Jahnavi Nandan

I write about talent strategy for new ventures. A little bit of poetry and politics too.

[Paras Chopra @paraschopra]

Announcement 📢📢

I'm planning to start an AI hackhouse in Bangalore!

It includes:
- Brilliant peer-group to learn from
- Free office space
- Connections (will open my network and my 170k+ followers to you)
- (Still deciding) grants, GPUs

Apply 👇

Please RT for reach!

[Vinay Singhal (stage.in) @vinaykrsinghal]

1m+ total paying subscribers at STAGE now. 🧿

2years, 11months and 7 days. Let's see where 2024 ends.

Many more to go. #BoliyonKiKranti

[Jahnavi Nandan @AazadJN]

@vinaykrsinghal 👏👏❤️

[Jahnavi Nandan @AazadJN]

@david_perell Wonder if same person can switch between the two in different situations?

[David Perell @david_perell]

The American Psychological Association once invited William James to give a talk on the first 50 years of psychology research.

He simply said: “People by and large become what they think of themselves.”

Then, he left.

[George Mack @george__mack]

Semi-controversial opinion: There’s no such thing as working too hard. There’s just being under rested.

1. Winston Churchill used to work 16 hours per day in his old age during the war — but he also worked in bed every day until 11am. He had a nap after lunch, and a 2 hour nap before dinner at 8pm before working late into the night.

2. John. D Rockefeller took a 30 minute nap everyday at 12pm. No meeting was important enough to move this out of his calendar.

3. Advice I’d give my younger self: Don’t focus on energy output (working too hard). Focus on energy production (recharging activities). If you produce more energy than you burn, it’s impossible to burn out.

4. The person that is well rested might be able to work 16 hour days 6 days per week. The person who never works but scrolls TikTok all day can struggle to do 30 minutes without burning out.

5. Josh Waitzkin has this concept called the "Simmering Six":

“Most people in high-stress, decision-making industries are always operating at this kind of simmering six, as opposed to the undulation between just deep relaxation and being at a 10. Being at a 10 is millions of times better than being at a 6. It’s just in a different universe.”

6. Eleanor Roosevelt credited one thing to surviving her White House schedule for 12 years: Before meeting crowds or giving a speech, she would sit still, close her eyes and relax for 20 minutes.

7. When Dale Carnegie asked Henry Ford how he had so much energy before his 80th birthday: “I never stand up when I can sit down; and I never sit down when I can lie down”

8. Marcelo Garcia, the best BJJ practitioner of all time, was found asleep minutes before his semi final world championship bout and stumbled into the ring out of a slumber — before destroying his opponent.

9. When Triple H went to see Floyd Mayweather before his fight with Marquez backstage, he expected Floyd to be psyching himself up for the big occasion. Instead, he was lay on the sofa watching a baseball game.

10. Christopher Nolan doesn’t have a smartphone. His assistant manages his emails and he writes everything on a laptop without an internet connection. “I do a lot of my best thinking in those kind of in-between moments that people now fill with online activity”

11. What does the rest and recharge industry get wrong? It tries to sell a magic pill for everyone. Instead, it should always be personalised to the individual. Some people get energy from a massage — others like to do 48 hours in Vegas Denis Rodman style.

12. There’s a simple algorithm for identifying the highest leverage relaxation for yourself: (Energy produced ÷ time it takes)

13. Ironically, if Type-A personalities rest better, they’ll also be happier and live longer. But it’s always better to sell it as the ability to increase their work — and sneak happiness and health in the back door.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The best way to show respect to people in a different socioeconomic position is by joking with them.

[Jahnavi Nandan @AazadJN]

Internet is for entertainers who educate or educators who entertain.

[Prasad @theprasad_]

4. The Internet is for entertainers. Not for educators.

[Jahnavi Nandan @AazadJN]

The Canada Principle 👉 when you have resources to do 10 things, pick 2 and do them 5 times well.

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

Let me start by saying that when it comes to Netflix, I’m usually wrong:

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

Let me start by saying that when it comes to Netflix, I’m usually wrong:

[Keshav Rai @keshavrai]

Happy to share that we've raised a round led by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation . (@DellFdn )

Airblack, on its dream mission to enable a 100 M independent livelihoods has in a short span of 3 years helped 35k+ women kickstart their careers as professional makeup artists, salon owners, content creators, bakers, cloud kitchen owners and more.

The journey is exciting and fulfilling, in the process brought together a community of 250k+ aspiring women, had live masterclasses with 5k women learning concurrently live and counselled lakhs of women to believe in themselves and show them a path towards having a professional career.

Proud to be part of a bright team solving and building for India.

[OpenMoon @OpenMoonAI]

How am I going to mature with these types of toys?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Harvard University has a library that protects the rarest colors in the world.

The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies houses the Forbes Pigment Collection, which contains more than 2,500 samples of pigments, some incredibly rare and harvested from things like mummies, heavy metals, poisons, and precious minerals.

The collection was amassed by Edward Forbes, who directed Harvard's Fogg Museum, between 1910 and 1944.

Forbes is considered the father of art conservation in the United States and spent most of his life traveling the world to collect various pigments that he used to authenticate classical Italian paintings.

The pigments are still used by art experts to authenticate and understand paintings.

[Nitesh Sharma @ritzynitz]

I get the usual answer every time that as per our delivery partner the order is delivered and we cannot help you any further. This is really appalling to see a reputable company like Myntra is behaving in this manner.

[Nitesh Sharma @ritzynitz]

@MyntraSupport I am continuously following up with customer service helpline to get my help on my issue of order wrongly marked as delivered but despite of raising multiple tickets, I am not getting any resolution for my grievance. Order worth 3100, O_ID # 1252167 24986832951801

[Jahnavi Nandan @AazadJN]

A category of one representing a category of one. A champion that @Neeraj_chopra1 is will transfer a lot of greatness to STAGE for sure 👌

[Vinay Singhal (stage.in) @vinaykrsinghal]

We sat down and made a list of every celebrity on the planet who could be the brand ambassador of STAGE and what it stands for. No one even came close.

@Neeraj_chopra1, a category of one, representing STAGE, a category of one.

Welcome to the Kranti, Neeraj bhai. 🙌😇

[Vinay Singhal (stage.in) @vinaykrsinghal]

We sat down and made a list of every celebrity on the planet who could be the brand ambassador of STAGE and what it stands for. No one even came close.

@Neeraj_chopra1, a category of one, representing STAGE, a category of one.

Welcome to the Kranti, Neeraj bhai. 🙌😇

[Jahnavi Nandan @AazadJN]

My favourite: The early-late razor >> early if it’s trending on Reddit, late if on LinkedIn.

[George Mack @george__mack]

The most useful razors and rules I've found:

1. Bragging Razor - If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half what they claim

If someone downplays their success or happiness, assume it’s double what they claim

2. High Agency Razor - If unsure who to work with, pick the person that has the best chances of breaking you out of a 3rd world prison.

3. The Early-Late Razor - If it's a talking point on Reddit, you might be early. If it's a talking point on LinkedIn, you're definitely late.

4. Luck Razor - If stuck with 2 equal options, pick the one that feels like it will produce the most luck later down the line.

I used this razor to go for drinks with a stranger rather than watch Netflix. In hindsight, it was the highest ROI decision I've ever made.

5. Buffett's Law - "The value of every business is 100% subject to government interest rates" - Warren Buffett

6. The 6-Figure Razor - If someone brags about "6 figures" -- assume it's closer to $100K than $900K.

7. Parent Rule - Break down the investments your parents made in you: Time, Love, Energy, and Money.

If they are still alive, aim to hit a positive ROI (or at least break even.)

8. Instagram Razor - When you see a photo of an influencer looking attractive on Instagram -- assume there are 99 worse variations of that photo you haven't seen.

They just picked the best one.

9. Narcissism Razor - If worried about people's opinions, remember they are too busy worrying about other people's opinions of them. 99% of the time you're an extra in someone else's movie

10. Everyday Razor - If you go from doing a task weekly to daily, you achieve 7 years of output in 1 year. If you apply a 1% compound interest each time, you achieve 54 years of output in 1 year.

11. Bezos Razor - If unsure what action to pick, let your 90-year-old self on death bed choose it.

12. Creativity Razor - If struggling to think creatively about a subject, transform it:

• Turn a thought into a written idea.
• A written idea into a drawing.
• A drawing into an equation.
• An equation into a conversation.

In the process of transforming it, you begin to spot new creative connections.

13. The Roman Empire Rule - Historians now recognize the Roman Empire fell in 476 - but it wasn't acknowledged by Roman society until many generations later.

If you wait for the media to inform you, you'll either be wrong or too late.

14. Physics Razor - If it doesn't deny the law of physics, then assume it's possible. Do not confuse society's current lack of knowledge -- with this knowledge being impossible to attain.

E.g. The smartphone seems impossible to someone from the 1800s -- but it was possible, they just had a lack of knowledge.

15. Skinner's Law - If procrastinating, you have 2 ways to solve it:

• Make the pain of inaction > Pain of action
• Make the pleasure of action > Pleasure of inaction

16. Network Razor - If you have 2 quality people that would benefit from an intro to one another, always do it.

Networks don't divide as you share them, they multiply.

17. Gell-Mann Razor - Assume every media article contains a % of false information.

Sandbox the article from your worldview until you've:

• Seen primary sources
• Spoken to 3 domain experts

18. Taleb's Surgeon - If presented with two equal candidates for a role, pick the one with the least amount of charisma.

The uncharismatic one has got there despite their lack of charisma. The charismatic one has got there with the aid of their charisma.

[Alamin @iam_chonchol]

This is pure gold 🤯

$12,880 worth of Storytelling Degree in just 5 minutes.

Just watch this video. Kurt Vonnegut explained stories better than anyone I’ve ever heard.

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