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"Social media isn’t 100% toxic, but it’s toxic enough that I expect I’ll enjoy life most if I consume ~0% social media."

Love/hate relationship here too.

In an ideal world, I probably wouldn't even be on it.

But it's important to show my thinking, position me correctly, and create brand equity as well as inbound leads.

But Sam Harris nailed it when he said that any amount of social media in some sense is already too much social media.

If you haven't read it, give Prof Haidt's work a read.

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I hadn't heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt and will check him out.

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Good luck Ryan. I agree that 10K subscribers in 12 months sounds feasible, especially if you're going all-in with your newsletter and are already planning to run ads campaigns. All the best!

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Thanks for your encouragement, @The Management Consultant!

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You said you had some success running online businesses in the past - out of interest, what kinds of businesses were they?

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The main one was Soulmate Strategy, an online course and group coaching program for women (typically mid-50s) who wanted to attract a new life partner and learn about the changes in culture and dating since the last time they were single.

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