How To Turn Q4 Into Your Portfolio Career Sprint

An action-based plan for working for yourself—now until Dec 31.

Remember when I was like, “I used to write stories for a now defunct newspaper for $75?” That was this letter, and you all really resonated with it.

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While my Q4 is looking a little more like diapers than discovery calls, I’ve been motivated by the seemingly unending roll of Aug-Dec sprint content I’m being served on Tiktok. Why not double down to make your 2026 dreams come true?

The sign outside my local library that always makes me emotional

And don’t worry. I won’t leave you with amorphis concepts like “doubling down” and “2026 dreams.” I would never do that! Instead, here’s the playbook I’d employ to rev up for a massive year of betting on myself, starting today. I'm getting more "do you know anyone who..." emails than ever. The market is there. You just need to position yourself in it.