This week we got away from Hurricane Ian and have been up in the mountains of North Georgia in a little cabin owned by a dear friend.

On another note:

I have been pondering on the changes ahead for this newsletter, the purpose of it, and the ways you'll be able to benefit from it.

I'll share reflections, tips, and insights from building Ponderer to $100M and, simultaneously, the journey to becoming a free man, a free creator.

Today's format is slightly different as I keep iterating and simplifying each week.

Welcome to edition #7 of the rOS newsletter, brought to you via Beehiiv, the #1 newsletter platform built for growth.

Today at a Glance:

• The Art of Iteration

• The Divinity of Darkness

• How to Deal with Rude People [as a Content Creator]

Here are 1 idea, 1 reflection, and 1 insight:

🔆 One Idea

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The Art of Iteration:

This is perhaps the flagship idea of the journey to building Ponderer and this newsletter. The knot that ties everything together.

The main point of this idea is understanding the leverage created by the internet.

Once you've figured out that you can either write a program to perform or record a piece of media to explain something, you don't have to show up physically anymore—they're available to anyone on the internet, anywhere, at any time.

First, you get going, and then, you get good.

No room for being paralyzed by perfectionism.

Like an entrepreneur's journey, iteration is a spiritual journey more than anything else.

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 🔆 One Reflection

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The Divinity of Darkness:

Darkness itself is divine, but there is nothing about darkness and light that is different than itself.

The only way that I can consider divinity is because I first experienced the darkness of my humanity.

Every day, we experience shit [people, decisions, actions, etc.], and that shit itself throws us straight into the gates of darkness.

What have we found by being here and living this way?

The greatest darkness inside the mind can lead to the most significant breakthrough of divinity. Darkness is divine.

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🔆 One Insight

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Gary Vaynerchuk on how to deal with rude people as a content creator.

I appreciate his take on that topic, and I believe we all should practice or at least consider his perspective.

If you are building something and creating content online, you will face rude people along the way.

If we take a moment to understand the source of their attack on you or your content, we would most likely feel compassion instead of anger.

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Until next Sunday,

Ricky Figueroa​Founder of Ponderer​

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🔆 p.s. Ponder this: