Builder, writer, and angel investor. Every Sunday I write one essay on craft, leverage, and the quiet work of getting good. 80,000+ smart people read it.
Three things I've built for the people I'm trying to help. None of them are courses about courses.
A 240-page book on getting astonishingly good at one thing in five years or less. Used by founders, designers, and engineers in 41 countries.
A 6-week live cohort for operators ready to stop trading hours for dollars. Capped at 40 people. Includes weekly calls with me and the alumni Slack.
A free 47-page PDF of the exact tools, books, frameworks, and routines I use to write, build, and ship every week.
Long-form conversations with builders, writers, and operators I admire. 4M plays. Episodes drop every other Tuesday.
The shape of mastery, the trap of "intermediate purgatory," and why the people who break out almost always do the same five things.
I tracked 18 months of sleep, output, and mood. The numbers say something that nobody on Twitter wants to hear.
Half were great. Half were not. Here are the seven signals that actually told me which would be which.
I'm Marcus. I grew up in Vancouver, learned to write online in 2014, and have been quietly building and investing since 2019. I write because I think most of what's worth knowing isn't on a course — it's on a long walk with someone who's done it.
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