I'm An Information Addict

1 Tip (For Growing Online)

My co-founder called me out for being “addicted to information”.

The comment stopped me dead in my tracks.

I’ve always considered my love of learning and general curiosity a good thing.

It’s the “superpower” part of my ADHD.

As a kid, my friends came to me for the latest music.

As a startup founder, my peers came to me for the latest tech resources and events.

When I’m excited about something, I dive in, DEEP.

I’ve got unlimited energy to study the latest trends, thought leaders, and tools, on any given subject, industry, or technology.

Yet, when I heard his comment — “you’re addicted to information” — I knew exactly what he meant.

And he was right.

I’m 100% addicted to information.

But how addicted?? You may be thinking.

With just a little research I found that since January, 2023 I have:

• subscribed to 28 newsletters

• curated a list of over 150 platforms and tools

• purchased (or ordered for $0) 45 digital products on Gumroad

Does the below tweet template look familiar?

Yeah, they’ve been my drug of choice lately.

YOU TELLING ME YOU’LL GIVE ME ALL THAT VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR FREE! WHOO HOO!!

What’s worse?

Ask me how many of those digital products I’ve looked at after purchasing.

Or how many of those newsletters I read daily, or ever.

So what, you like learning. What’s the big deal?

I’ve believed the same thing for decades.

But putting the lens of addiction to it forced me to reflect more deeply about the why.

Why was I investing hours and money into products I may never use?

With some reflection, here’s what I came up with:

• Researching gives me the PERCEPTION of productivity

• I’m terrified to act because I’m afraid of failure…and success

• Having information that others want makes me feel more valuable

Once again my default mindset is to prioritize others, at my own expense.

So, as you head into this week, take this 1 tip with you…

No course, digital product, or twitter thread is going to teach you more than execution.

• Your constant learning isn’t productivity

• Your value isn’t the result of what you offer others

• Your fear of failure and success will only dissipate with exposure

I say this knowing how difficult this will be if you face this challenge.

I still struggle with this daily.

Which is why I can also say this as someone that has spent the last year benefiting from more “doing” than “learning”.

Start tomorrow, with one small action.

One conscious choice to not “dig in”, but rather “show out”.

I promise you won’t regret it.

2 Tools (To Help You Get Efficient)

At INTENTIONAL. our philosophy on daily content creation is three-fold:

1. keep it simple

2. post consistently

3. maximize efficiency w/ tech

These are a must if our small team is going to deliver high-quality results for our clients.

So, here are two of my favourites tech tools this week:

1) Podsqueeze.com: an AI content creator providing you with show notes, transcripts, timestamps, posts, and even a newsletter for your podcast!

• How we use it: generate v1 drafts of all of the above for our newly launched podcast, INTENTIONAL. AF.

• Costs: Basic (free), Starter ($15/month), Pro ($29/month)

2) Birdy: allows you to A/B test your Twitter bio for free!

• How we use it: i’m constantly changing my Twitter bio as I learn new things about myself and my community, this helps me test it out

• Costs: Basic (free), Pro ($10 USD/month)

Note: these are not sponsored or affiliate recommendations. Just tech we use and like.

Watch or listen to INTENTIONAL. AF to catch even more tips and tools, as well as a LIVE brand audit of some of the biggest projects and companies in Web3!

3 Tweets (With Gems From Me & Others)

Here are some of my favourite tweets from this past week:

1) Parker Worth: proving you’ll learn more from executing, here.

2) Samantha Leal: reminding us our customers hold the greatest insights here.

3) ME: reminding ya’ll that NFTs are not dead, here.

That’s all! Keep pushing this week and remember…

you got this 💪 

See you next Sunday,

kristina, with a “k”

P.S.

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P.P.S

• I’m Canadian. There may be extra “u”s, double “l”s, and more. This is not a mistake. It’s willful.

• I’m Queer. A mother, a wife, and an advocate for equity of all people, not just Queer folks. Openly, and without filter, sharing the journey of building my personal brands means being authentically me.

• I’m living with mental illness. I’ve been in psychiatric care for depression since I was 12 (I’m now 39). My experiences with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia, panic attacks, and ADHD shape my perspective.

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