Tom Schmidt
@neverbeneedy
Tom Schmidt
“A clear majority of human beings tend to connect their sentences, paragraphs, and scenes together with the word and.
This is a mistake. The ideal connective tissue in any story are the words but and therefore, along with all their glorious synonyms. These buts and therefores can be either explicit or implied.
“And” stories have no movement or mome... See more
This is a mistake. The ideal connective tissue in any story are the words but and therefore, along with all their glorious synonyms. These buts and therefores can be either explicit or implied.
“And” stories have no movement or mome... See more
Brain Food: Guided by Beauty
Practice until you get it right, and you'll need perfect conditions.
Practice until you can't get it wrong, and conditions no longer matter.
Practice until you can't get it wrong, and conditions no longer matter.
Brain Food: Guided by Beauty
Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates.
facebook.com"Stress and worry tend to be higher before you act.
Without action, all you can do is worry.
Once you begin, fear shrinks as you start to influence the outcome."
Without action, all you can do is worry.
Once you begin, fear shrinks as you start to influence the outcome."
3-2-1: On making the most of shortcuts, how to reduce worry, and the kindness of mastery
"Your first task is to find what feels effortless to you.
Your second task is to put maximum effort into it."
Your second task is to put maximum effort into it."
3-2-1: The simple path to wealth, how time works, and things that hold talented people back
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When o3 Plans Your Career Better Than You Do
Watch AI write my five-year roadmap, then grab the step-by-step template to do it yourself
by Katie Parrott
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When o3 Plans Your Career Better Than You Do
Watch AI write my five-year roadmap, then grab the step-by-step template to do it yourself
by Katie Parrott
GPT-4o/Every illustration.
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I’ve always hated the question, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Answering... See more
When o3 Plans Your Career Better Than You Do
Prompting is secondary; the real skill is slashing, annotating, and rewriting the version of you the AI proposes until the roadmap sounds like a life you’d want to live.
When o3 Plans Your Career Better Than You Do
There Are No Valid Excuses in the Real World: You either got done what you needed to get done, or you didn’t – no matter what happened in the world, there is no valid excuse because there is no judge
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