🪴 3-2-1: On thriving in struggle, mutual growth, and doing over talking
August 25, 2025
Here’s 3 ideas, 2 trending startups, 1 big question to consider this week.
3 Ideas
I.
It’s a privilege to be tired.
It’s a privilege to wake up sore.
It’s a privilege to be uncomfortable.
It’s a privilege to get up and run.
It’s a privilege to push harder than yesterday.
II.
Do you know the idea of a Michelangelo effect?
It describes a situation in a relationship, friendship or an intimate partnership, where each partner sees the best in the other and tries to help bring that out. So the sum of the parts is greater than it is individually.
In life we want to be finding people who believe in you more than you believe in you. They hold you to higher standards.
That’s the definition of a good friend, partner, a spouse.
III.
There’s this famous quote that says: “Those who say they can, do. And those who say they can’t, talk about those who can.”
So my question for you is: CAN YOU?
2 startups
I.
Stormy
AI agent for influencer marketing
(Link)
II.
MGX
The World's First AI Dev Team
(Link)
1 big question for you
Who in your life believes in you more than you do, and how can you connect with them this week?
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