This month 👾 Bootstrapping to Ramen Profitability | Personal Website OS | History of User Interfaces | A Tool for Everything + loads more...I’m Sam and welcome to my once-a-month newsletter. Each month I share the latest digital products, fascinating articles and resources from some of the best new and established online creators and makers. 🆕 Personal UpdatesRecently I've been binging a lot of sports series on Netflix. I'm not a huge sports fan but my fascination lies in an athlete's ambition, drive and determination to succeed despite many obstacles they may encounter. It may seem an odd comparison to draw parallels between an athlete and my career in tech but hear me out.Now firstly I'm fully aware people have jobs and not careers, there is a distinct difference and not everyone strives to try and be the best at what they do that is totally normal, if not perhaps the norm. However, I find myself fascinated by people who are utterly obsessed with striving to be the best in what they do in life. In particular, athletes at the top of their game epitomize this desire to learn and succeed despite failure. I take great interest in this as someone still somewhat in my early career.Malcolm Gladwell claims that it takes roughly 10,000 hours of work to master a skill. To be great at something, you must put in the work.Athletes dedicate years, sometimes decades, to their craft to be the best that they can be, and we shouldn’t treat our own careers too differently perhaps. It's a compounding effect we perhaps shouldn't overlay try to rush because, over the course of your working career, you’re most likely going to put 10,000 hours of work in by just showing up. However, if you’re intentional about the work that’s being put in, you can begin to propel your career.Right, let’s get to it - time for this month's roundup 👇🔥 Top post last month: The rise and fall of a $50,000 digital product