KISS Friday - 21 March, 2025

Reads from awesome Substack writers

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Mar 21, 2025

Every Friday, I’ll be showcasing some fine works from Substack writers on different topics.

Handpicked by yours truly.

Send me your recommendations if you want to be featured!

🚴‍♂️Experience

Neal's Newsletter

10 Ways to Write Hooks (with examples)

I write a newsletter for 102,000 startup founders and have 65,000 LinkedIn followers…

a year ago · 120 likes · 18 comments · Neal O'Grady

Ask People These 3 Questions, You'll Connect Instantly.

Hey, I’m Sam! Glad you’re here…

3 months ago · 6 likes · 9 comments · Samuel

Philip's Creative Lab

How to Craft a Compelling “About Page” That Turns Every 1-in-3 Reader into a Subscriber

Every week, I send battle-tested frameworks that help you: Build a personal brand that stands out. Quick-win templates, Deep-dive analysis and Step-by-step frameworks like this one…

5 months ago · 29 likes · 5 comments · Philip Ilani

🪁Storytelling

Renaissance Mind by jscreative.ca

The Anthropology of You: What Your Notes Reveal About How You Think

There’s something oddly fascinating about stumbling upon an old notebook or a half-forgotten digital note. You read the words, and for a second, it feels like you’re seeing a past version of yourself—someone who was curious about that idea, obsessed with…

3 months ago · 11 likes · 5 comments · Jenn- jscreative

Quietly Becoming

Breaking the Cycle: How to Stop Absorbing Everyone’s Emotions

Have you ever felt emotionally drained after spending time with certain people, or found yourself carrying around feelings that don’t truly belong to you? I know I have. For years, I walked away from conversations feeling heavy with sadness or anxiety—emotions I hadn't entered the room with. I r…

3 months ago · 11 likes · 5 comments · Salwa 🇬🇧

Nikki’s Economics Stories, by Nikki Finlay PhD

Using the Seinfeld Strategy to Turn Little Habits into Important Wins

In his book Atomic Habits, James Clear shows how to create and keep habits. Little habits can lead to completing larger goals…

4 months ago · 14 likes · 9 comments · Nikki Finlay

🎼Creativity

10 Lessons from The Psychology of Money in Visuals

A couple of years back I suddenly heard everyone recommending one book…

3 months ago · 43 likes · 9 comments · Chris J Wilson

Michael Macfadden

How One Idea Sparks Creativity: Writing, Teaching & Innovation

Hello Friends! I’ve got an announcement for you in the first section, so let’s get into it…

3 months ago · 9 likes · 3 comments · Michael Macfadden

The Wisdom of Awe

Have you ever stood before something vast—the endless stretch of desert, the towering peaks of a mountain range, or the infinite expanse of the ocean—and felt an unshakable stillness settle within you? In that moment, thought fades. There is no judgment, no analysis, no urge to hold on or change anything. There is only presence. This is awe…

3 months ago · 43 likes · 9 comments · Scott Stillman

🧲 TL;DR - Top rave

Lifelong Learning Club

A 3-Step Method to Master Complex Topics and Go from Confused to Confident

Ever tried to learn something important—only to have your brain say, 'Not today…

3 months ago · 51 likes · 9 comments · Eva Keiffenheim

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Michael Patrick O’Leary

You are still focused on self help and writing advice,

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Michael Macfadden

Thanks for including me in your roundup!

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