Steven Leshinger
@stevlesh
Steven Leshinger
We undervalue health if we have not recently experienced illness.
We undervalue wealth if we have not recently experienced poverty.
We undervalue kindness if we have not recently experienced cruelty.
What might you be undervaluing right now?
We undervalue wealth if we have not recently experienced poverty.
We undervalue kindness if we have not recently experienced cruelty.
What might you be undervaluing right now?
3-2-1: The power of limiting your options, the value of eagerness, and what we undervalue
"You are better equipped to deal with stress when you are moving.
When you feel tense or frustrated or worried, it is difficult to think your way into feeling better. The more you think about the situation, the larger it becomes in your mind. Trying to think your way out of it often leads to a spiral of overthinking and rumination.
The first step... See more
When you feel tense or frustrated or worried, it is difficult to think your way into feeling better. The more you think about the situation, the larger it becomes in your mind. Trying to think your way out of it often leads to a spiral of overthinking and rumination.
The first step... See more
3-2-1: How to deal with stress, forging your own reality, and learning vs. achieving
Building in generative AI is like running on a treadmill while traditional tech moves at walking speed. This speed impacts everything from the technical problems you tackle to your timeline for reaching scale. While this acceleration should change your strategy, it doesn’t change the fundamentals of building a good product. You need to build... See more
How to Build a Truly Useful AI Product
Author Francois de La Rochefoucauld reminds us that we often justify our mistakes rather than addressing them:
"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct."
"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct."
3-2-1: How to deal with stress, forging your own reality, and learning vs. achieving
An exchange from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien on moving forward despite the difficulties we face:
Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened."
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened."
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
3-2-1: The power of limiting your options, the value of eagerness, and what we undervalue
Your biological age is the number of days you’ve lived.
Your psychological age is the number of thoughts you’ve entertained.
Your sociological age is the number of contributions you’ve made.
Your psychological age is the number of thoughts you’ve entertained.
Your sociological age is the number of contributions you’ve made.
James Clear • 3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair.
James Clear • 3-2-1: On loving your fate, how to handle pressure, and the value of being proactive yet positive
Entrepreneur Ben Chestnut on the importance of momentum:
“Never sacrifice momentum. I might know a better path, but if we’ve got a lot of momentum, if everyone’s united and they’re marching together and the path is O.K., just go with the flow. I may eventually nudge them down a new path, but never stop the troops mid march.”
“Never sacrifice momentum. I might know a better path, but if we’ve got a lot of momentum, if everyone’s united and they’re marching together and the path is O.K., just go with the flow. I may eventually nudge them down a new path, but never stop the troops mid march.”