Raymond's User Manual

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Decisions

Leaving Employment at 26 to Build a Company of One with Yuzu
Moving from Medium to Self-Hosted WordPress (2020)
Naming the Company “Nomadic Youth Digital Content”
Launching Paid Membership Subscriptions from the Brand’s Earliest Stage
Starting a Business with a NT$1 Million Government-Backed Loan and No Ads for Three Years
Why Beijing
Build a Custom Hacker Coins System and Choose Teachify for Discord Integration
Bringing Courses Back from Hahow to a Self-Hosted Platform

Life stages

Beijing Eve: 柚智夫妻 Public Account and ‘365-Day Countdown’ (2018–2020)
The Beijing Period (2019–2020)
Writing Takes Off (2017–2018)
Six Years at National Cheng Kung University: Changing Majors Twice and Extending Graduation
Childhood and Adolescence
The Self-Employed Era (2020–)
The Super Individual and AI Agent Era (2024–2026)
Three Seasons of the Raymond Thirty Brand (2020–2023)

Roles

Multiple Identities
Couple Cofounders: Raymond and Yuzu
From Ordinary Person to Life Hacker to Super Individual
Human-Facing Brand vs. Faceless Brand, and the Advantages of Introverts

Knowledge cards

AI Multimedia Production Toolchain
The DIKW Model
OKRs and the 12 Week Year
The WORK Model
Shared Upstream + Personalized Entry
Externalizing Judgment
The Problem Analysis Method
Outsource Thinking, Not Understanding
Tool Neutrality and Context Compact
Tools Extend Thinking
A Mechanism for Routing Suggestions
From Hours Worked to Outcomes
Attention > Time > Money
Goal Setting
Portfolio Work and Theme Days
The Capability Compound-Interest Flywheel
Automation
Train AI, Not Learners
Super AI Individual
The Flywheel Effect

Patterns

Maintaining Motivation for Introverted Workers
Raymond’s Strategy for Working with Stress
Wearing Many Hats and Launching Projects from Zero to One
Turn Problems You Have Faced into Shareable Tools
Six Diary Questions and a 10:30 PM Reflection
Output Drives Learning

People

An Overview of Raymond’s Influential Figures
Yuzu (Song Zhiyou)
Portraits of Interviewees from Standing Figures / Digital Life Atlas
Raymond’s Super Individual Hall of Fame

Ideas and beliefs

Resentment Is the Strongest Fuel
Trust Over Traffic
Writing Is the Best Investment for Ordinary People
Show Boundaries Instead of Attacking
Work-Life Integration (Not Balance)
Education Is One Person Lighting Up Another; a Course Is Delivery
Raymond’s Practice of Stoicism
Attention > Time > Money
The Tortoise Philosophy and Blue-Collar Roots
A Rational Optimist
The Worse the Environment, the More Valuable the Individual
Use Real-Life Experience to Counter AI Mediocrity
The Second Brain Is a Trap: From Collecting to Acting
The Super AI Individual: Extending a Working System from People to AI
The Super Individual: A Definition for Today's Professionals

Places

Beijing’s Wangjing: Internet Work and a Home They Had to Leave
Tainan: A Spiritual Hometown After Six Years of Study
Keelung: A Startup Studio That Began in a Three-Ping Living Room
Xiamen: A First Lesson in Travel, Banking, and the Kindness of Strangers
Digital Nomad Map

Projects

AI Agent Cohort Program (Super AI Individual)
Kairos / Raymond’s AI Double
Lifehacker Island / Lifehacker Premium
Notion Online Courses and Boot Camp
Smart Work Home
柚智夫妻 YouTube Channel
柚智夫妻 WeChat Public Account (2018–2020)
The Super Individual’s Way of Working (55-Unit Online Course)
Raymond Thirty Podcast
Raymond Weekly Newsletter

Setbacks

The Late-Night Fire at Raymond’s Tainan Home in 2019
The Low Period and Restart Week of the Second Half of 2025
A Friendship Betrayal on His 24th Birthday
Mistakes Made on the Path to a Company of One
Thirty Days of Breakdown
The Subscription-Service Low Point: Payment Became a Barrier to Getting to Know Each Other

Methods

The KIT Model: Knowledge, Influence, and Time
PAI Knowledge and Project Management System
The Six Revenue Streams of a Company of One
The Three-Dimension PR70 Rule
A Map of Life Stages (22–32 / 32–40 / 40+)
The Content Creation Triangle and How to Choose Courses
The Brand Flywheel: Let A Help B and C
Two Paths to Monetizing Writing
The Niche Business: Build a Reachable List, Make Friends, and Play the Long Game
From Hours Worked to Outcomes: Performance in the AI Era
The Product Funnel: From Mass Traffic to a Deep Community of One Hundred
Three Essentials of Community Operations: Human Nature, Marketing, and Business

Tensions

Individual Optimization vs. Relationship Quality
Free vs. Paid: The Long-Term Tension Between Reach and Exclusive Content
The Impostor State
Desire for Control vs. Ability to Control
Scale vs. Freedom

Themes

AI Tool Applications
Business Thinking
Learning Methods
Writing
Retrospectives
Growth Mindset
Time Management
Communication and Expression
Second Brain
Career Development
Super Individual
Remote Work

Timeline

Raymond’s Life Timeline

Influences

Kevin Kelly
Naval Ravikant
Ronald Coase and Transaction Cost Theory
Ryan Holiday
Tim Ferriss
Mayday
Gu Dian, Career Planning Mentor
Audrey Tang
Books That Influenced Raymond
Stoicism
Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism)
Wan Weigang and *Intellectuals*
Luo Zhenyu and Dedao App (Model and Counterexample)
Chen Ming
Computer Play and Esor

Turning points

The 2020 Retreat from Beijing to Taiwan and the Birth of Raymond Thirty
A Full Shift to AI Agent Collaboration in 2026
From Raymond Hou to Raymond Thirty
Three Breakthroughs When Writing Changed His Life
From Freelancer to Business Operator

Work

Complete Works Index
Media Coverage and Milestones
The Super Individual Book Manuscript (Working Title)
Key Figures at a Glance

Explore

Decisions

Leaving Employment at 26 to Build a Company of One with Yuzu
Moving from Medium to Self-Hosted WordPress (2020)
Naming the Company “Nomadic Youth Digital Content”
Launching Paid Membership Subscriptions from the Brand’s Earliest Stage
Starting a Business with a NT$1 Million Government-Backed Loan and No Ads for Three Years
Why Beijing
Build a Custom Hacker Coins System and Choose Teachify for Discord Integration
Bringing Courses Back from Hahow to a Self-Hosted Platform

Life stages

Beijing Eve: 柚智夫妻 Public Account and ‘365-Day Countdown’ (2018–2020)
The Beijing Period (2019–2020)
Writing Takes Off (2017–2018)
Six Years at National Cheng Kung University: Changing Majors Twice and Extending Graduation
Childhood and Adolescence
The Self-Employed Era (2020–)
The Super Individual and AI Agent Era (2024–2026)
Three Seasons of the Raymond Thirty Brand (2020–2023)

Roles

Multiple Identities
Couple Cofounders: Raymond and Yuzu
From Ordinary Person to Life Hacker to Super Individual
Human-Facing Brand vs. Faceless Brand, and the Advantages of Introverts

Knowledge cards

AI Multimedia Production Toolchain
The DIKW Model
OKRs and the 12 Week Year
The WORK Model
Shared Upstream + Personalized Entry
Externalizing Judgment
The Problem Analysis Method
Outsource Thinking, Not Understanding
Tool Neutrality and Context Compact
Tools Extend Thinking
A Mechanism for Routing Suggestions
From Hours Worked to Outcomes
Attention > Time > Money
Goal Setting
Portfolio Work and Theme Days
The Capability Compound-Interest Flywheel
Automation
Train AI, Not Learners
Super AI Individual
The Flywheel Effect

Patterns

Maintaining Motivation for Introverted Workers
Raymond’s Strategy for Working with Stress
Wearing Many Hats and Launching Projects from Zero to One
Turn Problems You Have Faced into Shareable Tools
Six Diary Questions and a 10:30 PM Reflection
Output Drives Learning

People

An Overview of Raymond’s Influential Figures
Yuzu (Song Zhiyou)
Portraits of Interviewees from Standing Figures / Digital Life Atlas
Raymond’s Super Individual Hall of Fame

Ideas and beliefs

Resentment Is the Strongest Fuel
Trust Over Traffic
Writing Is the Best Investment for Ordinary People
Show Boundaries Instead of Attacking
Work-Life Integration (Not Balance)
Education Is One Person Lighting Up Another; a Course Is Delivery
Raymond’s Practice of Stoicism
Attention > Time > Money
The Tortoise Philosophy and Blue-Collar Roots
A Rational Optimist
The Worse the Environment, the More Valuable the Individual
Use Real-Life Experience to Counter AI Mediocrity
The Second Brain Is a Trap: From Collecting to Acting
The Super AI Individual: Extending a Working System from People to AI
The Super Individual: A Definition for Today's Professionals

Places

Beijing’s Wangjing: Internet Work and a Home They Had to Leave
Tainan: A Spiritual Hometown After Six Years of Study
Keelung: A Startup Studio That Began in a Three-Ping Living Room
Xiamen: A First Lesson in Travel, Banking, and the Kindness of Strangers
Digital Nomad Map

Projects

AI Agent Cohort Program (Super AI Individual)
Kairos / Raymond’s AI Double
Lifehacker Island / Lifehacker Premium
Notion Online Courses and Boot Camp
Smart Work Home
柚智夫妻 YouTube Channel
柚智夫妻 WeChat Public Account (2018–2020)
The Super Individual’s Way of Working (55-Unit Online Course)
Raymond Thirty Podcast
Raymond Weekly Newsletter

Setbacks

The Late-Night Fire at Raymond’s Tainan Home in 2019
The Low Period and Restart Week of the Second Half of 2025
A Friendship Betrayal on His 24th Birthday
Mistakes Made on the Path to a Company of One
Thirty Days of Breakdown
The Subscription-Service Low Point: Payment Became a Barrier to Getting to Know Each Other

Methods

The KIT Model: Knowledge, Influence, and Time
PAI Knowledge and Project Management System
The Six Revenue Streams of a Company of One
The Three-Dimension PR70 Rule
A Map of Life Stages (22–32 / 32–40 / 40+)
The Content Creation Triangle and How to Choose Courses
The Brand Flywheel: Let A Help B and C
Two Paths to Monetizing Writing
The Niche Business: Build a Reachable List, Make Friends, and Play the Long Game
From Hours Worked to Outcomes: Performance in the AI Era
The Product Funnel: From Mass Traffic to a Deep Community of One Hundred
Three Essentials of Community Operations: Human Nature, Marketing, and Business

Tensions

Individual Optimization vs. Relationship Quality
Free vs. Paid: The Long-Term Tension Between Reach and Exclusive Content
The Impostor State
Desire for Control vs. Ability to Control
Scale vs. Freedom

Themes

AI Tool Applications
Business Thinking
Learning Methods
Writing
Retrospectives
Growth Mindset
Time Management
Communication and Expression
Second Brain
Career Development
Super Individual
Remote Work

Timeline

Raymond’s Life Timeline

Influences

Kevin Kelly
Naval Ravikant
Ronald Coase and Transaction Cost Theory
Ryan Holiday
Tim Ferriss
Mayday
Gu Dian, Career Planning Mentor
Audrey Tang
Books That Influenced Raymond
Stoicism
Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism)
Wan Weigang and *Intellectuals*
Luo Zhenyu and Dedao App (Model and Counterexample)
Chen Ming
Computer Play and Esor

Turning points

The 2020 Retreat from Beijing to Taiwan and the Birth of Raymond Thirty
A Full Shift to AI Agent Collaboration in 2026
From Raymond Hou to Raymond Thirty
Three Breakthroughs When Writing Changed His Life
From Freelancer to Business Operator

Work

Complete Works Index
Media Coverage and Milestones
The Super Individual Book Manuscript (Working Title)
Key Figures at a Glance

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Ideas and beliefs

15 items under this folder.

Sep 04, 2026
The Super AI Individual: Extending a Working System from People to AI
Aug 03, 2026
The Super Individual: A Definition for Today's Professionals
Jul 08, 2026
Education Is One Person Lighting Up Another; a Course Is Delivery
Jun 20, 2026
A Rational Optimist
Jun 20, 2026
Use Real-Life Experience to Counter AI Mediocrity
Jun 20, 2026
Resentment Is the Strongest Fuel
Jun 20, 2026
The Second Brain Is a Trap: From Collecting to Acting
Jun 20, 2026
Raymond’s Practice of Stoicism
Jun 20, 2026
The Tortoise Philosophy and Blue-Collar Roots
Jun 20, 2026
Trust Over Traffic
Jun 20, 2026
Work-Life Integration (Not Balance)
Jun 20, 2026
The Worse the Environment, the More Valuable the Individual
Jun 20, 2026
Writing Is the Best Investment for Ordinary People
Jun 20, 2026
Show Boundaries Instead of Attacking
Jun 06, 2026
Attention > Time > Money

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