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
“The secret to winning is learning how to lose.
That is, learning to bounce back from failure and disappointment—undeterred—and continuing to steadily march toward your potential.
Your response to failure determines your capacity for success.”
That is, learning to bounce back from failure and disappointment—undeterred—and continuing to steadily march toward your potential.
Your response to failure determines your capacity for success.”
3-2-1: On the Best Exercise, the Secret to Winning, and Dealing With Disappointment | James Clear
A great way to get out of your head and into your world is to do a task you can actually finish.
Jon Acuff • Soundtracks
Let me say it again, because it’s that important: intentionally developing your Ask muscle is a REQUIREMENT for entrepreneurial success. The question, of course, is how you do it.
Noah Kagan • Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
what I've learned about fear is that if we stop, the only way through it is towards it.
Talks at Google • Bear Grylls | Mental Health & Beyond | Talks at Google
Bear Grylls, former UK Special Forces soldier
Everything is hard, everything is risky and nothing is guaranteed. So going after something big enough to matter makes sense
Five Insights From Investing in Prolific Machines - Mayfield
“The nature of childhood wounding may be broadly generalized into two basic categories: 1) the experience of neglect or abandonment, and 2) the experience of being overwhelmed by life.”
The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
James Hollis
"There’s really no replacement for spending time with these things, working towards a deeper mental model of the things they are good at and the things they are likely to mess up. Combining with domain knowledge of the thing you are working on is key too, especially as that can help protect you against them making things up!"
- Simon Willison, attem
All three have different personalities and strengths, depending on whether you are coding or writing. Gemini is an excellent explainer but doesn’t let you upload files, GPT-4 has features (namely Code Interpreter and GPTs) that greatly extend what it can do, and Claude is the best writer and seems capable of surprising insight.
Ethan Mollick • Which AI should I use? Superpowers and the State of Play
Ethan Mollick’s comparison of the 3 main LLM models