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Breaking Bread

[Anuj @anujcodes_21]

🚨Anthropic just showed a 24-minute workshop on how to actually do prompts for Claude.

Taught by the people who built it.

Free. No registration. No paywall.

I've seen $300 courses that don't cover what they teach in the first 8 minutes.

Watch it and bookmark it now.

[Philosophy of Ages @PhilosophyAges]

The most dangerous health condition doctors never test for:

High cortisol.

It silently drives fat gain, hormone imbalances, and heart disease.

Here are 8 ways to fix it like a doctor:

1. Cold exposure

[Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108]

The man who heals what therapy can't:

Ramana Maharshi.

At 16, he discovered a method so simple yet profound that anxiety, depression, and suffering vanish when you truly understand it.

Here's his 5-step approach to absolute inner peace: 🧵

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The Complete Formula for Getting Lucky:

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

Which is your go-to peptide?

[NootBro @nootropicguy]

Biohacks that are worth the money:

(I’ve been in the game almost a decade)

- Red light therapy
- Blue light blockers
- Cold plunge
- Specialty lab panels
- Non-toxic clothing
- Clean personal care
- Peptides (some not all)
- Infrared sauna
- Methylene blue
- EMF protection

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

Great list!

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

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[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

Hey @Spotify when will audiobooks be available in South Africa?

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

Congratulations to Bafana Bafana. You gave it horns. #AFCON2023

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

I blame DSTV #AFCON2023

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

How DStv gonna do us like that

[Aadit Sheth @aaditsh]

I wish more people stopped using ChatGPT on beginner mode.

Many people don't know this, but you can generate significantly better results.

Here are 10 examples to take inspiration from to supercharge your prompts:

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

ALIEN was released 44 years ago today. One of the definitive science fiction/horror movies, its influence is still seen to this day. The behind-the-scenes story of how the film was made is a fascinating one...

A THREAD

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[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

@BhavMaharaj @blomnbeautiful Happiness in a bag!

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

@MerlotGirl Happy birthday Mel 🍷

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

@JesvirH @Uber_Support Sssssh, Big Brother’s listening. 😅

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

@ChadSaaiman Ah Biskop my old nemesis!

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

This is so good!

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

This is one of the greatest displays of the creative process I've seen.

John Mayer perfectly demonstrates something that many of my favorite artists all say:

You become creative by creating.

"You just keep going 'til you get something," Mayer says/sings. "You gotta keep forcing it, forcing it, forcing it…it doesn’t matter [what comes out of your mind/mouth].”

Dr. Andrew Huberman talks about how the brain circuits that turn on before those involved in creativity are of the stress system.

I've heard him use 3 analogies to explain this.

1) It’s like you have to wade through sewage before you can swim in clear water.

2) It’s like when you try to lift your max on the bench press—it takes time to work up to that weight.

3) It’s like your best creative work is on the other side of a door at the top of a staircase—it takes time and effort to get up the stairs and through that door.

In other words, Dr. Huberman says, you become more creative the more you create.

Many artists talk similarly about what Mayer refers to in the clip as "ouija boarding" (just sort of spitting out words and sounds).

John Legend says his songs start with what he calls “the mumble track.” “It’s just me humming and mumbling nonsense,” he said.

Judd Apatow says his movie scripts are all a product of the Down-Up theory: “Get the ideas DOWN then fix them UP.” “Give yourself permission to suck," Judd says. "Anything goes. Just get something down.”

Even if it’s nonsense, he says. Keep forcing it, forcing it, forcing it.

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Before I started writing online, I told Ryan Holiday I was just waiting to know for certain what I wanted to write about.

“Just start," he said.

"You’re trying to map out the whole 9 innings. Just throw the first pitch…You’re better off starting imperfectly than being paralyzed by the delusion of perfection.”

Rather than being paralyzed by the delusion that creativity comes to you, you're better off "forcing it, forcing it, forcing it," as Mayer said.

"Go get it from the universe."

Follow @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

Inspiring post match interview from @SiyaKolisi a remarkable captain and South African.

[Winstom Snith @Dion_Govender]

@hubermanlab is fast becoming one of my favourite people on the internet. Incredibly grateful for the work you’re doing with the podcast.