The Speedrunner’s Canon

Hello ambitious frontier person! 👋

Here’s a list of articles I wish I would’ve read when I was younger. I hope they help you spark your success spiral, speedrun the idea maze, and make a dent in the universe.

The articles below help you:

• I. Build your agency

• II. Build your awareness

• III. Build your network

• IV. Increase your impact

Hope it’s helpful! If you want to accelerate yourself further, apply to the Roote Fellowship, listen to our podcast, or sign up for our newsletter.

- Rhys ❤️

I. Building agency

• Sparking your success spiral by Rhys Lindmark

It’s ok to be ambitious and work hard

• The high-return activity of raising others’ aspirations by Tyler Cowen

• Advice by Patrick Collison

• What I Miss About Working at Stripe by Brie Wolfson

• Things you're allowed to do by Milan Cvitkovic

• School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris

You are an energetic person

• Stamina by Rhys Lindmark

Be an optimist

• The Most Precious Resource is Agency by Simon Sarris

• Young people feel like they have no future due to climate change; we need to change the narrative by Hannah Ritchie

• The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. by Max Roser

• Optimism by Packy McCormick

Rhys’s how-to’s

• Tools for Learning by Rhys Lindmark

• How To Beat Procrastination by Rhys Lindmark

• How to Write Well by Rhys Lindmark

II. Building awareness

Develop self-awareness. Be yourself.

• How to Build Self-Awareness by Rhys Lindmark

• What is going on here, with this human? by Graham Duncan

• Against Moral Nervousness by Tyler Cowen

• How to Find Your Path by Rhys Lindmark

Develop mutual awareness—awareness of others

• What should I do here, with this human?

Develop systems awareness

• Idea Machines by Nadia Asparouhova

• VGR’s maps by Venkatesh Rao

• Wisdom Age by Roote

• 5 Mindsets by Rhys Lindmark

• Marriage Counseling with Capitalism by Rhys Lindmark

III. Building your network

• Putting yourself out there increases the surface area for potential opportunities by Ali Abdaal

• Seven Ways To Become Unstoppably Agentic by Evie Cottrell

• 10 Ways To Get Over Your Fears Of Posting Online by Austin Kleon

• 9 Tips to Network IRL by Rhys Lindmark

Reach out to people you admire; they’d be happy to chat

• How to Email Early Stage Investors by Michael Siebel

• How to write a forwardable introduction email by Alex Iskold

• How to cold email or DM by Danielle Strachman

• How to ask for help as an entrepreneur by Avichal Garg

• On Being Efficient With Busy People by Punk6529

• Invest in Lines, Not Dots by Mark Suster

Join Twitter & Start a Blog

• The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online by Tawfiq Hamid

• The Great Online Game: How to Win the Internet by Packy McCormick

• Why (and How) You Should Join Twitter Right Now by Alexey Guzey

• Get on Twitter, follow good folks from these Hive communities

• Start a Substack. Start by posting on a cadence: every Monday or once a month. It can be scary to post your idea online. I’m happy to read 1st drafts—send them to me.

Communities

Follow the top folks to learn, but start by vibing with people at your own status level. 

• My Favorite Twitter Communities by Rhys Lindmark

• The List of My Lists by Sam Arbesman

• Find a job by mapping the problem space by Nan Ransohoff

IV. Maximizing your impact

How to run an org

• KoolAidFactory by Brie Wolfson

• Speed as a Habit by Dave Girouard

• Optimism Shapes Reality by Alexandr Wang

• One-way vs. two-way doors by Jeff Bezos

• Startup Playbook by Sam Altman

• 19 Books To Run Your Startup by Rhys Lindmark

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Let me know if there’s an article I should add. Thank you!