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The MenFem Curriculum

105 lessons · 28 chapters

01The Impossibility Filter15m

02Writing Is Thinking: The Memo-First Method20m

03The 10x Rule: Why Better Isn't Enough15m

04Small Monopolies: Own a Niche Before You Scale20m

05Manual Sales as a Feedback Loop15m

06Proof of Work Beats Permission15m

07Code Is for Machines: The AI-First Builder20m

08The Anti-Work Thesis: Building for Time Autonomy15m

09One Hundred Iterations: The Body of Building15m

10The Price Is a Signal, Not a Number15m

11Distribution Is the Product15m

12Hire the Knife, Not the Swiss Army20m

13The Pivot Funeral15m

14Compound Distribution: Building Moats That Grow20m

15Attention Is Upstream of Everything15m

16The Earned vs. Bought Spectrum15m

17Platform Physics20m

18One Idea, Seven Surfaces20m

19The Hook Tax15m

20Editorial Calendars Are a Trap15m

21SEO Is a Long Game You're Already Late To20m

22The Funnel Is Dead, the Loop Is Alive15m

23Landing Pages That Sell Without Selling20m

24Email: The Only Channel You Own20m

25Vanity Metrics vs. Signal Metrics15m

26When the Data Lies15m

27You Don't Rise to Your Goals, You Fall to Your Systems15m

28The Decision Journal15m

29Second-Order Thinking15m

30Inputs Over Outputs15m

31The Maker's Schedule vs. The Manager's Schedule15m

32Batch, Don't Switch15m

33Energy Management Over Time Management15m

34The Weekly Review That Actually Works20m

35The Tool Audit: What's Earning Its Keep15m

36AI as a Multiplier, Not a Replacement20m

37Automation vs. Elimination15m

38The Minimum Viable Stack15m

39Personal SOPs: Documenting What You Do15m

40Designing Your Default Day15m

41The Annual System Rebuild15m

42Writing Is Thinking Made Visible15m

43The Asymmetry of Written Work15m

44The Writer's Advantage in Every Room15m

45Kill Your Adjectives15m

46The One-Sentence Test15m

47Steal Structure, Not Words20m

48Edit Like You Hate Yourself15m

49The Cold Email That Gets Read15m

50Memos Over Meetings20m

51Writing Product Copy That Converts15m

52The Newsletter Moat20m

53Thread Craft: Writing for Social15m

54Ship Before It's Ready15m

55Why Building in Public Works15m

56What to Share and What to Protect15m

57The Audience You Build While Building15m

58The Build Log: Documenting as You Go15m

59Sharing Failures Without Performing Vulnerability15m

60Metrics in Public: Revenue, Users, Mistakes15m

61You Are a Portfolio, Not a Resume15m

62Positioning: What Do People Say When You're Not in the Room15m

63The Consistency Tax15m

64Reputation Risk: When Public Goes Wrong15m

65The Money Script You Inherited15m

66Financial Literacy Is Self-Defense15m

67Where Your Money Actually Goes15m

6850/30/20 and When to Break It15m

69Cash Flow Is King, Not Income15m

70Good Debt Is a Tool, Bad Debt Is a Trap15m

71Avalanche vs. Snowball: Pick Your Psychology15m

72Your Credit Score Is a Game — Learn the Rules15m

73The Number That Lets You Sleep15m

74Risk Is Not a Feeling — It's Math15m

75Compound Interest: The Only Free Lunch15m

76Asset Classes: The Building Blocks20m

77Index Funds Won the Argument15m

78Kelly Criterion Challenge10m

79How the Stock Market Actually Works20m

80Reading a Balance Sheet Without an MBA20m

81P/E, P/S, and the Art of Not Overpaying15m

82Stocks vs. ETFs vs. Index Funds15m

83Asset Allocation: The Decision That Matters Most15m

84Diversification Is Not Owning 50 Tech Stocks15m

85DCA vs. Lump Sum: The Data Settles It15m

86Rebalancing: The Discipline That Pays15m

87Renting vs. Buying: The Honest Math Nobody Does20m

88REITs: Real Estate Without the Tenants15m

89Angel Investing: Writing Small Checks With Big Risk15m

90Art, Watches, and Wine: Collectibles as Assets15m

91The Salary Ceiling and How to Break It15m

92Equity Compensation: RSUs, ISOs, and the Tax Traps20m

93The Passive Income Lie (and What's Actually Passive)15m

94Lifestyle Inflation: The Silent Wealth Killer15m

95Your Financial Independence Number15m

96The Tax Drag You Don't See15m

97Tax-Loss Harvesting: Turning Losses Into Wins15m

98Asset Location: The Right Account for the Right Asset15m

99Options in Plain English20m

100Buying Calls and Puts: The Basics20m

101Covered Calls: Getting Paid to Wait15m

102Cash-Secured Puts: Getting Paid to Buy the Dip15m

103Spreads: Defined Risk, Defined Reward20m

104The Greeks: Delta, Theta, and Why Time Kills20m

105The Wheel Strategy: Selling Premium as a System20m

Thinking in Systems/Lesson 27

You Don't Rise to Your Goals, You Fall to Your Systems

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