Tightening The Feedback Loop

Ever since I went to Greece a few weeks ago, I’ve been getting more replies to this newsletter than usual.

People saying things like:

“Ur emails are consistently a great read. One of the few that I’ve been reading regularly.”

“Love the newsletter. The only one I genuinely don’t get bored of (and Matt’s). Keep it up!”

“This is the best newsletter you’ve ever sent.”

I don’t say that to brag (although it does feel good because it is my exact thoughts on a page), I say that because in today’s email I wanted to talk about an important lesson I learned.

Yesterday I was going back through some archives and looking at some of my old journals.

In the journals I would write things like:

• “I need to work harder outside of work. Maybe look to buy some info” (this was when I had a job in 2021)

• “Write down a bigger number”

• “The most dangerous thing I could do right now is to play it safe”

It was interesting to look back on these times when I was trying to get out of a job, make my first money and start progressing in life because there is a clear theme that has carried me throughout.

→ I was coaching myself through situations and making notes on how to improve every single day.

In these notes there is analysis, reflection and mentorship - but it is all coming from some internal voice.

I still do it to this day.

I’ve had some friends say “that’s soy, why would you do that” but tbh it is one of the highest ROI things you could do.

The reason it’s so high ROI is because you are tightening the feedback loop.

Instead of waiting until feedback comes from the external world (which could be months later) I was giving myself feedback daily.

For the external world to give feedback, you probably need to let things play out. For example in a business, you might have to wait 3-4 months to test a new campaign.

But if you’re critiquing your stuff daily?

You can start making drastic improvements immediately because you can identify where to get better straight away.

I honestly think this has been one of the keys to my success over the last couple of years, I just wish I had documented more along the way.

The more you can make notes of what went well, what went poorly, and even how you feel during different situations, the more you can reverse engineer positive outcomes when you need to.

For example, if you’re ever looking to get out of a rut, you can just look back to 2022 when you last got yourself out of a rut.

These journals become guide rails for what to do, and give you something to look back on.

So as soy as it sounds, I would strongly recommend writing more things down.

Bonus hack:

→ Most of my best content was written in these journals before they saw the public eye. There is a life hack in that most of the best writing was not made to be read by someone else. It is just an internal expression.

Action Step:

1. If you haven’t already, start writing stuff down every day. It will help you decompress and help you move forward faster. There is zero downside.

Let me know how it goes.

Also, let me know if you have any questions you’d want answered on the newsletter. Always happy to look after you guys.

Leo

PS

My client hit $100k/mo in 7 months. Here’s a link to the interview I did with him (link)