Linkedin engagement templates

Launching a newsletter, unsure if it will get traction

Six weeks ago I sent my first newsletter to 47 people. This week I sent it to 412. I have no idea if that is good or slow. I have nothing to compare it to except advice from people who started in a different era of attention. What I do know: the posts that grew the list fastest were not the polished ones. They were the ones where I shared something I was genuinely unsure about, like this. I am still figuring out the cadence, the format, and honestly whether anyone cares about the specific intersection of topics I write about. If you have built an audience through a newsletter, what was the thing that actually moved the needle for you in the first 90 days?

How do you decide when to quit a project

At what point does persistence become stubbornness? I have been sitting with this question for a while. Most advice tells you to keep going, that results take time, that consistency wins. But I have also watched teams spend two years on something the market made clear it did not want, after month four. The people who kept going were not more disciplined. They were just more reluctant to call it. I think the honest answer involves asking: am I still learning, or am I just hoping? Those are very different reasons to continue. How do you personally decide when a project has had its fair chance?

post: what makes people actually stay engaged in remote teams

Remote teams that perform well share one trait: psychological safety. Not Slack channels. Not async docs. Not even standups. When people feel safe to raise a concern or admit they're stuck, productivity follows naturally. What's one thing your team does that makes people feel like they can actually speak up?