"Make it look nice" is where bad design starts.
Good design solves a problem first. The visual is how you deliver the solution, not the point of it.
Save this the next time someone asks you to "just make it pop." 🔖
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Most AI products fail because they start with AI.
Great AI products start with people.
Before asking:
How can AI solve this?
Ask:
• Who suffers the most?
• Who suffers the least?
• Why does it happen?
• How does it affect different people?
Don't design for average users.
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How to subtly upgrade your life in 2026.
Dial in these 5 everyday inputs:
1. Social Inputs
You become the 5 people you spend the most time with.
Choose wisely:
• Find intellectual sparring partners (where you help one another).
• Resist false kindness: Create an inner circle that will give you honest feedback.
• Avoid energy vampires: Spend more time with people who give you energy and less time with those who steal it.
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2. Information Inputs
Elevate your sources.
If you want to level up your information diet, here are some immediate upgrades:
TED Talks, documentaries, insightful podcasts, books that challenge and inspire, and unbiased news sources.
See the comments below for a curated list of my favorite resources.
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3. Mental Inputs
Small shifts in language create big mindset shifts.
Among my favorites:
• Failure → Learning
• Stuck → Exploring new angles
• Nervous → Energized
• Hate → I prefer
• Have to → Get to
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4. Health Inputs
Your brain influences every thought, feeling, and action you take.
So prioritize your brain health:
• Take long walks.
• Sleep 7+ hrs nightly.
• Have a strong rest ethic to avoid burnout.
• Rebalance your dopamine with less screen time.
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5. Environmental Inputs
Pare down to essential items.
Then, manage both inbound & outbound possessions.
Inbound:
• Choose quality > quantity
• Purchase less; love every single item more
Outbound:
• Follow the 1 In, 1 Out Rule: If you buy one item, then donate, sell, or toss another
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Your future results are a lagging measure of your current inputs.
Choose wisely. Everything else is downstream.
"Microeconomics & game theory are fundamental. I don’t think you can be successful in business or even navigate most of our modern capitalist society without an extremely good understanding of supply-and-demand, labor-versus-capital, game theory, & those kinds of things."
@naval