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Undiscovered #116: Managing Multiple Interests While Building a Career, Standing Out in 2026, Turning a Podcast Into a Book
#116: Managing Multiple Interests While Building a Career, Standing Out in 2026, Turning a Podcast Into a BookHi All! We are pleased to welcome you to this week's edition of Undiscovered, a newsletter with exclusive resources and insights expanding from the material found on our main site - becketu.com. This week, we will take a look at how to stand out in 2026, the keys to building a professional career while managing multiple interests, how to grow specifically on X/Twitter, and more. Let's dive in: Managing Multiple Interests While Building a CareerDan Koe recently shared an X article titled, "If you have multiple interests, do not waste the next 2-3 years". It explores how the digital era has fundamentally changed the nature of careers, and how future paths will be determined by publicly shared work. I highly recommend reading the whole article, but for those looking for a condensed version: Core idea
- Industrial-age specialization turned humans into replaceable parts in an assembly line, but that model is breaking down in the digital era.
- Humans are creators and tool builders who thrive by solving problems in many niches, not by living as mechanical workers in a single siloed role.
What to actually do
- Treat your learning as “research” and share it in public: write online as if you’re taking notes where others can see them.
- Use the internet as your base: build an audience around your worldview, story, and ideas so you can launch products quickly and adapt as you go.
Why now is different
- The barrier to starting is low: a laptop, internet connection, and skill with online distribution are enough to reach millions.
- Without distribution (an audience), even a great product means grinding for capital, talent, and attention; with distribution, each new product becomes much easier to launch. How to think about “personal brand”
- Don’t aim to be “a creator” or “an influencer”; aim to be yourself in a place where your work can be discovered and supported.
- Your brand is your story: where you came from, your low points, the skills you built, and how they shaped the philosophy behind your work. System to make it real
- Build an “idea museum”: save dense ideas from books, people, and social accounts you respect, then write your own take on them.
- Design a content system you can execute daily in under a couple of hours, cross-post it everywhere, and center it around one core asset (like a newsletter) that grows both your audience and your business Vibe Coding + How to Grow Your AppIt's hard to discern what the best vibe coding resources are when a new guide surfaces seemingly every day. I've gone through every viral post that has entered my feed regarding the topic (it's a lot) and developed a shortlist of the resources I trust the most to learn from:
Honorable mentions and additional reading to accompany the Hunter J. Isaacson portion:
Standing Out in 2026Lulu Cheng Meservey is one of the best communication specialists in the world. She recently wrote a short Twitter article, Standing Out in 2026, where she explained the direction of where content creation is going. Here are the main takeaways:
How to Grow on Twitter / XA few notes for those looking to grow on X. This article by @exm7777 explains how they went from never writing a tweet in their life to having nearly 50k followers in eight months. The whole article is worth a read, but if you're strapped for time, @aakashgupta made a solid outline of the main points: this is the guidebook to grow on twitter
tldr: value - say something new or say something old in a way that makes people see it differently. “would i bookmark this if someone else wrote it?” if no, keep working actionable - “chatgpt update is insane” gets views. “how to write copy that sounds human with gpt-5.2:” gets followers. insight without blueprint is entertainment engagement without begging - “like if you agree” is death. structure the tweet so bookmarks and replies happen naturally. “here’s how” triggers autopilot saves. controversial stance or open question triggers replies readability - one sentence per line. short punchy hook. white space matters. simplify until your 14 year old cousin could follow it
recognizable style - same content same structure same voice everywhere blends into generic ai soup. find 3-4 patterns that feel like you and use them consistently the meta point most people miss: brilliant insight doesn’t automatically become great tweet. writing is the bottleneck. most valuable content flops because the packaging was wrong. Turning a Podcast into a DIY BookZara Zhang recently turned the Acquired FM podcast into a 300-page book, and the final product is incredible. It looks like a genuine hardcover book from any major publisher, yet it was essentially all designed and created by her. Here are the steps she took:
The biggest question I had after reading her writeup, was 'which printing supplier are you using?'. According to her, she was using an overseas company called Taobao. There are so many books I want to exist, but it doesn't make sense to self-publish. Even without the copyright, it's a great personal project to undertake for anyone who prefers books to podcasts, and wants to bring a new project to life. Just be sure to tag the creators you are borrowing the work from! P.S Can you please respond to this email and bring it into your 'primary' inbox? You can say 'Hi!', tell us the last book you read recently, or what your favorite resource was from above. We appreciate any feedback you are able to provide here. What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Feel free to reach out to us on Instagram and give us a follow there, tag your friends on our posts, and please forward this newsletter along to anyone else who would enjoy it. Disclaimer: Becket U is an Amazon Associate and purchases through Amazon links may earn a small affiliate commission, but the price is the same for you. We only recommend books we love and think you would love, too. Always wishing you the best, J.B. |
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Becket U curates the best resources in Math, Physics, Computers, Microeconomics, Game Theory, and Persuasion. With this knowledge, you will understand how the world works.
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