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Observe the business experts you follow: notice the core message of their emails, social media, and websites…   

Are they trying to tempt you with big incomes and large followings? "Make 7 figures!” "Get one hundred thousand followers!”

By selling wealth and fame, they are leading some people towards anxiety and depression.

A business built on extrinsic (or external) motivations will eventually foster unhappiness.

On the other hand, an authentic business – based on intrinsic motivations – te…

I don’t think you and I need to worry about the world-destruction potential of Ai.  

Why? 

Because those of us reading this (who don't work in the Ai field or in politics) have almost no little influence over that possibility. It’s not a good use of our time or energy to worry or advocate for that stuff.

What about Ai’s potential to manipulate people for commercial or political gain? There will be Ai systems built to combat those manipulations and personal Ai systems to help us keep a mor…

I've noticed that many people struggle with maintaining a consistent rhythm in their content creation. They create in sporadic bursts, and find it difficult to regain momentum each time they return to creating.

Of course, it’s important to take breaks from creating… but ideally, we would do it in a planned way.  This allows us to prepare to really rest. And then, to consciously return to regenerating a momentum of creating. With this rhythm, we balance our creative energies and remain consisten…

Years ago, I launched a program I was very passionate about. 

I imagined 20, or 30, maybe even 50 people enrolling and participating. Exciting!

Actual number of sign-ups? One person. 

I had to cancel it, and refund the person. It was a painful experience, because my expectations didn’t match the results. 

A difficult but essential life lesson: to let go of attachment to our plans when reality presents differently.

Looking back, I’m actually glad that the program didn’t run. The framework an…

The Open Letter to “Pause Giant AI Experiments” is making the rounds. 

It has many good points.  But the called-for solution is deeply flawed and cynical.

1. The two leading AI companies are being targeted in this letter: OpenAI and Midjourney. It looks to be a smart strategic move by competitors (in the US and abroad) to slow down their development so they can catch up. Important signatories missing are the CEOs of OpenAI and Midjourney... yet all their major competitors signed it 🧐
   
   
2. Eve…