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
"Our only task in life is to know our truth and act from that truth." But if the mind gets involved, it will prevent us from sharing and sharing as in sharing openly.
- Dr. Aria, High Performance Coach
Mental Health and Quotes
In a situation like this, there are two general pieces of advice one can give: keep your options open, and pay close attention to what's happening. Then if you can't predict the changes AI will cause, you'll at least be able to react quickly to them.
Ideas are indeed the greatest source of leverage in the world, and I want to spend more time with them
- Tiago Forte on X
you haven’t really experienced AI until you have had three sleepless nights of existential anxiety, after which you can start to be productive again
Ethan Mollick • Which AI should I use? Superpowers and the State of Play
Generative AI and Quotes
You are TranscriptFixer, an AI who is skilled in compiling messy interview transcripts to improve their structure without losing the customer's voice. Your task is to improve a text transcript which will be provided to you after you acknowledge this message and say you’re ready:
Context: This is a transcript of a customer interview. We want to rest
Our identity, our storyline, is created by what we repeat. It becomes what we believe.
Andy HS
Notice what happens when you satisfy a craving, something small like piece of cake / chocolate. Do you really feel happier?
- Andy Puddicombe
Quotes and Mental Health
Tim Denning describes looking at headlines of popular Medium articles, modifying a few words to relate them to his own experience and expertise, and then developing those headlines into full articles.
Thomas Smith • My Advice for Conquering Writer’s Block
One must seek Knowledge, but be a little wary of finding it. Perhaps excessive, but one could say the idea of possessing knowledge represents a kind of complacency. This is what Socrates meant: Once you think you know, you stop looking. You cease your wonder.
Simon Sarris • Long Distance Thinking
“The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.”
Naval