Johann Van Tonder
@jvt
20 years in ecommerce, now CEO of a CRO agency. Probably doing analysis in R or building stuff with AI. Or walking on the beach. Yeah, probably that.
Johann Van Tonder
“There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.”
Albert Einstein (1932)
Ironically, Einstein’s own theoretical work on mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²) would later prove fundamental to nuclear physics. Just ten years after this prediction, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was achieved in 1942.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/lists/10-failed-scientific-predictions-276945
One way to think about (LLM) is that about 3 years ago, aliens landed on Earth. They handed over a USB stick and then disappeared. Since then we’ve been poking the thing they gave us with a stick, trying to figure out what it does and how it works.
Quotes and
"It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it — a costly myth."
W. Edwards Deming
Selling is a discipline that can be learned like any other. It’s a matter of first deciding to believe that what you are selling is valuable, helpful and worth the money (it is!). Then understanding who it can help, what results and feelings they are seeking and how your product provides the answer. You have to stretch your comfort zone. And you
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There are two types of driven people.
Those who want to get it done. And those who want to get it right.
All people who want to get it right want to get it done.
Almost nobody who wants to get it done wants to get it right.
Evan LaPointex.com“I rarely have good ideas.
To overcome this limitation, I think about one topic (like habits) for an unreasonable amount of time. Then, I revise, revise, revise until only the best stuff remains. It’s slow, but it works.
You can either be a genius or you can be patient.”
To overcome this limitation, I think about one topic (like habits) for an unreasonable amount of time. Then, I revise, revise, revise until only the best stuff remains. It’s slow, but it works.
You can either be a genius or you can be patient.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Attracting Luck, Taking Risks, and the Ineffectiveness of Anger | James Clear
Everything you want, is on the other side of doing things you don't want to do.
Hard conversations
Work that is "boring"
Taking chances on things that might fail
Do the things you don't want to do.
Dr. Julie Gurnerx.comI have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Quotes and Mental Health