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The biggest education companies built this decade, in my mind, will be personalized learning and tutoring businesses.

We live in a time of such confusion and rancor, with a culture that puts a premium on things that don’t last: money, fame, status, likes.

We chase the approval of strangers on our phones.

We build all manner of walls and fences around ourselves, and then we wonder why we feel so alone.

We don’t trust each other as much because we don’t take the tim

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So maybe, all you need to do is be known for ONE thing, or capture ONE audience well and serve relevant shopping ads.

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There are two questions (or at least there were two questions).

IAIN.

OCT 22

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I am making a “book” about building something for yourself, for people who are building something for themselves, to help them build something for themselves. Seems simple enough.

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The 8 skills to manage stress are: 

Positive events: Notice when positive things happen in your life

Savoring: Relish the positive things in your life

Gratitude: Appreciate what brings you happiness

Mindfulness: Focus on the present moment without judgment

Positive reappraisal: Find the silver lining 

Self-compassion: Be kind to yourself

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We don’t trust each other as much because we don’t take the time to know each other.

The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.

You don’t make something people love by building what they ask for or by trying to infer a vision from data about their short-term behavior. Instead, you need to genuinely understand and care about the people you seek to serve, and then use your intuition to make something that they didn’t even realize they needed, that will light them up and feel ... See more