The Daily Lift Newsletter
⚡ Boost Your Motivation & Productivity Using Psychology 🧠
I spent half a year looking for a job. When unemployment was close to drying up, I began freelancing full-time to pay the bills.
But I was depressed.
The layoff had hit me hard. I was not where I had expected to be in my career or in other areas of my life. I was angry at the incompetence of people who determined other peoples' livelihoods.
I was determined to create a business of my own so that I didn't have to rely on other people to provide for my family.
It didn't go so well for several years.
I had become complacent, which was a problem that hurt my career as well. I was still depressed and felt like I had no ambition. I was not motivated and lacked discipline.
"Rock bottom" is different for every individual. I don't know if I had hit it, but I realized that I needed to change my mindset immediately.
Therapy had been good to me and I was at a place where I next needed to create a plan for my life and take action. Psychology has always interested me but I hadn't studied it since college. I decided to spend several hours each day researching the science of motivation and productivity.
I needed daily reminders. Of my goals. Of this new positive way of thinking. I decided to create my own personal daily email to remind me of key takeaways.
After talking with friends about shared experiences, I told them about my daily email. How it has helped me. Apparently, they thought it might be helpful to other people.
Because they became my first subscribers.
I've always had a fear of other peoples' opinions but I've learned not to waste mental energy on it anymore. It may or may not be the type of content that everyone will want to read. But if it helps anyone, then I know it's useful.
And that's become the goal of The Daily Lift.
A free newsletter with the intention of motivating and encouraging healthy habits.
I've begun to have ambition again.
Be more productive.
Feel achievement.
Feel useful.
Be appreciated.
As long as the newsletter is helping others, then I will continue to create content for it.
I'd like for The Daily Lift to become more than a newsletter someday. But if it leads to bigger goals and new friendships (and can provide for my family), then I will be content, grateful, and happy.
After only a few months, The Daily Lift already has over 1,000 subscribers.
People that I don't know.
People who work at big tech companies.
People who work at lean startups.
People who run their own businesses, are freelancers, are creators like me.
It's crazy and humbling.
Please come join us in making motivation a habit. And I'm always willing to hear honest feedback. 😉🙏
I've tried to do a lot of research on landing pages, for newsletters specifically, but I think I need to set up some A/B testing of the copy I'm using.
Any feedback on the copy and/or design of the page?
It would be much appreciated. Thank you!
2 Comments
Peter I read your description and notice that you have worked in several startups, why do that?
With startups, you generally work more autonomously and can have a larger effect on the business than at regular companies.
There are definitely pros and cons.
There's generally a financial advantage and popular startup company names attract recruiters.
At early stage startups, you're often putting in more time because product-market fit hasn't been fully determined yet and/or you're the only one responsible for certain areas of the business.
Once there is (more) funding, there is more pressure for growth.
For me, I was just trying to level up my career and work at a well-known company. It's certainly not for everyone.