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Why Everything You've Been Told About Getting More Done Is Wrong

Mar 24, 2026

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14 min read

Why Everything You've Been Told About Getting More Done Is Wrong

The case for building operating infrastructure instead of chasing harder work.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The 3 Things I Learned This Week - March 22nd, 2026 Edition

Mar 22, 2026

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11 min read

The 3 Things I Learned This Week - March 22nd, 2026 Edition

Lessons From the Week of March 16th

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The 3 Things I'm Thinking About - March 21st, 2026 Edition

Mar 21, 2026

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11 min read

The 3 Things I'm Thinking About - March 21st, 2026 Edition

A Saturday Morning Brain Dump

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Friday Roundup - March 20th, 2026 Edition

Mar 20, 2026

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13 min read

The Friday Roundup - March 20th, 2026 Edition

7 Things Worth Your Attention This Week

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Operator's Playbook

Mar 17, 2026

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13 min read

The Operator's Playbook

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
3 Things I Learned This Week - March 15th, 2026 edition

Mar 15, 2026

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6 min read

3 Things I Learned This Week - March 15th, 2026 edition

Sunday Lessons | What the Week Actually Taught Me & this week had more to say that I expected

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
3 Things I’m Thinking About - March 14th, 2026 Edition

Mar 14, 2026

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5 min read

3 Things I’m Thinking About - March 14th, 2026 Edition

THIS WEEK MADE ME SIT WITH SOME UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
Friday Roundup - March 13th, 2026 Edition

Mar 13, 2026

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6 min read

Friday Roundup - March 13th, 2026 Edition

THIS WEEK CHANGED THE WAY I THINK ABOUT WHAT "WORKING" ACTUALLY MEANS

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
Tuesday Tactics: Talent Didn’t Build Your Business.  And It Won’t Save It Either.

Mar 10, 2026

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10 min read

Tuesday Tactics: Talent Didn’t Build Your Business. And It Won’t Save It Either.

The Operator's Playbook

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
SUNDAY LESSONS: 3 Things I Learned This Week  - MARCH 8, 2026 Edition

Mar 8, 2026

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7 min read

SUNDAY LESSONS: 3 Things I Learned This Week - MARCH 8, 2026 Edition

Your Sunday review reveals what your systems are actually made of. Here are three lessons from this week that changed how I think about operations, anxiety, and the lies we tell ourselves about fresh starts.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
SATURDAY REFLECTIONS: The 3 Things I’m Thinking About - MARCH 7, 2026 Edition

Mar 7, 2026

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7 min read

SATURDAY REFLECTIONS: The 3 Things I’m Thinking About - MARCH 7, 2026 Edition

Gurus tell you what to do. Operators show you what they did. This week, I'm dropping real numbers, real lessons, and the uncomfortable truth about what building in public actually looks like.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman

Friday Roundup

THE FRIDAY ROUNDUP - March 6, 2026 Edition

Mar 6, 2026

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7 min read

THE FRIDAY ROUNDUP - March 6, 2026 Edition

This week's curated picks on building operations that survive the chaos, essentialism in practice, and why the boring stuff is the stuff that actually pays.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The "Fake Busy" Trap: Why Your Calendar Is Full and Your Bank Account Isn't

Mar 3, 2026

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9 min read

The "Fake Busy" Trap: Why Your Calendar Is Full and Your Bank Account Isn't

You're not lazy. You're not unmotivated. You're doing a hundred things that don't matter while the five things that do collect dust on your to-do list. Here's how to fix that before another quarter disappears.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
THE 3 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK - Sunday, March 1st, 2026 Edition

Mar 1, 2026

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2 min read

THE 3 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK - Sunday, March 1st, 2026 Edition

Hard-earned lessons from the messy middle of rebuilding a business in real time.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The 3 Things I'm Thinking About - Saturday, February 28th 2026 Edition

Feb 28, 2026

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2 min read

The 3 Things I'm Thinking About - Saturday, February 28th 2026 Edition

Reflections on fresh starts, the lies we tell ourselves about January, and the only question that actually matters.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
SUNDAY LESSONS: The 3 Things I Learned This Week - February 22nd, 2026 Edition

Feb 22, 2026

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2 min read

SUNDAY LESSONS: The 3 Things I Learned This Week - February 22nd, 2026 Edition

Time Blocks, Boundaries, and the Power of No

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Friday Roundup - February 20th, 2026 Edition

Feb 21, 2026

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2 min read

The Friday Roundup - February 20th, 2026 Edition

Truth, Constraints, and the Art of Letting Go

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman

The Things That I Am Thinking About

Saturday Reflection

Feb 21, 2026

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2 min read

Saturday Reflection

3 Things I'm Thinking About

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The 3 Things I Learned This Week - Sunday, February 8th, 2026 Edition

Feb 8, 2026

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6 min read

The 3 Things I Learned This Week - Sunday, February 8th, 2026 Edition

Three real lessons from the week. Earned the hard way. Systems, honesty, and using tools without losing your voice.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The 3 Things I'm Thinking About - Saturday, February 7th, 2026

Feb 7, 2026

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7 min read

The 3 Things I'm Thinking About - Saturday, February 7th, 2026

Three quiet thoughts from the week. No hot takes. Just honest reflections on urgency, consistency, and what the business is really reflecting back.

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Person You Need to Become Is Already Waiting

Feb 3, 2026

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8 min read

The Person You Need to Become Is Already Waiting

Why Your Business Won't Grow Until You Do

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Things I’ve Learned This Week - February 1st, 2026 Edition

Feb 1, 2026

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4 min read

The Things I’ve Learned This Week - February 1st, 2026 Edition

Lessons earned through friction, not theory

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Things I’m Thinking About This Week - January 31st, 2026

Jan 31, 2026

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7 min read

The Things I’m Thinking About This Week - January 31st, 2026

Patterns I’m noticing about effort, stability, and why most people are solving the wrong problems

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Friday Roundup - January 30th, 2026 Edition

Jan 30, 2026

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6 min read

The Friday Roundup - January 30th, 2026 Edition

Signals, resources, and ideas for building stability, reducing friction, and ending the week with clarity

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
The Cost of Chaos (And Why Order is a Moral Obligation)

Jan 27, 2026

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7 min read

The Cost of Chaos (And Why Order is a Moral Obligation)

Why unstable routines quietly sabotage your work, your relationships, and your future leverage

Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
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