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
Your job isn’t to be “good”. Your job is to offer something specific which some people will think is good, and some people will probably think is bad.
Alex M H Smith • No Bullsh*t Strategy
Skills you need in the age of AI: You’ll need critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence. Some technical skills e.g. understand the AI capabilities, some data literacy, cyber threats etc.
But mostly, you’ll need truly human soft skills:
- ability to make complex decisions
- ability to have creative problem solving
All skills that will enable
For me, the goal is always to use AI to help people think better. Writing is thinking. That’s it. And if we don’t forget that, I believe the future of writing is going to be very exciting indeed.
Nathan Baschez • Writing with Machines
Your core values are there already. Just slow down and let them be. Values like courage, authenticity, strength, innovation, creativity, wisdom, joy, love are inherent within you. You don't need to strive to create or find them; just remove the mental blocks that hinder their expression. These blocks usually stem from the mind, such as limiting
... See morewhat 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
There is truly a bottomless pit of advice on how to do work faster, harder, and more efficiently, and all of these ideas have been comforting to me at various times in my career. Now, having made myself sick living like that, I find myself looking for new advice on how to adhere to some other approach, one that does not focus primarily on beating... See more
Rachel Katz • Giving Up Hustle Culture Doesn't Mean Giving Up
Productivity and
Elon Musk:
“I believe in the physics approach to thinking.
You're always weighing the probabilities that something is true or not true, or that there may be a third explanation.
Be very open to new facts and changing your mind.” https://t.co/PMANNtY8y0
ELON CLIPSx.comPainter and visual artist Chuck Close on inspiration:
"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are... See more
"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are... See more
Superhuman
Productivity and
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.
Bill Gates, The Road Ahead
Bill Gates, The Road Ahead