Adam's most important lesson of entrepreneurship | Ep.18

Brandon's caffeine intake cycle and the dangers of caffeine intake.Opportunity for a business focused on decaf?"The brightest flame burns quickest"Adam's death-consciousnessWhat is a life well lived?Putting in too many hours is a bad strategy when you do knowledge workConsider the review process when you need to launch on a platform like the Google App store🎊 Codex is now available in the chrome store!Brandon's favourite Codex feature: "Request context"Capturing an engineer's reply to questions is a differentiator for CodexUsing documentation to systemize and scale your timeAdam still has concerned about the level of abstraction Codex is focused onContext in code should focus on the 'unexpected moments'Most important next step for Codex: have teams use it so they can hone in on ideal customerThe Quickstart Guide to Game Mastering is going out to alpha readersAdam will use Google Docs for the alpha review so that he doesn't have to ask people to sign up for NotionAfter alpha review the guide will be an 'open beta'. It will be soft launched so that Adam can see more new GMs try it before pouring on marketing efforts.Adam discusses his biggest realization of entrepreneurship: Ship oftenAdam seriously doubts people's ability to understand and change complex systemsReflection on how waiting to ship the guide was a failureExample of shipping fast: Free Fantasy Stock Art built with airtable.Chess is a useful example for clarifying just how impossible it is for you to understand every variable in business.Adam is learning to trust himself more as a founder in the gaming spaceAdam keeps almost falling into the trap of going after something big and ambitious.Project HearthQuest"I can help people sooner by starting smaller" - AdamThe pain of having a big vision but sharing a small, scrappy piece with the world and hearing the feedback.