JA Westenberg

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If you're starting from zero followers today, your fastest path to 10k is probably either: 1) 'AI will steal your job/soul and must be destroyed' Or 2) 'Woke mind virus is ruining [thing] and must be destroyed'

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The best places on the internet are where the highest form of recognition is "banger." This is one of the best places on the internet.

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The Psychology of a Truly Good Day (It’s Not Productivity)

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What even *is* a Good Day? You don’t need a breakthrough. You need 24 hours where you’re not at war with yourself. You eat, move, speak honestly, maybe laugh once or twice. That’s a good day. That’s rare. New on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RUhnxzt367I?si=MmdDqsIyLHSTiyhr

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You don’t become who you are. You reduce the number of people you’re pretending to be.

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6 years ago, Microsoft saved my life. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joanwestenberg_6-years-ago-microsoft-saved-my-life-the-activity-7346509684599635968-MFrZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAFsHzRgBmenrK5Y1VXU7SZD_GfSUiOE-n7Y

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I'm not pro or anti Al in the same way that I'm not pro or anti fire, the wheel, shelter or word processors.

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You can’t buy back time. But you can refuse to sell it. Every meeting you decline, every task you delegate, every notification you disable = time arbitrage. You’re not lazy. You’re liquid. https://youtu.be/JM_tgYkOJpc?si=fJ-TNNV3nSGMtWl-

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The danger is that AI will stifle creativity the same way porn stifles sex: not by eliminating it, but by making the synthetic version so convenient that some folks never bother developing the actual skill.

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Society treats curiosity like a childhood phase you’re supposed to outgrow. Then wonders why everyone’s depressed at 35. The most successful people I know never stopped asking “why” and “what if.”

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There’s an hourglass on my desk. I flip it every morning before I start working. It doesn’t beep or vibrate. It doesn’t sync to a calendar. But it keeps perfect time. Every grain that falls is a second I don’t get back. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joanwestenberg_theres-an-hourglass-on-my-desk-i-flip-it-activity-7346033073718771712-1Gqo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAFsHzRgBmenrK5Y1VXU7SZD_GfSUiOE-n7Y

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People are shocked to discover they need to fact-check ChatGPT and I'm having the uncomfortable realization that they never fact-checked their uncle's Facebook posts, their friend's medical advice, or literally anything Google's top result told them, and suddenly the last decade makes sense...

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The people who cringe at everything never build anything. Their job is to mock. Yours is to make. Cringe is just what creativity looks like before the algorithm blesses it. https://youtu.be/_cJOtvYJyFU?si=6QJc926Ar8lXJaHM

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Not having a smartphone is the new Hermès bag. It signals you’re wealthy enough to hire people to handle your digital existence and important enough that others accommodate your communication preferences.

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The ‘follow your passion’ advice is terrible for 99% of people. Most passions don’t pay bills. Find something you’re decent at that pays well, then use that money to fund your actual interests.

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You need momentum more than perfection. Open a blank doc. Hit record. Ship something broken. Then fix it in public. Repeat.

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Westenberg Pro is open. 15% off for life. Subscribers get: – Every essay – One premium post weekly – Monthly “Office Hours” – Early experiments – A digital copy of Permissionless +more. No hype. Just the work. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/upgrade?offer_id=5faf1302-a9c7-4930-a333-604665434edb

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At some point you make peace with the idea that a certain percentage of internet strangers will think you’re evil, stupid, or both and there’s nothing you can do to change it.

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On the internet, you are not participating in a conversation. You are laying down evidence in a trial where you are both defendant and surprise witness. And the jury already hates you. https://youtu.be/IaqVa5E_fG8?si=F_cCLgPC8-F1A-nO

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To understand SBF, study Madoff. To understand Madoff, study Kreuger. To understand Kreuger, study Duer.

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