Tom Schmidt

@neverbeneedy

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The quicker you want something, the easier it is to manipulate you.

Brain Food: New Beginnings

NeverBeNeedy

Instead of working slightly harder, go insane for two weeks and make something huge.

📝 Alain de Botton, Huberman on Hormones, Elon on Future War, Pavel Tsatsouline w/ Hubs, Dostoevsky, All-In on DOGE, How to Take Over the World, and Graham Duncan (Free)

Jony Ive’s Worksheet for Products People Actually Love

Thanks for your letter inviting me to join the committee of the Arts and Sciences for Eisenhower.

I must decline, for secret reasons.

Tim Ferriss • STEP 2 — BIG ROCKS AND THE NOTHING - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

“Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

Even the Mirror Will Lie to You About What We Really Are…

Competence over credentials."

3-2-1: How to help someone, the value of bad luck, and rewarding competence

You frame the problem yourself, make an initial pass, then use AI to challenge your assumptions, uncover blind spots, and sharpen your argument

Think First, AI Second

Progress doesn't come from revolutionary leaps but from the patient accumulation of small, earned advances.

First, define success before generating options. A useful output is much easier to recognize when audience, purpose, constraints, and quality standards are visible from the start. This reduces time lost to vague comparison and unnecessary revision.