What Is the Advice Trap and How Do You Avoid It? Post date July 29, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In advice-addiction, advice-audit, crowd-sourced-delusion, friend-dilemma, life-advice, life-lessons, permission-theater, responsibility-transfer
The Comfort Trap Post date July 22, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In being-successful, comfort-addiction, comfort-success-paradox, comfort-trap, discomfort-advantage, feeling-successful, growth-mindset, success-mindset
Stop Pretending You Know Everything Post date July 15, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In certainty-bias, ego-and-identity, how-to-build-credibility, leadership-communication, leadership-credibility, personal-development, strategic-decision-making, workplace-credibility
This Is Dangerous Advice Post date July 14, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In bad-life-advice, conventional-wisdom, decision-making, growth-mindset, mental-models, personal-development, self-improvement-strategies, uncommon-wisdom
Reality Is a Shared Delusion — Pick a Better One Post date July 4, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In choose-delusion, hackernoon-top-story, learn-self-improvement, life-hacking, scott-d.-clary, scott-d.-clary-newsletter, self-improvement, self-improvement-strategies
The “Finding Yourself” Myth Is Keeping You Stuck Post date July 4, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In confidence-building, identity-formation, life-hacking, life-lessons, life-purpose, scott-d.-clary-blog, scott-d.-clary-newsletter, scott-d.-clary-podcast
Are You Behind In Life? Post date June 16, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In 10-minute-revolution, habit-building, habits, how-to-change, identity-shift, life-lessons, personal-development, personal-growth
How The Clarity Razor Can Help You Make Better Decisions Post date June 16, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In clarity-razor-explained, decision-making, decision-making-clarity, life-lessons, professional-development, professional-growth, the-clarity-razor, what-is-the-clarity-razor
Saying No Could Be the Most Profitable Skill in Business (And Life) Post date May 26, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business, entrepreneur-time-management, focus-vs-distraction, founder-productivity-tips, hackernoon-top-story, startup-focus-strategy, startups, warren-buffett-focus-rule
Reality Is Flexible: You Just Have to Believe Post date April 19, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In entrepreneur-mindset, entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, life-lessons, personal-growth, reality-distortion, steve-jobs-philosophy, success-mindset
A Good Story Is the Difference Between Success and Survival Post date March 31, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business-branding-tips, business-strategy, content-marketing, entrepreneurship-tips, hackernoon-top-story, leadership-communication, personal-branding, storytelling-in-business
Want to Be More Productive? Pretend You Die Every Night Post date March 17, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In accelerated-growth, consistency, die-every-night, die-every-night-mental-model, how-to-be-more-productive, life-hacking, productivity, types-of-mental-model
Neurological Sovereignty: The Neurobiology of Not Giving a Damn Post date March 10, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In attention-death-spiral, neurobiology, neurological-freedom, neurological-sovereignty, neuroplasticity-protocol, personal-growth, selective-concern, weaponized-apathy
Unreasonable Goals Are Actually Easier to Achieve: Here’s Why Post date March 3, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In career-advice, career-growth, hackernoon-top-story, life-lessons, mediocrity-trap, personal-growth, reasonable-thinking, unreasonable-goals
The Secret Hidden Power of Questions Post date February 22, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In hackernoon-top-story, life-advice, life-hacks, life-lessons, mental-software, personal-development, personal-growth, why-to-ask-questions
You Should Be Harder on Yourself, Despite What Self Care Gurus Say Post date February 16, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In career-advice, entrepreneur-mindset, hackernoon-top-story, high-performance-mentality, personal-growth, productivity-tips, self-discipline, self-improvement
What Are The Seven Hidden Triggers of Stupidity? Post date February 1, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In always-on-trap, hackernoon-top-story, how-to-be-smart, how-to-not-be-stupid, life-lessons, personal-growth, seven-triggers-of-stupidity, the-protection-protocol
When Knowledge Creates Doubt: Explaining the Expertise Paradox Post date January 24, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In expert-uncertainty, expertise-paradox, hackernoon-top-story, personal-development, personal-growth, self-doubt, the-experts-evolution, what-is-the-expertise-paradox
Why You Can’t Afford ‘Off’ Days Post date January 20, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In career-advice, excellence-vs-perfectionism, hackernoon-top-story, personal-growth, pillars-of-excellence, productivity-hacks, reputation-management, self-discipline
The ‘Always Available’ Trap: What Is It and How to Avoid It Post date January 6, 2025 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In always-available, entrepreneur-mindset, entrepreneurs-mistakes, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship-experiences, people-pleasing, setting-boundaries, tips-for-entrepreneurs
Here’s Why Talent Isn’t Rare. This Is. Post date November 6, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In ceo-insights, entrepreneurship, leadership, ownership-accelerator, ownership-test, self-belief, self-reflection, startup
The “Smart Person” Trap and How to Avoid It Post date October 30, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In communication, communication-skills, expertise-paradox, hackernoon-top-story, how-to-communicate-better, intellectual-peacocking, life-lessons, smart-person-trap
Tired? Burned Out? You Might Just Be Bored Post date October 24, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In alignment-paradox, boredom, burnout, career-advice, hackernoon-top-story, neurochemistry, Work, work-life-balance
It’s Not A Motivation Problem That You Have (It’s a Clarity Problem) Post date October 21, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In clarity, how-to-find-clarity, motivation, paradox-of-choice, personal-growth, self-help, self-improvement, the-myth-of-motivation
The Paradox of Scaling Through Inaction: Smart People Choose to Build Systems – Here’s Why Post date October 17, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, leverage, productivity, scaling, Systems, systems-thinking
Breaking the Procrastination Cycle: Stop Paying the Hidden Costs of Saying “Tomorrow” Post date August 22, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In goal-setting, overcoming-procrastination, personal-development, procrastination, productivity-tips, self-improvement, stress-management, time-management
Your Subconscious Mind Creates Your Reality (It’s Ridiculously Powerful) Post date August 13, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In change-your-perspective, growth-mindset, hackernoon-top-story, mindset, personal-development, personal-growth, self-improvement, subconscious
Your Network, Your Net Worth: 3 Tips to Network Better Post date July 10, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In how-to-become-a-talent-scout, how-to-build-a-network, how-to-network-better, life-hacking-tips, networking, networking-system-tips, personal-board-of-directors, what-is-a-reverse-mentor
The Uncomfortable Truth About Comfort Post date July 5, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In amc-neuroscience, discomfort-dividend, embracing-discomfort, growth-mindset, hackernoon-top-story, huberman's-framework, personal-development, self-improvement
The Anxiety Paradox Post date June 24, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In anxiety-relief, cognitive-reframing, discomfort, dr-john-delony, entrepreneurship, mental health, neuroplasticity, personal-growth
The Great Rethink: Transforming Capitalism from the Ground Up Post date June 17, 2024 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business-transformation, capitalism, capitalism-reformf, entrepreneurship, great-rethink, interview, regenerative-economy, system-change
The Discord Evolution: From a “Chat for Gamers” to a “Chat for Communities and Friends” Post date November 29, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In discord, entreprenur, how-discord-started, marketing, sales, startup, video-game, video-game-development
Lessons Straight From the Amazon Playbook Post date November 29, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In amazon, case-study, ecommerce, entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, jeff-bezos, marketing, startup
How a Game About Birds Fighting Pigs Got Valued at $1 Billion: The Angry Birds Story Post date November 3, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In angry-birds, gaming, growth-hacking, marketing-strategy, mobile-app, startup-lessons, startup-strategy, video-game
Freshworks’ Journey to India’s First SaaS IPO: A Deep-Dive Post date October 24, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In case-study, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, freshworks, ipo, startup, startup-lessons, startups-top-story
How did Grab Beat Uber as the Top Ride-sharing App in Southeast Asia Post date October 5, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business-strategy, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, grab-super-app-southeast-asia, grabfood, startup, startup-lessons, startup-story
Meet Scott D. Clary: From Fortune 500s, to Early-Stage Startups, and Everything in Between Post date September 24, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business, Entrepreneur, marketing, meet-the-writer, sales, startup, startup-strategy, tech
The Ups and Downs of the Theranos Saga Post date September 23, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In elizabeth-holmes, fraud, hackernoon-top-story, investors, medical-technology, silicon-valley, startups, theranos
How Grammarly Climbed Its Way to 30 Million Daily Users Worldwide Post date September 21, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In email-marketing, grammarly, grammarly-growth-strategy, how-many-users-on-grammarly, how-to-get-app-users-2021, marketing, startup, the-story-of-grammarly
Success Story + 1 = OnePlus Post date September 16, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business, business-strategy, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, oneplus, smartphones, startup, technology
Startup Stories: The ‘Uber Success’ of Uber Post date August 31, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business-strategy, entrepreneurship, startup, startup-advice, startup-lessons, uber, uber-profitability, uber-vs-lyft
How DoorDash Has Been Winning the Food Delivery War Post date August 30, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business, business-growth, doordash, entrepreneurship, food-delivery, on-demand-food-delivery-app, startup, tech
Robinhood: Virality + Gamification + FOMO + Simplicity = Billion Dollar IPO Post date August 9, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In crypto, fintech, hackernoon-top-story, ipo, robinhood, robinhood-and-crypto, robinhood-ipo-access, startup
The Story of Canva: A Billion Dollar Startup Built on Democratizing Design Post date August 2, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In canva, design, how-canva-got-started, how-canva-was-founded, saas-startups, startup, startup-lessons, the-story-of-canva
4 Lessons From OnlyFans and it’s Founder, Tim Stokely Post date July 22, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business, Entrepreneur, finance, marketing, onlyfans, porn, sales, startup
Startup Lessons: How Clubhouse Made $1B in 8 Months Post date July 9, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In case-study, clubhouse, marketing, marketing-case-studies, social-media, social-media-marketing, startup, startup-lessons
The Journey From A Failed Video Game To $26 Billion Dollars: The Slack Story Post date July 4, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In Entrepreneur, growth, hackernoon-top-story, marketing, sales, slack, slack-blogging, startup
Dell’s Social Media Customer Support Is Actually Really Good Post date June 30, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In b2b-sales, boost-your-sales, marketing, sales, sales-and-marketing, sales-management, sales-strategy, sales-tips
The 3 Rules of Morning Brew’s Sales Strategy Post date June 15, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In b2b-sales, boost-your-sales, digital-marketing, marketing, morning-brew, sales, sales-tips
How Airbnb Hacked Craigslist for Viral Growth Post date June 15, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In b2b-sales, content-marketing, digital-marketing, marketing, marketing-strategies, sales, sales-and-marketing, startup-marketing
Startup Lessons: How to Sell Your Product Micheal Bloomberg’s Way Post date June 15, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In b2b-sales, boost-your-sales, sales, sales-and-marketing, sales-management, sales-strategy, sales-tips
How Tinder Acquired 50 Million Users Post date June 14, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In business, business-strategy, digital-marketing, marketing, marketing-strategy, sales, sales-and-marketing, tinder
How to Go From 0 to 1000 Users in 30 Days Post date June 14, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In digital-marketing, growth, growth-hacking, marketing, marketing-strategies, sales, startup, startup-marketing
5 Tips from CMOs for a Successful Virtual Event Post date June 14, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In content-marketing, digital-marketing, marketing, virtual, virtual-event-ideas, virtual-event-sponsorship, virtual-events, virtual-networking-events
How Snowflake Grew Into a $70 Billion Dollar Company Post date June 14, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ipo, marketing, sales, snowflake, snowflake-ipo-analysis, startup
Cold Email is not Dead Post date June 14, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In b2b-sales, boost-your-sales, business-strategy, sales, sales-strategy, sales-tips, Strategy
What Is Bonjoro And How It Can Help You Make Money Off Cold Contacts Post date May 26, 2021 Post author By Scott D. Clary Post categories In b2b-sales, business-strategy, digital-marketing, founders, growth-hacking, marketing, online-marketing, sales