This is my first newsletter post!

Excited to have you here to be part of the journey.

This is what you can expect from my Newsletter…

1 Newsletter, 2 main content pieces, Wednesday, every week!:

1. I want to help you grow your mindset & startup by giving actionable tips, lessons & stories

2. I want to share with you the startup that I’ve been working on & share lessons from my journey. I want to help more people build their dream projects!

How to find your Genius zone (Golden zone)

Why do some people grow faster than others? A lot will say to never compare with others. But to me, it's still interesting how...

Some take 2 months to reach 1000 followers while others years.

My understanding is that...

Volume x Breadth = Outcomes

The more VOLUME of work you do on a greater BREATH of areas & methods.

The better your chances of finding your GENIUS ZONE.

What's the golden zone?

It's the intersection between:

1) Actions that you are better at than 99% of people

2) Actions that energize you and you can input crazy amount of hours without feeling burnt out

Example:

Why is Dan Koe so successful?

He let his curiosity explore A LOT of areas of interest. Trying 10s of different skills and businesses.

Increasing his BREADTH.

Now because it's his areas of interest

He could work obsessively on it

Increasing his VOLUME.

Eventually, he found his golden zone.

The golden zone is the ONE area that brings you the greatest fulfillment & that you have the greatest capacity for work.

Capacity for work simply means how much can you work on said things without feeling burnt out?

Ever questioned why Elon Musk never burns out? It’s because he is operating in his golden zone.

We, as solopreneurs should strive to reach the same state. No matter the discipline we choose. It could be art. It could be building a startup. It could be coaching. It could be writing.

That is, to me, the key to living a successful & fulfilled life as a solopreneur.

Startup lessons: Why speed is more important than perfect

For those who don’t know. I quit my full-time finance job 2 months ago to focus on Solopreneurship.

I am learning code from scratch to become a builder.

Now for the past 2 months, I’ve been learning a ton of stuff:

• How to build the front-end of a web app (What the user sees)

• How to build the back-end of a web app (Databases, Signup, APIs)

• How to code with Javascript, Frameworks & Libraries

I’ve been progressing fast but I realized something essential to solopreneurship.

Speed is more important than perfect.

I have been ramping up to learn React.js & Next.js (The most efficient tools to build websites nowadays).

But now my perspective shifted…

How long would that take me to learn? Maybe another 2 months?

But in those 2 months, I could learn & Deploy a basic version of the website using no-code tools.

Start getting traffic.

Potentially revenue.

Get consumer feedback.

Improve.

Etc.

That is why I am learning bubble.io and other no-code tools to build my landing page.

Yes, it will be less cool, fancy & with less features but it’ll be up and running.

And that is the most important part at first.

And that leads me to the lesson here:

• Actively try to fight the perfectionist mindset & launch even if your mind tells you it’s not ready & you should wait

• Seek ways to simplify & lean out your startup

• Use tools that allow you to have maximum speed

And that concludes this week’s newsletter 🔥

Hope you liked it and feel free to reach out @thezachhan on Twitter. Will be glad to chat.