Ricardo Prosperi

The writing

What I am learning

I write down the lessons as they land, mindset, habits and the stories behind them. Start wherever you need to.

Habits 2 Jun 2026

The year I paid myself nothing

What running three companies actually looks like, past the highlight reel. The first year of building your own thing is mostly faith and spreadsheets.

Mindset 18 May 2026

The day I thought my life was over

I became a father at twenty four with no degree and a pile of debt. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Mindset 6 Dec 2020

Living in a bubble

You are looking at a mirror polished to reflect only you. Listen before you judge.

Mindset 17 Aug 2020

What makes a purchase valuable?

Owning less does not mean buying nothing. It means asking two questions first.

Habits 3 Aug 2020

Keystone habits

A few habits are load bearing. Change one and a whole cluster of others shifts on its own. Find yours and let it do the heavy lifting.

Habits 8 Jun 2020

Environmental Habit Design

You decide to change when willpower is high. The habit strikes when it is low. Close the gap.

Mindset 18 May 2020

Create in flow

You do not wait for flow to arrive. You start before you are ready, and it pulls you in.

Mindset 11 May 2020

Create your own luck

The sudden part is usually the visible end of something long and unglamorous.

Mindset 4 May 2020

Happy with what you have

We are content with what we have, right up until something better is placed beside it.

Mindset 27 Apr 2020

Be honest with yourself

You cannot become who you want to be while lying about who you currently are.

Stories 20 Apr 2020

The pain that moves us forward

We reach for help the moment something hurts enough to ignore no longer. You do not have to wait for it to get that bad.

Habits 13 Apr 2020

Four pillars of well-being

Breath, water, sleep, food. We only fix the one that shows.

Mindset 6 Apr 2020

About risk and failure

I do not care much about failing. I care a great deal about not trying.

Mindset 30 Mar 2020

Creativity on demand

You do not wait for inspiration and then create. You create, and the inspiration shows up because you started.

Habits 23 Mar 2020

Procrastination and how to get around it

You are not avoiding the task. You are avoiding how the task makes you feel.

Habits 9 Mar 2020

Restriction vs avoidance

Two ways to kill a bad habit. Fight the craving, or remove the cue. Use both.

Mindset 2 Mar 2020

Three books that changed how I live

Not the cleverest books I have read. The ones that actually changed how I live.

Mindset 17 Feb 2020

Living a life of zero expectations

Expect nothing from the world. Demand everything from yourself. The disappointment math only works once you separate the two.

Mindset 10 Feb 2020

The average of five

You are always becoming an average of something. The only choice is what.

Mindset 3 Feb 2020

How minimalism improves my day

Every trivial decision drains the same tank you need for the ones that matter.

Mindset 27 Jan 2020

Patience in a fast world

You are comparing your day one to someone else's year ten.

Habits 20 Jan 2020

Why organized people get more done

Structure looks like a cage. It is actually the thing that sets your mind free.

Mindset 13 Jan 2020

When our values change

Your values are being edited in the background. You can let it happen, or take the wheel.

Habits 6 Jan 2020

Tools that remove friction

The value of any ambient tool is not the gimmick. It is the quiet removal of friction from your day.

Habits 30 Dec 2019

Goals, not resolutions

Resolutions are wishes wearing the costume of a plan. You fall to the level of your systems.

Mindset 23 Dec 2019

Do not judge

Read others kindly. Refuse to be ruled by how others read you.

Habits 16 Dec 2019

Twelve habits which improve your life

Twelve worth stealing. Take one, give it a month, then add the next.

Mindset 9 Dec 2019

Traditions

A tradition is a habit with a date attached. Which makes it yours to redesign.

Stories 2 Dec 2019

You are what you listen to

The knowledge is not locked behind the page anymore. It is sitting in every boring, hands busy stretch of your day, waiting for you to press play.

Mindset 25 Nov 2019

The moment we live in

We have never recorded more moments and lived fewer of them.

Habits 19 Nov 2019

Let go of a bad habit

Stop wrestling the craving. Hunt the cue that starts it.

Stories 11 Nov 2019

Never too late

I got braces at twenty-seven. The version of me who waited would have waited forever.

Mindset 4 Nov 2019

Grateful

The brain is built to scan for what is wrong. Gratitude is just pointing it the other way, on purpose.

Mindset 14 Oct 2019

The only one responsible

Taking responsibility is not a burden. It is the moment you take the wheel.

Habits 7 Oct 2019

Shallow vs deep work

The scarce resource was never time. It was uninterrupted attention.

Stories 30 Sept 2019

Trust the process

The numbers did not care how I felt. They just told the truth.

Habits 23 Sept 2019

How I design my days

Your routine will look nothing like mine. The design logic underneath it is what carries over.

Habits 16 Sept 2019

Five steps to build a new habit

Define it, shrink it, plan the friction, make it obvious, and never miss twice.

Habits 9 Sept 2019

The early bird

Getting up early is not about willpower. It is about the night before and a reason worth rising for.

Mindset 26 Aug 2019

The courage to start

What stops us is not the fear of failure but the fear of looking incompetent. Everyone is bad at the start, so begin anyway.

Habits 3 Aug 2019

Habits and how they define us

Your habits are not something you have, they are who you are. Every small action is a vote for the person you are becoming.

Mindset 2 Aug 2019

Minimalism, when less is more

Minimalism is not about how little you can own. It is owning only what earns its place.

Mindset 1 Aug 2019

Hustle every day?

A day off is not a crack in the foundation. The self-attack afterwards is.

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