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I’ve been using AI for business reasons, by asking it to prepare managerial documents and it feels like it is not able to take a stance unless I nudge it. Then it dawned on me: It’s an assistant with a PhD. It’s like the most prepared professional you’ve ever met, that’s also docile. It’s not opinionated. You, as the commander, give it your opinion, the general direction you want it to take, and…
Understand that your heroes are human, too, and that they must have compromised on some aspects of their personality to reach the heights you consider valuable. As humans they are, they are not perfect. They must not be perfect. Everyone has finite time and energy, so they have refocused that energy into their craft, likely sacrificing growth in other areas. So, meet your heroes . Is your hero a…
A letter to my fellow readers, For most of this year, I've not posted anything here. I've wandered about what I want to do, what I want to become. Did I lose my identity this time? I don't know if I will favor programming, entrepreneurship (or its little brother: indie hacking), or just be random. This indecision has stalled me. Right now, I'm starting from scratch. I have a bit less than…
I’ve deleted WhatsApp from my personal smartphone. I’m not saying I’m not using it anymore; I’m just saying I’ll now use it when I decide to, via WhatsApp Web, on both my smartphone and computer. I’ll give it a batched usage as I do with emails and other social media. Let’s break down why I took that decision. The base premise: I’m very protective of my time and attention, and I have a weakness of…
We have to be self-aware of our language because the words we utter end up being a reflection (as well as a reinforcement) of our beliefs. Language is the great window of our mindset, for both looking inwards and projecting outwards. The other day, I talked to an aspiring entrepreneur friend, but later in the conversation, we started talking about removing the focus on unimportant stuff. He…
A while ago, I read an excellent article from Paul Graham called Keep Your Identity Small , and from a while ago, I wanted to expand on that. Let's start by stating that Identity is a core component of your life. Your Mindset is what makes or breaks your life. How you decide to interpret things, as well as how you choose to act on them, composes the "ruleset" of your Mindset, your default…
For weeks I’ve been disgusted by the recent AI developments, despite how I like how AI can improve much of our lives. Recently I cleared up my feelings about it. What sickens me about recent GPT-like developments is how some company owners take shortcuts in marketing content generation. If I’m a customer, I’ll feel treated like cattle and stop being a customer immediately. What infuriates me is…
Happy New Year 2023 everyone! Here I come with a controversial short one. New Year's resolutions are mostly useless. Real winners know that numbered years and named days¹ are a social construct to dance with everyone, so to speak. Being mixed in everyone’s habits and mediocrity mindset, leads to an unrewarding, uneventful life. I cannot stress this enough. What you want to do is to create your own…
You may have seen companies claim in their marketing material that they abide by a set of values; such values might look like: Kindness, Trustworthiness, and Listeners. Somehow, they disappoint you because deep within, you know they are operating under another set of values, or I’d dare to say anti-values. Operating under a set of unidentified anti-values is a great way to destroy the goodwill…
A few weeks ago, I recommended a plumbing service to a friend, and he asked me if it was expensive. I told him these plumbers fixed my sink appropriately and that I selected them because of good public reviews. Since we’ve already had this discussion before (the evergreen topic of how I don’t select products and services for their price tag), he asked me if I ever try to bargain with merchants. I…