Niall Doherty 
1 Jessica Livingston published Founders at Work back in 2007, a series of interviews with founders of startups like PayPal, Apple, Yahoo, Adobe, TripAdvisor. From the intro… I’d say determination is the single most important quality in a startup founder. If the founders I spoke with were superhuman in any way, it was in their …
1 If I could go back in time to see one music act perform live, it’d probably be Creedence. They were only active from 1968 to 1972, an incredible 4-year run. John Fogerty is 80 years old now, been making music his whole life. Must be weird to have done your best work a half …
1 Apparently overweight people lose weight much easier when they can put aside feelings of shame and become more accepting of their situation. Gets me thinking about how I handle feeling tired or burned out. I resist it, feel ashamed of it. Which likely makes it worse. 2 Reading about that famous Little Hans case …
1 Still haven’t started outreach to find clients for the agency. Been refining the offer, going through dozens of iterations, slowing stripping away the confusing and non-essential. Just when I think we’re finished, we find another level we can take it to. It’s tedious work. I hope it’s worth it. 2 I’m rarely this hairy, …
1 I love Amsterdam, felt sure it would be my home or minimally a frequent destination. Haven’t been there in six years. There are countries I’ll never return to, experiences I’ll never repeat, friends I’ll never see again. Today I might hear a particular song for the last time. But I won’t know it. 2 …
1 Ask ten random people on the street in Andorra: how happy are you today, on a scale of 1 to 10? The answers probably won’t differ much. But methinks you’ll get many different answers if you ask the same ten people: how satisfied are you with your life situation right now? 2 Asking this …
1 Always interesting to ask folks back home if there’s much buzz about AI. Looks like it’s catching on among non-techy people. My brother, for example, has started using it to help write emails. I wonder how long before he’s talking with it every day. 2 I come into the store, out of the rain. …
1 I listen to podcasts for 2-4 hours each day. Always have one going when I’m preparing food, exercising, doing household chores. Some of it is educational, like Spanish podcasts or entrepreneurial stuff. But most is entertainment, in the form of basketball, movie or comedy podcasts. 2 Comment on a YouTube video about the cost …
1 I’ve mostly been a solopreneur these past fifteen years. And that’s worked fine. But I’ve been bringing more brains into my business recently and it’s helping a lot. I can easily get scattered and unfocused when left to my own devices, like a dog chasing several rabbits, ultimately catching none. 2 Found another “business …
1 I struggle with being social online, whether in private communities or places like X. Rarely enough time in the day to get my work done, so the social stuff feels like a distraction. But then I also feel guilty for not doing it, and mainly showing up there when I want to promote something. …