Musty’s Newsletter

Home
Archive
About
how to become a better speaker
why traditional speaking advice is bs
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
13 creativity lessons from a failing creatorpreneur
Letter to myself
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
2
No Agency Framework to Solve the World's Problems
Friends,Obesity, factory farming, climate change et al. — there are two solutions:1) High agency solutions: Everyone makes a conscious decision to…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
Algorithms, for life
Friends, In the Matrix, Neo sticks a USB stick into his brain — and just like that, he learns kung fu and how to fly a helicopter.
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
Healthcare is a 1 star experience
Friends,Human perception is interesting. You can have it all, but still be miserable.Because having a perceived good experience is different from…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
Performing vs Being Real
Friends,Bullshitters suck. Here's how not to be one.
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
Transmissionism, Mastery and Rainman Memory 🧠
Friends,It may surprise you, but I spent every single Summer growing up playing football. I don't think I quite hit the 10,000 hours for mastery rule …
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
TikTok Psychopath Test
Friends,Here's why TikTok is the greatest data mining opportunity in history, a national security threat and will ultimately dump its creators — to…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
How to Identify Winners
Friends,How do you take over the world?I think the first two steps are 1) finding the right people (co-founders, colleagues etc) and 2) money.Yet to…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
Why a Truck Driver from Lancashire is More Interesting Than Me
Friends,I have a friend of a friend who lives a pretty ordinary life.But every time he comes over, I get really excited. I just sit there listening to…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
The Case for Being a Workaholic
Friends,I think there's a very interesting divide between what we expect from sports stars — and the rest of us.The Last Dance, Baddest Man On the…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
Tracking Every Minute I Waste
Friends,Once you move out of your childhood home, on average, you've used up 93% of all of in-person time with your parents (The Tail End — Tim Urban…
 • 
Mustafa Sultan
© 2025 Mustafa Sultan
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture