Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

🛠 Aspiring Better Builder 🔴 AFC 🎲 Board Game Sommelier 🐲Fantasy Novel Proselytizer ✍Writer https://t.co/XrG3kA3MkR abergseyeview.com Joined November 2017

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

2 months ago

Building takes energy. Rest restores it. I used to treat rest like a reward. Now I’m trying to as the maintainence I need to be at my best for what matters most. Some thoughts on that in this in my first issue of Building Blocks 🧱: buildingbetterproject.substack.com/p/building-blo…

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

2 months ago

Recently I’ve been struggling with burnout. I wrote about my attempts to find a more sustainable balance in the first issue of Building Blocks - a more lightweight newsletter format to compliment my longer form essays in Building Better. buildingbetterproject.substack.com/p/building-blo…

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

4 months ago

How disillusionment with VC and being bored at the airport led me to reimagine what it means to build. First post in a new series I am calling Better Built. I plan to show you exactly the tools, tactics, and processes that I use to approach my building. buildingbetterproject.substack.com/p/better-built…

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

4 months ago

The world needs less people obsessed with feeling good, and more people obsessed with feeling good about themselves.

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

4 months ago

I'm working on a post about my efforts on The Building Better Project itself. One of the topics is self-promotion, a topic I struggle not to feel disengenious about. Does anyone have any simple, principled, not-icky approaches to generating organic growth for their work?

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

4 months ago

I teared up over something an AI wrote for the first time today. I am working on a project and using Chat GPT to help me refine some of my writing and exercises, so it is using my content as a base. Even so, this feels like a bit of a watershed moment.

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

5 months ago

Reflecting on my initial series on the Philosophy of Building Better, I think the 4th chapter was the high point. The metaphor of a birdfeeder is the perfect model for building and I was able to find a picture that captured the ethos completely. buildingbetterproject.substack.com/p/the-diner-no…

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

5 months ago

The final post in my Philosophy of Building Better series is live: 🔗 buildingbetterproject.substack.com/p/go-forward-w… The last post was the keystone. This one starts the work. Up next: real-world examples, product critiques, and builders doing it right. We’re just getting started. 🛠️

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

5 months ago

Was struck by this quote about how the only way to actually conserve is to continually maintain. Reminded me of Alexander’s concept of repair being a continual process of striving towards maintaining contextual balance. I wrote more deeply on this here: buildingbetterproject.substack.com/p/grace-or-the…

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Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView

5 months ago

I am signing the Builder’s Oath because I believe that builders should hold themselves to a higher standard of conduct. I believe there is a better way to build and that we can all achieve it if only we have the will to do so. You can join me at BuildersOath.com