Tom Schmidt

progress, not perfection.

“Don’t save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.” – Warren Buffett

Rules about overthinking: You can’t think your way out of a feeling problem, overthinking is under-feeling, your brain ruminates because it hates uncertainty so much that it would rather fantasize a catastrophe than deal with uncertainty, whatever you fear creates the boundaries of your freedom, the more you think about yourself the harder it is to... See more

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.

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You’re reading the August 21, 2025 edition of Wonder Tools , a weekly newsletter to help you discover what’s most useful. I’m Jeremy Caplan , and this week I’m excited to be meeting the new graduate class of 2026 at the City University of New York’s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where I teach.... See more

Estée Lauder, entrepreneur and founder of the famous cosmetics brand, on the power of focus:

"I've always believed that if you stick to a thought and carefully avoid distraction along the way, you can fulfill a dream. My whole life has been about fulfilling dreams. I kept my eye on the target, whatever that target was. Whether your target is big or... See more

"Not everything blooms in spring. Your season might be autumn.

Keep going."