I will not let you down. -note to self.

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Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, gaining fluency in skills, and experiencing the power this brings. You develop patience. Boredom no longer signals the need for distraction, but rather the need for new challenges to conquer.

Tell them what's wrong, explain why it matters, then show them your solution.

It's time for #GoogleIO 2024! Here's my thread covering everything Google is announcing 🧵

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With a clear goal, enthusiasm and hard work, you can achieve the impossible.

There it is. #worldgrandprix @spreadexsport @ronnieo147

Ronnie O'Sullivan is unstoppable! He came back from 4-0 down to beat Judd Trump 10-7 in the World Grand Prix final. #BBCSnooker

To decide to move courageously into the land of the unknown. That's one of the secrets to a good life.

HOT TAKE: buying things is significantly less exciting than it used to be. Maybe it’s just me, but I think most companies: 1) have stopped making innovative, useful products 2) focused on building subscriptions 3) believe trapping customers is better than building anything truly amazing It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve experienced being super excited for any product.

The Four Agreements: 1. Always do your best 2. Don't take anything personally 3. Don't make assumptions 4. Be impeccable with your word

Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.

Good explanation of what makes countries more or less prosperous

After reading the @nytimes lawsuit against @OpenAI and @Microsoft, I find my sympathies more with OpenAI and Microsoft than with the NYT. The suit: (1) Claims, among other things, that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of copyrighted NYT articles to train their models (2) Gives examples in which OpenAI models regurgitated NYT articles almost verbatim But the presentation muddies (1) and (2), and I saw a lot of commentary on social media that -- because of what I believe is a muddied presentation -- draws a link between them that I'm not sure is what people think it is. On (1): I understand why media companies don't like people training on their documents, but believe that just as humans are allowed to read documents on the open internet, learn from them, and synthesize brand new ideas, AI should be allowed to do so too. I would like to see training on the public internet covered under fair use -- society will be better off this way -- though whether it actually is will ultimately be up to legislators and the courts. On (2): I suspect a lot of the examples of ChatGPT regurgitating articles nearly verbatim were due to a RAG-like mechanism where the user prompt causes the system to browse the web, retrieve a specific article and then print it out. (If my statement here isn't accurate, I would love to see the @nytimes clarify this.) If this is the case, then (i) To OpenAI's credit, they seem to have already updated their software to make this much less likely, and (ii) This is also a much easier problem to fix than if an LLM were to regurgitate text using only the pre-trained weights, which AFAIK very rarely happens (and which, given its rarity, also raises the question of how much harm to NYT this has actually caused). To be clear, I believe independent media is important for democracy and must be protected. I also sympathize with media businesses worried about Generative AI disrupting their businesses. But I'm not convinced the NYT lawsuit is the right way to do this. Usual caveat: I am not a lawyer and am not giving legal advice or any other form of advice here. You can also read more details of my take on this below. deeplearning.ai/the-batch/is…

I'm excited for #CES2024 to see all the crazy announcements, and I'm also excited for whatever Apple is going to announce to try to upstage CES

Life tip: Stop overthinking your tasks. It leads to analysis paralysis and you end up just thinking about work instead of actually doing it. Have a VERY basic plan, and just start working. You'll figure things out along the way.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

“It’s impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.” ~J.K. Rowling

Tomorrow is my 103rd consecutive weekly newsletter. I’ve spent the last 2 years creating a formula that has helped me write it in 75 minutes or less each week. Here's my simple approach (8 steps) to make newsletter creation a bit more simple and predictable. Let's Go → Step 1: Build An Idea Bank The hardest part of writing a weekly newsletter is coming up with topic ideas. It’s hugely helpful to capture all your ideas in one place, in real-time as they occur to you. So my first tip is to always be building your idea bank. I spend a few minutes every day looking for ideas: • Scanning YouTube channels • Reading aggregator newsletters • Surfing relevant news stories or Reddit If you aim to jot down 2-3 new ideas every day, you’ll have 15+ fresh ideas to work with every week. Step 2: Research And Gather Information After selecting a topic from your idea bank, it's time to do a little digging. Google is your best friend here, and I wouldn’t overcomplicate it. Look for a book, tweet, quote, or article that supports your topic idea or offers an interesting perspective. Step 3: Use A Template This step is my secret sauce for speed - a newsletter template. A simple template serves as a roadmap to guide the flow of your newsletter, each and every week. Keeping my audience in mind, my newsletter flow is simple: 1. What's a big problem? 2. How do most people solve it? 3. Why doesn't it work for them? 4. How might I solve it differently? 5. Recommended action step(s) for readers This formula ensures I’m always helping my audience do something they’re struggling to do. Step 4: Write Your Headers Before you dive into the actual writing, draft your headers. These headers will serve as your guideposts. You’re essentially building a mini-outline. This basic outline will prevent you from getting off course and help you stick to your critical points. I call this step “prepping the page” and it’s been another critical key to my speed. Step 5: Fill Out The Body Now it's time to flesh out your newsletter. Each section should start with an opening line that lays out the intent of the header. What are you about to cover? Prep your reader. Follow up with a paragraph about your insights, and then suggest some actionable steps your readers can take. This framework ensures you deliver value and tactics your readers can actually use. Step 6: Insert Visuals and Research Next, incorporate the pieces of research you unearthed earlier. If an image or video can support or underscore your points, add those in too. Mix it up and keep things interesting for your readers. Step 7: Write Your Title With your first draft ready, it's time to craft your title. A title should be catchy and bold. And it should clearly tell the reader what to expect inside. An email subject line tester can help you gauge the strength of your title. Tweak your title until it's enticing enough to generate good open rates. Step 8: Edit Using a Process Lastly, it’s important to put your newsletter through an editing process. Here are the 4 simple questions I scan for when I edit a newsletter: 1. Are my sentences easy to understand? 2. Do I go on any tangents that could be eliminated? 3. Did I add links to relevant resources? 4. Do I deliver what I promised in my headline? In Summary: Writing a weekly newsletter can feel really difficult. But breaking it down into manageable steps makes it not just possible, but actually efficient and enjoyable. The best part about a newsletter is that you can transform it into 6-12 pieces of content using a simple system. 2 birds. 1 stone. ~~~ If you found this helpful, consider retweeting ♻️ to share with your audience.

Focus on where you are going, not on where you have been.