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Are you planting seeds of entitlement?We were each enjoying a delicious bite of uni. It was our first Omakase since becoming parents a decade ago. We sipped some sake at the quiet upstairs sushi bar. (I might have even snapped a few food pics for my Instagram account.) And then the meltdown happened. The couple next to us went nuclear. They busted out their phones and turned the tiny dining room into a command center. Phones rang and vibrated. AirPods littered the counter. There had been a family emergency. Their college-aged son had missed his flight home.
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One of the cardinal rules of investing is: If it’s too good to be true — it probably is. When it comes to AI, I don’t think it falls in the “too good to be true” category. Yet. But it’s damn good. And I use it all the time. Yet I don’t want to be blind and naive about its limitations. And while I want to understand what is happening under the hood — I have no appetite for the super technical details. Andrej Karpathy was on the founding team of OpenAI and has the most incredible video primer...
Hey Reader, We made it back stateside after an incredible trip to Japan. Lisa and I even managed to squeeze in an Omakase date night in Tokyo. Here's one of our last pics from a swanky rooftop bar. I'm starting a small mastermind for finance professionals looking to master AI. Learn more about the program below ⤵️ Apply for the Mastermind → Here are this week's top reads: // one What happens when you leave your career (and identity) behind 20 minutes | Andy Johns Substack Occasionally, I...
Hey Reader, Greetings from Japan. We're fully immersed in yakitori, micro pig cafes, Zen gardens and 7-11 pork buns. It's awesome. I've also been writing two posts a week on AI developments over at Future-Proof Your Career with AI. It's totally free, check it out (it's a separate newsletter). Sign up for free → Here are this week's top reads: // one You should be setting rejection goals 10 minutes | Vox What would life look like if we didn’t take rejection so damn personally. Our fear of...