I see among thousands of business owners I help.

2. How To Make More People Want To Buy Your Course​

Five ways I recommend you boost the value of your course to boost sales.

3. How Alex Hormozi Uses Email Marketing​

What he focuses on (and what he doesn't) may surprise you.

4. How To Systematize Anything​

A simple approach to systematizing content that goes a step deeper than most.

5. How To Build A $60,000 Annual Business On Substack​

Without charging for issues of your newsletter or selling sponsorships.

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If I had a jukebox...

My new Josh's Jukebox playlist has the 138 songs that would have been on it last month.

Everything from Bruce Springsteen, to Khruangbin, to RZA, to Mariah Carey, to a pair of 10-year-old soul singing twins in the 1970s.

It started with $200 and one printed page.

While other newsletter experts are busy studying Morning Brew, I'm watching 3-hour interviews with the creator of The Source magazine about how he grew a one-page printed newsletter into an empire.

Remember:

If you only consume the same things everyone else consumes you only know the same things they know.

Mix it up.

Have an interesting week!