2026-10-25T08:02:13Z TpccrtG: Read & comment
1) North star of what a Boris, an Alicia, a Travis, and a… would want to experience in the first 1 min, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week of working with TenetDocs that will progressively show impact to fully automate their businesses: https://claude.ai/artifact/EyZ6V6H2auE9amNPcmNp42#f4b6a0d1-8d9c.mbdcqvej820.34027
2) What is missing in TenetDocs today and a plan to get there including the integration of the Intelligent Core: https://claude.ai/artifact/4GBFeSSVk35owxSbh6FgQV#f1bbd260-213a
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2026-10-25T08:00:47Z KGeuAwG: TenetLoop TODOs
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2026-10-24T16:02:45Z hgxRUu4: 2026-10-09 Teaching after AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI6LBouiIZo
- how do we use AI? [ask questions]
- project work
- closed book tests
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2026-10-24T16:00:56Z 4aJGroa: 2026-04-27
cook home-made doner kebabs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vRUaxVAZhpk
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2026-10-24T15:58:59Z qdyse_d: 2026-09-22
Jamie Oliver burger grill: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9DDfTdxYrhM
Gordon Ramsey burger on skillet: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ImSFr_UiB84
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2026-10-24T15:53:11Z xDKGysy: 2026-04-05
TODO exercise for grip strength https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mp_X4J6gJfw
Get on a bar for pull up
5 Horizontal leg extensions and curls
5 head movements back, forward, left, right
Drop to squat and stretch the fingertips pointing in towards the feet
Also do dead bug for core strength
More mobility: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rzvY8zFWgOM
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2026-10-24T15:53:06Z BnTo8sq: 2026-04-05
TODO cook KFC chicken on air frier : https://www.facebook.com/reel/773104822289470
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9h4GyHml4pc
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2026-10-24T11:18:12Z bV9wsnD: 2026-10-20 Tendon strength exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDr58RsxmVo
1. Chinese rest (wall hold)
2. Calf hold
3. Wall push, Towel pull
4. overhead bar hang
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2026-10-24T11:17:16Z 9UDhqWo: 2026-10-23 TODO Cook Beef Stroganoff: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D0M8FsvnHos
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2026-10-24T11:17:16Z KFc5oJN: 2026-10-24 Exercise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkySs7xLoQw
Soviet pushup: pushup and add slide back to elbow plank at lowest point and back up.
do it slowly!
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2026-10-24T11:17:16Z CwAe93M: 2026-10-24
Turkey All Inclusive $1200/mo/pers
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2026-10-24T11:17:13Z kEHfDRp: 2026-10-23 Elon Musk algo for building: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZuXj0tKiZQs
1. make requirements less dumb
2. Delete (if not back in 10% time you are not deleting enough)
3. simplify/optimize
4. speedup/accelerate
5. automate
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2026-10-22T16:33:03Z pREFdt4: 2026-10-22
TODO Cook Frozen Veggies for later uses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWw7CptWoiU
recipes for soups
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2026-10-22T12:25:49Z YhdrJV7: 2026-10-22 Mobility Exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7PWx-6tlIY
1. squat
2. kettlebell cross body swing: standing wide, holding the kettlebell with right arm from left of left leg to right of right shoulder and back
3. dead hang
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2026-10-21T17:56:27Z YtfNCZZ: 🇧🇬
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2026-10-21T17:35:47Z 6kaf7sL: 2026-10-21 TODO reading log: This Immortal by Zelazny (won Hugo the same year Dune won its)
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2026-10-21T15:56:28Z GpJuu5W: 2026-10-26 Axonomind sales - build online content through pamba.app
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2026-10-21T10:16:32Z Vx8apMU: 2026-10-21 How ads work: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRkdVwUg9sk
- health/anxiety/worry
- fear/violence/faces
- emotional/animals/feel good
- AD
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2026-10-20T19:40:19Z hyuwuK8: 2026-10-20 GLP1 increase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjxysXEyaj8
6. bitter foods
5. chew more
4. move more
3. meal order: protein, veggie, carbs
2. health fat
1. barley
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2026-10-20T19:21:43Z 8DpbRCz: 2026-10-20 TODO Cook eggs & cabbage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwDttnxbJLg
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2026-10-20T10:03:53Z AF8poeu: 2026-10-13
Градина Каравана превод на ухо ~€6900
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2026-10-20T10:03:53Z nkJsdPB: 2026-10-12
TODO cook pan fried salmon: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZqyiI9TJD54
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2026-10-20T10:03:53Z BwWAHvW: 2026-10-12
BBQ на Градина: E40B50B23
aro Gas Barbecue, Steel/Stainless Steel, 3 Burners, 9kW, Piezoelectric Ignition, on Trolley, 4 Wheels, Silver
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/D1IBgjKRMxL.pdf
https://www.amazon.fr/-/en/aro-Barbecue-Stainless-Piezoelectric-Ignition/dp/B0DV98ZPPL
някъде около 600 мм по 400 мм площ на скарите
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2026-10-20T10:03:53Z UBvx8kG: 2026-10-20
Arranging supplements
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2026-10-20T10:03:53Z LDPsX4z: 2026-10-16
TODO bake pizza on pizza steel: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iEWZqROQVFw
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2026-10-20T10:03:48Z TP4AAWt: 2026-10-12
Свидетел по делото от Попов срещу 7 съседи (Гражданско дело 47515 от 2024)
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2026-10-16T09:12:57Z LdfWDZ7: 2026-10-08
УНГ & отоневролог рецепти:
Tebokan Max (240mk) - 6 mo
Vitamin B Complex - 1mo on, 1mo off - 3 times
др Мая Благоева ВМА УНГ:
Sinulan Forte - 10days
Allergodil - 1mo, repeat spring
Next check: in 6mo
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2026-10-16T09:12:53Z 5PJZD33: 2026-10-08
TODO Cook Denver Steak on pan: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IqLTns5tKm4
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2026-10-16T09:12:45Z 7NCzUD4: 2026-10-10
starting Sinulan & Allergodil. Sinulan end around 2026-10-20. Allergodil around 2026-11-10
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2026-10-15T04:11:36Z KSdw6kV: (empty sticky)
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2026-10-11T09:52:54Z BcKZEGB: 2026-10-10 Angela Duckworth https://www.linkedin.com/posts/angeladuckworth_you-cannot-change-the-conditions-of-modern-ugcPost-7514337733209694208-r5L1/
Send to Aya and Stefy on how to guard their phone usage
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2026-10-11T09:11:14Z YerLrbG: Talked to Sarah — she said onboarding feels like homework. She gave up sometime on day 2 and never came back.
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2026-10-11T09:10:57Z 4ZJDArM: People don't buy products. They hire them for a job. What job exactly are users hiring us for — and are we actually doing it?
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2026-10-10T11:39:43Z 404: 404 This is NOT the Stinky you are looking for.
But it is the one we found. :)
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2026-10-10T11:39:43Z 9Ht6B_Y: Why?
Because nothing in the universe is linear. So why are our documents sequential
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2026-10-10T11:39:43Z 8XsW_k6: It also would interesting what collaborations can happen
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2026-10-10T11:39:43Z HcnYX_G: Projection of the mind onto a set of planes to create idea hierarchies.
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2026-10-10T11:39:43Z VVev9pz: BEWARE
The application is in alpha mode (not even beta). Everything might change or stop working suddenly
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2026-10-09T11:19:26Z L97NCY_: 2026-10-08 Finished Modern Wisdom & Angela Duckworth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs
Willpower talking about Situated book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=1193 Visualize: all race scenarios and your response
Mental preparation requires imagining every possible way a race could go and rehearsing your exact response, ensuring you stay completely grounded in the moment and achieving your goals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=1247 Seek out an environment to help you
Raw grit is insufficient without the right training environment. Placing yourself around top coaches and high-caliber teammates establishes elite work standards as your everyday norm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=1333 Coach: Anchor yourself to a coach who elevates your potential
Your coach is often the single most critical element of your environment. Prioritize finding and staying with the specific mentor who knows how to maximize your performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=1604 Group: Train inside a high-standard peer group rather than grinding alone
Pursuing ambitious athletic goals within a dedicated group yields higher success rates than relying purely on solo willpower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=2523 Position yourself as a coachable "magnet" for top mentors
Do not cold-ask coaches or experts for mentorship. Approach them with thorough preparation, genuine curiosity, humility, and offers to contribute directly to their existing projects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=2909 Recognize burnout as situational friction, not personal weakness
When exhaustion and stagnation set in, pushing harder only compounds the problem. Address the underlying mismatch in workload, autonomy, or environment and seek outside support immediately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=3992 Alignment: Build true drive is alignment of the internal and external
Excellence does not come from brutal self-forcing. Align: This is interesting, This is important, I can do it, I know what to try next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=4220 Cues for the non-obvious: Use environmental visual cues to trigger constructive self-talk
Place core principles and key reminders in direct line of sight in your personal space so your mindset is reinforced automatically before training and competing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=4403 Eliminate friction
Reserve mental effort for the training itself by minimizing logistical friction—pack clean, dry gear ahead of time and minimize unnecessary travel distance to the pool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs&t=5477 Culture of excellence: Immerse yourself in a culture that celebrates ambition
Surround yourself with a culture where constant improvement is the baseline expectation, actively avoiding environments that punish or diminish high achievers.
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2026-10-09T08:58:13Z LcXHLBe: 2025-09-27 Dr Becky Kennedy on Resilience https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zpR6AEKAZuc
Resilience is uncomfortable because it is the journey between “not knowing” to “knowing”. The journey is called “learning” and it is associated with “frustration” and you can love that feeling
Reslience how long you can stay on the “learning” journey without knowing
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2026-10-08T13:22:51Z LnX2wgJ: Transcription of Modern Wisdom & Angela Duckworth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs and https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GGUftuZR4s4Xa9B5DUzJo
How Has Angela’s Worldview Changed?
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People of the UK and Ireland, if you want to come and see me live, tickets are very limited for my live tour this October, but they are still available.
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Dublin is already sold out. However, if you're a fan of Modern Wisdom, if you love psychology, philosophy, human nature, personal development, and you
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want to hear stories that I definitely can't tell on the internet, then come and see me live this October. Chris
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Williamson.Live has got all of the tickets. Dublin is completely gone, but there are limited tickets everywhere
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else. I'll see you soon. Chris Williamson. You wrote one of the defining personal development books of
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the decade. What? I wrote it 10 years ago. What's changed in your worldview since
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then? Well, as a psychologist, I really did spend the first half of my career trying to understand the importance of
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individual effort to achieving excellence and I wrote a book about it and I recently reread that book and I
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wanted to know whether I changed my mind. I mean, you know, I continue to do science. Other scientists can and people
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keep think and you know what? I don't disagree with a word in grit. I really don't. Other people can, but I I don't I
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feel like there is a final common path to becoming great that requires consistency over time. I mean, that's
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the message of grit. Um, and you know, the reason I I embarked on this in the first place is that I knew that I had
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achieved what I had achieved through effort and not through natural talent. So there was a personal dimension and it
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was my vocation, my calling as a scientist. But as a scientist, I continued to ask the question, you know,
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like what else? What else is there? And also where does this come from, right? So your DNA will incline you to be
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grittier or less gritty. But we also know that it's not just your DNA. So I
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also wanted to know like why would somebody be passionate and persevering? And this curiosity inevitably leads you
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outside of the mind of a high achiever and into their situation. It leads you
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naturally to like who's around them, what's around them, where are they? And
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so this second book is about everything that inclines a person to devote
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individual effort and also everything that makes individual effort pay off.
When Does Grit Stop Being Useful?
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When does grit stop being useful? What are the limits of grit?
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You know, I think the um personal reason why I wrote this second book um uh is is
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that as somebody who has gotten very far in life through her own effort, she has
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asked the question, you know, when is it not paying off? But I will tell you um when you are trying hard and you're not
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making the progress you want well if you're me at a certain age you just try harder right I mean wake up earlier
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uh grind harder and then stay later right that's the assumption right if I'm trying hard if I think I'm trying hard
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and I'm not getting results it must be that I think I'm trying hard but I'm not trying hard and then I can try harder right I mean
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it's kind of like natural you're like oh then you know do 20% more right you know you're not getting where you are like
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turn up the volume, right? It's like a inverse Parkinson's law. Not that work expands to fill the time given
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for it, but effort expands to make something happen, right? And sometimes that works, right? Because sometimes you aren't at 100%.
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And sometimes like Yeah. Like you know, you're lifting weights and you just like exert a little more effort. Yeah. [snorts] So I feel like this trick that we learn,
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you know, try harder is not wrong, but it's incomplete. And I think the limits I mean you asked me like what are the
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limits when you are trying hard and then harder and you're not making progress.
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You have to do something that was not natural for me which is to ask whether the situation itself was not the right
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situation. You know to me it felt like first of all I don't know that it would occur to me like you know I always look
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inward right it's like you know what can I do? I don't want to look outward. That was reflexive to me. Um, and it also
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felt kind of yeah, like well, I will use the word cowardly. You can use the word like it just felt embarrassing and
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shameful. It just felt like being a loser to um, you know, ask what you're saying that you can't do it
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on your own. Oh, you need a helping hand. You need this crutch in order to be able to get across the line.
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Exactly. It would be more if you suffered more. Yeah. Yeah. Right. And it's, you know, the hard way is the best way, right? And
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so that that like that rule of thumb, right? Like effort is everything. If
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it's not working, try harder. I think it's dangerous. I think it's incomplete and I think by being incomplete you can
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like end up in the wrong place. Do you know why I think one of the
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reasons why I think that uh asymmetry maybe that people have has been so uh uh
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prevalent in the modern world least of all because of the fact that you wrote a massive book about it. Um, I think a big
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part of it is that on average more people probably do need to be told to
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put their emotions to one side and just work harder. I think that if you were to take an aggregate of if you take a 100 people like how many
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people like actually just need to turn up the volume on their effort and then how many people actually need to get situated. You would say like more people
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need just to like not even that that I think far more people are leaving a lot on the table
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when it comes to how hard they're pressing the gas tank. Full stop. And you are always going to have more agency
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over just effort applied. Like it's immediate. It's there right now. Right. I can just do that. I can just do one
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more rep now. I can just stick about for another 30 minutes now. And
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the problem is there's a selection effect which is the kind of people that listen to podcasts like this and read
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books like yours are already in the group who are probably turning themselves inside out thinking that
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they're not doing enough already. So this is what I call advice hyperresponders. So uh advice
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advice hyperresponders. Yes. Yeah. Say more. Yeah. Yeah. They they they basically exaggerate that
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which they are predisposed to already as opposed to correcting the imbalance which I think actually so you might say
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that about vice hyperresponders. I mean you could argue that that's just human
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nature that our our strengths get raced then our strengths get stronger. Right.
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This is like the problem with every physical therapy problem that anybody ever had, right? It's like, oh, you're using your like glutes and like because
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you have strong glutes, you're like you're not using the other muscles, right? Like the hamstrings. So, so I think that it could be a general truth,
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right? that if you have gotten far in life through effort and maybe you're right that numerically like okay that's
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not everyone like maybe that's the minority like then it's those people maybe not 100 out of 100 who knows what
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the ratio is like those people are the ones who like make the mistake of just
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like pushing harder instead of finding a situation where their effort has higher
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return bingo yeah they gravitate toward a message that reinforces their worldview you already.
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Yes. And it also confirms what the reason that most people are doing that which is
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the fear of being the inverse. Like the person who's already adamant.
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Why? I I'm just so I'm just so lazy. It's like, dude, you haven't missed a gym session in like 3 weeks, but like
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you notice when you have a cupcake as opposed to the guy that hasn't left the couch on an evening time for like two
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months. Right. Right. He for him advice just goes through him like he's a poltergeist. Yeah. Whereas like the the
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imbalance isn't corrected, the predisposition gets exaggerated. That's basically how this and so how do you feel about these advice
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hyperresponders? Do you feel like they are is it good? Is it bad? Like what do you think about advice?
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It just it just is. I think you know men who hear the message uh don't be pushy
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with women. Unfortunately, in a postmeto world, what's happened there is the guys that were just blowing through
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boundaries and being [ __ ] they coasted past that advice completely unchanged.
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While the guys who probably could have done with a little bit more confidence to go up and speak to a woman, oh, I knew I was too much. I knew that I was
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too much. I see it everywhere. I see this absolutely everywhere. That's why I'm saying it's like a general truth. It's not just about like
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effort. It's across whatever your strength is. It is in a way a weakness. Yes. The strength and your fear will be
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reinforced by whatever. And this is to to sort of bring it into land. In a meritocracy where you are your outcomes,
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which means that the winners are deserving of their successes and the losers are deserving of their losses. What do you want? I want to own my
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outcomes, right? I want to know that if I put my [ __ ] foot on the on the pedal. Yeah. It's on
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me. Not going to rely on anyone. Atomize society. Individual responsibility man. I'm going to sigma lone ranger wolf my
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way to the top. Like it's alluring. It's very alluring. So what do you think about my thesis that individual effort matters? But what
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do you think about the thesis? Like and your situation matters enormously and much more than people think. I mean do
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you feel like it's a a weak message? Do you feel like it's you know what do you think?
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No, I don't think it's a weak message at all. I think it's a important counterbalance to kind of the prevailing
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personal development message of the last 10 to 15 years or so. Like even when I think about Yeah. If you had to like give a oneliner
Should You F**k Your Feelings and Just Work Harder?
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for the personal advice that is given for the last 10 like what's your perspective on like what is what is that message?
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[ __ ] your feelings just work harder. Just do it. [ __ ] your feelings. Just work harder. Yeah. That's that's by I'm trying to curse less. So you're
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like a terrible influence on going to be dropped. [laughter] I'm I'm afflicted. I'm afflicted with
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British. It's okay. It sounds much better with your accent. So like I think anything you want.
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Yeah. The cussing thing I do need to I do need to dial it back. There is research actually that shows that like it is actually just a sign of being
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sincere because like you're not editing. So you know meanwhile your prefrontal cortex is
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stepping in to avoid with children and parents and so like that's a totally different cont. Speedrun their development.
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Speedrun their education. [laughter] They're going to start using you when they grow up. Hey, you're an advant you're a precocious developer here. I
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see that your language has come on. So since you're a prodigy and but like so the last 10 or 15 years I agree
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there's I think there are two messages honestly. I think there's one which is like just do it right. Um, I do think
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there's another one which is a little more nuanced, right? So, so for me as a scientist, I'm not a journalist. I'm a
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scientist. I study human behavior and I study human behavior change. And I think I speak for pretty much every behavioral
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scientist. When we say that your response you can change directly, but
10:20
you can also change your thoughts. And if you change your thoughts, then you don't have to use willpower because your thoughts, like if you say to yourself
10:27
like, I want to go to the gym, then you don't need to use willpower to go to the gym. So you can either change your will
10:34
like at the last like I'm going to force myself to just go to the gym, right? Or earlier than that, you can change your
10:40
thoughts, you can reframe it, you can rethink it, you can have a paradigm shift like I want to go the, you know,
10:46
gym is my temple, like I'm the sort of person, right? I think to me the last 15 years of personal development advice has
10:53
either been like just do it or just change your thoughts so that you will want to do it. And I think the the the
11:00
message of this book is, I think, blindingly obvious to people who study
11:07
human behavior for a living, which is that our thoughts are much more influenced by our circumstances, by like
11:14
who you're talking to and what they just said and like, you know, is the can of soda to your right next to your elbow or
11:22
not? Where's your phone? These elements of your situation are much more in charge of your thoughts than you think.
11:28
People think they're in charge of their own thoughts and very often the situation is in charge of your thoughts.
Discipline: Is It Willpower or Engrained?
11:33
You think people with discipline or high willpower are actually more disciplined or do they have they just designed lives
11:41
that required less of it? So I think one of the like signal discoveries the last
11:46
20 years is that we assume that people who go to the gym like and they go for their run and they get their work done
11:51
and they're not procrastinating and they control their temper and they have 5-year goals but they actually break down those 5-year goals into like one
11:58
year goals and they make progress on them. They return emails like we think of those people as having enormous
12:03
willpower and I think like 20 or 30 years ago that's what scientists would also say. I think the fact that people
12:11
have willpower, I mean, willpower is a thing. I mean, there's a part of your brain at the front that is able to
12:17
suppress or elevate impulses for the rest of your brain. Like, you can will yourself to do things. But the discovery
12:22
is that highly successful people are not using willpower. Highly successful people are doing exactly what you said,
12:28
which is they are arranging their lives so they don't need to use willpower. I mean, it's it's kind of the opposite of
12:34
like brute force and being like a general, right? You know, Sunsu said,
12:40
"You don't win a war through brute force. You do it strategically and you do it." The law is really the law of
12:47
least effort, right? So, like, how can you set up a situation where you think I
12:53
want to go to the gym? It's like, well, for me, I'll tell you, it's like this trivial. [snorts]
12:58
If I have my gym clothes out, right, the night before, I mean, I keep my gym clothes in the fourth drawer of my bureau. It's not that hard to reach into
13:05
the four. like it's not like I have to climb a ladder, right? So, in the morning, I could reach into the fourth
13:11
drawer of my bureau and pull out a top and a pair of shorts and I'd be ready to go to the gym. It would take me, I
13:18
think, 3 seconds and almost no calories, right? So, how can that make a difference to whether I go to the gym or
13:24
not? If the night before I reach into the fourth drawer and I take out the
13:30
shorts and the top and I lay it on top of the bureau, I will tell you it makes a huge difference. It makes an enormous
13:36
Especially when I'm traveling, by the way, because when I'm home, I have a routine. But like the difference is that
13:42
first of all, it's a visual cue, right? Like our attention is just whatever we see, right? There's an expression what
13:48
you see is all there is. If I see it, I think, oh, right, I could go to the gym.
13:54
And that micro friction, the micro friction of like I could open the drawer, I could like I could hunt
14:00
around, I could like find it is enough to make the difference. And so to me, the the insight is yeah, don't wait for
14:08
willpower. Like that's the worst way to change human behavior. Again, I think I speak on behalf of Angela Duckworth and
14:14
I speak on on behalf of scientists who study this, like everyone I know. And also, if you're going to take the
14:20
message of the last 10 to 15 years, it's like it's all in your mind. It's your mindset and so forth. What books do you
14:25
need to have visible? What what quotes you have? Who do you need to be around
14:30
to give you the thoughts that you want to give you the behavior you want? Like that's the three boxes model. The situation is box one. Your thoughts are
14:37
box two. And your response to your thoughts is box three. That's interesting. Is that so that's a
14:43
big change you think over the last couple of decades? For me, I think my um you know, I sound like a politician when
14:49
I say like, well, I it's not a contradiction. Your academic diplomacy is showing.
14:54
It's it's it's really like I'm I'm I'm trying to be honest in a way that doesn't sound like I, you know, am
15:00
making it up because it it is truth. You know, when I was in graduate school, like the very first thing you learn is
15:07
about the power of the situation. There is a book that I don't think a lot of people have read, but some people have read. I know Malcolm Gladwell read it
15:14
and it changed his life. Uh the book is called The Person in the Situation and it is not a bestseller. It is written by
15:20
two academics who never went on podcasts, right? They are Dick Nisbbit and Lee Ross. And every graduate student
15:27
psychology has to learn what's in that book. And what's in that book is that
15:32
people have the experience of being intentional goal- directed, right? Why did you do that? Like why did you drink
15:38
that? Why did you say that? What you know what was in your mind? Right? That's only partly true. The book about
15:45
the person, the situation is really about the power of the situation over the person. The book mostly talks about
15:52
how whether you're altruistic or a you're going to make me curse or not
15:57
altru like a total fill in the blank do it [ __ ] Okay. Whether you could say that in
16:04
front of said that but like I'm trying. You can't call the kid an [ __ ] It's slightly [laughter] different. Yes. I don't I don't do that either. Um,
16:11
that one I don't have a problem with. Um, but it it's it's very Okay, so here's a here's a a study that is
16:17
highlighted in the person's situation that again like every graduate student in psychology learn it's called the good
16:23
Samaritan study, right? And it actually literally takes place at a seminary. So these are people who are going to go
16:28
into the ministry, right? It's their job to be altruistic. They're nothing like the predisposed to be lovely.
16:35
Yeah. And that's like they're predisposed and uh and it's like all they think about, right? So in the Good
16:41
Samaritan study, they they basically have in one condition um uh somebody
16:47
who's like obviously homeless and and suffering, right? And uh and you know, they're they're there. In the other
16:53
condition, that's also true. Um but in one condition, these good Samaritans, right, these seminarians are like
17:01
rushing to get to a next appointment, right? like you give them a phone call and they're supposed and another one
17:06
they don't it's a trivial situational feature. It shouldn't affect their character, right? You didn't make them
17:11
more altruistic by like calling them and saying like, "Oh, you have to be in this place at 2:00." But it has a massive
17:17
effect on whether they stop and help the person who needs help. So, this is the kind of thing that all graduate students
17:24
in psychology learn about the hidden power of situations. We feel like we're intentional, but we're much more
17:30
reactive. Okay, you learn about that in graduate school. So I can't lie and say
17:36
that I never knew about the power of the situation. But I do think that connecting this to excellence like
17:42
connecting this to agency. There are philosophers who have pointed out that the agency of the individual is located
17:49
within. There are not many philosophers who say that you have agency over your circumstances. That whether you choose
17:55
to have water next to you or whatever you're not trying to drink, soda, what like is up to you. I think that to me
18:04
was an insight that I hadn't fully appreciated when I started out. It's a
18:09
feedback mechanism as well presumably that you can engineer more agency which
18:14
means that you can engineer further which means more a d I think there are many examples of
18:21
positive feedback cycles and in a way when we're talking about like a strength becomes more of a strength right and a weakness becomes more that's also a
18:27
positive feedback circle right the Matthew effect right like you know the rich get richer whatever it is you're doing will like so I do think
18:33
situational agency begets situational agency uh and it's not just that but
18:38
When you start to change your situation and you realize that you do have a
18:43
responsibility to put things around you and to be around people who bring out your best, I think that encourages you
18:49
to do more of the same. What are the environmental similarities that you discovered when studying
How Does Environment Impact Success?
18:55
world-class performers? Well, since we are in Austin, I will tell you that um the signature example
19:04
of grit would be Michael Phelps, right? 365 day a year swimmer for a 20-year
19:12
career, right? Um and uh I had dinner with Michael Phelps's coach, Bob Bowman,
19:19
who is a coach here now at UT Austin. Um and to me, the story of Michael Phelps
19:24
is a perfect illustration of how grit is essential and how grit is not enough.
19:30
And here's why. You can be as gritty as Michael Phillips. I really don't think there's anybody who's worked harder than
19:35
Michael Phelps. He's actually said that himself. He's like, I'm not going to brag about a lot of things, but I will
19:41
say that I don't think anybody swam harder than I did. Like, nobody practiced and trained. And it's not just
19:46
the physical, by the way, but mental. Something that Bob mentioned kind of like parenthetically last night. Like
19:53
it's not just the mileage that he put into the pole and how how much he would mentally visualize every competition,
20:00
but not just what Bob asked him to do, which is to like imagine how you want the race to go, but he imagined all the
20:07
ways the race could go and then like what he would do so that he was completely able to be like in the moment. But then when you ask a question
20:13
like, well, would Michael Phelps become, you know, arguably the greatest athlete ever, right? Because he's he's certainly
20:18
the most decorated Olympic athlete by a stretch, right? Nobody's going to approach this uh record that he has of 28 medals, 23 of them gold across a
20:25
20-year career. Um, but you could also ask the question, was he situated right
20:30
and absolutely okay so let's consider that Michael Phelps was born 10 minutes
20:35
well it's actually born an hour away from where Bob Bowman I think the greatest swimming coach in history
20:41
happened to be and he was um then moved to be only 10 minutes away because
20:47
Michael's sisters wanted to swim and they wanted to swim where all the best swimmers were so they started going to
20:53
the North Baltimore Aquatic center and that is where the best swimmers were. So
20:59
the best team and also the best coaches like the kind of youth aquatic center that like actually recruits nationally
21:05
for coaches which is why Bob Bowman moved from California to Baltimore. So it was a situation he also had his mom.
21:12
So he had ADHD as a diagnosis as a 9-year-old I think and he had this mom
21:18
who was so situationally wise. She understood that in certain situations Michael was a pain in the ass. Look,
21:25
you're got, you know, by the end of this podcast, I'm just going to be dropping fbombs. But he was a pain in the ass. Letters home, you know, teachers saying
21:32
like this kid doesn't have potential. Like he's also a disruption. But she knew that in the right situation, he
21:38
would have complete focus and total effort. So that's the pool. I think
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these features of a situation, Baltimore Aquatic Center, a team of athletes who
21:50
even at ages like 9, 10, 11 were used to the kind of practice that elite swimmers
21:56
do. A coach [clears throat] who ends up being, you know, in the story books as like one of the greatest coaches ever.
22:02
You cannot explain Michael Phelps's achievements without talking about his
22:07
situation. And then if you just look at, you know, subsequent things, I think Michael actually did have a lot of
22:13
situational agency when Bob Bowman moved from Baltimore. Michael Phelps had the
22:19
good sense to follow him, right? Like he knew that he couldn't be the swimmer
22:24
that he could be with Bob unless he was with Bob, right? So I think there is a
22:30
story that is not often told. You show me the paragon of grit and if you keep
22:35
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and modern wisdom at checkout. Isn't that [snorts] interesting? First off, an inversion of the athlete going with the
23:41
coach as opposed to the coach going with the athlete because usually people think about the athlete as being the once in a generation talent. But what Michael
23:48
Phelps identified was that he would only be what he could be if he was around this particular guy. This particular arguably once in a
23:54
generation coach. Also, what's kind of interesting, you know, you the word is situation. When people think about situation, it's kind
24:01
of amorphous. It's like big. It's ephemeral. But he'd found this singular
24:07
this one lynchpin that because he would have left his teammates. He would have left his home.
24:13
He would have left his routine, his car. The what? Maybe the new pool's a little bit longer or colder or wider or
24:19
something. Maybe the chlorine's slightly different or maybe he can't get the same kind of food or the raw milk that he was drinking on a weekend isn't available or
24:25
he's not got his friends or he's got or whatever. It's like his situation was a guy. So, how have you come to think
The Most Underrated Environment Design Hacks
24:31
about this? Because look, I I I really appreciate you saying uh asking me for critique at the top. It seems like your
24:37
career in academia has made you sort of wanting to to hear things. I was a little bit worried when I was like Angela Duckworth's next book is going to
24:43
be about situation in environment design. I was a little worried when I first thought about that because I'm like as a with a productivity background and
24:49
like spending a lot of time with David Allen's getting things done and environment design like you know you don't want to be distracted by your
24:55
phone. don't have it next to you on the table. I'm like, don't. It can't be. It can't. It can't be. And what I'm keen to
25:01
do is to everyone now understands that your environment sort of can influence you. I want to move past like don't have
25:07
the chips in the house. Yeah. You're like, uh, this [clears throat] I know, right? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's great. Um, but
25:13
I want to go to I want to get really deep on the environment design stuff. What is the the cutting edge [ __ ] that
25:19
makes the biggest difference that people don't already know? People know that they shouldn't live that far from theiring gym, right? people know that
25:25
they should, by the way, they don't necessarily do anything about it, right? So, like before we just skip over like, oh,
25:32
everybody knows that like, you know, what's within your reach is what you're going to eat. Like, everybody knows
25:38
that. How many people put that into practice? When I wrote the chapter on like set up your space, I was like,
25:43
blindingly obvious, but nobody's doing it. But I agree with you. There are also chapters on everybody knows it's
25:50
important, but they don't think it's possible. I mean, there's other things, but before we skip past like what's
25:55
within reach, and I I'll just say I think in my research, by the way, when I ask Americans like what's the best way
26:02
to control your behavior, they say it's to control the situation. Ask the same Americans, what do you do? They say they
26:08
use willpower. Why? Well, then I asked follow-up questions. I said, why? And one of the most common
26:15
responses was,"I want to be the sort of person who can do what they want because
26:20
of their will, not because they need the situation." They don't want the situation to be a crutch. I think it needs a kind of a mark of character.
26:26
Like, you don't want to be the kind of person who needs to take GLP-1s or to like, you know, you want to be the sort
26:31
of person who doesn't need that, right? So, I think that that to me is at least part of the answer. But you asked the
26:37
question like, what's not obvious, right? So, let's get to that. Here's something that I think is not obvious. I think it is not obvious that
26:44
by and large you'll be more successful achieving your individual goals if you do it as part of a group. And I'm not
26:53
talking about just sort of like oh being specifically on a swimming team or I'm literally talking about like a so
26:58
somebody's trying to run a marathon, someone's trying to be a better public speaker, entrepreneur, start a company,
27:04
become a better marketer, right? If you ask the question, could I find other people who don't necessarily work with
27:10
me on my project, but are just striving for the same goals, also trying to run a
27:16
marathon, also trying to go to the gym more, also trying to found a company, but maybe a different company, right?
27:21
Research shows, and I think this is countercultural, research shows that you will be more successful on average if
27:27
you do that in a flock, like as part of a tribe. And the reason I say it's countercultural is that DIY is the
27:35
prevailing like DIY is an expression do-it-yourself was introduced more than
27:41
50 years ago, but it's now 50 times more common. And when I see young people in particular, the things that they try to
27:47
do, they try to do with their own individual effort, it doesn't necessarily occur to them to find, you
27:53
know, other aspiring writers, like other aspiring whatever it is. And that to me
27:59
is an insight that if I could go back in time, I I think of young people that I've advised and like I'm trying to help
28:05
them with their time management and their confidence and so forth. How often did I say, "Who else do you know that is
28:12
trying to like be a graduate student?" And how often did I say like, "Let's help you find a group because it's
28:18
easier in some ways if you're a swimmer because you join a team." I think it's less obvious but just as transformative
28:24
to do that for like quite literally any individual personal goal you have. What like what are some of the uh
Why Groups Make Goals Easier
28:31
non-obvious goals that people have used groups to help them with? So um one of the um uh you know examples
28:38
that I found in my research on this was um there was a group of surgeons right and it wasn't necessarily they were
28:44
trying to be better surgeons but surgery is like an all-consuming thing. what they really wanted to do. They were all
28:50
young men. They were just finishing I think like the part of their specialized training. So they're all going into
28:55
orthopedic surgery. They met at a conference um because you know uh that's
29:00
what they did for their but they had a dinner and they said that they had a different goal other than being world-class surgeons which they all by
29:06
the way ended up being like they're all chaired professors at like the best hospital systems in the country. They
29:12
had another goal. They wanted to be good fathers and they wanted to be good husbands. Um and they wondered how they
29:18
would do that, right? And they were living in different cities. They had their own lives and at this point they're strangers, right? But they
29:25
decided to have dinner at the next conference and the next one. And then they decided to have a group text thread. And you asked these men who are
29:32
now at retirement age. How different would your lives be if you had tried to become world-class orthopedic surgeons
29:39
and achieve this other goal of being men? You know, being men who showed up for their family. And so what's the road
29:45
not taken? And each of these men will say that the road not taken is not the
29:52
the best road that they are that their lives were transformed. And then they gave examples. You know, they've seen
29:57
each other through tragedy and every possible um you know
30:02
personal struggle. And it was because they had this group and it really was nothing more or less than a group text
30:09
thread and then getting together a few time you know with some increasing frequency. Right. So now not just at
30:14
conferences and so forth. When I think about my own career, like when I interviewed them, I was like, "Oh, what
30:20
about me?" Like I don't have that. And I will tell you that I have room to grow too because I have collaborators.
30:27
I have a team that works in my lab. I don't have what these men have. Like I don't
30:33
have this like group of people who are sort of struggling with the same um
30:38
professional and personal challenges. you know, it is essentially creating Alcoholics Anonymous for yourself. Like
30:44
it's creating a mutual aid society, which is how Alcoholics Anonymous sometimes calls them. It's like I don't
30:50
have that. And I think I think it would even for me at 56. Um, and a lot to be
30:56
grateful for. I think it would transform my life. And I'm actually trying to start one. I like actually reached out
31:01
to these women who were like, "What?" Like all in their 50s, actually one in their high 40s, um, or maybe she's 50.
31:08
And I said like I interviewed these surgeons. I want to try to do what I what I'm trying to do, but I would like
31:15
to try to do it like somehow in some kind of fellowship or community with you. Do you want to make the Avengers
31:22
assemble of high-powered lady academics? They are really highowered. I have to say they I I think I think it's very
31:28
important if you're going to decide to like start a group, right? You can join a group. If you can find a group, I think you just join a group, right? Like
31:33
you're trying to marathon and you just find the local running club. They're apparently over 60 in Philadelphia. So,
31:38
like there's got to be a running club wherever you are and there's probably a group of people who like want to write a
31:44
book or whatever. But if you're trying to find a group like these orthopedic surgeons could not find a group that they could just join of like other elite
31:51
orthopedic surgeons who cared about family and so forth, well then they start one, right? If you're going to do
31:56
that, I think you should probably look for two things. I do think stage of life, like the difference between a mentor and a peer is that a mentor is
32:04
above you. They are farther than you. they're above you and honestly they're usually older than you. So I think
32:10
finding somebody who's at the same stage of life and then who are really like like-minded and so yes, you won't be surprised that the women that I reach
32:16
out to are all like very accomplished women and they're all around my age.
32:22
You know what it makes me think about? It makes me think about the difference between reading fiction and non-fiction with the mentor versus peer
32:27
relationship. So in a mentor relationship, it's largely one unidirectional, right? The advice is
32:32
going to come. It's going to come from them to you. But in the same way as reading fiction can often teach you more
32:39
stuff than reading non-fiction does because you understand the protagonist motivations and okay well what does that
32:44
mean? It causes you to reflect. It's more indirect. In the same way when you've got a peer group indirectly the
32:51
advice that you need to give somebody reveals something about yourself to yourself which is by the way part of the magic of
32:57
AA right alcoholics anonymous as they say like you only keep it when you give it away. I mean there is something in the advice giving
33:03
that is selfawareness. Well I mean how you mentioned before about the identity element of
33:10
personality right? I am the sort of person that goes to the gym. I am the sort of person that does the thing. Like
33:15
it is hard to prolitize about this thing that somebody else should be doing
33:21
without it at least somehow throwing into sharp contrast the fact that you're not doing it yourself. I actually did do a random assignment
33:27
study where we asked people to give advice. Ask kids, right? like you know how do you not procrastinate like uh and
33:33
so that was the whole inter advice giving is an intervention. Exactly. And you know yeah their grades went up. So like basically in the
33:40
treatment group which was like you know in a few minutes like just write down the things that you would advise other students to do like that was the whole
33:47
thing like we didn't tell them anything. They weren't even giving it to a student. It was an imaginary they were told to like give it to
33:52
student and actually we don't lie in our studies. So we actually did give it to other students because it was actually good advice it turns out. Um and then
33:58
the students who are randomly assigned to give advice and then the the control group was just a control group. It
34:03
wasn't that they received it was just a control group that like didn't do this. They they actually did by themselves. I
34:09
do think there's something about like art. I think it's partly by the way self-awareness. like you you basically do some reflection and then also there's
34:16
a kind of like well I just said it so like I should probably do it right like a kind of consistency like you don't
34:22
want to be a hypocrite right but I do think your point about what is the difference between a peer and a mentor is profound and I guess if I if I if I
34:29
wanted to sum up what I just said about like what's something non-obvious about your situation like are you doing things alone and more and more Americans are
34:37
doing that over the last 15 or 20 years we're spending more time alone in every
34:42
category of age and and and particularly with young people, but it's not just young people. We're also spending less
34:49
time out of the house. It turns out like by over an hour. So over the last 20 years, we're spending like, you know,
34:54
less time just not under our own roofs, which means that we're very likely alone, but we're sort of isolated,
35:01
right, from the rest of society. and a new finding that was just published not by me but by you know scientists um who
35:08
specialize in this we're speaking about 300 fewer words a day. So we're sort of becoming a isolated silent um
35:17
oh okay you don't you don't mean vocabulary breadth you mean volume of words spoken number of words over the last say 15
35:23
years the same thing is not true for me the podcaster in the room you are like
35:28
you're bucking the trend but you like without your data you know what it's like when uh Bill
35:33
Gates walks into a stadium and everybody on average becomes a billionaire like I walk [laughter] I walk into the room and
35:38
everyone on average becomes a podcaster hilarious um I Uh Andrew Yang in the American Times survey came up with four
Why Modern Life Is Making Us More Isolated
35:45
stats that I thought were fascinating. Between 2003 and 2024, the amount of time that Americans spent attending or
35:52
hosting a social event declined by 50%. Among young people aged 15 to 24, they
35:57
spent 70% less time attending or hosting parties in 2024 than in 2023. Men who
36:04
watch television now spend 7 hours doing so for every hour they spend hanging out
36:10
with another person outside of the house. And number four, this was the most insane. The average female pet
36:16
owner spends more time with her pet than all humans put together.
36:21
Oh god. [laughter] Right. Well, I didn't know about I think I knew about the first three of those
36:26
stats. I didn't know about the fourth one, but like this is the painting of the, you know, this is the picture,
36:32
right, of like modern American life. And one reason I wrote a book on the situation is that I don't think the default settings of the modern world are
36:40
good. I really don't. I think this trend toward isolation, towards being on your phone all the time, you know, being in
36:46
some little segregated part of the world where like you only interact with people who are basically agreeing with you.
36:52
Like I I I don't think it's good. And so if you're going to change your life and
36:58
if you believe the science that says to change yourself, you change your situation, the imperative is even more
37:03
urgent is what I'm saying. Isn't it interesting that you've had to sneak this pro-social thing that has
37:10
happened for the entirety of human history and is the single best intervention according to the Harvard
37:16
longevity study people in making you live longer, relationships. It'll improve your performance. So maybe
37:22
you should do it. [laughter] You know what I mean? We have to sneak it into the meritocracy somehow. You know, I um am not a great
37:29
commentator on like how, you know, my work fits into the rest of the world. Partly because and if you knew me well,
37:34
you would really believe me. I know what I know and I really don't know most
37:39
things. Oh my god, like current events like basic world history. So, so I can't necessarily fit my work, but I am a
37:46
studyer. I am a student of human excellence. And so, you know, you could say like, "Oh, the only way that
37:52
somebody's going to listen to you talk about relationships is because like they think it'll help them achieve more in this meritocracy." And you may be right,
37:58
but I only know what I know, and I am a psychologist who studies high achievers. And I can say as a student of high
38:04
achievers, that their relationships, their mentors, which we haven't talked about too much, but their peers, like
38:10
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Do You Really Need a Mentor?
39:24
mentors. What did you learn about mentors? So you can uh you know dig up stats on like you know your likelihood of
39:30
becoming for example an award-winning scientist is like two times to four times larger if you're mentored by an
39:35
award-winning scientist. the the the kind of oh a mentor makes a difference. I don't really know that there are a lot
39:42
of people who need convincing like how many people would say you know it doesn't matter if like Oprah Winfrey is
39:47
going to mentor you as you try to make your way like in media or like it doesn't matter whether you have an editor if you're a writer like I think
39:53
the intuition that mentors matter is common what is rare I think is the idea
40:01
that you can proactively be a mentor magnet. You can you can attract mentors.
40:06
And I will tell you that not every high achiever but most that I have studied is
40:12
a mentor magnet. And what am I talking about? The sort of person who other high
40:18
achieving people who are farther down the path want to mentor. And you know not everyone is equally mentorable. So
40:25
what are these people like? Like let me give you a very specific example. I think I think the situation is so abstract honestly that like you know you
40:32
don't know what to do with it because it's like everything um so let me be concrete. I got a email in my inbox on
40:39
May 13th 2013 from Cody Coleman. I wrote about him in grit. I also wrote about
40:45
him in situated and he's the only person I put in both books. I wrote about him in grit. Why? Because in that early
40:51
email in 2013, he introduced himself as somebody whose life could only be
40:56
explained through passion and perseverance, he was born to a mother who was serving time in jail. So he was
41:02
literally born in a prison outside of Trenton, New Jersey. And from those inospicious beginnings, you know, a a
41:08
childhood of just sheer chaos, right? Like the police police were being called like, you know, every other week because
41:14
of, you know, domestic disturbances. There was a menagerie of cats and dogs. He has severe asthma. He could hardly breathe. his grandmother was taking care
41:20
of him but she was basically losing her mind. So you know he these are not the circumstances that you would think and
41:27
then one day he will graduate from MIT prototypical excellence. I mean this is the thing he had this
41:33
this remarkable escape from from poverty. So when he emailed me he said I
41:38
watched your TED talk and I think I think you have explained a lot about my
41:43
life and I would like to talk to you. Right. So he basically was asking me for a curiosity conversation. I think that's
41:49
that's the term that is used for like I'd like to learn something from you, right? Um and again not a term well not
41:56
again it's a term that I want to just hasten to say like I didn't come up with it but I think it's a perfect description. So in that email he
42:03
expresses curiosity. Um, he also expresses preparation because he wasn't
42:10
writing me something that like took two seconds like he had watched what I had. He had read a little bit of what I had written
42:16
and then he signed off with something that I think is signature to mentor magnets. He said, "If there's anything
42:22
that I can do that might be helpful in any way, like I would love to do that." Right? And by the way, he was something
42:28
like 20 or 21 years old when he wrote this. It's not Shakespeare. It was just sincere. and he signed his name and you
42:34
know what? Of all the emails in my inbox, I replied to that one. So, who is this person who's prepared, who has
42:41
something to say, who wants a few minutes of my time, who is offering to be helpful. So, to be a mentor magnet is
42:47
to be the sort of person where you know the universe does reach out to you because you're mentorable. What happens
42:52
next? So, I meet Cody, I find out about a story, I write about it in grit. Um, by the way, he continues to live so I
42:59
can tell you what happened to him. So after he uh reached MIT and he graduated with a 49 out of five, he went to
43:06
Google. From there he went to Stanford. Uh he got his PhD at Stanford in computer science. He was the third black
43:13
recipient of a PhD in computer science in the university's history. And now he's the CEO of an AI startup that
43:19
according to Forbes magazine, you know, may be valued at a billion dollars like at some point in the future. So why does
43:27
he play a role in this second book? He gave a TED talk himself, it turns out, years after I gave mine and he gave
43:34
it in Peloto to a Stanford audience and because it was a Stanford audience, he had no problem like putting graphs up on
43:40
the PowerPoint slide behind him. So he has a graph up and there's a gray line that's gently sloping up over upward and
43:48
he says that's what most people think. You know, you meet me here and you think like, you know, he did better and better. He went to MIT and so forth.
43:54
Like that's not my life. This is my life. And there's a red exponential curve, right? Talk about the Matthew
44:00
effect. When there is a flywheel, when good begets better and better begets best, you actually get exponential
44:07
growth. This is what he said. I think in my life in five-year chapters, in each
44:13
chapter, my situation was better than the last. And you can only explain my
44:20
exponential improvement, not linear but exponential if you really understand my
44:26
situations and how each one, right? So from his high school to MIT, from MIT to
44:33
Google, from Google to Stanford now to like San Jose, Silicon Valley that the opportunities multiplied and
44:40
the support multiplied. So So I think I think you can be a mentor magnet. What did Cody not do? He didn't email me and
44:47
ask me to be his mentor. Mentor magnets do not email people and say, "Hi, Chris.
44:53
Could you be my mentor? Hello." You know, like they don't do that. They ask
44:58
for a short conversation. They offer to be helpful. They express gratitude and
45:04
very often that will lead to another conversation. What they also do, by the way, is work with you on something. So
45:11
mentor magnets have a habit of asking whether they can contribute to a project that the mentor is already working on
45:18
when Cody reiterated his offer to help. I initially thought no and then I
45:23
realized I had a project that was ongoing where I was trying to teach little kids to be gritty and I thought,
45:29
"Oh, this is perfect. I'll have Cody Coleman record a video about how from very humble beginnings he got to where
45:35
he got through passion and perseverance." So we worked on that project for about 3 months which is about you know that's why I call them
45:40
mentors for a season like you you go from a mentor for a reason could I have a short conversation to a mentor for a
45:47
season he did that and then he continued to just be like a grateful curious wonderful person when I read his PhD
45:54
dissertation which was on AI and I didn't understand the math so I pretty much skipped the acknowledgements I was
46:00
like oh I no I'm not going to understand this his acknowledgements are three single spaced pages
46:07
He thanks by full name over 200 people like you know dozens of teammates or
46:14
fellow student like there were 17 administrators of the computer science department at
46:20
Stanford that he thanks by full name. Cody Coleman is a paragon of grit. Cody
46:26
Coleman is a mentor magnet and Cody Coleman is a perfect example of like yes, you need grit, but you also need to
46:33
have the agency to navigate into better and better situations. What's the relationship between grit and
Can Grit Lead to Burnout?
46:40
your new insight around situations and burnout? So, having experienced burnout and I'll
46:47
be I'll be honest. Um when I used to teach burnout because burnout you know
46:53
burnout is a a word that a psychologist named Christina Maslac coined she was
46:59
studying burnout it has a very specific definition depression is you know you're depressed you know it it's pervasive
47:05
burnout is specifically about work right so so when you experience this trifecta
47:12
of exhaustion and also like a weird sort of dissociation or like I'm not really
47:18
present um and finally like a kind of a helplessness, right? This is the trifecta of burnout. That's what burnout
47:24
is. It's an emotional state characterized by I'm exhausted. I feel strangely not connected to my work
47:30
anymore and also nothing I do is working and I have no agency. Right? So that's what burnout is. I would stand up in
47:36
front of PowerPoint slides and I would tell my MBA students for example and my undergraduates about burnout and the
47:42
psychology of burnout and Christina Maslac's research and you know what we know about burnout. It was completely
47:47
abstract to I could have been talking about Mars. I'm like, you know, Mars is a planet, right? And then I experienced
47:54
burnout in my own life. Um, I mean, if I'm completely honest, I experienced burnout while I was writing this book.
48:00
Um, and why, right? Well, first, what, right? So, like I was experiencing
48:06
exhaustion. Um, this weird sort of like I'm sort of doing this and I'm doing it seven days a week and I'm doing it from
48:11
before dawn to after midnight, but also I'm kind of like the opposite of the flow state. I'm just like I'm like
48:17
weirdly not in the moment, right? And a real feeling of sort of like helplessness like I work harder and
48:23
harder, nothing's happening. So I was experiencing this emotional state of burnout. What I think was happening is
48:29
what we were talking about at the very beginning of this conversation. It wasn't going well. I just tried harder
48:36
and it still like I just kept digging the hole deeper. And I think the danger of only thinking that grit is your
48:43
superpower and also being ashamed or negligent of, you know, the the the
48:49
change of the situation that would make things better. Like I think I think what happened was I should have asked for help. And I'll
48:56
tell you, I asked for it too late. I also did you you said like let's not talk about the physical situation. It's kind of obvious. Here's something that
49:01
wasn't obvious. I was working at home 7 days a week in my pajamas. Like I literally think
49:07
you voluntarily gone back into co. It was exactly it was actually an extension of the pandemic lifestyle.
49:12
Everybody else went back to like civilization. I decided to stay, you know, I thought it would be better for concentration, self-imposed misery.
49:18
It was it was awful cuz I was like socially, you know, I was in solitary confinement by by choice. But I didn't
49:24
ask for help early enough. I didn't ask for help often enough. I didn't put myself in the company of other people.
49:30
What would the help have looked like? Well, I had a person that um I met three
49:38
years into writing this. By the way, this book took five years to write, right? Congratulations. [laughter] Yeah, it's uh
49:44
on being sane. I you know, I may live a shorter life because of it, but it took 5 years to
49:50
write. But of course, you know, the research took longer. But the hard part for me was the writing. Three years into it, when things are going terribly,
49:56
right, I'm not sleeping. I mean, the stress levels were like I had cortisol just like courarssing through my body.
50:01
So, I would go to sleep. I It came to the point where I would go to sleep at 10:30 and my body's fight orflight
50:08
response would wake me up at 11:30 and then I would just be awake all night.
50:13
Um, and then start the next day exhausted but also trying to work harder. Right. So, I've been there.
50:19
Have you been there? Have you experienced burnout, by the way? Okay. Well, if I finish the story, will you tell me yours?
50:24
Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I You give me You give me your You get your rock bottom out and I'll get mine. All right. I'm going to get Okay. So,
50:30
I'm telling my husband I'm retiring. I I I I literally was fantasizing about being a pastry chef. I don't even eat
50:37
past [laughter] I don't even eat pastry. I'm like, why would I be a pastry chef? I mean, there are all these like
50:42
escapist fantasies. Um, you know, I I had a friend named Julie who was like, you know, you seem a little bit
50:48
stressed. I barked. She was like, do you want to go skiing? I was like, I can't go skiing. She's like, you know, do you
50:53
want to do you want to go for a walk? Like it came down to she was just sort of negotiating and like she's like can I take you for a walk for an hour. No, I
51:01
can't take a walk for an This is a sign of burnout. Like no, I can't take a walk for an hour because I need that hour to
51:07
work because this is going so poorly. I met somebody who I asked for help. I got
51:12
sort of set up. His um his name is Rick Cot and he had just retired from being an editor and he had time and he had
51:20
patience and he had for some reason like from the moment we met he had some affection for me. like he was just sort of so I would have these calls with him
51:27
because he lived in New York, I lived in Philadelphia and he would ask me how I was doing and with increasing honesty I
51:33
told him and then at each subsequent meeting like let's talk the next Saturday. You know when you have an editor you're supposed to produce for
51:39
them, right? And what you're supposed to talk about is the writing and then what you need to do next. And each Saturday I would show up with no pages and I would
51:46
say to him like I'm wasting your time. Like I am I'm a mess. I'm a dumpster fire and um and you don't even know me.
51:53
I did tell him I was like I'm I I'm actually usually a competent smart person but not right now. Um and he kept
52:00
meeting with me and there came a point where he said you know I think the problem with this book is not what
52:05
you're saying but the structure of it and then he went off and he reworked the
52:10
structure. He sent it to me and I immediately saw that it was wrong. I said that's not the structure. He said
52:16
how? And then I basically wrote him an email that was long enough and detailed enough where I got it right. And then
52:24
that changed everything. And then I and then I did just have to rearrange things because I already had the science and I already knew. So that was my rock
52:30
bottom. And that was my belated cry for help. If I had asked earlier, if I had
52:37
if I had his support earlier or other support, I really think I would have suffered less.
52:42
Maybe burnout wouldn't have happened at all. Um, but that's why burnout to me is a personal thing now. Like I don't just
52:49
teach it in the abstract. And I think people who are really gritty and already try hard and you're right. Maybe they're
52:54
in the minority. I don't know. But I think it's us. It's us who like digs the
53:00
hole deeper and doesn't ask for somebody to throw you a rope while you're on a roll. Let's say that
The Best Way to Recover From Burnout
53:05
there is someone who is burnout or burnout adjacent. Yeah. uh
53:10
what does the science say and or your personal experience about recovering from burnout? So Christina Mazdact is
53:18
exactly the person to follow. And by the way, over the arc of her long career, I read one for the last, you know, academic, she's a memeritus now, right?
53:24
Um, now retired from Berkeley and and just on this note here, and then we'll talk about like what's the prognosis,
53:31
right? like what's the prescription and what's the prognosis and then I do want your personal story of burnout but she
53:37
said in one of the last academic articles of her um career while she was still active at Berkeley like people
53:43
always think that the problem with burnout is the person and they try to fix the person maybe the manager tries
53:49
to fix the person who's burned out like what can I do you know this person's burned out I need to fix them she said
53:54
it's almost always that you have to fix this situation and I am quoting like nearly verbatim I'm not saying that because I wrote a book called situated
54:01
So, what's the prescription and what's the um what's the prognosis? The first thing that I think that Christina Mazak
54:08
would say is that when there is a mismatch between the person and their work situation that can create burnout.
54:15
One of the ways that's mismatched is workload. Like you're doing too much, right? Like you're working 60 hours, you
54:21
can only really handle 55 or she was like that's only one. And then she names five others, by the way, like lack of
54:26
autonomy, like misalignment of values, um you know, uh a system that you know
54:32
for you doesn't feel like it's a fair system. Like there are many ways that
54:37
your work situation can be a mismatch and overload of work hours is only one
54:44
and maybe not even the most common. So the first thing about the diagnosis before you get to the prognosis and the
54:49
prescription is you should try to figure out what the mismatch is and I will direct you to her work not mine. Then
54:57
what is the prescription and what's the prognosis? The prescription is actually to make situational changes and if
55:03
you're a leader you can try to change the situation for others and if you're a employee if you're not in charge I do
55:09
think you have to look at what's wrong and in one way or another and sometimes it does include leaving the position but
55:17
not always like okay lack of autonomy like how do I find autonomy? I mean I don't have like a oneliner sort of like
55:24
oh do this because it depends but you have to fix the mismatch. I mean that's
55:29
the key insight. The situation has to change. You cannot will yourself to not be burned out. You cannot think yourself
55:35
out of burnout. You have to change the situation and the prognosis is good. Burnout to me is not
55:41
like a characteristic of a person like their height, you know, like there are
55:47
burned out people like the sort of like it's an emotional state like joy or
55:52
pride or fear or depression. Like it it has it has a a reality and it can feel
55:59
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Chris’ Experience With Burnout
57:02
The fascinating thing I've sort of come to learn about burnout, at least my particular uh variant of it was mine was
57:11
Yeah, tell me. Can you tell me? Yeah, mine was mine was brought on by getting ill. So, I lived in a house that had toxic mold and for someone that has
57:18
Were you like what was uh it was three two years ago. Three years started living in the house four years ago and then moved out about two
57:24
and a half years ago when I found out. So, I had a good bit of time and my my time under tension as bodybuilders say
57:30
was significant. And if you have the wrong polymorphisms, you can't your detox pathways don't work in the right
57:36
way. And I live in the house with another guy. He was fine. I was whatever the opposite of fine was. And it was like a fungus or something
57:41
that was growing. It's the same stuff that I mean this country is wonderful in many ways, but your building materials
57:46
are wood. And that's not a house is a building is not supposed to be made out of wood. It's supposed to be made out of brick like a civilized society.
57:54
I will ask my uh real estate developer husband like Yeah. because they absorb the water.
57:59
It's organic. It's organic material and it gets wet and hot and wet and hot and then it gets encased in insulation and
58:05
then it gets plaster cloud over. Well, even if it does, there's like little microbes that are in there and you just need one water leak and everything's now
58:11
ruined and Okay. So, then what happens? So, anyway, I I go through that and my capacity gets limited. No, no, but wait, can you be more vivid?
58:18
Like what happened? Were you like short of breath? Were you like what happened? Oh, okay. You if you want the allow me to bring you down the rabbit hole. The
58:24
first thing that I noticed was a significant decrease in energy. So, I
58:29
was getting very tired on a nighttime. I used to be a club promoter, so being up until very late was kind of part of the
58:35
course for me. And by 6 or 7 or 8:00 p.m., it would feel like gravity was four times as heavy as it should be.
58:42
Uh, I would go to sleep for between 10 and 12 hours and no matter how long I'd slept, I woke up feeling more tired than
58:47
when I went to bed. So every morning was starting slow and then you begin this sort of recursive I am not the sort of
58:54
person that has energy. The morning is going to be hard. So it becomes kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, right? You're
59:00
like this is going to be an awful morning and then you become an awful morning. Uh and that kind of
59:05
intervention becomes quite difficult. Uh I mean I couldn't bear the sound of porcelain like if anyone was putting
59:11
cups out so loud sounds especially punctuating sounds or percussive sounds those were very uncomfortable to me. I
59:17
didn't want to spend time around people that were talking, but I didn't want to spend time in silence. I couldn't put up with music. I didn't want to see my
59:23
friends as much. I wasn't being as extroverted. It was uh latitude, like the emotion of latitude of being ill,
59:29
but without knowing that I was ill, which is the fascinating thing going on. I [ __ ] knows I like being moody. I I
59:35
just press the you are being a [ __ ] button. You're being a [ __ ] button.
59:41
Like every single issue that I've ever encountered throughout my entire life has always been fixed by working harder,
59:46
right? And and was that your response to this? Like you're like suck it up. Yeah. So yeah, just go harder. Go
59:52
harder. So I did which obviously made it all worse. And this is what was kind of fascinating and maybe this maybe again
59:57
my particular variant has got this sort of medical pharmacological
1:00:02
biological like everyone. But if there is something that
1:00:07
comes in and suppresses your capacity, what becomes very interesting is the uh
1:00:14
you working harder actively makes the problem worse. And there's very few
1:00:19
situations in life where working harder won't improve things. Very few. Like when you actually when when it comes
1:00:25
down to it like it might not make it better, but it's rare that it makes it worse. And this is one of and this is like this is a case where it
1:00:31
is. This is one of those. What's also fascinating is a lot of kind of um ironies, I suppose, very unfortunate
1:00:38
ironies. One of them being that you get ruthless brain fog. So, I forgot the
1:00:44
names of people that I'd known for ages. I forgot the names of streets. I forgot the names of cities. I looked down at my
1:00:50
shoes one day and couldn't remember how to tie my shoes. But the brain fog was insane. The smell of standing water was
1:00:56
awful. The smell of cut grass was awful. Things that I used to usually like. and all of this stuff had changed and it's
1:01:02
your body just it has no idea what's going on. It's trying to fire all of this stuff and it's I got CO at the same
1:01:07
time and there was maybe some longcoy stuff and then EB and you go on this weird Sherlock Holmes like trying to
1:01:13
figure out what's going on. Yeah. You've got the you've got the pipe and you've got the monle and you literally have the pipe. I do indeed. I I need to I'm British
1:01:20
again. I'm pontific. Is it this? Is it that is and it's just they're all red herrings. They're all
1:01:26
dead ends. I'll fix this thing. Oh, you've got some BPAs. Everybody's got BPAs. It might be the BPA. We'll fix
1:01:31
that. Or it's not that. Oh, you've got some EBV. Everybody's got EBV. Okay. Well, we might fix that. You've got
1:01:36
allergies or whatever, you know, whatever it is. And there's all of these things that are problems on a piece of
1:01:42
paper but aren't the reason that you feel like the reason. Yeah. And then you go through all of this stuff. But the the thing that sort of
1:01:47
made me think about it was you saying about the sleep. And what's really really ruthless for anyone that's going
1:01:52
through complex illness, environmental stuff, is that they can feel absolutely
1:01:59
wiped during the day and wiped when they get to bed at night and then after a
1:02:05
brief amount of time asleep, they're like completely awake. If I could invert my night to my day,
1:02:11
I would have been fine. Yeah, cuz you like alert and like this is awesome. Like kind of apart from the fact that it's
1:02:16
highly aroused. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. It's like 12:30 and sure I did a a saliva cortisol test
1:02:22
where you spit in a tube like every you maybe you did one of these too. Yeah. Every 2 hours or every hour you do this
1:02:27
throughout the day or in the night as well. And uh I was like I didn't need to. I knew I've inverted
1:02:33
you literally inverted my cortisol melatonin response. I was like wow that's kind of impressive. Like I'm an owl. I've become an owl. I've burned
1:02:39
myself out so much that I've become an owl. Right. Right. Well uh I'm not a sleep researcher but I'm in a department with
1:02:45
one. And he says, you know, the ideal sleep is like a box wave, right? So you're asleep,
1:02:50
then you're awake. Yeah. You're asleep, then you're awake. And pathology is when you're asleep, but
1:02:57
you're too aroused, and you're like awake, but you're too slow. Like, so, so I have been there. So then what happened
1:03:03
then? What's the ending of this? So you're not in this situation anymore. Not to the same degree. Still, it is a
1:03:08
very, very slow recovery. And that was two and a half years ago. Uh, but better
1:03:14
better adjacent. Uh so it's good brain function appears to be at least somewhat back better days and and worse days. But
1:03:20
that combined and the reason that that I think at least is associated tangential to burnout is that when you have a
1:03:29
couple of things, limited work capacity, but specifically limited mental capacity, which is different because
1:03:36
it's like attacking your ability to think. Yeah. And I have a friend whose dad uh was really struggling and was taken into
1:03:44
a psychiatric ward and she he turned to her one day and he said, "This illness has taken everything from me. It's even
1:03:49
taken myself." And that like sentence really stuck in the back of my mind because it's a very smart man that for a
1:03:56
long time had relied on his mental horsepower to get him out of it's kind of like being it's kind of like having a the ability
1:04:02
to fly or something and you go if I if I get into backed into a corner with the
1:04:08
world I can just press the I can fly button and that'll lift me out of the situation
1:04:13
and I can I can live to fight another day. Yeah. And it's the same thing as what most people think of when it comes
1:04:20
to their mind. They're like, "Right, I can I can use this this, you know, very carefully curated thing
1:04:27
between my ears to fix the problems." And in the past, I've used my mind to fix the problems, but the very thing that I would use to
1:04:33
fix this problem is the very thing that the problem is attacking. And it felt so ironic and and like very hopeless.
1:04:39
Hopeless um like lack of agency, inability to change, low motivation, all
1:04:45
of that stuff. And uh yeah, it was like a induced burnout. And then when you try to apply the foot on the gas loop,
1:04:52
right? Like I'll just try harder. Like I that's the thing that's sapping. It's what you've got the least of and it saps
1:04:57
more from what you need it for for recovery. So and then here's the really really ruthless thing and this is like
1:05:02
pretty much bringing it into where I'm land where I'm at now. What I realized was that I kind of drained my grit
1:05:10
muscle. How so? Well, because when I learned the lesson of when you try harder, things
1:05:15
get worse. I need to learn to be gentle with myself. I need to learn to give myself a
1:05:20
lot more grace. I have to, you know, just pick a small number of battles each
1:05:26
day that you're going to have some discipline in. But obviously that kind of becomes lax and it sort of begins to
1:05:32
fluff somewhat. And that explains why I've gained like 12 pounds this year. And that for the first time in ages like
1:05:40
because I'm not working out as much and I'm eating more. Okay. And then I wasn't getting up on time as much and I wasn't meditating as much and I wasn't reading
1:05:46
as much and I was taking my foot off the gas with this and that and the other and I'm like oh huh I have I now need to
1:05:53
relearn how to do hard things because for a long time doing hard things made
1:05:58
me worse. Right. So I'm having to consciously relearn something for the second time that I
1:06:04
already learned like 15 years ago. Like you're coming back to it. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's been a really fascinating like full circle
Why Alignment Changes Everything
1:06:11
thing. I mean I'm not going to disagree with your story. It's not your it's not you know it's not my place to disagree with your story and I don't disagree with but
1:06:17
I do want to say that the grit muscle like one of the things that I have known
1:06:24
not just since writing this book but I do elaborate on it in this book is that I don't think the grit muscle is a voice
1:06:32
that says just do it. It's really not. Michael Phelps didn't just do it like he didn't just like force himself. Nobody
1:06:39
loves swimming more than Michael Phelps. He still does by the way. Right? So the self-t talk is not just do it. It's very
1:06:48
rarely just do it. Right? O occasionally you do have to just say like okay right now I'm going to tell myself to just do
1:06:53
it. But talk about exceptions to the rule. I mean the the the complaint I have about like the grip muscle and I
1:07:00
can be blamed for this like one word. You know it does sound like you know white knuckle it but it's really this is
1:07:08
interesting. This is important. I can do it and I know what to try next. Right?
1:07:13
If you have those to alignment, it's all about alignment. Actually, what I did this summer instead of like
1:07:20
ruthlessly promoting myself for book tour, which would have been maybe something I should have done, was I went
1:07:25
to so in the book I talk about this professor James Gross at Stanford who is
1:07:30
the intellectual progenitor of this idea of like the situation leads to the thoughts and and the response or he's
1:07:35
you know we all think this in social science but he kind of laid it out in this really nice framework and this
1:07:41
summer I spent a satical working on alignment. So to me, what alignment is
1:07:47
is that internally you're aligned. Like I want to do this. Why? Because it's
1:07:53
interesting and it's important and I can do this and I know what to try next. You know what misalignment looks like? Well,
1:08:00
it's important but it's not interesting. Or it's interesting but I can't do it. Or I think I could do it but I don't
1:08:06
know what to try next. Right? So, so if you want a picture of the mental
1:08:11
life of a paragon of grit, it's a bunch of arrows that are all pointing the same way, right? And that's not just Stewart.
1:08:18
Just do Stewart is like I, you know, I'm going to like force this arrow another way, right? The reason why we met and
1:08:24
spent a spatical together is that this second book is about aligning all the arrows outside of you. Like I don't know
1:08:30
if you took physics, but in physics, you know, there are a bunch of diagrams with arrows, right? And the arrows are forces, right? and you learn to draw the
1:08:36
arrows and you subtract them and you're like, "What's the net force?" How about friction, right? But you know what makes
1:08:42
something go fast? It's when all the arrows are pushing in the same direction. And that's true internally
1:08:48
and externally. All I'm saying in this book is line up the arrows. Don't ignore
1:08:53
the arrows. Do you have peers? Do you have mentors? Like what is your physical space? Where do you live? Right? So
1:09:00
that's lining up the outside arrows. And the reason why we're meeting to talk about alignment is that we think that a
1:09:07
life well-lived. We think if you go all the way back to Aristotle, like what is the good life? It really is about
1:09:12
alignment because now like if I'm aligned with you, right? Like my internal arrows are aligned like my
1:09:17
external arrows like are getting but also like my goals are aligned with your goals. They don't have to be the same
1:09:23
goals but they're in alignment. Like to me that is like that is what the good
1:09:29
life is. It's like that's what Aristotle meant for us. So, so alignment is to me what this book is about externally, but
1:09:36
it's sort of, you know, a bigger concept even than that. Let's do some environment stuff. What
How Angela Redesigned Her Environment
1:09:44
did you after doing all of this research? It's going to be one of the most applicable ways places that you've
1:09:49
gone to. What have you changed environmentally beyond Jim Kit is out?
1:09:54
So, I've had a fascination with quotes, right? And there are certain poems that I'm, you know, trying to commit to memory. Um, including, you know, if by
1:10:01
Roger Kipling and my current one that I'm trying to memorize is called Pity the Beautiful. Um, Pity the Beautiful,
1:10:08
the the Dolls and the Dishes. Anyway, so so so I could I could tell you that my
1:10:14
favorite quotes like Nelson Mandela um I never lose, I win or I learn, right? So,
1:10:20
I have long wanted to memorize certain quotes, but I have changed, which is I
1:10:26
write them down on I I print out poems and I paste them on the wall and I write
1:10:32
down quotes and I like usually on 2 by 2 Post-it notes. Like I was going to try to get them like needle pointed or
1:10:38
whatever and I was just like I was going to write it down on a post-it note and I put them at eye level and I swear to God
1:10:44
when I leave my office the last thing I see is Nelson Mandela, right? And you know why that's important? Because I
1:10:50
want to say to myself, I never lose. I win or I learn. I believe that. And yet
1:10:57
I feel like a loser when I lose. And so I need to see the 2 by 2 post-it note. So like some of the people I study,
1:11:04
including Cody Coleman, Cody Coleman has post-it notes everywhere. Literally, like you know, the post-it note on his mirror, the uh so I become like the
1:11:11
people I study. I'm decorating my personal space, not just when I'm taking out. And you said like what's obvious?
1:11:16
It's like people know they shouldn't have Halloween candy around. They should, you know, you don't want to drink Diet Coke, don't have Diet Coke, right? Like that's kind of obvious. I'm
1:11:22
not saying people do it. But I think what you put into your physical environment is what you put into your
1:11:28
head. And what you put into your head is what you do. So that's been the most recent change.
1:11:34
Yeah. Your body is made up of everything that you put into your mouth and your mind is made up of everything that you put into your eyes and ears.
1:11:40
Yeah. And yeah, curating. That's interesting. Jared, have you ever considered you
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Does Removing Friction Make Life Weaker?
1:12:42
So I've been thinking about the aversion some people have to relying on
1:12:48
environment. Yeah. In your opinion if you remove too much friction from someone's life does it
1:12:54
make them weaker? [gasps] I think if you remove all friction then yes right because like a muscle right
1:13:01
like we we adapt right so the reason a muscle grows is that the challenge exceeds its capacity and then it rips a
1:13:08
little bit and then we like repair it and that's how we work. So I think a life of no friction would be uh you know
1:13:16
a life of weak character. So I I agree that. But what I want people to do is make hard things easier. Like I talked
1:13:23
to Alistair Brownley in my research for this, right? He's a very gritty person. I don't think you can become like one of
1:13:29
the world's greatest triathletes without a lot of grit. And his dedication to his
1:13:35
training is famous, right? So, nobody is going to talk about like winning triathlons without doing the hard work,
1:13:42
right? But Alistair Brownley tried to make hard work as easy as possible. Like, he literally bought a house that
1:13:49
was close to where he could swim and where he could run. I mean, he could be gritty and just be like, "Well, I'm just
1:13:54
going to like drive to the truck." Like, no, but he wanted to make it easier, right? Like, he does my gym trick of
1:13:59
like putting out the clean clothes. He was like, "Oh, by the way, it has to be dry." I mean, maybe somebody who works out that much, like, you know, he has to
1:14:05
run the laundry a lot. It has to be clean and dry and the kind of thing you want to get into. So, I think imagine
1:14:11
having a world-class coach and a bunch of peers who are also trying to train
1:14:17
for triathlon, maybe not on a team, but just like they're also trying to like you trade tips, your friends. Um, you've
1:14:23
got all of these physical things around you, the training clothes, right? All of
1:14:29
that makes doing the hard thing easier and it still leaves the hard thing, right? It's just like being on Bob
1:14:34
Bowman's swim team, right? like if you sign up for this swim team, you will
1:14:39
train harder than maybe any other swim team, but you just go and it's all
1:14:44
there. So, so I think that's the lesson. I will never back down because I think it's the law of psychology that you
1:14:52
don't improve in human skill without resistance, right? So, you can't take the hard work out of excellence, but you
1:14:58
can make hard work easier and you do that by setting up your situation. Yeah. So, three things come to mind. The
1:15:04
first one is life requires quite a lot of effort and I think it should be reserved for the places where you don't
1:15:10
get to choose how much effort you need to apply if that makes sense. Second one
1:15:16
is one reason why it's less sexy or less well promoted to try and make life
1:15:22
easier or to have the peer group thing is that it makes for a really [ __ ] movie. Makes for it makes for a
1:15:29
horrendous movie. What you want is the protagonist to be brushing up against friction all the time
1:15:35
and then that makes him the hero, right? Because if it's a situation if Rocky was him with a bunch of peers and a lovely mentor,
1:15:41
right? And he'd laid his clothes out and everything was done. So, okay, well, we've removed a lot of the dramatic
1:15:47
tension, which is exactly what makes for a good movie. And I think we've kind of embied the story of the hero and we're
1:15:53
now trying to live it that way. Yeah. Yeah. That's so actually insightful. In the last chapter,
1:15:59
you need to be surprised about it. Well, I hadn't thought about it before. I I am surprised. I cannot be surprised.
1:16:05
Um, in the last chapter of the book, I wrote the story of my daughter um and how she was in seventh grade. She fails
1:16:13
her so she's in this like super advanced math class, you know, the kind of math class where like you get to college math, you know, in your junior year or
1:16:18
something of high school. Look, I used to teach math literally full-time as a high school and middle school math
1:16:24
teacher. I know math. And also, I'm a quantitative social scientist. like I am not an author by by profession. I'm a
1:16:31
I'm actually a psychologist. Right. So So I'm looking at her seventh grade math and she she fails these tests and I'm
1:16:38
looking at these questions and I'm like wow has seventh grade math changed like I literally couldn't do them. And I said to her like look, you know
1:16:45
this little track you're on which a very small number of kids were on. I was like it's it does seem too hard. like why
1:16:52
don't you just go into like the normal advanced math class and you'll still like get to calculus by you know my husband the real estate developer
1:16:58
objects and he says uh you know I don't want to teach I don't want my daughter to learn that she's a failure I actually
1:17:04
don't care about math but I don't want her to learn the lesson that being a failure so he brings home scrap paper
1:17:10
they learn the math together it's basically a very supportive situation right so so here's what happens in this
1:17:15
little narrative right let's make it into a movie so Amanda wakes up early.
1:17:21
She has coffee for the first time. I mean, it was mostly milk, but yeah, she drank coffee the first time. Uh, she uh
1:17:27
furiously works on the problems of the math test that she had already failed. Her teacher says, "You know what? I'm
1:17:34
not going to replace your grade, but I'm going to let you take the test again so you can show me what you can do, right?
1:17:41
And you can also prove yourself wrong that you're like not a math person." She's working mornings. She's working
1:17:48
evenings. They cut church to like, you know, practice math. And then the time
1:17:53
of the moment of truth comes and she takes the math test and she triumphs and she does 100% on these math tests. So
1:18:00
don't count for a grade, but that sets her trajectory. So she finishes, she stays in the math class, she gets an A. Yeah.
1:18:07
She graduates from college years later as a math major and not any college but
1:18:13
Harvard. So it's like not easy math. And I showed this story to an early reader
1:18:19
and they look at the story, they read the story and they say, "This is a story of grit." And I'm like, "What about the
1:18:25
father who learned all this really hard math and like sat with her and like gave her the next problem like just like
1:18:32
explained things? What about this gra? Like what about the fact that like everybody in our house like tiptoed around her and gave her all this spa?"
1:18:38
Like what about the personal space that she set up where she like put her phone she actually had the foresight to like
1:18:43
zip her phone into a pocket of a coat and then put it into a clo like what about the math teacher who said you know
1:18:49
I'm going to give you a second chance like show me. So, I think you're exactly right. But it's not only because like if
1:18:55
you have Rocky and he has like a lot of things going for him, it doesn't I think you're exactly right about that. Maybe
1:19:01
that's the more profound point. But even when we have true stories of people who
1:19:07
were gritty and had a great situation, we somehow edit out the situation. We
1:19:13
just like only want the hero like a silhouette on a white piece of paper. And the danger of that is that when we
1:19:19
go to try to do great things, we think that's the way to do it. Do it. You cannot be Michael Phelps
1:19:26
without Bob Bowman. Full stop. Yeah. Uh the third thing that it made me think about, so
1:19:33
my chosen instrument of choice uh is talking. And um I worked with a a speech
1:19:41
coach uh for a good while and addiction coach and a comedy coach and a bunch of other people. did improv and a load of
1:19:46
other things. When I said to my friends that I was going to start to work with a speech coach, they sort of had this
1:19:53
alarmed luck or they were a little bit uncertain and they said something to the effect of, "What if you lose your sort
1:19:59
of natural speaking voice, your your natural speaking cadence?" And I was like, "Well, that's interesting that you would say that about me working to
1:20:05
improve something which objectively can be improved with someone that's a professional because you wouldn't have
1:20:10
said the same if I was playing the saxophone. If I was playing the saxophone as a beginner saxoponist, you
1:20:16
would not say, "Well, what about your beautiful natural way of playing the saxophone?" You go, "Well, it's wrong or
1:20:22
it could be better, right? What about your beautiful way of running?" They want it to be natural, right? They
1:20:27
want it to be So, this is the distinction. At least this is my to this is total bros. This is the hat for bro science. So, this is
1:20:32
like I should have had this on the whole time [laughter] talking to you. Wait, what does this hat mean for bro science? If I'm a I'm a bro scientist today. It's basically you're
1:20:39
the captain here now. Correct. That's it. Um That's good on you. Here's my Thank you. Here's my Here's
1:20:45
here's my working theory, which is there are certain things about us that
1:20:50
we feel as being close to our sense of self. Yeah. Who our essence. Yes. Who we really are.
1:20:56
The way you speak is so fundamental to the person that you are, the language
1:21:02
you use, the cadence that you speak in, how you annunciate words, that's you. The way that you play the
1:21:08
saxophone, that's not you. Interesting. And I think Yeah. What do you think?
1:21:13
Part of the reason that people have this little aversion to talking about
1:21:19
environment and situation as opposed to grit and self-determination is that it
1:21:25
feels like it's less me. It's not. It's like there's 100 points and if it's going to be like 20 to the situation,
1:21:31
guess it's less you. Then it's less me. It's less It's less you. Not only does
1:21:37
it mean that if this the environment was to go away that you're less self-sufficient that I put you on a desert island truly less you.
1:21:43
Correct. Yeah. Yeah. So, not only you contribute less to it and you get to own it less which means
1:21:49
that there's less pride associated with it and I just want it to be me. It's this
1:21:56
almost like transcendent thing. Does that make sense? It's just not true. I mean, yeah, I think that's right. Right.
1:22:01
I'm objection handling. It's like 100 points. How many go to Rocky? Right. like let's give all 100 points to
1:22:07
go to Adrian. Yeah, exactly. And I can't remember coach Mickey. Was this coach Mickey? I remember um and
1:22:14
and you know what maybe there is some kind of like Yeah. I mean I guess if you were going to take away some of the
1:22:19
Rocky points and give them to Adrian and give them to Mickey like then Rocky has
1:22:25
fewer than 100. It's just the reality though, right? And the question is like, do you want to be Michael Phelps winning
1:22:30
28 gold medals or do you want to get all hundred points for being Michael Phelps
1:22:35
without Bob Bowman, without Debbie Phelps, without his teammates? By the way, I just listened to Roger Federer's
1:22:41
induction speech. This is like actually what I do. Oh my god, I will never get bored of studying excellence. So, I don't even play
1:22:47
tennis. I don't even watch tennis. But I'm watching Roger Federer's 29minut acceptance speech to the Tennis Hall of
1:22:53
Fame. And if I could do a word cloud of that speech, the single biggest word, the most common thing he said was
1:23:00
ecosystem, right? As he is being inducted into the Hall of Fame, he's talking about the two by name, the two
1:23:06
guys who string his rackets, right? Uh the like his physiootherapist like he
1:23:11
named his coaches by name. I didn't realize he had so many um past and pres like the thing is is that if you want to
1:23:19
get all the points like you can give Roger Federer all the points if he doesn't have all those people that he
1:23:24
relies on his agent like okay that's fine but he won't be the Roger Federer that we know and the question is how far
1:23:32
do you want to go are you willing to give up some of the points to other people to the situation and go farther
1:23:38
or do you want to keep all the points to yourself a completely DIY self-made Man, I did everything myself and nobody
1:23:45
helped me. You can keep all the points, but you won't go as far. Yeah, that's so great. I've got I've got
1:23:50
the the pie chart in my mind and it's not just the portion. You can have 100% but the size of the pie smaller. Yes. As
1:23:56
I start to bring more people in pie. You can have 100% of a little pie or you can have a wedge of a bigger pie. And that
1:24:03
to me is the story of success. And I knew it when I studied paragonss of grit, I think. But I wasn't thinking
1:24:09
about it very hard. I was like, "Oh, right." And like, "Let's talk about you." But now when I interview people, I ask them about their mentors. I ask them
1:24:15
about the people that they're training with. I literally ask them about their physical circumstances. I ask them like, "What's on their desk? I ask them what's
1:24:21
in their refrigerator. I ask them about their routines." And so, I do think that there is this complete story if you look
1:24:27
for it, but we're not looking for it. How do you know when to work harder on yourself and when to change your circumstances?
When to Push Harder and When to Change Direction
1:24:34
I'll say this. I think if you want to work harder, let's You gave me an A and B choice, right? A, work harder. B,
1:24:40
change your circumstances, right? I'm going to say that they both end up with change your circumstances and here's why, right? I think to answer your
1:24:48
change of cir like if you feel burned out, then you probably are trying really hard. If you recognize this feeling of
1:24:53
like exhaustion or whatever, like, oh, it's like helplessness, then you probably are just like you were and just like I was like digging yourself a
1:24:59
deeper hole and absolutely that is like the canary in the coal mine. Change your
1:25:04
circumstances. like you need more support and probably, you know, an
1:25:10
adjustment of challenge for the time being. All right, that's choice B. So that's when you But what about working harder?
1:25:17
And you made the argument that like maybe that's the modal thing. Like maybe that's most of the time what people need to do. They need to like push harder on
1:25:23
the rest. I think you still end up with change the circumstances. Here's why. So say you realize like you know I've been
1:25:29
giving 70% at work and if I'm honest like that's what's holding me back,
1:25:34
right? So now you decide you're going to give 100% or even like 75%. Right? As a behavioral scientist I will say if
1:25:39
you're giving 70 try for 75 not for 100 but anyway leaving that aside. So then
1:25:44
if you accept this you know three box framework of all of human behavior they're like I want more effort in box
1:25:51
three. That's my response. I want to come into work and be 75 if not higher. Then you have to ask the question what
1:25:58
thought will make me do that. Right? I've told you that I don't think the thought is just do it. I think you have
1:26:03
to think that your work is more interesting, important, that you can do it and you know what to try next. I think that's the only way to sustain a
1:26:09
higher level of effort. But the reason I say that you eventually get back to circumstances is like what
1:26:16
books do I need to read? What podcasts do I listen to? What people do I need to be with? Like what mentors do I need?
1:26:21
What conversations do I need? What's my physical space need to be so that I can have those thoughts that will get me to
1:26:27
work harder. So eventually, I think, whether it's getting a coach, a therapist, a mentor, a peer group, a
1:26:35
change of your situation in any way, like eventually that's where you end up anyway. Even I mean, if you're smart
1:26:41
about it, even if the answer is like work harder, because this is not just to
1:26:46
do once. If you only have to work harder like today at four o'clock in the afternoon once, then maybe you could
1:26:52
just use willpower. Go for it. It'll be tiring, but you can do it. But if you have to do it every day at 4:00 and
1:26:58
every week and then every year, there's no way you can do it by just forcing yourself.
1:27:03
Right. So in in your opinion, it's less situation specific and it's more like
1:27:09
iteration specific. If this is a one-off, then maybe you can just put foot. All I'm saying is that willpower is this
1:27:16
thing that you can use when you really need to and you can do it once. I think anybody can do it. By the way, we're
1:27:22
better at it than animals. Like we're better at it than dogs and chimpanzees. Like you can put animals through like
1:27:28
the same kind of tasks that you put young children and human beings are better at delaying gratification, better at forcing ourselves to do things that
1:27:35
we don't want to do in the moment. But all I'm saying is that you're right. Like it's if it's iterative, if you have
1:27:40
to do this again and again and again and the path to excellence is consistency, right? Like that is the the seinal
1:27:46
insight of grit. The path to excellence is consistency. And the path to consistency is a situation that sets up
1:27:52
consistency. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So you spent some time at Oxford, right? I did two years and I actually started
How to Engineer a Culture of Excellence
1:27:59
speaking with a faux British accent because of the power situation. I was like, cheers. This is like, oh, you
1:28:05
know, trousers around the ankles and I I, you know, the power situation is very strong. Look at how far you've fallen. [laughter]
1:28:12
So unfortunate. Um, so I have got this new live show
1:28:17
which I'm about to go on tour with and one of the things I talk about because I'm going back to the homeland, the UK
1:28:23
and Ireland. Oh, you're going to start in UK. I am. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And uh I'm talking about tall poppy syndrome and
1:28:29
this is a British unpack this for me, but this is the British. It is it is an affliction. Um and it
1:28:35
actually came from New Zealand and Australia originally. Oh, really? That's like the origin story.
1:28:40
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um but it comes across it's it's a situation in which um a person who becomes conspicuously
1:28:47
successful or or wealthy or high status or whatever um is deriggated by people
1:28:53
around them. And interesting a British thing there very very it's kind of like the poppies
1:28:58
if we if if football didn't exist it would be our national sport. Um that's like kind of how central it is. a
1:29:05
deviation. It's typically sort of preceded with a deviation from the norm that uh somebody decides to do something
1:29:11
that's a little bit different. Yeah. Very much so. There's a lot of excellence then is dergated is what you're putting. Oh, 100%. Yeah. I mean, you're allowed
1:29:18
to be successful, but only if you treat it as a horrible
1:29:23
accident that you got there. Interesting. It's like it very much is. You're sort of ashamed. It's like, oh my god, I I
1:29:30
appear to explain like all the Hugh Grant humor, right? like I appear to have created a successful business. I'm so sorry.
1:29:37
I must not do this again. I promise. I swear it won't happen. Not very American, by the way. Um but I No, no, no, no.
1:29:44
My best friend George has got this line. He says, "British affliction is cynicism and the American affliction is bullshit." [laughter]
1:29:52
It's a true two sides of the same. Yeah, it's so true, right? That one his feet are
1:29:57
one is like I'm better than I One his feet are too hard on the ground and one his head is too high in the clouds. Ah, good. Nice. Yeah.
1:30:03
And uh yeah, I think it's it's beautiful. But I just what it made me think about Yeah. is I've been I did my first work in
1:30:09
progress show last night here in Austin. I do these secret shows and and there, you know, 50 people. So I'm not working out the material. I'm talking to people
1:30:15
live. So I'm I'm getting feedback almost. Yeah. Doing DVD extra commentary of like, okay, so this is where I'm at.
1:30:20
I'm basically talking to myself, but there's a room of people that are listening to me pontificate to me about whatever. Anyway, and the the the tall
1:30:27
poppy thing is is kind of there. And I was everybody had to because it's all Americans obviously in Austin. I had to
1:30:33
get them to pretend to be British. And I was like, imagine that you're British for a second actually for the next hour. They could do that. But yeah,
1:30:39
Austinites. And the interesting thing about the tall poppy syndrome culture,
1:30:46
I can't think of a socioultural influence that is more high friction for
1:30:53
excellence than something like that. We haven't talked about culture, right? Because you know when you say like if
1:31:00
you start out the obvious and everyone can do it but maybe everyone isn't doing it. It really is like what's within 3 ft of you push it away if you don't want to
1:31:06
do it like move it in like decorate your space. Okay fine. Culture is the exact opposite. Culture is like
1:31:11
all-encompassing. It's abstract but it's also the most powerful thing you can do right and when you're in a culture of
1:31:17
excellence. You know one of the reasons why Michael Phelps ended up being excellent is because he's Michael
1:31:22
Phelps. But another is that Bob Bowman created a culture of excellence, right? Like it's the expectation.
1:31:28
What does a culture of excellence look like? And how can somebody engineer it themselves? You know what is excellence? Right.
1:31:34
Right. Excellence is like aspiring toward like a greater level achievement than one definition, right? Which is
1:31:40
like aspiring to a greater level of achievement than you have now. Right. And um one of the things that I think is
1:31:47
a problem in society is that there are people and places where that is the
1:31:54
norm, right? that we are striving right like and and whatever it is today because I think excellence in in it's
1:31:59
cliche like is it a journey what like that's the key to it though like it's not that there's a certain watermark
1:32:05
it's just that you're constantly trying to improve like anything you do I am sure you came home from your first tryon
1:32:10
with like I hope a list of things that you wanted to do differently you're like oh I didn't so these adjustments I think
1:32:17
a culture of excellence where that is the norm and that that's what everybody is trying to do and when you describe
1:32:24
tall poppies syndrome, right, where it's like quite literally the opposite, right? That like if you do it, it's embarrassing, it's shameful, and like
1:32:30
it's punished, right? That's the opposite. So, I will say that if you really want to change, and I know most
1:32:36
people won't move, right? The one thing people are very reluctant. The I'll say this, some people can't move, right?
1:32:42
It's too expensive. But it's the one life change that people most don't want
1:32:48
to do. Why do I know that? There's an economist named Steven Levit who is very
1:32:53
interested in what's called status quo bias. It's your tendency to cling to what you have. Like I live in
1:33:00
Philadelphia and I have to live in Philadelphia and you start making lists of all the reasons why you can't move out of Philadelphia. For me it's like my
1:33:07
mother-in-law lives there, my mom lives there, you know, my work is there, like my friends are there. So you can make a
1:33:13
very long list. But what Steven Levit wanted to say in his research was there may be actually times where you actually
1:33:21
make both lists like the list of reasons to stay and list of reason and actually the lists are equally long and maybe you
1:33:28
intellectually realize that the list of reasons to go is longer right and status quo bias is the irrational
1:33:35
like steadfast clinging to the way things are. So he has a flip the coin
1:33:40
experiment. You know, you flip the coin, its heads, you change, and its tails you
1:33:46
stay, right? But for anything that you're trying to decide, so he has people do this experiment, but they get
1:33:51
to decide what they're flipping the coin for. And some people are like, should I get a tattoo? Like, should I break up with my boyfriend? I mean, these are
1:33:57
literally things that people wrote down. [snorts] One of the items was, should I move? So, there are a great number of
1:34:02
people in this experiment who when asked the question like, what is a life decision you're struggling with? and you really don't know whether you should
1:34:08
change or stay. I don't know if I should move. Right. So, in this experiment, he flips the
1:34:15
coin for you. There's like literally this electronic coin and he was like heads change. You're moving
1:34:20
tails or and you can, you know, film like should you get the tattoo? Yes. You know, like should I not get the t? So, so
1:34:26
in his data the one thing that people are most reluctant to follow the advice
1:34:32
heads change is where they live. So when you talk about like okay living in I you
1:34:38
know it's different when you grow up in the United Kingdom than here. It's different when you grow up in Philadelphia than Austin. I think the
1:34:46
biggest change you can make in your life is to change your zip code. The biggest change is change the culture of where
1:34:52
you spend 24 hours a day because when you change that you change your mentors and your peers and your physical
1:34:58
environment. But it's the one thing that people are most reluctant to do and I
1:35:04
think people should do it more. The Economist magazine which is it is British is it not? I believe it is. It
1:35:11
seems okay this is how little I know about the world but we subscribe and my husband reads it. Um, when The Economist
1:35:17
magazine put out their guide to big life decisions, they said based on economic
1:35:22
research, and it's true, the single highest effective thing that you could do to change your life is to move to a
1:35:30
zip code with greater opportunity to a neighborhood. And yet, research from Steve Lean, others would suggest like
1:35:36
it's the one thing we don't want to do. So, you moved here. I did. And like it was terrifying. And was it
1:35:42
an accident or was it No, it was completely terrifying. And why did you do it then? Because you
1:35:47
I was sick of the UK. You know, I I I'd met a million people running nightclubs and I had a handful of friends which was
1:35:53
great, but my friendship exposure to conversion ratio was not it's not fantastic, right? My funnel wasn't
1:35:59
funneling in internet marketing speak. I was seeing so many people and I felt out of place, right? And I was like,
1:36:04
you didn't have your tribe then? No, I was really I I I my exposure to people was high. No one can say that.
1:36:10
But I've met more people. I've shook more hands in person than most people except for like international diplomats,
1:36:16
right? Yeah. So, I'd really done the thing and I felt like I'd kind of completed a lot and I
1:36:22
the UK there's many things I have to do the [ __ ] throat clearing of like it's really nice weather and [laughter] all
1:36:27
the rest of it. It's wet and cold a lot. I wasn't I didn't feel like I fitted in from a cultural perspective that
1:36:33
was it because you had tall poppy like ambitions or is it more than that? That feels self self a grandizing which this
1:36:39
in itself is a Brit I've got British syndrome now you're doing it's happening right before my eyes
1:36:45
bingo um what I will say is that ambition is not uh curated
1:36:50
you're ambitious and so you when you fit in here I very much so I feel more apart from in
1:36:56
terms of the accent uh I feel more at home in the US than I have for most
1:37:02
uh because it is currently the center of the universe for podcasting It is, by
1:37:07
the way, what the hell? I think apart from LA, it's got more people in the top 10. In fact, it might have the most number of people in the
1:37:13
top 10 of anywhere. LA will be close cuz Jay and Steven are there and maybe Alex
1:37:19
Dax and Dax. I don't know whether Dax was in the top 10 last year. He might have been. Um, but anyway, it's it's a
1:37:27
it's got a great community of people here. Everyone's a cultural refugee from somewhere else, which meant that um
1:37:33
social groups hadn't had a chance to oify. Interesting. There's a lady called Tracy Vancor. You might not be interested in this, but it's it's kind
1:37:39
of cool. Um, the reason that bullying is exists in schools more than it exists anywhere else is because the amount of
1:37:45
time that social networks have had to uh be in stasis and to oify like you get to
1:37:51
stratify out where the pecking order is. Whereas if there's too much migration,
1:37:56
there's like too much mobility and so [ __ ] company that people work at for life. People come, people go, so on and
1:38:03
so forth. The people that stay Then you have like the same kids for 12 years who are like, "Yeah, yeah, that's why bullying exists." Yeah. And
1:38:10
uh I Austin is basically um passing point for a lot of people. You know,
1:38:16
they've been here for one year or three years or six years or something, but no one's been here for no one's was born
1:38:21
here. Like there's basically nobody in Austin that lives here was born here. I have not met anybody who's except for
1:38:26
the mayor. I think she was born here. But like but okay. So if you want to be a great podcaster, go to Austin. If you
1:38:33
want to be a great artist, like don't try to do it in the middle of well probably for the best. I was gonna say like a few like Kansas,
1:38:40
right? Like so so this is the thing. That's why the power of moving, right? And you're the rare person who moved.
1:38:45
Yeah. And the the escape velocity to do it is is quite high. It's it's really
1:38:51
gravity's heavy when you're doing that thing. It's it's uh operationally difficult. There's lots and lots of friction. It's scary. You're going to go
1:38:57
to this country on your own. Does it suck at the beginning, right? Well, almost certainly it's got to the very beginning.
1:39:03
The excitement for me was so great. I was like, "Oh my god, I'm actually doing the thing." Um,
1:39:09
was was enough to get me over that I'm interested in. Obviously, you've been through the burnout thing. New book,
What’s Next For Angela?
1:39:15
congratulations. It was very, very wonderful. And you've taken a topic that's important and made it interesting and and accessible. What are you going
1:39:23
to curse yourself with after this? Um, not another book. Um, I'll tell you
1:39:29
what I think is on the horizon for me as a research scientist and um, uh, and I
1:39:35
did put my heart and soul into this book, but I am a scientist. So, I think the seismic changes in technology,
1:39:43
phones, social media, AI, everyone's talking about it. But as a behavioral
1:39:49
scientist, I can't say that I have seen anything that's changing the way we spend time, the way we do or don't
1:39:56
socialize, the way we exercise, the way we do everything, religions, uh that's
1:40:03
greater than the things that are happening right now with AI, with screens or human life doesn't look like
1:40:09
it did 50 years ago or even 20 years ago. So, I'm going to study that. I
1:40:14
won't write a book about it, but uh I feel like I've done my work. I've done the inside game of success and now I've
1:40:19
done the outside game of success and now I just want to understand, you know, how in this new, you know, world um people
1:40:26
can be successful. Unreal. Angela Duckworth, ladies and gentlemen, where should people go to check out everything you're doing? I have no idea. [laughter]
1:40:33
You are not very good at influencing. You are horrendous at influ I don't know where to send people. Have you got a
1:40:38
website? What's the website? I have a website. I have a website. It's angel duckworth.com. Wonderful. And the book is called
1:40:44
Situated. Fantastic. And it is available. It is available everywhere. Fantastic. That's it. All right.
1:40:50
Appreciate you. Goodbye, my beauty. Thank you. That was so fun. You're the best. Awesome. Awesome. A quick note, lots of people tell us
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2026-10-06T21:08:50Z TfTeZ9g: 2026-10-07
How to shuffle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NnDfyxA0PKo
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2026-10-06T17:58:44Z pY_XfwF: 2026-10-05 conditioning for discipline - rewatch of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkP_8bkjf1E
stop self critique and start patting yourself on the back for effort, not for achievement
learned industriousness - reward after effort, and effort transfers, effort costs but also adds value
opening the phone - dopamine. opening the task - cost & self-criticism
1. don't pay the outcome; pay the effort/act: before you finish a session before evaluating the result - mark it "I showed up" seconds within the effort and has to be unconditional
2. put something at the entrance of the effort (chair, music, a hard candy) - the only place a good thing lives and exclusive
3. shrink the entry till absurd: not finish the chapter - open the doc & write one sentence; repetition is a must
4. design the room: don't find the temptations - remove them
5. Never end of failure.
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2026-10-06T17:18:53Z _UyFkdw: unbounded; hallucinations; non-determinism, divergence
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2026-10-06T17:16:09Z 9oWz6be: humans are very involved, developers for now
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2026-10-06T17:14:45Z Zbp2MRM: Maturity
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2026-10-06T17:14:24Z 2CxM2FU: TenetDocs, Promise, Flow
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2026-10-06T17:14:19Z hk7s9pP: Solution
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2026-10-06T17:14:08Z WWt_B5w: Problems
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2026-10-06T17:13:52Z XxuHpaB: (empty sticky)
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2026-10-06T17:13:41Z yGHnwGn: (empty sticky)
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2026-10-06T17:03:38Z 6KUoxpk: Autonomy of AI guided by Humans
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2026-10-06T17:02:40Z aY3pwzw: We use AI for all the company but it fails in some cases and we need help
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2026-10-06T17:02:28Z 7cLuE8f: We use AI for individuals:
Autonomy of Humans assisted by AI
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2026-10-06T16:28:04Z evWd44g: What is AI and how can it help us?
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2026-10-06T16:06:40Z fWh5Dq8: AI Usage Maturity Model
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2026-10-06T11:08:28Z rRGoX8q: 2026-10-06
TODO watch with Assya 75 hacks for kitchen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK-4930SVrQ
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2026-10-06T07:02:02Z h_fXY6c: I have a problem with the proof of the The Halting Problem.
I think the perfect solver h(c,i) cannot be executed on itself due to input recursion.
If C(x) is the code for any function X and I(Y) is the input to any invocation Y then any halting is:
h(C(x), I(y))
But to run h on itself is:
(1) h(C(h), I((1)))
and since (1) is impossible you cannot construct h. Meaning the Turing machines are not complete.
Alternatively if h() only accepts the code of the function it inspects, who is to say that the h(d) will halt? d() being the trickster function that inverts h().
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2026-10-05T20:05:18Z 8TVsY9h: 2026-10-05
The limitation of how good Claude can be is my own limit (the master does the skill of the chisel)
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2026-10-05T05:56:37Z FnnSozC: unnecessary details from general knowledge (e.g. identity vs roles)
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2026-10-05T05:53:42Z wkKkWWw: mixing of current state and new state. decisions should be only desired new state
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2026-10-04T07:55:17Z rySCXoG: a lot of slop (including in the indexes of both the ADRs and the PEs)
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2026-10-04T07:54:53Z Beeq772: Review
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2026-10-04T07:54:46Z K9YshnE: ADRs
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2026-10-04T07:54:30Z zWDxorE: TenetDocs
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2026-10-04T07:50:00Z W_vxnt6: 2026-10-04
"If you are going through hell, keep going" -- Winston Churchill
[keep that attitude and deliberately seek extremes to get to a point where the ego is lower than abilities]
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2026-10-04T07:48:38Z PCcVbEH: 2026-10-03
Supplements arrangement
starting hopefully 10d fast, asked AI which supplements to take and how (mostly following); bought electrolytes (sodium & potassium) for it
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2026-10-02T16:39:51Z DSvMxGU: 2026-10-02 Steve Jobs on criticism https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CoFR0o3sZSc
1. Pause (let cortisol calm a little)
2. Agree with some in some specific area (tells cortisol: this is not a fight or flight)
3. Reframe to the specific you want to sell (engage cognitive function again)
(Jobs on OpenDoc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o)
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2026-10-01T14:30:56Z y9DAGHA: 2026-10-01
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WFj5Le4cVCQ social needs
- approval
- significance
- acceptance
- intelligence
- status/power
- pity
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2026-10-01T13:07:43Z TaJSCvr: 2026-10-01 small talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zvhads2XeI
- Small talk can be used to find big opportunities
- make the first sentence memorable because this is where the snap judgements are formed (the first 6-15 seconds)
- not "Hey how are you" but "How did you do on that last project I read online" [shows interest and homework prep and willingness to help]
- Curious: the information is for somebody else. Single best question: What is the best thing you saw, most surprised you?
- Ask the good questions: How are affiliated with the event? What are you working on that you are passionate right now?
- Leaving no one aside: role, opportunities, struggles,
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2026-09-30T04:58:16Z C35_tZt: 2026-09-30 propaganda, Influencing the masses book
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alvinfsc_influencing-the-masses-ugcPost-7510485448088068096-BDFz/
Story about how cigarettes were sold to women
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2026-09-30T04:57:02Z pyXwCn7: 2026-09-30 Simon Sinek talking with Rob Lowe on A Bit of Optimism
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simonsinek_rob-lowes-three-red-carpet-poses-ugcPost-7510732173575127041-ADPW/
about how to behave when you are famous Man of the people, Blue Steel, Iconic
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2026-09-29T15:38:43Z YJMZ77A: 2026-09-29 Charisma on Command https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NQiHtbpa8s
Reframing
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2026-09-29T15:38:35Z 8FrLk2z: 2026-09-29 Charisma On Command https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS9W-wlJHPA
responding to verbal aggression
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-29T10:01:51Z 3keS2b_: 2026-09-29 Charisma on command: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-BjkO6Br_E
how to handle the apology to Julian
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2026-09-29T08:02:21Z yGBGJeZ: 2026-09-29 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamesphewitt_can-you-relate-to-this-i-spend-all-day-trying-ugcPost-7510597402895208448-Vg0K/
unfinished tasks keep the mind busy and stressing
to calm it down write down a plan to finish those tasks
[i.e. make a system that follows through on those plans]
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2026-09-29T08:02:21Z Kand3yB: 2026-09-29 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7509257627156029440/
Saying no is not selfish; it is about preserving self
Setting boundaries is not letting others down; it is standing for yourself
Sharing your preference is not disrespect; it is expression of self-respect
Adam Grant
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2026-09-29T04:45:36Z oH5PoM6: 2026-09-24
Julian Shermis from Rusty Programmers had filled an HR complaint against me. Have I become too Bulgarian? But I want to fight this to the end.
And I would not lose my cool. Hit harder sooner. Should have fired him sooner.
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2026-09-23T19:57:27Z vtrgCtT: 2026-09-23
patio woodwork design tips: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ap4mRhd1mkg
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-22T12:33:22Z Lo55Sbe: 2026-09-22
arrange supplements for Stefy - multi, vit C, vit B
TODO research supplements for her
Attended AI SDLC for Atlassian
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-21T18:54:35Z GAFDWRW: 2026-09-21
ordered Princeton & Barron's SAT prep books
Aya sleepover with new kid from school
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-21T18:28:29Z WxhRaoL: 2026-09-21
"We are not nouns, we are verbs." https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/525155-we-are-not-nouns-we-are-verbs-i-am-not
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-21T06:50:33Z xbLu25B: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3n_kypiTi5w
Dessy how nervous others are or auditions and how hard they tried before they became lucky
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-21T06:50:33Z 7TzsvHB: 2026-09-21 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CmaZfWJ3z-g
Jimmy Car on polarization of society and plague of social media; send to Aya or Dessy when they need it
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2026-09-21T06:50:33Z aXPyKho: 2026-09-20 can I do this for a Zen Garden on Gradina https://www.facebook.com/reel/2101179273805730
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-21T06:50:19Z CYuudtW: 2026-09-19
ordered for my liver https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FTZG851P
considered:
- https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B0DB256R9H
- https://www.amazon.de/SUNDAY-NATURAL%C2%AE-Thistle-Artichoke-Dandelion/
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T16:11:45Z xe_3kK3: 2026-09-05
not always more layers is better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgH9sr7G13Q
TODO check roballs with smaller # of convolutions
- shattered the deeper the net - the more the gradients resemble white noise
- fix - skip layer connections ResNet
- a lot on CNN and Residual NN
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z qFDkpRJ: 2026-09-05
Flight with paraglider: https://we.tl/t-ZYdHAmyimwgb5QU6
weekend in Plovidiv
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z qV9akqx: 2026-09-19 Roballs AI Todo for implementing cortex
Design experiment that would allow AI to play with itself to figure out "what if"s
1. AI asks "what would happen if X"
2. AI answers: Y
3. AI asks "what is the best response to Y and is that still winning"?
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z wBaXwbK: 2026-09-18
cooking steak sauce: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tf3oKmUc6ho
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z eGbCnwF: 2026-09-17
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbeG__RxA3y/
short video on color coordination for the impression you leave on others
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z xuskM8M: 2026-09-17
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZbKeTSxzX10
Naval on question more important than the answer
Agrippa's or Münchhausen's trilemma: god, circular logic, infinite regress
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z Th_NZJR: 2026-09-04 Rhonda Patrick on Visceral fat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sluOCy_nXHU
- intermittent fasting
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z JhHHT4B: 2026-09-14 7 levels of fasting https://youtu.be/iSplP_8k0Eg
fasting is not starvation, it is signal; some cancers cannot use ketones; hunger is a habit, not need.
1. 12 hour: pancreas; no fat loss; no digestion;
2. 16 hour; cells; mitophagy
3. 24 hour; liver; 18 hours - run of out glycogen;
4. 36 hours: immune system; lower inflammation, crp drops, white cells - cleanup too
5. 48-72 hours: muscles & hormones: HGH increase to protect lean tissue; also some adrenaline
6. 5 day: full body: autophagy: regenerate immune systems;
7. 7 day; stem cells;
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z yZTtNsh: 2026-09-18
https://emma.love/ - Mo Gawdat tool for connection
How do you communicate to clients about their most intimate desires. Check on for Lazy's The Fulfilment App
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z Tada8rz: 2026-09-13 Joe Brightman on losing visceral fat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MC9zQf9hY
- substitute alcohol for non-alcoholic drinks
- 1h cardio a week: 3x20 minutes
- 1 session: 5m warmup (30s high, 90s low)+ 4-6 rounds
- 2 steady sessions 20m: at 120 to 140bpm
- 2200kcal, 200g protein, 3 meals + protein snack
- lift
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z TT2wodJ: 2026-09-04 arranging supplements
ordered Fatty15
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z gpFNCko: 2026-09-16
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mqZQ1Alc4_g
power of mind: thinking that it has taken a bottle of anti-depressants heart rate goes down. turns out he is on nocebo. 15 minutes later - all OK
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z CEWpLAE: 2026-09-02 How to negotiate with different nations: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alvinfsc_this-is-a-basic-lesson-how-to-sell-to-every-ugcPost-7500538184892588032-AJwt/
- Russians - skip the pleasantries, they see politeness as weakness
- Germans - they come prepared, you better be on top of your numbers
- Arabs - person first, then business. Start with coffee
- British - It has to make sense otherwise they disappear
- Americans - results. It doesn't matter if you are strange. Show me the results
- Chinese - they think in silence; don't yap
- Indians - first number is not the number; don't start with the best offer
- Japanese - they have made the decision before seeing you
- French - test your thinking & like to be challenged (stand your ground)
- Turkish - relationship matter - book the restaurant over the office
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 74XMyup: 2026-09-13
One theory suggests that the weather east of African Rift Valley was constantly changing (lakes, deserts, savannahs) and that change drove the need for constant adaptation that forced larger brains in early hominds
TODO create similar environment for evolution of brains in roballs
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z ahHCsBu: 2026-09-18 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MnMLZ9VU5Rc
Schwarzenegger talks about turning bug into a feature - how he found the perfect characters to play that made his quirks productive (his accent and mechanical speech)
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 8H5oEuF: 2026-09-02 Angela Duckworth on the mind of champions: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/angeladuckworth_situated-ugcPost-7500604051403825152-uJhz/
- this is interesting
- this is important
- I can do this
- I know what to try next
Sent to Stefy
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z UbcFYTC: 2026-09-16 Classic Candle Problem with incentives - study by Sam Glucksberg in 1962
Article about it: https://behavioralscientist.org/how-incentives-hinder-innovation-creativity/
Gist: incentives do not promote creativity
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z wTwauXc: 2026-09-15
“Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.”
― Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships
проблема при мен е че много се страхувам да си казвам очакванията, а освен това май няма и много смисъл да ги споделям - почти никога те не биват разбрани или дори и да са разбрани не биват задоволени
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z qT6hsRu: 2026-09-01 Dan Garner on wisdom https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-galpin_theres-a-formula-for-wisdom-and-most-people-ugcPost-7500241784871194624-qvbT/
Wisdom = experience + feedback [i.e. read books & talk to people]
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 4_V8dFo: 2026-09-01 Steve Jobs on resolving conflict https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9oh0mLQqcY
25 decisions a year that we all need to agree on
everything else - ppl smarter than us - they tell us how it should be
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z kLL_EZa: 2026-09-19 supplements arrangement
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z hLLau5E: 2026-09-19 hire to buy back time (don't do $20/h jobs) to get focus, energy & free time https://www.linkedin.com/posts/codiesanchez_doing-your-own-laundry-might-be-why-your-ugcPost-7506027670313271296-YltS
- cleaner
- personal assistant (could be virtual)
- chief of staff
- trainer
- financial advisor to do taxes etc.
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T16:11:45Z z774MMu: 2026-09-10 Timing for beating visceral fat:
- walk after every meal
- walk outside within 60 minutes of waking
- fast 12-16 hours
- eat protein & veggies before carbs
- 30-50g protein per meal (inlcuding breakfast)
- protect the night & sleep (no food 3 hours before bed)
- no liquid sugar
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T16:11:45Z JgeRyfn: 2026-09-18
My father was not only absent because he was working, he was also uninterested. I can be providing and starting a business and be interested
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinolearytv_marriage-is-a-business-because-building-ugcPost-7506370287438032897-qGR9/
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 2MRpZJp: 2026-09-15 Senior vs Architect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsB401dN5b4
Arch: make decisions easier for everyone else
- Systems thinking: Issue fix: Senior: fix; Arch: what happened to the system after that fix
- Communicate not only the technical decision but also the business one
- Structure Design - reduce future chaos, where do we need to be in 2-3 years, tradeoffs
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 7thPsCo: 2026-09-08 Rhonda Patrick on Smoothies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4wumYo-yWs
- kale, blueberries, avocado, protein powder, beta glucan, water
- banana has anti anti-oxidant properties
- beta glucan: pre-biotic, lowering LDL, and lowering blood sugar properties
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 9uWPq7G: 2026-09-17
Michellin star mashed potato: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7N27PVV2_Zo
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z 6SYAMzB: 2026-09-17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banker's_algorithm for Promise Language for starting new processes (or is this the LLVM property?)
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T16:11:45Z LcfNo8F: 2026-09-17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-stabilization - for The Last App TenetLoop TenetDocs
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z wvXgXWc: 2026-09-14 what does the cerebellum do? https://youtu.be/SFdpOiFq6b4?is=N6tKc6wGgDPigZHN
- projects 100-200ms in the future the commands the motor cortex gave out and compares with incoming sensory data to see if the movement actually happened. Adjusts if it didn't for some reason (i.e. muscle fatigue, weight, etc.)
TODO create similar system for roballs
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z ohdc8MH: 2026-09-19 invest in 15 uncorrelated streams to allow to not miss on upside and minimize downsides
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raydalio_raydalio-investing-diversification-ugcPost-7506747052417277952-ZKVs/
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T16:11:45Z pfakKKM: 2026-09-17
brown people opposing the view that whites are to blame for slavery
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1315298210171455
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z xFoSUbX: 2026-09-13
TODO AI roballs
How to evolve the cerebellum? Something that predicts the ball hiding behind an obstacle and expected to show on the other side
Problem: falling robots due to noise and failing sensors
- evolve the models with transfer to different bodies and sensors
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2026-09-19T16:11:45Z DDA3o9g: 2026-09-17
cooking chicken thighs on stainless steel pan
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dDUeRK-sULU
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T16:11:45Z hyEZkus: 2026-09-01 How to prepare pizza dough: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3323546481283343
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T15:59:27Z Ch3x9g9: 2026-01-08
Dani BD. I wanted to “memoralize” her account
Handstand levers: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qpa-UBL7ZY0
Couching legs on top of arms balancing
As above but head on ground, gradually release legs to be free but still crouching
Head on the ground, one leg above the other curled
Headstnad: Head on the ground, both legs up
Handstand
Handstand pushups
Idea for the room downstairs office - bed on the second floor office on the first: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SQQ3Yvq7F2A
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T15:59:20Z TsYTNxV: 2026-01-07
Supplements arrangement
TODO
Where did I “read” about Elenolic acid (olive oil leaf extract)?
How much is in the supplement I am taking?
How much is needed per day for effectiveness?
Starting regimen of 500mg mornings for 2 months from Euro Herbs Olive Leaf Extract - 500mg Olive Leaf Extract (Olea Euroea L) (standarized to 18% oleuropein)
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2026-09-19T11:31:35Z R4qfPp8: 2026-06-22
Send to Aya someday to remind her that she should never start a fight but should finish it! Brad Williams standup midget dwarf
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FsQvd7i8cag
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2026-09-19T11:12:55Z HF8Se8x: Мелник
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: Ht3daWV
2026-09-19T11:12:50Z Ht3daWV: TODO
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T11:12:04Z q85KuSG: прехвърляне от сър към мен и Ана
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-09-19T11:12:01Z R3hNDD8: Родина
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: Ht3daWV
2026-09-19T11:11:54Z ZL9xfWA: прехвърляне от сър към мен и Ана
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: HF8Se8x
2026-09-19T11:11:51Z eNggxRR: даване под наем
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: HF8Se8x
2026-09-19T10:22:59Z t7Avrz9: Done (Google)!
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-19T10:22:44Z 6XXtaXV: ok
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2026-09-19T10:22:41Z uaaUwAz: dfg
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2026-09-01T16:08:05Z poyTydA: 2026-02-08
Hotel for romantic getaway with Assya:
Superior suit in Design Hotel 36 (baththub in room for the Superior Double Room): https://www.booking.com/hotel/bg/36.html
https://www.booking.com/hotel/bg/viko-butik-apart.html
Airbnb Oborishte jacuzzi & sauna in unit: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1181815508085304823
Grand hotel Milenium - bath with a view: https://www.booking.com/hotel/bg/grand-millennium-sofia.en-gb.html
Marinela Premium King Room along with night at Megami
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2026-09-01T16:05:27Z 3EDaYK5: 2026-02-09
Bill Maher: https://youtu.be/uVj2yVVHUdo?t=359
“Too many people feel that even clawing their way to the middle class is impossible”
-> I will claw my way to the upper class (passive income) to get my kids better future
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2026-09-01T16:05:25Z dNst_Av: 2026-02-08
Claude code with Browser Agent from Vercel: https://www.facebook.com/groups/devbg/permalink/4399832773587119/
Check if my Miro clone can be done this way?
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-01T16:05:15Z VtLfEHJ: 2026-02-18
TODO Cook chicken sousvide and then fry it: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1390118075762601
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-09-01T16:05:15Z vXH9oeH: 2026-02-21
Todo explore this for roballs: https://x.com/DrJimFan/status/2024895359236051274
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z k9vx4EZ: 2026-02-15
TODO research if breathing
4s in, 6s out, 10s hold will subside hunger
4, 7, 8 will put you to sleep faster
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z HkTta3Z: 2026-02-10
Рахат локум със сливова ракия: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2248006022392869
Todo send to Anjelic and Assya to make some day
Deep fried potato skins with steak: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2309866389530679
Baked high protein chicken: https://www.facebook.com/reel/764637009574230
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z XTzRLws: 2026-02-23
Creativity: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nuno-reis_in-1996-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-wrote-a-activity-7431601245930377216-Qiy0 referring to the work of Csikszentmihalyi
1/ Smart + Naive
2/ Energetic + Quiet
3/ Play + Discipline
4/ Fantasy + Realism
5/ Introverted + Extroverted
I have a lot of these - have to develop some of the others to become world class performer.
Try 8 garlic cloves on a Friday evening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6QT7_L1OZ88
To kill bad gut bacteria and feed the good kind
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z dKSGkCZ: 2026-02-11
3g Glycine to reduce cortisol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBKUko9iexc
AI research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecEGiya8foQ
JEPA network architecture for inferring from few examples
TODO: send to the kids:
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2021296248083345880 - acting in 21st century
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DSdDRM3knt7/ - mom taping phone to the face of a teenage girl
TODO watch some of these eventually
CIA Tactics to Win Under Pressure: Stay Calm and Destroy Negative Thoughts
RAW vs CIA: Why India’s Spy Agency Might Be More Dangerous Than You Think
Secret History #1: How Power Works (4K Re-Upload with Audio Fixed)
Some truths but a bit of too much conspiracy theories
Money is abundant but artificially created scarce to control it
Food is abundant but cannot be distributed to create fear to force labor
Gods vs science: gods control you but you can fight; science - it is all within you and you are powerless to change it
The most complex model we actually understand
Simulating the Evolution of Teamwork
Homer's Iliad Explained: Psychology of Courage, Fear and Human Nature
How Fasting Science has Changed in the Past 5 Years (no more 16:8)
What I want for my bday: https://www.ironpandafit.com/collections/shirts/products/kinda-fit-sorta-fat-washed-gym-shirt?variant=42249654468656
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z KbYTuEb: 2026-02-16
Todo Send to Assya & Ana
The Most Effective Weight Training, Cardio & Nutrition for Women | Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listening to NSQ: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gulQErysOJMru98QTgZwS
Race strengths and train weaknesses
Todo take survey here: https://www.viacharacter.org/
Done: https://www.viacharacter.org/surveys/freeresults?sessionID=37999734&version=august2024
Love of Learning
Kindness
Humor
Judgment
Curiosity
Honesty
Bravery
Love
Creativity
Fairness
Perspective
Leadership
Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence
Social Intelligence
Prudence
Hope
Forgiveness
Humility
Teamwork
Zest
Spirituality
Gratitude
Perseverance
Self-Regulation
With a bit more text here: StrengthsProfile-George-Kremenliev.pdf (in personal)
TODO Cook Принцеси с лаваш: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1722872888676306
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z ESxpSSL: 2026-02-14
Funny meeting https://m.facebook.com/reel/1459856812338240
Ducks in a row, eggs basket, stakeholders
TODO cook pancakes this way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrRghMThS94
Ski instruction progressing from snow plough to parallel turns: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ltiWDxzvr6c
“First comes the dreamers, then the bankers, then the salesmen, then the sharks, then the desperate, and then the thieves” Tommy in landman S01E04 around 14:30
Bought second-hand dishwasher Miele. Warranty expires on 2027-02-14
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z n5haUxc: 2026-02-20
Took Aya to ophtamologist and back
QotD: The opposite to discipline is not freedom, it is dependence on someone or something. From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjcHMBHULo
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z J5eXhoe: 2026-02-13
Singup Aya for ACS Exam
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z y_bk2bH: 2026-02-16
Exercise Stretching for hips: https://www.facebook.com/reel/915395721228884
Toady gastro- & colonoscopy
TODO make these omlet filled potato pockets: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1796246251222273
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z 8sZgz8A: 2026-02-22
Supplements arrangement
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2026-09-01T16:05:15Z uyRC53K: 2026-02-27
TODO use this approach for detecting colorado bugs on potato plants & have a robot remove them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iGeqPLk3Fc
TODO explore her journaling to break down (decompose) thought processes, analyze them why they happen, then modify it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O8VPV7lgIvc
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2026-09-01T14:49:41Z CFBry6q: 2026-08-22 build discipline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkP_8bkjf1E
associate reward with the effort, not with the outcome, with the start (with entrance) of the hard thing to shorten the dopamine feedback pathway [it is the same as with "do the smallest step" and congratulate yourself for doing it]
And have something exclusive - something that you get to enjoy only when doing the said activity.
"Write one sentence" needs a reward, not "Write full chapter"
Design the room (the environment) to be successful in achieving your goal (encounter fewer temptations)
Never end on a failure [how to reconcile that with "end mid sentence to give your brain the easy start tomorrow"]
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2026-09-01T09:06:02Z LU5SvaC: 2026-08-31
Blood tests in Cibalab: ПКК и разни + VitD, ApoB/ApoA, hsCRP,
- 1-11212447:13334063
- 1-11212504:96265402
Dessy:
- 1-11212427:94297645
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2026-09-01T09:06:02Z Mykd3JM: 2026-08-30
Cooking zucchini au gratin: Mom's recipe: надлъжно нарязани тиквички, запечени, залети с 10 яйца и белтъци, и една буца сирене, копър, магданоз, пресен лук и чесън. Настърган кашкавал отгоре. Може и кисело мляко в заливката.
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2026-09-01T09:06:02Z w847WtR: 2026-08-26
Capone's Japanese learning site: https://kaiganclub.com/
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2026-09-01T09:06:02Z nTrTqfC: 2026-08-31
Vitamin D is over; Uric acid is back to normal
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2026-09-01T09:06:02Z voqoRDU: 2026-08-31 Farmers markets online with delivery
- https://vrlin.co/food/
- https://farmmarket.bg/
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2026-09-01T09:00:40Z MXHaPMw: ⵙⴱⴻⵄⴷⴻⵖ ⵢⴻⵎⵎⴰ ⵎⵓ 1234123
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2026-09-01T09:00:02Z kx235XT: кой знае колко книги (нелегално естествено)
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2026-08-30T13:21:12Z Rw_gKqp: 2026-08-12 Ideas for Side Quests from https://x.com/MindMatter28/status/2085656585846894673
- Spend one full day completely alone in silence
- One week without Social Media
- cook 10 recipes from scratch: risotto, chicken soup, pan seared chicken breast, beef chili, Arabian lentil cream soup,
- play one full song on the piano
- design the caravan outside space to my liking
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2026-08-25T15:24:51Z 8UwXqXg: GitHub
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2026-08-25T15:24:51Z vh5fVvD: Крадене от другите (OpenAI, Google, etc.)
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2026-08-25T15:24:51Z VRUhS5y: https://commoncrawl.org/
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2026-08-25T15:24:51Z 79tk9vw: human genrated data
по едно време и двете компании наемаха девелпъри да пишат код, който да се използва за трениране на моделите им
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2026-08-25T15:24:51Z 4w7CW6A: Данни
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2026-08-25T15:17:16Z home: Axono Mind
My mind rarely works in a straight line. More like a drunken monkey. And current crop of documents just aren't cut for the job of capturing such randomness.
So I created this little experiment - a 3D space for capturing thoughts the way they happen. Feel free to join in and experiment yourself.
And leave a bit of feedback if you have ideas to improve the tool.
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2026-08-22T13:16:10Z 6GvfJnW: 2026-08-22 David Asprey loose visceral fat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzh5FgtNGfY1
1. good quality protein (grass fed meat, eggs, fish, grass fed diary)
2. cut sugar & processed carbohydrates -> veggies & fruits
3. HIIT, 10 minutes 3 times a week
4. cold exposure
5. weight lifting
6. sleep + mg glycinate for sleep
7. stress reduction
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2026-08-22T13:01:07Z KWnXn_N: 2026-08-21
Took pictures of Melnik of the roof construction job needed
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2026-08-21T16:04:31Z EcXuae2: 2026-08-19
NEW15 - Code Happy Delivery
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2026-08-19T10:25:59Z JLq5gMD: 2026-08-19 Marketing is about Values. Steve Jobs introduces Think Different brand campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDD5G2_6hdA
- do not talk about speeds and feeds, not about MHz
- dairy "got milk?" focuses on the abscense of the product.
- Nike sells commodity. They sell shoes. They don't talk about their soles. They honor great athletes
- our customers want to know "who is Apple? what do we stand for? where do we stand int he world?"
- "we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better"
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2026-08-18T20:48:07Z 5RMANwG: 2026-08-18 train knuckles to contract to improve grip strength: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t1fZe5RAzwY
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2026-08-18T20:30:39Z stxFXGP: 2026-08-18 Eat Eggs for more satiety (releasing more GLP-1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHeSelPZICE
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2026-08-18T09:18:27Z DFArTEv: 2026-08-18 TODO cook Homemade ham https://www.facebook.com/reel/2043543226272696
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2026-08-17T17:02:19Z oNUTLtU: 2026-08-17
0887222666 Димитър Кременлиев (Митко на бат Мето)
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2026-08-17T14:45:31Z RwvSuhL: 2026-08-17 irresistible man - not defensive: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QuaquuyBeBI
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2026-08-15T14:17:04Z yWZ44TM: 2026-08-15 mind mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_tuS9sWJEk
- how could it be different?
- how else could I arrange these thoughts?
- what are the real connections that I haven't explored yet?
- how can I clean things up?
- how can I organize this more intuitively?
- how can I space things out?
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2026-08-15T08:47:42Z A_Kunfg: 2026-08-15 David Sinclair on DOAC on how to fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik9IECbnt7o
- no "one size fits all": most days 14 hours
- once a month - 3d fast, after 3 days a lot of protein breakdown happens
- longevity: focus uncooked or undercooked plants high in polyphenols, xenohormesis = eat the rainbow,
- longevity foods: blueberries. matcha, avocadoes, extra virgin olive oil, nuts (careful), brussels sprouts
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2026-08-15T08:25:50Z yDJxgz4: 2026-08-15 Burning fat with walking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vmm1Fw3ywI
- after meal keeps blood sugar low and reduces cravings 1-2 hours post meal: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40594496/
- visceral fat also absorbs glucose; either walk post meal or don't take carbs in the evening
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2026-08-15T08:02:02Z fqkdXFZ: 2026-08-15 decking tips & tricks
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nZJ9IOklB5M
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2026-08-14T19:20:49Z w4nozYX: 2026-08-14 Jimmy Carr on Communism, Socialism, Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UGp-kbVfYP4
TODO Send Dessy
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2026-08-14T14:36:16Z ECkwgNP: 2026-08-14 Supplements arrangement
replenished some of them and got B Complex for Stefy
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2026-08-14T11:18:10Z cHERk9u: 2026-08-14 Tony Blauer on Jesse Enkamp about violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgS-5j_jTm4
- if you don't manage your fear you'll have trouble managing the fight
- reflexes will appear in surprising situation (not the preparation)
- doubt -> hesitation -> procrastination
- if you doubt yourself and you have one opponent you are outnumbered
-
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2026-08-14T11:05:06Z 7tkg7Fz: 2026-08-14 Mr. Olympia winner Dorian Yates on muscle growth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzp2hq0hGWE
- intensity, push to exhaustion and then do the negative on top
- day 1: chest, shoulder, triceps
- day 2: back
- day 3:
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2026-08-14T10:53:58Z NR4rsTv: 2026-08-14 Elon on Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1mb3ARvSJo
- read books talk to people
- engaging and immersive like video game
- teach to the problem, not to the tools
- explain the why
- first principles
- picking a relevant problem to the target
- most of the learning is in the first two years mostly from your classmates [same for me in TU - others were doing interesting things]
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2026-08-14T10:41:59Z pZCuZpU: 2026-08-14 TODO write my own principles then use
Digital Ray https://www.digitalray.ai/home
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2026-08-14T10:40:46Z xLPPu5P: 2026-08-14 Toshiba air-conditioning remote guide
file:///C:/Users/GKremenliev/Downloads/OM_1129850217-2_EN.pdf
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2026-08-13T03:47:48Z Atgpq3s: New Sticky!
#1
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2026-08-11T19:40:55Z u_H_t9G: 2026-08-11 Veritasium secrets to keep ppl engaged with his videos - TODO Share with Dessy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHhJ8_TJeNo
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2026-08-11T17:24:10Z sEthMHc: 2026-08-11 Decathlon shopping list
- 2nd paddle board (or a surf board?)
- 4 5kg plates
- a long bar + 4 10kg plates
- volleyball net
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2026-08-11T17:24:07Z 5ZrbCpG: 2026-08-11
- aixomind (taken)
- axiobrain
- axiosmind
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2026-08-11T11:30:33Z NH8Gxwb: 2026-08-10
TODO share this to Disinfection
- https://www.facebook.com/reel/1630313108464693
- https://www.facebook.com/reel/1554694419689885
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2026-08-09T10:38:47Z Dea9aW8: 2026-08-07
Elon on what makes companies valuable:
Work hard to solve tough problems
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2026-08-09T07:12:47Z L4_3BfZ: 2026-08-07
Todo train roballs this way
Label few, use SAM 2 to label many, train tint YOLO 2 to detect balls
https://x.com/VaibhavSisinty/status/2085411065001845085
This could be the repo: https://github.com/vietnh1009/Yolo-v2-pytorch/
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2026-08-06T09:12:11Z tpdBwwK: 2026-08-06
Elon on Dwarkesh Podcast 08/2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYXbuik3dgA
- Allocate to the bottleneck: he allocates himself purely by bottleneck — something going well means they never see him, drilling only into whatever is decisive.
- Acute over chronic pain: take the near-term acute pain (learn steel, run chips in space) to kill the bottleneck, rather than enduring chronic pain to avoid it. Might be Adnressen's principle
- 50th-Percentile Stochastic Scheduling: Schedule to the 50% probability of success to avoid the "scheduling gas expansion"
- Derivative Progress Mapping via Raw Skip-Level Reviews: Technical velocity is evaluated by conducting unannounced, skip-level reviews directly with ground-level engineers at high frequency (1–2 times weekly) and plotting the second derivative of technical progress over time to detect stagnation before project failure occurs. Hierarchy filters and distorts operational truth ("glazing")
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2026-08-05T12:47:22Z hCgD4x_: 2026-08-05
Advertised stack for belly fat loss: https://greenactive.bg/product/fitoless/
- forskolin 120mg - fat loss and glucose metabolism cAMP
- yeba mate 105mg
- Irvingia gabonesis - 100mg
- Btula pendula - 80mg
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2026-08-05T10:30:49Z e7kAe8u: 2026-08-05
Get a bunch of fridge magnets
- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005012832069512.html
- https://giftbg.com/product/4178/aluminiev-badzh-sas-silikonovo-pokritie.html
- or something like this but bigger: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008715822994.html
and write on them these adages:
- "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it." -- Alberto Brandolini
- If it is easy you are not growing. If it is hard - you are doing it wrong.
- Hard work is the only magic.
- It is not about who you are. It is about who you are willing to become.
- Make something people want. -- YC
- It takes inspiration and activity to the point of insanity to create something truly worthwhile for everyone. -- Sadhguru
- To think that you're gonna excel and not grind...you know, good luck. -- Bill Gurley
- Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. -- Unknown
- Strategic discomfort builds strength - random suffering breaks you. -- @ChristineLew_
- What if it goes right? -- George Mack
- Comfort doesn't kill ambition. It numbs it until stillness feels like peace and wasting time feels like rest. -- XanderOperator
- Believe in your ability to figure it out. That's it. Start - you'll figure out the rest. -- AlexHormozi
- Listen like you might be wrong. -- Noah Echstein
- Enough of this academic chatter. Back again to devilry! -- Goethe
- Sell-Then-Build -- Unknown
- Think Big. Live Simply. -- Unknown
- Don't argue to win. Argue to understand! -- Unknown
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2026-08-05T10:15:48Z uHsHaMp: 2026-08-04
Angela Duckworth on Grith: https://x.com/angeladuckw/status/2079292259372028005
- Gritty people are more dependent on others
- Rely more on coaches, mentors, teachers
- Looking for feedback, help,
- Get other people to make it easier for them
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2026-08-05T10:15:48Z URss2c_: 2026-08-04
Elon Musk: thinking in the limit (from Musk in his own words): What if we could scale this up or down infinitely (or a lot more)
- what if we can build many more levels of tunnels?
- what if we can launch many more rockets
- what if we can build those faster (Gigafactory & Boring company)
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2026-08-05T10:15:48Z _WVKx7t: 2026-08-03
Ray Dalio on success: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raydalio_principles-raydalio-personalgrowth-ugcPost-7482803269853962240-q6nz/
1. Have Goals
2. On the way to goals -> Problems & shortcomings
3. Diagnosis (patterns -> root causes),
4. Work to improve or to work around (work with somebody)
5. Push toward goals
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2026-08-05T10:15:48Z wC5JMnG: 2026-08-04
Elon Musk: "What would it take?" When asking for something absurd or impossible
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2026-08-05T10:15:39Z 6JrbUea: 2026-07-28
https://x.com/HowToPrompt__/status/2081739847614845288
how Einstein thought discovery happens
- observation (apple falls)
- intuit abstract axioms (everything attracts everything else)
- build logical system based on new axioms that explain observation (build orbital mechanics)
TODO GAI How to train a model to do that kind of intuition - present to it partial information (picture) and ask it to tell you what's behind the incomplete part (e.g. where did the human go when they moved behind the tree)
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2026-08-05T10:15:39Z GgsC_nh: 2028-07-31
OpenDerm robot for 3d scanning of the skin and software for tracking lesions looking for skin cancer melanoma
https://openderm.github.io/
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2026-08-05T10:15:38Z 4HhCPdX: 2026-07-27
https://www.windy.com/42.410/27.666?42.406,27.672,16
Wind forecast for KremKi caravan Rosen's kite surf school
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2026-07-25T08:51:45Z L4rurtg: 2026-07-25
ADHD and Autism Spectrum diagnosis based on retinal image
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-schooler-developed-an-ai-tool-to-diagnose-autism-and-adhd-using-the-retina-180988694/
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2026-07-18T15:21:41Z t3HPPT8: 2026-07-18
NO boosting foods (blood vessels dilator) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b3T6-Dn08I
- blueberries
- dark chocolate
- beets
- barley
- apple
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2026-07-16T05:51:45Z tkxVcMC: 2026-07-16
https://x.com/markkaplan20/status/2077343940832043288
- Vit C is preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in high doses. Mechanism is Vit C -> collagen -> arteries cracks -> Lp(a) filling those cracks -> plaque
- suggestion: use Sodium Ascorbate for Vit C
- protocol for Gogo: take 5g Vit C for 6 months and check my Lp(a)/Lp(b) ratio
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2026-07-14T09:57:13Z W9SbNas: 2026-07-14
pushup complex: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/42XsL4vqGhU
TODO create morning beach complex for Gogo
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2026-07-14T08:49:06Z KS8cveW: 2026-06-14
Tim Ferris with Sebastian Mallaby: Prepare your mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBgWAnX1sNs
- investors running pre-investment meeting exercises to prepare what kind of company & founder is needed for a new tech
- Ilya Sutskever waiting for the GPT architecture to build the LLMs
- Seahawks vs Patriots - the intercept was the only logical play and the quarterback that made it was waiting for it and started running when he recognized it.
- my example: James Cameron waiting for the 3d capture tech to get to modern day to be able to make Avatar
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2026-07-14T08:08:49Z 5bxXbWf: 2026-07-14
Assya asking for which supplements to arrange for herself. I sent her the spreadsheet. Her reaction "too complex". Sent her only pills & doses for herself.
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2026-07-14T07:52:41Z XUCH3WJ: 2026-06-30
Chase Hughes: if good feeling ends right after the conversation - there was something artificial in the person
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LtU4G5sAcG8
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2026-07-14T07:52:27Z DJ3zGwz: 2026-07-03
Chase Hughes: Psychopaths make you feel good but the feeling of good ends when they leave
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MOcAyXTIIVM
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2026-07-13T12:10:33Z HNpdTqq: 2026-07-13
Majority of uncomfortable emotions are ancored in the past or future
Majority of pleasant ones are achored in the present
Mo Gawdat https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mogawdat_mogawdat-emotions-mindset-ugcPost-7480913641278603264-NTk-/
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2026-07-13T11:27:17Z ynXuLAt: 2026-07-13
Correlation between Grit and Talent is about Zero
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/angeladuckworth_grit-talent-after-two-decades-of-research-ugcPost-7474835509333229568-YWKu/
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2026-07-13T11:25:38Z x5coB5J: 2026-07-13
Current Sickle Cell Anemia treatment - $3m
Applied in severe cases (associated with pain). Process includes zapping all bone marrow RBC, editing, treatment, hospital stay
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2026-07-13T11:25:38Z fJC67N8: 2026-07-13
TODO ask Assya regularly "What needs of yours are not met"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pGly_aQiWGE
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2026-07-13T11:25:38Z CSS24V9: 2026-07-13
Send to Assya when she accuses me for "not doing anything" when the kids need help or tough stance
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/drbecky_is-anyone-else-watching-the-world-cup-and-ugcPost-7481050283892965377-t5E6/
Becky Kennedy on parenting like Haaland plays socker (nothing and then action). Goal is to win the game - not score every point
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z dGfDau7: 2026-07-06
what ashames you - it is not morality - it is cowardess
when you carry that shame/guild - makes you a bad person
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/66wW8kQrk9k
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z ovYTMEr: 2026-07-06
told Mih about HPV #31
led me down the path of debugging myslef
- https://gemini.google.com/app/a8a8b8fa215ab4c7
- https://claude.ai/chat/ea3d24f2-5b2e-4e6a-8bf2-531bb42b95b6
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z zYFPMf8: 2026-07-03
TODO send this to Assya
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2hE00bwx9m4
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z S2MKGgy: 2026-07-08
Took Spaska from Pit Lane. 145 EUR for a roll next to the air-conditioning compressor. Most likely this was caused by the compressor being more active now putting more pressure on the belt and the faulty wheel bearing gave just gave up. Pavel is said:
- sell Spaska
- asks for no more repairs from him
- perhaps get Spaska to Shen Company for air-conditioning servicing: +359888571591
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z ksRk3Mw: 2026-07-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mfwXuS06Ok
- Authority: What needs to be true for this to be real? What evidence supports the claim? What evidence challenges the claim?
- Spin: When reading/hearing marketing repeat it as a question. "up to X faster?" - faster than what? faster when?
- Consensus: hysteria, group think. Make AI show you the opposite PoV
- Be precise. Please verify
- Own bias. We want it to be true.
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z RAW4_Cc: 2026-07-02
met Mih for 3 hours
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2026-07-13T07:28:33Z Kxt8PzW: 2026-07-03
Spaska - 90 EUR for filling the air-conditioning gas
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2026-07-08T10:12:13Z gfzJM5F: Mac users:
Option + zoom in/out to change layers
Command + grab a note to move it around
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2026-06-30T20:17:01Z ydNNY7T: 2026-06-30
Best sales man optimizes for the next sale: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5OsPViCuPm8
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2026-06-30T16:08:34Z Y2WBWF2: 2026-06-24
Some AI coding tools for Claude Code:
- Token minimization: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
- Phased approach to feature development: https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave
- TODO research loop and harness improval
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2026-06-24T08:22:33Z fVcdg3X: 2026-06-24
TODO send this to Aya when she doesn't want to go to bed
https://x.com/alphafox/status/2066749940278136845
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2026-06-24T08:22:02Z T6PA5MW: 2026-06-24
Signed up Aya for Artis
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2026-06-23T07:00:55Z beDsuc3: 2026-06-23
Arranging supplements
Sent 400€ to Ina for DJ for the party on 20th in Pravetz (to give to Borisov who paid for it)
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2026-06-22T12:48:31Z Wda6N25: 2026-06-22
Dealing with Gaslighters (sociopaths or psychopaths): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2Ic8V6Mdy3M
Ask them to repeat the manipulative thing again - makes it much more public
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2026-06-19T14:30:49Z Edeqcwq: 2026-06-19
TODO Send Assya Lentils & Chick Peas bread recepie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_xdHP5qz_Q
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2026-06-19T11:26:20Z dNNgWAb: 2026-05-27
TODO Send to Dessy
- Are you using backstage.com?
- What books are you reading?
- DONE Did you meet with Neda?
- What clubs do the Theater folk go to these days?
- Do you know the story of Spielberg broke into Hollywood? How would you do this for Broadway?
- How's the new phone? Did you get it screen protector?
- If I assign you a project to get to be really good buddies with Mark's GF, how would you do it? I am not giving you this project, just asking "how".
- what your self-marketing plan?
- what is going on with the missing class for the second (or rather the first) major?
- did you watch the full speech of Ray Dalio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzz0YJpc9o
- what are the three major setbacks during your time in Columbia that you want to reflect on?
- what do you want to experiment with in the next 10 years?
- what thought you some humility over the past few years?
- who are the smartest people in your environment that disagree with you?
- now that you are done with school, what are some of the meaningful relationship that you wish to keep for the next chapter?
- what would be the description of the ideal partner for you?
- did you read this: https://x.com/brivael/status/2055411322628583488 - wokism as thought experiment (not as something to implement in reality)
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2026-06-19T07:53:43Z pF4xeBG: 2026-06-19
TODO Cook Tater Tots: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1487531596486621
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2026-06-18T09:36:56Z turPByV: 2026-06-18
Systems thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjTgkm-h__M
questions about any system:
1. what are the hidden parts
2. how are they connected
3. what patterns keep repeating
Systems:
1. Clear: observable relationship between cause and effect - the Van Halen "remove brown M&Ms" as indication of not reading the contract closely
2. Complicated: hard to understand cause & effect - multiple causes for any single symptom
3. Complex: cause & effect are only visible in hindsight, systems change as you interact with them. e.g. Change management, raising teenager.
4. Chaotic: small input changes huge effect. Cause and effect can only be seen post-hoc
Actions to take:
1. Clear -> check lists
2. Complicated -> Slowdown, analyze, find experts
3. Complex -> Run lot of tests, try small experiments and course correct
4. Chaotic -> Stabilize first, ask later, understand later
DART
D: Deconstruct: are the parts stable or shifting?
A: Analyze: Obvious -> clear; Discoverable -> complicated; Emergent -> complex; Broken -> chaotic
R: Have I seen similar before
T: Test - run the smallest test
See outside: Mentor, Data, Time (compare to a year ago)
Luxury or mass-market? Steve Jobs spent 20 years building a company that can do both. Tesla and SpaceX as well - brining the luxury to everyday ppl
"The world will meet you at your level of audacity and hope"
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2026-06-17T10:03:00Z 27pRUNM: 2026-06-17
Send to Stefy and ask her to define her own Pyramid of Success: https://www.thewoodeneffect.com/pyramid-of-success/
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2026-06-17T08:40:19Z P2uVqy7: 2026-06-15
Manipulation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G-mVdgjT7Zc
- start by making a "negative disassociation" statement. e.g. "So glad you are not like the others, you are so open-minded"
- make them agree on who they are as a person
- How did you get this open - and the moment they answer they are open for the rest of it
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2026-06-17T08:40:07Z bzw4okx: 2026-06-07
Arranging supplements: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tCratIFVZUlJuJ1LqYo1z9aitnkl_bvs0fCn57qXCb8
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-06-17T08:40:07Z NEP7Eta: 2026-06-01
Becky Kennedy on Tim Ferriss Show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/01wUW6WogsKV1pDwAiXYDX
- When you yell at your kids, find time after you have calmed down to go back to them and say: "Hey, when I yelled at you, it was not your fault."
- When praising a child, focus on the effort and the process rather than the outcome. Instead of a general "good job," use descriptive praise like, "I saw how hard you worked on that" or "You really kept trying even when it was difficult." This helps build internal validation rather than a reliance on external approval.
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2026-06-17T08:40:07Z fsgPU56: 2026-06-06
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pOfKQXxgBL8
Business: less wrong
Academia: right
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2026-06-17T08:40:07Z oz4BDDy: 2026-06-15
5 tests over 40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc5ACsDQGxs
- hollow body hold (lower back and butt arching slightly up) - hold for 60s
- deep squat hold - 30s
- dead hang - 60s hold - hang every day and build it up
- strict pushups - 20 reps
- single leg balance eyes closed - 30s
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2026-06-17T08:40:07Z HZrW_Je: 2026-06-15
Taking a look at Information Theory (both Gemini and Claude)
- Self-information (Surprisal) [statistically improbable phrases]
- Shannon Entropy - self information across all events
- Kolmogorov complexity - program to produce the string is shorter for low info strings
- noise, error correction,
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2026-06-15T09:26:15Z rg8U_ES: 2026-05-30
Jeff Bezos' two way door: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/31uq2-LR-PY
when the downside is not too big - just try it for 6 months and if doesn't work - stop doing it
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2026-06-15T09:26:12Z L6cPpnY: 2026-05-29
Catan strategies for winning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGszJM2BNi4
- 25% winning standard, 41% - 1 monopoly card, 54% with 2 monopoly cards when played late in the game
- wood, sheep, ore - slightly more exposure
- trade to optimize the position - i.e. do not seek perfect trade. overpay for tempo (block expansion, build longest road, build city early)
- longest road - 59% win, largest army - 54% win
- game rewards scaling over expansion
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2026-05-31T10:27:10Z KLu8ZUH: Hello
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2026-05-31T10:26:31Z A343Z4a: # Hello
- one
- two
- thre
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2026-05-28T13:11:22Z f9yUpgY: 2026-05-28
Sick as a dog
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2026-05-28T13:11:03Z zKCnNHK: 2026-05-27
Hotel started charging more for the way they described the rooms: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wAlOTFv3j8g
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2026-05-27T09:18:42Z G9uEE4w: 2026-05-26
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ped3ajH4v-U
the market for "How we think" is 150 times larger than "what we do"
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2026-05-26T12:31:02Z C3MTk8J: 2026-05-25
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c1sMbNZT73E Gabor Mate
a decision to make. two rational choices and one irrational
- Too much stress, cannot deal with it. I leave
- I accept the stress. Hope you come to your senses but I am here regardless
- I stay and I will change you
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2026-05-24T19:03:01Z XB89zCo: 2026-04-24
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VMVQRuYAp3c Gabor Mate
- validate emotions
- do not accept all behaviors
- unconditional love
- work on parental traumas even before pregnancy
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2026-05-24T17:57:17Z ebkBHWn: 2026-05-24
TODO Send this to Dessy once she finds a job: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7463345582430998528/
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2026-05-22T14:43:34Z xfSucz_: Just right-click & drag to move around.
Hold ALT/⌥ and scroll up/down (wheel or trackpad) to see the next plane and more hints.
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2026-05-20T18:04:31Z fSkVqyw: 2026-05-20
https://x.com/rewind02/status/2056850947947827403
Karpathy on LLMs coding: they try to reverse to the internet average.
My take: when you have uniqueness in your code - guard and protect it so that it doesn't revert to the average
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2026-05-20T15:39:33Z nAaThHp: 2026-05-20
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dmartell_how-to-sell-to-different-people-ugcPost-7462743150655078400-IWx9/
Selling to:
- Rich - sell time
- Students - sell dreams
- Men - sell what success looks like
- Women - sell what success feels like
- Kids - sell parents
- Parents - sell time away from kids
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2026-05-19T14:16:06Z gBNvR_t: 2026-05-16
I need to create a habit of more community building. Reading Atomic Habits - make it hard easy, make the useful pleasant. How?
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2026-05-16T13:20:55Z dNpqJuq: 2026-05-16
registering for:
- BetaList
- Product Hunt
Cannot post on reddit - not enough karma
check this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/PKMS/comments/1tcvm8c/who_has_had_a_pkm_system_used_for_3_years_that/
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2026-05-16T07:41:59Z FH9oCqr: Casually mentioning that they did this only in 6 months
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2026-05-16T07:38:02Z 2ToZyRS: Either search (🔍) or Create a new sticky, select it, then press the paperclip icon (📎) above and try typing one of these:
- "why people resist changing tools they already use"
- "user doesn't trust us with their data"
- "new users giving up early"
- "what job is our product hired for"
- "feature that looks useful but nobody touches"
- "gap between early fans and mainstream users"
Note that the above text is different from the stickies text that is found on search
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2026-05-16T07:25:19Z VxTkoVV: 2026-05-16
Flying to Dessy's graduation - flight overbooked - got rebooked for later flight and got compensation
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2026-05-12T20:13:07Z akgzraw: 2026-05-12
Booked https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/52749784 for stay in NYC
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-05-12T20:13:06Z CqtC9rr: 2026-05-12
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1299546648946032&set=pcb.1299547418945955
TODO check if Assya or her mother's notary acts for Ovcha Kupel are in the above lists
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2026-05-12T20:13:02Z NbP4b67: 2026-05-04
Booked Austrian for trip to NYC, 16-23rd
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2026-05-12T19:36:59Z nMo_RDr: 2026-04-30
с Ухо започваме строежа на бунгалото на Градина
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2026-04-29T20:12:19Z VS8gsEA: When the idea arrives as a shape and the tool demands a sentence, you pay twice.
At capture, you flatten. Three layers become one paragraph. The loose thread becomes either a backlink (if you remember what to call it) or an italicized parenthetical (if you don't). Most of the structure is lost on the way to the keyboard.
At retrieval, you pay again. Searching text requires knowing what the thing is called. But you didn't name it — you stored a feeling-of-shape that you flattened into prose. If your future self phrases the question differently than your past self phrased the answer, the system has nothing for you.
A second brain that only speaks in sentences isn't a second brain. It's a notebook with backlinks.
What's actually needed
Take the cognition seriously and three things follow.
Layers, not pages. Concept-first thinking is rarely flat. An idea has a surface, a structural layer, and a substrate of older notes and half-remembered references. The tool should let you move between them without re-entering the same idea three times.
Links you didn't have to declare. Shape-rotators often sense connections without articulating them. The tool should surface candidate links from context — not stop you to name each one.
Proactive surfacing, not search. Search asks you to know what you're looking for. A real second brain volunteers. Start writing about distributed consensus and last year's Raft notes should appear — not wait for you to remember they exist.
Not against the wordcels
None of this argues against Zettelkasten or careful linking. If [[ ]] syntax feels like an extension of your mind, you already have your tool.
This is for the other audience. The people who tried Obsidian, accumulated 400 orphan notes, and quietly went back to a whiteboard. The people who've been told they need better discipline — when what they need is a tool that doesn't punish them for thinking in the wrong format.
Shape-rotators deserve better. That's what AxonoMind is for.
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2026-04-29T20:09:33Z hr8CY4F: Your Notes Don't Know What You're Working On. They Should.
Every serious note-taker hits the same wall. Not capture — capture is solved. The wall is retrieval at the right moment.
You wrote something sharp in April. A throwaway paragraph about why your sister wouldn't switch banks even though the new one was objectively better. Three months later you're drafting a go-to-market memo and wrestling with why adoption is stalling. The April note would crack the problem open. You don't remember it exists.
This is the actual failure mode of personal knowledge systems. Not organization. Not linking. Recall — specifically, recall you didn't know to ask for.
Zettelkasten got us most of the way
Luhmann's method is still the gold standard for a reason: atomic notes, explicit links, emergent structure. Obsidian, Roam, and Logseq are all honest descendants. If you've built a vault, you've felt the payoff.
You've also felt the tax. The method assumes you'll remember to link, remember to review, remember the note exists at all. It turns you into the index. That works until life gets busy, and then your vault quietly becomes a graveyard of good thinking.
AxonoMind surfaces notes you forgot you had
AxonoMind watches what you're writing right now and pulls forward the notes from your past that bear on it — before you think to search.
Concretely: as you draft, the system reads your current context and runs it against your note history. When an older entry is semantically close to the problem you're working on, it surfaces — in a side panel, with the connection made explicit. This memo is about slow adoption. You wrote this in April about your sister refusing to switch banks. The mechanism looks the same.
You decide whether it's relevant. You decide whether to pull it in. The system does the remembering.
What changes
Linking stops being homework. You still write atomic notes — the discipline matters — but you stop carrying the mental overhead of maintaining a graph in your head. Old notes compound instead of decaying. The vault stops being an archive and starts behaving like a collaborator who actually read everything you wrote.
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2026-04-29T19:29:59Z 8Z8eXu2: Anonymous users:
- You cannot create notes very often. Register to lift that limit
- You cannot protect your notes (register to get some control)
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2026-04-29T19:29:59Z DDDJBEX: Unless a user allows editing of their notes - you can only edit your own.
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2026-04-29T19:29:59Z 2yFwUe7: Remember where you place your notes so you can find them (look at the URL)
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2026-04-29T19:29:59Z nYF6YtB: If content is inappropriate I reserve the full right to censor or delete it.
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2026-04-29T19:29:59Z 8TYXKVB: Do not place notes on top of other user notes (the world is big enough for both of you)
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2026-04-29T19:29:59Z 4Za_F_L: Rules:
- Behave
- Do not spam
- Bots go to https://axonomind.com/feed/atom.xml
- AIs go to https://axonomind.com/mcp
Too vague? Some details on the next plane
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2026-04-29T17:45:03Z sz8eEnF: 2026-04-29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq61bizkSdM
ADHD, procrastination
stresses parents, stressed mother while pregnant
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2026-04-29T13:02:29Z PnS3LRu: 2026-04-29
model with cutoff training data around 1931 https://huggingface.co/spaces/multimodalart/talkie-1930
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2026-04-29T12:12:29Z ZMAbAd3: 2026-04-29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guD0MHN3rU8
- after a miss: it doesn't matter. I am a better player
- Federer won 80% matches, but only 54% of points. When you play a point - it has to be the most important point in the world. But when it is behind you - it is just a point regardless if you won or lost it.
- Study finds experts first thought is right. Magnus Carlsen: I am biased towards my first thought.
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2026-04-29T11:34:40Z sMb82VP: 2026-04-29
Списък за каравана 01-12 май
- топли дрехи
- дъждобран
- изкуствени дреки за работа
- ръкавици
- туристически обувки, ЧОРАПИТЕ им
- лаптоп + лаптоп, 1 зарядно
- зелен чай
- бански, кърпи
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2026-04-29T04:16:54Z EN8pMTL: 2026-04-28
Оставих Ая на изпит в Британика. Изглеждаше спокойна
Скандал с Ася за това как се отнася тя с децата
Ая беше радостна след изпита
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2026-04-28T19:32:16Z PVVYrst: Feature Request: Add Google/Facebook register/login
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2026-04-28T19:32:04Z T8xoqFK: alsjasj
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2026-04-28T19:31:45Z 3AzxEan: Also, it will come to me in a minute.
I was watching a Menoshpere and I was wondering apart from the obvious childhood trauma of those men, how can the whole society can be cured of them? Why do we need them?
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2026-04-28T19:31:45Z FnzTSJA: Ok, I figure it out. For now.
I will be fun if those stickies are anonymous but also have a like/share element
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2026-04-28T19:31:45Z rwEcZT9: Glad you like it!
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2026-04-28T19:31:45Z YvAP6Gg: Thanks!
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2026-04-28T19:31:45Z JxoWcDz: Nice, George!
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2026-04-28T19:31:45Z Jn88oHD: Cool
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2026-04-28T19:31:30Z TgdEngG: Трябва да ъпгрейдна всички до v18
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2026-04-28T19:31:27Z g3e_LYL: Проба 1-2-3
Явно кирилицата работи :)
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2026-04-28T19:30:46Z DZA7Mgp: 2026-04-01
TODO cook high protein tortilla quiche on a pan:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2112189879544599
https://www.facebook.com/reel/25158981710460798
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IYZX0ut81QY
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2026-04-27T11:03:16Z 388oVew: 2026-04-27
5 body weight exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVoLSBNU64k
- 90x90
- pushup with full range of motion
- hang
- reversed Nordic Curl - kneeling, straight body, leaning back
- deep wide split squat
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2026-04-27T10:31:57Z gtELGY8: 2026-04-27
Rory Sutherland's 2026 predictions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SXCJhqXubU
many ideas:
- value vs metrics
- human centric vs automation
- different is better than better
- Lead with content (aka with value). Value is created by founders, not by management teams
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2026-04-26T16:08:50Z T_S3eKY: 2026-04-26
Kiwi - 3 kiwis a day repair DNA damage, and reduce inflammation by feeding the gut microbiome. - William Li (Eat to Beat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8R9-IN1t5U
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2026-04-26T13:55:53Z T267npJ: 2026-04-26
searching for phone by features: https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?chkDualSIM=selected&nRamMin=8000&nIntMemMin=128&chkAccelerometer=selected&chkNFC=selected&sAvailabilities=1&s5Gs=0&idOS=2&idDisplayTech=3
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2026-04-26T06:33:40Z asY8r66: 2026-04-05
Xiaomi line:
Xiaomi: flagship premium
Redmi: mid, all-rounder
Poco: mid, performance
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2026-04-26T06:25:27Z X4NcJKe: 2026-04-26
TODO Watch Dugin conversation with prof Jiang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D37uD6rFzYs
(Живко го постна във FB)
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2026-04-26T06:16:16Z VSv9Gw9: 2026-04-26
България плаща 10 милн. рубли на Русия на 16.06.1883 (обнародвано в ДВ бр. 2) - за разходи по окупация на Българиа (а Сърбия получава свободата си)
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3759429734364503
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2026-04-25T21:27:47Z Up8aUxg: 2026-04-25
TODO Cook caramelized onions pasta sauce
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/22EhMUK4Tlk
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2026-04-25T19:26:38Z fGAnR8Y: 2026-04-25
TODO Cook Crispy Chicken Breast Pan Cake from frozen chicken breast with potatoes
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JiJZIGoQFhA
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-25T19:25:55Z LZyhHTp: 2026-04-25
John Wooden pyramid of success - skills to have that have nothing to do with winning but build to greatness. TODO find it and work on it with Stefy
from A bit of Optimism with Simon Sinek: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simonsinek_it-might-surprise-you-but-the-coach-with-ugcPost-7452367042885660673-dkZj/
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2026-04-25T14:42:09Z AEaVAfn: Early adopters love it. Mainstream users struggle and churn. The gap between those two groups is where we're losing.
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2026-04-25T14:42:09Z v7CqS6F: Idea: auto-import their existing data at signup so they don't start with a blank slate. Remove the "empty tool" problem on day one.
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2026-04-25T14:42:09Z UAtuK6F: Why is adoption stalling?
Notes from customer interviews, data, and reading — trying to understand why people aren't sticking around.
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2026-04-25T14:42:09Z 2ZDJLhZ: Marcus won't migrate his client data to a tool he doesn't fully trust yet. He needs to see it stick around first.
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: UAtuK6F
2026-04-25T14:42:09Z 8BhtkFH: Activation dropped 12% last month. Cohort analysis shows a cliff on day 3 — almost nobody makes it past that point.
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2026-04-25T14:42:09Z 78YzB3S: Competitor added AI features with a big announcement. Users say it feels gimmicky. Nobody actually uses them day-to-day.
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2026-04-25T14:42:09Z MM8XGxZ: The real competition isn't any named competitor. It's the spreadsheet they've been using for three years and already know by heart.
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2026-04-25T13:56:57Z fpeKUZu: 2026-01-06
Planache (hands only plank): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/js3F2IRDryc
Legs on ground lean forward
Hold the rails and curl
Same as 2 with one leg back
Both legs back but spread apart
Legs together
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T20:58:40Z xKJPgF5: даване под наем
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:38Z 7CpK3AT: обслужване
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:37Z nL6GFfL: Фирма
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:35Z pce3ufJ: проектиране на две сглобяеми къщи
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:33Z XZWD4HG: бутане на къщата
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:31Z xF6gXDo: да купя от Мирослава
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:29Z uWHsCdN: да купя от вуйна
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: R3hNDD8
2026-04-23T20:58:12Z MBeybkq: обслужване
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: HF8Se8x
2026-04-23T20:58:11Z wqbaxUn: Фирма
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: HF8Se8x
2026-04-23T20:58:09Z GZgMshD: да купя от Велимира и Диляна
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: HF8Se8x
2026-04-23T20:58:08Z NMaEVTb: да говоря с Тони
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2026-04-23T16:59:56Z kc_Dhna: 2026-04-23
TODO Cook oven baked onions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iv7vS6Vgj4
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T16:00:41Z APq8bJP: 2026-04-23
TODO Cook oats and nuts and honey cookies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdyAnB6on6Y
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:23:11Z vTgsEaC: 2026-04-22
TODO Cook blended bread pudding: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/syyx1RIqQxc - look like flan
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:22:52Z 86pvnav: 2026-04-22
Songs I can play at a Karaoke:
- Kiss Domino
- Sea shanty
- What Would You do with a drunker sailor
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:22:41Z F7PA35z: 2026-04-21
Finally managed to get OpenClaw setup to run constantly and chat with me over Telegram
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:22:37Z 5rH8_Xs: 2026-04-21
First "blogpost" about Axonomind. I actually liked chatting with OpenClaw - it helped me refine my thinking - slip-box, hierarchical, etc.
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:21:15Z ZRofTLo: 2026-04-21
Consider Semantic Chunking (embed each sentence, chunk when a drop happens) or Propositional (LLM based) for AxonoMind
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:21:09Z 833B2Df: 2026-04-19
избори. гледам с трепет как Радев печели мнозинство
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:21:03Z VTAUwEP: 2026-04-19
Setting up AxonoMindHuckster (telegram:axonomind_bot) for OpenClaw on ollama on livingroom ubuntu
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:20:56Z J65LqZo: 2026-04-18
TODO cook oats + eggs + cheese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC-Nqv_mLlY
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:15:56Z hPXDxk6: 2026-04-18
Arranging supplements Gogo, Stef, Assya
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:15:44Z yxVxhYS: 2026-04-17
Kettlebell Exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1NMuWEmZY
- kettlebell around the world - circle the kb around hips pass back and front, clockwise and counterclockwise
- kettlebell from floor to above head with explosive start, hips doing most; switch arms or both together
- deficit kettlebell high pull: from squat to in front of the face
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:15:36Z Xd6UtJ8: 2026-04-17
a model that predicts collisions in real world scenarios: https://badas.nexar.app/#models
use it to measure Roballs AI against it
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2026-04-23T09:15:32Z rhcLdHU: 2026-04-16
Neat idea for building knowledge wiki using LLMs from Karpathy: https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f
TODO Can I implement this in AxonoMind?
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2026-04-23T09:15:26Z 7Sbr9PT: 2026-04-16
TODO Use AutoRegression from Karpathy to get roballs executing: https://github.com/karpathy/autoresearch
- Could have some explanations here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBWuKh1nZ2Y
That combined with Le Cunn’s architecture (observe, act, learn, meta) could be very interesting (see note from 2026-04-12)
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2026-04-23T09:15:18Z dzdDoBE: 2026-04-16
Robots from Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Figure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzlkX25fhA
how to invest: suppliers: NVIDIA, Hyundai actuators
Job: robot trainer and maintenance
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:15:13Z Bw8h_JK: 2026-04-15
Correct pullup technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02HC33YMzew
- Grip shoulder width
- Complete deadhang
- First pull the shoulders down
- Then arch the back backwards
- Then pull up to the chest
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:15:09Z 7Zuc6dR: 2026-04-15
Productivity hacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZD5IFpyDcE
- First thing - most important thing - one focus
- Stare at wall (no video)
- pen & paper to preserve brain bandwidth
- Delay non-essential to after work
- Rian Doris suggestions
- Boring breaks
- Inhabit the in-between
- Do not stimulate when switching between tasks
- Do one thing at a time
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:48Z DXrLDfx: 2026-04-15
NAND for math: All elementary functions from simple eml(x,y)=exp(x)-ln(y): https://arxiv.org/html/2603.21852v2
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:42Z p2Juzt8: 2026-04-15
TODO cook fried sushi dome: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1592372218758891
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z pfSL3HJ: 2026-04-07
Things I learned from Landman
What’s the dream? What’s the plan?
It is not enough to have a drem until you have a plan
Standup for yours no matter the odds
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2026-04-23T09:03:06Z DBuJasa: 2026-04-07
Paperclip
Set it up on the livingroom vpc
Need to reinstall it to make sure everybody knows their role and apparently CEO has to be present and be the first role defined
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z t98888b: 2026-04-13
How to talk to teenagers so they listen and how to listen so they talk:
validating emotions
collaborative problem-solving
offering choices to foster independence
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z fr7UtsS: 2026-04-06
Axonomind: do good what others are doing badly: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LIJTHYOCj0U
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z R6P8JFZ: 2026-04-08
TODO cook protein egg muffins: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1364466579059718
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z JvRpaqs: 2026-04-13
TODO learn these dance moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pqllE3QacuI
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z KUXNo6g: 2026-04-06
Watched parts of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjRzwlGxR0
Can the issues with Sir be withdrawal form alcohol?
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z fZ2C4JC: 2026-04-08
Writing nice cold email: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7447643008973422593/
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z e8yzsGy: 2026-04-10
TODO Roballs AI: Consider Dora instead of ROS: https://x.com/HaixuanT/status/2042308478383919542
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:06Z G2e4oPS: 2026-04-09
TODO exercises to check my mobility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGPSVvfJWOk
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:05Z CTcgC8s: 2026-04-10
Todo Elon mgmt tactic: https://x.com/Founder_Mode_/status/2042271423377621356
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:05Z BawPYoA: 2026-04-12
TODO check this for AI Roballs: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pierre-de-lacaze-b11026b_ht-yann-lecun-why-ai-systems-dont-learn-share-7447878550692696064-g9gG/ and the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15381v1 - observe, act, learn, meta (chose which to do - learn or act)
TOOD exercise kettlebell workout: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7jHu0vE5nDo
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z ktLv_zK: 2026-04-04
TODO cook japanese omlet in a round pan: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z8OWASI7S5w
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z DL_NvST: 2026-04-04
How to get iron slivers from iron ore: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EpQYZaMsJpk
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z 2cbt3vv: 2026-04-04
What having a perfect dad does to girls: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L9lyymt3bb8
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z 3gXJXDg: 2026-04-04
TODO install dashcam and feed it to mark potholes on streets and create a map: https://www.facebook.com/reel/926172400014757
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z Caxq9C2: 2026-04-03
TODO AI Roballs use Gemma4 & SAM3 to train my models: https://x.com/MaziyarPanahi/status/2040059349750464721
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z 9EYtRZy: 2026-04-03
Did the tests in CibaLab, €188
Gemini recommendation:
Less red meat, less butter & coconut oil
More white meat, more soluble fiber (husk, oats, legumes), fatty fish, avocadoes, walnuts
Eliminate egg yolks, organ meats,
Claude recommendation:
Aggressively cut saturated fat
More husk, Omega 3 (2-3g) daily
Add berberine
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z rwkAWq6: 2026-04-04
Watching paperclip review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx4w6zhrhPY - consider using this instead of openclaw
https://www.hostinger.com/vps/docker/paperclip with code DAVID
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z 3X_YCDR: 2026-04-01
Arranging supplements for Gogo & Assya
TODO check on broccoli extract
Resveratrol - morning for energy, evening for cell repair, take with fatty meal
Tongkat Ali for her - manage menopause symptoms
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z ew25aw8: 2026-04-02
TODO post in the gorup: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1436344568011434
Packages:
Vit D – МАКС Мъже Плюс
ApoB / ApoA I
hs CRP
HOMA IR
Гликиран хемоглобин (HbA1c)
Testosterone
Free testosterone
SHBG
Желязо, ЖСК, Феритин
Цистатин C
fPSA / tPSA
Хомоцистеин
Haptoglobin (Хаптоглобин)
LDH
Cortisol
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:03:00Z ro63K6Y: 2026-04-05
watching: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MGkNU9D_aI8 how to win arguments
Arguing with facts - already lost
All of these work because you don’t win argument by being right, you win them by making it safe to be wrong
Never correct them. Instead ask “how did you arrive at the idea?”
Never say “that’s wrong”. Instead “That’s interesting”
Mirror their last 5 words and pause
Lower your voice when they are raising theirs
Slow you pace when they speed up
Agree with the emotion, and ignore their conclusions
Repeat the point better than they can
Let them finish talking and wait 2 seconds longer than normal for me
Ask questions that I know the answers to
Reframe their positions as self-protection
Never defend myself under pressure
Change context before content
Ask for clarification at the peak of the emotion
Label their fear and never their flaws
End with a question they have to sit with
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2026-04-23T09:01:29Z foUZfBt: 2026-03-30
Backup & restore mom’s phone
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z FNYCUXa: 2026-03-25
Неща за Градина:
Инвертор за 110v - done
Топли работни дрехи, шапка
Инструмент?
Зарядно телефон
Ветренка
Туристически обувки
Завивки
Ключа за караваната
Челници
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z zgtq8g4: 2026-03-23
TODO Roballs AI use JEPA for training the robot: https://github.com/lucas-maes/le-wm, and TODO read the paper: LeWorldModel: Stable End-to-End Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture from Pixels
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z 3WXG5Co: 2026-03-23
TODO AI try for Roballs iterating on prompt and LLMs iterating on the solution. Inspired by Karpathy
https://x.com/karpathy/status/2030371219518931079
https://x.com/karpathy/status/2031135152349524125 - leave the agent working on for a few days on local to see how much improvement can it achieve on Roballs
Basically treat each iteration as an experiment and preserve the experiment only when validation error is lower
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z 2DsFPPU: 2026-03-23
Photo lighting with preview: https://www.facebook.com/reel/916361651192083
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z 8EkraSA: 2026-03-23
TODO cook highprotein burito: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1297091292273648
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z cJoV3BU: 2025-03-30
Ask [Child] about the rose, bud, thorn: rose - something nice, bud - something looking forward to, thorn - something that pricked you today
TODO find and read a summary of “How to talk to teenagers so they listen and how to listen so they talk”
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z SH5kpaw: 2026-03-22
TODO cook bigmac burrito - veggies bread: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1904249300453574
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z NddGsRg: 2026-03-21
TODO cook homemade sprite: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1104015141800689
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z HBtVcBL: 2026-03-23
TODO AI try for Roballs LoRA on top of CNN: https://x.com/awnihannun/status/2029672507448643706
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:29Z TcKccsG: 2026-03-22
Bathroom shower cabin floor 75cm / 166cm
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:28Z aowWnWk: 2026-03-31
Todo AI roballs use this model to train initial version of Roballs: https://manycore-research.github.io/SpatialLM/
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:24Z u8tDS_B: 2026-03-16
TODO read file:///C:/Users/GKremenliev/Downloads/Sell%20Then%20Build.pdf
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:24Z oKGcGFs: 2026-03-16
Supplements arrangement
Starting NAC
N-Acetylcysteine: supports liver detox
Recommended by Gemini for RBC (red blood count) stabilization
Still on pause for testosterone supplements
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:24Z YDW6KCA: 2026-03-18
America DID NOT create islamic fundamentalism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NuPcQFs-Sek
TODO Cook козунак без месене: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2745167262537364
Eggs painting with shaving cream: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1581358274004644
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:24Z Y2GC2KF: 2026-03-21
Eileen Gu on how to decompose your thoughts: https://x.com/simscircuit/status/2025800996744794380
Journal and ask youself “why” did I think that? And do 5-whys. And rewire your brain.
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:24Z _TChPcn: 2026-03-16
TODO eventually finish https://principlesyou.com/assessment
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:23Z S4AqXno: 2026-03-13
Prompt to generate character sheet: https://x.com/aimikoda/status/2031916959168635054
IDEA use character sheets to animate short clips
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:23Z bDtk9UT: 2026-03-17
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tdOd3ZJse6A
Ask the waiter their name. Repeat it. Use it in a sentence. Then they pay more attention to you when you need them.
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:23Z 5ptY7At: 2026-03-11
Instagram influencers: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1270846317936617
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:23Z GUwF5dJ: 2026-03-19
TODO cook eggs like that: https://www.facebook.com/reel/4166703620246347
TODO cook bacon jam: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1393783072075166
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z K7tGb5S: 2026-03-10
Highest divorce rate lesbians, middle rate heterosexuals, lowest divorce rate: gays: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jp46t341ijE
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z 2FydqJH: 2026-03-11
TODO Cook eggs benedict: https://www.facebook.com/reel/738037506016159
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z _SzBH4a: 2026-03-10
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y4tSre9bqQM - Parthenon - curved and deliberately pointing inwards to look straight from afar
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z 6HgSY5J: 2026-03-11
TODO check this for the kitchen remodel: https://www.facebook.com/reel/874201922119408
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z gHSocXd: 2026-03-10
Marketing restaurants: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YT6Gys9mkBo
Market to 1st visit: $1200
First flawless vist
Likelihood to get back: 42%
Red napkin - manager comes and visits
Send postcard - free free rib dinner
Second flawless
Likelihood to get back: 47%
End of the rib dinner: try the chicken - off $5
Third flawless
Likelihood to get back: 72%
Free cheesecake
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z xctrNgS: 2026-03-09
Exercise: get HR to above 180 and then stop, wait for HR<120 and start again. If no HR<120 in 90s - stop - you are done
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z 8_tccRk: 2026-03-09
Exercise stretching isometric holds 5 Isometric Holds That Fix 95% Of Your Mobility Problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNVNToL2QM&t=516s
Squat & hold
90x90 - hip hold
Bird dog
One leg stand or hold with kettlebell
Prone swimmer iso - flat on stomach pronate the back to raise the legs and shoulders
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T09:01:20Z CDkR6ew: 2026-03-09
TODO buy DAO (diamine oxidase) supplement can offset the histamine load of foods
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:54Z puH8nDK: 2026-03-05
Everyday spy predicts that US will destabilize Cuba and North Korea next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNxN7f-YNvk
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:54Z R4gLqoR: 2026-03-05
Todo cook tangerine cake: https://www.facebook.com/reel/4451675285056226
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:54Z qPDsgCA: 2026-03-05
Implemented a bunch of features on hierarchical documents (isometric notes, 3d-stickies). Some names:
http://isometricthoughts.com/
http://z-stickies.com/
http://3dstickies.com/
http://z-post.com/
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:54Z N96BD98: 2026-03-03
TODO check more on Nitric Oxide supplementation for reduction of inflammation, ED, and prediabetis management. Also check:
L-Citrulline: More effective at increasing arginine levels in the blood than L-arginine itself, leading to better NO production
L-Arginine: Directly used to produce nitric oxide.
Beetroot Juice/Nitrates: A natural, potent source that significantly increases plasma nitrite levels.
Arginine AKG (Alpha-Ketoglutarate): A form of arginine designed for better absorption.
Gemini protocol recommendation for my body weight and training regimen: https://gemini.google.com/app/48290fe72f7e6fc2
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:54Z aveAbPX: 2026-03-04
Leaders lead by consensus. Donald Trump cannot personally fight & win against everyone he wants to dominate. He relies on supporters. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qGdsdha8jqI
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:54Z GcrdJR7: 2026-03-02
Ski with Aya, Stef, Anna
Big fall (left shoulder & some ribs). I don’t think anything is cracked but shoulder hurts. Not planning on seeing a doctor
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:27Z hBSDCBs: 2026-02-01
claw.ssge.me
Food podvarak serbian salty crepe with cabbage https://www.facebook.com/reel/4222112848028638
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:27Z borzyc7: 2026-02-04
Todo send to Assya and Stefy
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XF3XugsvBvK8e6Ffmi3Ir?si=c5OWSJJrSkOer9kOerODGw
Sleep 30 minutes more better performance
Napping can work too
No screen 1 hour before and one 1 hour after
Consistency of sleep is more important than length of sleep
Perform at the same time more important than jet lag
TODO Send to Assya on “what to eat” question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1uUkIEORbI
TODO make meatballs with butter: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mP6T9BB2tXg
TODO cook onion-cheeseburger parmegiano https://www.facebook.com/reel/880886087756685
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:27Z 6Rr_BNo: 2026-02-05
Arranging Supplements
Opened new account in https://public.com/
Core strength exercises McGill Big 3 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C89EKtI8a3o
6 reps 10s hold each
Back with hand under head raised core engages - breathing
Side plank
Bird dog: all fours - cross raise (fist + heel raise)
Garlic cheese bread: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1516684313311445
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:27Z tPJ_hP6: 2026-02-03
Cooking chicken fry & simmer for 20: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1224584669719305
Good airwalk instruction: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zOIYorjtfwA
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-23T08:59:27Z RD48t6X: 2026-02-02
Belly exercises: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Y4Hv8RfdMo
Squats
Side bend with raising the leg on the bent side
Raised leg front cross - touch knee with elbow
Clap below raised stretched leg
Confidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV2ClnExpWw
Belief in positive outcomes
Radically self forgiving
Noone can perform while punishing themselves
Body feels safe for themselves
Who you decide to become
No need for external validation (no permission to act)
Emotionally subcontracting
Safety & composure
I have nothing to prove
Internal permission
I forgive myself once and forever
I choose roles with intention
I never wait for social permission or evidence
I regulate before I perform
My confidence is a habit (not tactic)
I give myself full authority because nobody else has the ability to
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2026-04-23T08:59:27Z JH3BWAf: 2025-02-06
TODO post to Дезинфекция и профилактика: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1210791507351252
Walked to postal office to check on the stop-light. Not there. Then checked - ETA 02/17
Got walkin haircut with the younger brother
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z AL3VJFX: 2025-12-19
Removed all “following” in Twitter. I should visit & interact with these accounts in the next few days to skew my feed towards them:
martinfowler
KentBeck
Joshbloch
Tottinge
allenholub
WardCunningham - influential in the design patterns & agile
JeffDean - google chief scientist
Demis Hassabis
Werner - Amazon CTO focus on massive scale
Kelseyhightower - cloud native and k8s
GergelyOrosz - pragmatic engineer
Mipsytipsy - high perf teams and SRE
Shanselman - open web and productivity
Dhh
Spolsky
AI
Ylecun
Karpathy
AndrewYNg
Money & Wealth
Nntaleb
Trengriffin
Naval
General & Health
https://x.com/lexfridman/following
Huberman
Peter Attia
Bryan Johnson
Tim Ferriss
All In Pod
Chris Williams
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z NX27vsp: 2015-12-30
TODO: grok on writing: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicolascole_this-writer-was-steve-jobss-secret-weapon-activity-7411398235493400576-pr3N
Cooking:
Eggplant Parmigiana: https://www.facebook.com/reel/4807502199388537
Chef John 2025 favorite recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7llz96z_MgQ
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z DCc7VUE: 2026-01-01
State of startups in 2025 according to Carta https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterjameswalker_carta-state-of-startups-2025-activity-7412183322996596736-CCap/
Math predicting death of nations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5cMfyFqKmM
Can we use that to predict bubble-bust cycles (e.g. AI)
Also will have a video on Rock Paper Scissors
Turchin
Malthusian growth
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z yBr39U9: 2025-12-31
TODO Post in Dizinfekcia:
Mama tata https://www.facebook.com/reel/1377826537461404
Srpski manicur: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1840743949981954
На Аси за чистенето: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1165916165695807
“Action creates clarity” -- Sahil Bloom
“rumination is stress”
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z aZD8_Ey: 2025-12-25
TODO: grok https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davidkline_the-urgent-is-stealing-your-focus-from-whats-activity-7409592913380405249-1trY
TODO: grok https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lucas-storm-87389425b_71-of-meetings-are-unproductive-this-results-activity-7409622361643307008-6aUJ
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z 8s62UAD: 2025-12-22
Supplements arrangement
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-04-22T16:01:31Z EWN2zHy: 2025-12-27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js0x5rQ9v3Q Tom DeLauer on visceral fat
TMG - mitochondrial improvements (mechanic)
Urolithin A: mitophagy
Carnosine: anti-glycation agent
Methylene blue: bypass for
Plan:
TMG - 1.5g to 4g per day, morning and evening, or only morning when fasting
30 days minimum
Then add specialists as needed:
Over 40: Urolithin A: 250mg to 500mg a day
High blood sugar: Carnosine: 500mg to 6000mg a day
TODO: grok: https://x.com/jaynitx/status/2004586855480856925 Peter Thiel on strategy
Create value and then capture it
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z BrzrMqA: 2026-01-27
Meme I am wizard in the sheets: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljacksonvc_the-raw-unadulterated-magnetism-of-excel-activity-7421851548206559232-dcGb/
Teasing about “between the sheets” as analogy for sex but actually beeing good with Excel.
Родопска манджа пататник: https://www.facebook.com/reel/910340031523656
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z EDy3t6n: 2025-01-14
Interview with [Company] with [Interviewer] (Director of Engineering)
Some raw notes from the interview:
- Score cards for businesses (reissue credit models every 1-2 year)
- own DocuSign & Excel - why? - data stays within our datacenter - drive intelligence; software business is higher multiples
- what are the AI products? iBuild.ai and Lendly (scoring automation)
Very interesting interview (task is Running Length Encoding in email from Simon in Gmail). Coding problem, shared screen, recording, and then review of the recording by everyone else who is interested.
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z vtZNC9g: 2026-01-20
Спаска/Spaska
задни габарити (или само ляв): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008153722029.html или https://rrr.lt/en/used-part/axp64752-31213647-volvo-xc90-rear-bumper-light
Шофьорско огледало: https://www.avtosklad.bg/staklo-za-ogledalo-99365/po/volvo-xc90-2020-499552?_gl=1*1yidle9*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiAybfLBhAjEiwAI0mBBppv6zXj7Yd3kYaT5w25yHzcgdYRL-6ibZ9lwcbOQZLm0Cad3R90sxoCp94QAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAABADaVpmQMGsEsl796qOZoSKNtsqwb
Паркинг сензор: https://www.avtosklad.bg/parking-senzor-373963/po/volvo-xc90-2020-581178?_gl=1*bnf7pl*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiAybfLBhAjEiwAI0mBBppv6zXj7Yd3kYaT5w25yHzcgdYRL-6ibZ9lwcbOQZLm0Cad3R90sxoCp94QAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAABADaVpmQMGsEsl796qOZoSKNtsqwb
Стоп десен: https://www.avtosklad.bg/stop-121886/po/volvo-xc90-2002-10-193427?_gl=1*1hfntwr*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiAybfLBhAjEiwAI0mBBppv6zXj7Yd3kYaT5w25yHzcgdYRL-6ibZ9lwcbOQZLm0Cad3R90sxoCp94QAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAABADaVpmQMGsEsl796qOZoSKNtsqwb
Or: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005923913401.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.0.0.2836CDQVCDQVHU&mp=1&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21BGN%21BGN%20754.64%21BGN%20392.41%21%21BGN%20392.41%21%21%21%40211b628117689813059695329e4300%2112000034873107442%21ct%21BG%21-1%21%211%210%21
USED: https://rrr.lt/en/search?q=30678990&exact=1
TODO: да проверя и да поръчам частите от AliExpress
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z YvK2Ka8: 2026-01-24
Ugly action beats unfinished perfection
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z 3K3Tcs4: 2026-01-17
Is it possible to find primes fast using the two spirals (inspired here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK32jo7i5LQ)
44 and 710
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z KfkBrJW: 2026-01-12
Гледам: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hk4UHc5p0 по препоръка на Капоне
Възражения
"хората са креативни защото могат да измислят нови неща" - т.е. ако има система която може да измисля нови неща и да ги валидира ще е интелигентна. т.е. спорим не за това че има нещо което е човек а че има характеристика която още не сме постигнали
Те и двамата стигнаха малко или много до “интелигентността се определя от яйцето и сперматозида” ама се спряха защото този аргумент е грешен (фактически) на много нива освен че е и морално проблематичен
По едно време (около 20 минута) казва че живота и интелигентността са едно и също нещо - което ако го приемем за вярно казва че всяко живо нещо е интелигентно (с което аз малко или много съм съгласен) но след това казва че не може да си интелигентен ако не си жив, с което имам проблем. Това че мога да изчисля система от 150 неврона (C Elegans) но не мога да изчисля система от 86 милярда неврона означава единствено че имам ограничение в изчислителната мощ, а не че има нещо незичислимо в интлигентността
The arguments are mostly semantical (what is “intelligence” what is “discovery”). To me it all boils down to “is intelligence (however you define it) computable”. And you say “no” but then we are back to the incomputable quantum argument of Penrose (which to me sounds pretty much like the soul argument of the abrahamic & hindu religions).
4 years of therapy in 1 minute: https://x.com/Mindset_Machine/status/2010283845527204221
Emotions are signals
Fear shows your limitations
Anger shows a boundary was crossed and needs work
Anxiety - you are stuck in the future, depression - stuck in the past; reminder to come back to the present
Motivation won;t change life - habits will
When triggered - paus - that’s a mirror showing you what’s unhealed
Real power is me and my choices
Choices define you
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z txcs_3H: 2026-01-23
The CIA Trick That Makes Women Chase You (Without Saying a Word)
Create shared energy/space
Female attractive to you - talk to someone else beside her
Cause that is not threatening: Where is the restroom? Have you been here before? I am lost and I am looking the way to the nearest hamburger place
How do you deal with anxiety?
Anxious ppl are more attentive
Recover, recuperate, and maintain energy
Box breathing
Hyperventilate to brain to cognitive boost
Stress inoculation: intentional stress in safe environment: friend to reject your flirting
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z SkAvfhs: 2026-01-13
Бюрек сърма
сръбска рецепта: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1174045431374215
Турска рецепта: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3307623689389938
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z qHoyvFq: 2026-01-21
School of greatness: from 7:15
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZcOVB4BldEhJrpEkPdIqR?t=435
Discipline is form of self-care - it builds self-trust, and you build your tolerance for discomfort for the long run - so you can do harder and harder things.
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2026-04-22T16:01:19Z z98cYHM: 2026-01-22
Сложих Supplements
TODO: make this on Sat: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1209867737726951
https://www.facebook.com/reel/677756558364208 - купих си некакви хапчета за по-добра работа на мозъка. Сега пак съм си тъп, ама некак си по-бързо така
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2026-04-22T16:01:18Z xGkokqE: 2026-01-18
SciFi short sotry plot device idea based on this: https://www.verity.news/story/2026/hubble-discovers-first-starless-failed-galaxy-cloud#UTM#
Failed galaxy - send a science team to study the cloud and investigate the conditions of early galaxies and the conditions that prevented the cloud from forming a galaxy
Fleet of science vessels along with a few frigates for the unknown dangers of deep space
Memesis by https://x.com/lukeburgis/status/2011849922551955687
People copy each other which causes conflict. Why?
By Rene Girard
Book reccomendation: “Wanting: the power of mimetic desire in everyday life” by Luke Burgis
Small room design: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZMUOj8rBqLc
Bed over sliding wardrobe
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2026-04-22T16:01:18Z rZFY5JZ: 2026-01-29
Lower back exercises: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ud4yRTfIUbA
On top of that:
Raises from bend and something stopping your legs (with weight in front)
Butt raises from lying with feet on the ground
From all frours - raising arm & cross-positioned leg
Idea for a table for the caravan/camper/караваната на Градина: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1856617708314364
Quick guide to non-human great ape sexy times orangutan gorilla cimpanzee bonobo monogamy poligami promiscuity orgy
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2026-04-22T16:01:18Z S_3yxHV: 2026-01-19
Dickie Bush book reccomendation: https://www.amazon.de/dp/034531509X - Developing Talent in Young People, published 1985
Via https://x.com/justinskycak/status/1995717903123886219
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2026-04-22T16:01:18Z FY9P27s: 2026-01-30
Cibalab: https://www.cibalab.com/products-search.php figuring out what I need
Подготовка
На гладно
10 дена без tadalafil, 3 дена без секс, 2 дена без тренировки, 3 дена без PPI
Без добавки на мед и желязо
Дали да не направя един 5 дневен глад? По-скоро не за да не маскирам inflamation markers
Кога обаче? Дали преди процедурата или да изчакам 10 дена след това? Мога да изчакам за да видим дали няма възпаления
Feritin (Феритин) - stores iron in the liver and releases when needed to make new blood cells; check to see if not too high
ApoB - particle burden on blood for cardiovascular risk
PSA - to see how well the prostate is doing without tadalafil
Creatinine - to see how well the kidneys process the creatine and proteins that I am ingesting
Cystatin C - to see true kidney function
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2026-04-20T09:20:49Z GkVRbqy: Movement/momentum (this is not just an idea)
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2026-04-20T09:20:25Z fKZxR_a: six months ago to work on software for small business owners
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2026-04-20T09:20:02Z wPEfbk8: Ability to solve that problem (a product)
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2026-04-19T11:48:26Z pqadukZ: Potential to scale (teaser for things to come)
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2026-04-19T11:48:04Z bS_96q3: Market buys the solution (Product Market Fit)
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2026-04-10T07:58:08Z r3tGhnJ: "really want", "craving" -> the need not simply there but it is "really" big. So the problem is urgent
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2026-04-10T07:55:55Z GU2EfAR: three needs: restaurants, consumers, delivery drivers
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2026-04-10T07:14:28Z NKReM8W: This pitch is very interesting not because of the way it is done but because of the (hi)story it tells.
It captures what the VCs are looking for and by proxy what a business should have to be successful.
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2026-04-09T09:39:31Z zYV9r_y: Need AI agent access?
Register & drop me a sticky somewhere and I'll send you an MCP access key.
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2026-04-05T19:36:18Z uUKHMgz: A lot of name dropping (Stanford, Facebook, Vivo, Square), to show that these guys are absolutely top-notch.
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2026-04-05T19:36:17Z JJZavgY: signaling that these guys have been through some heavy meat grinders and have survived
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2026-04-05T19:36:15Z kvH6CK8: not only are we highly selected but we are willing to do all it takes
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2026-04-05T19:36:14Z ugqe8eo: the four of us actually started off as delivery drivers
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2026-04-05T19:36:12Z 8nGgfdk: hey i'm stanley i'm a stanford cs major i did find an engineer at facebook hey i'm andy i'm also a stanford cs major and i did platform engineering at facebook i'm evan i was on the founding team of vivo the music video service and i'm tony i was a product editor at square
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2026-04-05T19:36:05Z vfeeEzW: interesting problem with small business restaurants in an area like this palo alto yeah so it turns out um restaurants in palo alto don't deliver even though they really want to but they can't afford it um but their consumers are craving for it and but the places that the consumers love just can't deliver and we also found out about these delivery drivers who had a ton of spare time and they all want to earn extra cash during that down time
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2026-04-05T19:36:01Z KLfuNsr: one of the main things - we are selling, we have revenue
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2026-04-05T19:35:59Z h7wuBue: unspoken is "imagine what will happen if we get the word out"
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2026-04-05T19:35:58Z vWTDAUG: with not much marketing
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2026-04-05T19:35:52Z wkz8fJn: obviously we already solved it and it works
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2026-04-05T19:35:51Z JE8zGZY: initial product -> we have vision for enhancements
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2026-04-05T19:35:46Z FdfduTx: neat, send drivers efficiently, really fast time
all of these allude to "secret sauce" --> nobody else can replicate this
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2026-04-05T19:35:44Z YewRSrP: we built an initial product palo alto delivery.com and how it worked is uh the customer goes to the website and places an online
order that gets automatically uh sent to the restaurant and then we as the dispatchers with some pretty neat routing and batching algorithms were able to
send the drivers efficiently to get the orders to the customers at a really fast time
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2026-04-05T19:35:39Z ESe4bKB: in our first month of launch with not much marketing we got over 150 paying customers in the palo alto area which was really awesome and from that we generated over ten thousand dollars in sales
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2026-04-05T16:11:43Z 5z2TKDw: Market Need (an urgent problem)
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: NKReM8W
2026-04-05T16:03:46Z Ps4dR6Y: hey i'm stanley i'm a stanford cs major i did find an engineer at facebook hey i'm andy i'm also a stanford cs major and i did platform engineering at
facebook i'm evan i was on the founding team of vivo the music video service and i'm tony i was a product editor at square and the four of us came together about
six months ago to work on software for small business owners but we didn't have a need at first so we just went out and talked to all the small business owners we could find
after over 100 interviews we came across a really interesting problem with small business restaurants in an area like this palo alto yeah so it turns out um restaurants in
palo alto don't deliver even though they really want to but they can't afford it um but their consumers are craving for it and but the places that the consumers love just
can't deliver and we also found out about these delivery drivers who had a ton of spare time and they all want to earn extra cash during that down time right and so that's when
we built an initial product palo alto delivery.com and how it worked is uh the customer goes to the website and places an online
order that gets automatically uh sent to the restaurant and then we as the dispatchers with some pretty neat routing and batching algorithms were able to
send the drivers efficiently to get the orders to the customers at a really fast time yeah and the four of us actually started off as delivery drivers
and over time we hired more as we grew and in our first month of launch with not much marketing we got over 150
paying customers in the palo alto area which was really awesome and from that we generated over ten thousand dollars in sales
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2026-04-05T16:03:13Z MsYDzct: Team
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2026-04-05T07:48:37Z Cf63ELx: DoorDash's Application Video for YC S13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzlr2tNSl0U
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2026-04-02T12:04:04Z 58J9qHP: more about how exactly Claude Code works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBHRPeg8zPU
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2026-04-02T08:42:06Z a92K6YU: https://ccunpacked.dev/
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2026-03-27T09:14:16Z MDeGPBk: (empty sticky)
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2026-03-25T11:13:35Z MVN_oqs: "как коуд и курсор работят"
поредица от неща са (ALT + mouse wheel zoom-in to see the details)
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2026-03-24T12:47:22Z CnqXgEb: MCP е интересното но не бих се учудил ако някой инструменти са залегнали и в данните и в fine-tunning-a
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2026-03-24T12:46:32Z GTNPHow: Prompt augmentation - listen to what the user is saying and enhance it in two way - give more instructions and search through the code to add relevant pieces
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2026-03-24T12:45:36Z eCHVhDw: System prompt is another step in the differentiation process. And in some cases these system prompts play knowing what was enabled and prohibited in the previous step
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2026-03-24T12:45:34Z Exf_wvS: This is where most companies start to differ substantially - how do you teach the model to behave in different situations. When to say "I don't know", When to say "I will not tell you that" etc. Countless prompts and hours go here.
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2026-03-24T12:45:32Z 5yDrZJJ: тук почти няма какво да се каже освен че е супер скъпо - много GPU-та за по няколко седмици а може и месец.
GPT 2.0 може да се натренира евтино ама и качеството ще мех
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2026-03-24T11:59:47Z zePEy53: God only knows what else that is kept proprietary
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: rENTytB
2026-03-24T11:59:24Z 9WZrVxP: LoRA
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-03-24T11:59:06Z 9bnkJfD: MoE
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: rENTytB
2026-03-24T11:59:05Z forGJhD: Attention is all you need
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: rENTytB
2026-03-24T11:53:06Z KhoZfLo: Всеки път когато някой хареса или отхвърли нещо генерирано от Claude или Cursor компаниите получават feedback който след това отива за следващия рунд на fine-tunning
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: 23XC5pr
2026-03-24T08:48:59Z 23XC5pr: RLHF
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: MVN_oqs
2026-03-24T08:48:54Z 4rd3_rC: System prompt(s) & prompt augmentation
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2026-03-24T08:48:07Z uMs5p7z: Agency (tool usage)
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: MVN_oqs
2026-03-24T08:47:20Z 3kc8FbB: Finetunning
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: MVN_oqs
2026-03-24T08:47:12Z xrbz8zK: Training
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: MVN_oqs
2026-03-24T08:47:07Z rENTytB: Архитектура
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: MVN_oqs
2026-03-21T10:27:51Z BcwH4f3: Resize of a sticky - select it and drag on the border handles
owner ID: 8cd83f88-350d-434b-9dd8-631055ea63ec | parent ID: none
2026-03-21T10:24:25Z LJAeY_R: Drag & drop a sticky on top of another one of yours
+ SHIFT - make it a child
+ ALT - make it a child and move to next plane
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2026-03-21T10:24:21Z 4cBfvr_: Right-click and drag to see the world
Click and drag to move your notes
Double click on a note to edit it
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2026-03-21T10:24:08Z rGp4U8C: ALT + zoom-in -> goes to the next plane (see children of the current plane)
ALT + zoom-out -> go back to previous plane
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2026-03-21T10:22:32Z v8bB6WG: How to navigate around
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2026-03-18T16:57:12Z Wfb2PxN: Still work in progress.
And I love the "Inception" analogy
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2026-03-18T13:01:01Z z6MR7gc: Consider registering
- it is free
- your notes will be protected
- you can create more notes.
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2026-03-17T20:44:13Z nhJdk6x: So what tells me which layer of the inception I'm on, aside from the URL?
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2026-03-12T15:17:07Z yr2dKyE: (empty sticky)
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2026-03-12T15:14:53Z UR5kBW4: Our brains evolved to orient ourselves in the 3D world and we are expecting them to work on a piece of paper and pretending it is natural?
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2026-03-12T15:14:51Z UM8LqqF: Time is linear.
Light is not
Gravity is not.
The world is not.
Thoughts are not.
Ideas are not.
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2026-03-12T15:14:42Z ndMyL3W: - invite collaborators
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2026-03-12T15:14:41Z _8HzNBy: - have private space
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2026-03-12T15:14:40Z F52KEMs: - choose your area address
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2026-03-12T15:14:39Z t8Y6uVg: - area reserved for you
(nobody can place any stickies in that area)
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2026-03-12T15:14:37Z YUU83gx: Eventually there will be paid accounts but some basic free functionality will always be free.
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2026-03-12T15:14:36Z qsNphRa: - we will help you find your notes (eventually)
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2026-03-12T15:14:11Z uzJtv2C: Feature requests under - on the next plane.
(Alt+zoom-in to go there)
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