Dan Kaufman

Aug 11, 2026

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8 min read

Write The Rule Before You Need It

Every bad decision I've made in business got made by a version of me who was tired, broke, or flattered. Rules fix that. Willpower doesn't.

Dan Kaufman

The 3 Things I Learned This Week

Aug 9, 2026

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6 min read

The 3 Things I Learned This Week

On minimum effective dose, why an approval gate is a form of self-respect, and the difference between a discipline problem and a design problem.

Dan Kaufman

Reflection

Aug 8, 2026

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7 min read

The 3 Things I'm Thinking About

On solitude as a business input, the most dangerous combination a person can carry, and the cost of an outdated story.

Dan Kaufman

Systems

The AI Workflow That Actually Survives Contact With Your Business

Aug 4, 2026

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6 min read

The AI Workflow That Actually Survives Contact With Your Business

Everybody's selling you an agent. What you probably need is a gate.

Dan Kaufman

Aug 2, 2026

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4 min read

The 3 Things I Learned This Week

Three lessons I earned, not the ones I already knew.

Dan Kaufman

Aug 1, 2026

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4 min read

The 3 Things I'm Thinking About

Three open loops from my week, still turning.

Dan Kaufman

Jul 31, 2026

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6 min read

The Friday Roundup

One book, three articles, one podcast, one track, one show. Filtered for people who are actually building something.

Dan Kaufman

Jul 28, 2026

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5 min read

Tuesday Tactics

The obstacle isn't in your way. It is the way.

Dan Kaufman

The 3 Things I Learned This Week

Jul 26, 2026

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6 min read

The 3 Things I Learned This Week

Sunday lessons, earned the honest way, on building for the long haul.

Dan Kaufman

The Long Game

Jul 25, 2026

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6 min read

The 3 Things I'm Thinking About

A Saturday sit down on the slow work of building something that lasts.

Dan Kaufman

The Long Game

The Friday Roundup - July 24th, 2026 Edition

Jul 24, 2026

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8 min read

The Friday Roundup - July 24th, 2026 Edition

One book, three articles, one podcast, one track, one show. Filtered for people who are actually in it for the long haul.

Dan Kaufman

The Long Game

Build The Business That Doesn't Break You

Jul 21, 2026

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6 min read

Build The Business That Doesn't Break You

The long game isn't about grinding harder. It's about building an operation that's still standing when everyone else has burned out.

Dan Kaufman

Jul 19, 2026

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6 min read

The 3 Things I Learned This Week

Sunday lessons, earned the hard way, written down before I forget them.

Dan Kaufman

Jul 18, 2026

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6 min read

The 3 Things I’m Thinking About

Saturday notes on staying steady when everything’s pulling at you.

Dan Kaufman

Jul 17, 2026

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7 min read

The Friday Roundup

The Calm Edge Edition: what I’m reading, watching, and listening to this week.

Dan Kaufman

Jul 14, 2026

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7 min read

Tuesday Tactics

Panic Is A Planning Problem: how to engineer calm into your operation before the fire ever starts.

Dan Kaufman

THE 3 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK - July 12th, 2026 Edition

Jul 12, 2026

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6 min read

THE 3 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK - July 12th, 2026 Edition

Sunday's for the receipts: three lessons the week actually charged me for

Dan Kaufman

THE 3 THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT - July 11th, 2026 Edition

Jul 11, 2026

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7 min read

THE 3 THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT - July 11th, 2026 Edition

A Saturday sit down with the stuff that's been rattling around in my head all week

Dan Kaufman

Jul 10, 2026

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1 min read

100 founding spots. Then it's $10/month.

The unfiltered version of how this actually gets built.

Dan Kaufman

THE FRIDAY ROUNDUP - July 10th, 2026 Edition

Jul 10, 2026

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6 min read

THE FRIDAY ROUNDUP - July 10th, 2026 Edition

One book, three reads, a podcast, a track, and a show, all pulling in the same direction: how to think straight when the world won't shut up

Dan Kaufman

Tuesday Tactics: Protect Your Best Thinking

Jul 7, 2026

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7 min read

Tuesday Tactics: Protect Your Best Thinking

How to build an attention system that protects your best thinking in a world engineered to steal it

Dan Kaufman

THE 3 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK - July 5th, 2026 Edition

Jul 5, 2026

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6 min read

THE 3 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK - July 5th, 2026 Edition

What the Halfway Point Taught Me - The scoreboard doesn’t care about your story, smaller plans beat prettier ones, and the wave isn’t waiting for anybody to feel ready.

Dan Kaufman

THE 3 THINGS I’M THINKING ABOUT - July 4th, 2026 Edition

Jul 4, 2026

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6 min read

THE 3 THINGS I’M THINKING ABOUT - July 4th, 2026 Edition

Independence, Mirrors, and the Freedom of Less - Three things sitting with me on a Fourth of July that lands exactly at the halfway point of the year.

Dan Kaufman

THE FRIDAY ROUNDUP - July 3rd, 2026 Edition

Jul 3, 2026

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8 min read

THE FRIDAY ROUNDUP - July 3rd, 2026 Edition

THE SECOND HALF EDITION: WHAT I’M READING, WATCHING, AND LISTENING TO THIS WEEK

Dan Kaufman

Jul 1, 2026

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7 min read

The Halftime Audit

Six months are gone as of tonight. Here’s the two-hour audit that decides whether the next six look any different.

Dan Kaufman