Seven questions that changed my life. Why you can't fake leadership. Who profits the most from generative AI?
Welcome to a new issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.”
Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.
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And now, let’s dive in!
One “must” for this week
“Seven questions that changed my life” by Sahil Bloom.
"The greatest discoveries in life come not from finding the right answers, but from asking the right questions."
The right question at the right moment can potentially change our lives, and Sahil shares seven of his favorite questions.
My top pick: “If someone observed my actions for a week, what would they say my priorities are?”
Personal development
Master your attention: Schopenhauer’s strategy against clickbait
How to build deeper, more robust relationships
How to change your life: shocking lessons on health & happiness from an 80-year Harvard study
My seven rules for happiness
Smartphone bans, student outcomes and mental health
The red queen effect: avoid running faster to stay in the same place
Four keys to resilience and success
Innovation
Who profits the most from generative AI?
Adobe’s impressive AI upscaling project makes blurry videos look HD
Mark Zuckerberg - llama 3, $10B models, Caesar Augustus, & 1 GW datacenters
Innovation through prompting
Introducing Phi-3: redefining what's possible with SLMs
If it acts like a bubble, and sounds like a bubble, when will we realize it’s a bubble?
The arc product-market fit framework
Leadership and management
Why you can't fake leadership
Storytelling that moves people
In a job interview, this is how to acknowledge your weaknesses
Every team has an asshole? How to make sure yours doesn't
Good leadership is about asking good questions
Not just a ‘cog in the machine’
Days of work over a half century: the rise of the four-day week
One book
“Thinking in pictures: my life with autism” by Temple Grandin.