Ali Enow

PR. Media. Politics. Novels.

Quote: “And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” — Rumi

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility.

That can mean taking ownership of your health or committing to a relationship or starting a business.

Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of responsibility usually has to change.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

You don’t have what you want because you can’t stay focused, you get frustrated too easily, and you’re unable to wait for it to work.

It’s not a lack of information, it’s a lack of character.

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

On behalf of the Government and the Republic of Kenya, I extend my sincere apology to the people of Northern Kenya for the hardships and exclusion you have endured over the years.

Your resilience in the face of these challenges is a testament to the strength and patriotism of this region.

Today, however, we are charting a different course. Our administration is making significant progress in restoring equity, expanding opportunity, and ensuring that Northern Kenya takes its rightful place in our nation's transformation journey.

[Njeri Thorne @NjeriBt]

Just analysed Ruto's Madaraka Day speech delivered at Wajir Stadium on June 1 2026. For the first time in 63 years a national celebration was hosted in Northern Kenya. He declared boldly...This is Wajir County. This is Kenya. This is Bottom Up. This is what we meant when we said we would leave no one behind. The choice of venue itself was a powerful national statement of inclusion.. reframes the entire independence project as one that must now fully embrace all regions.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn’t degrade you when others treat you poorly; it degrades them.

[Ahmed Mohamed ((ASMALi)) @Asmali77]

Someone asked Hassan Al Basri: "what is the secret of your piety?"

He replied, "I understood four things":

1. I understood my rizq cannot be taken by anyone so my heart is content.

2. I understood no one can do my actions (worship) so i started doing them myself.

3. I understood Allah is watching me, so i felt shame to do wrong.

4. I understood death is waiting for me so i started to prepare for my meeting with Allah.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The recipe is simple: Do what most people avoid. Wake up early. Focus deeply. Move your body. Eat real foods. Obsess over one thing. Go on adventures. Read old books. Be present. Be kind. Have difficult conversations. Love ferociously. Simple is beautiful.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

If youre going to chase a dream, go all in. If youre going to love, love fiercely. If you're going to walk away, never look back.

So many people never even give themselves a fighting chance because they never fully commit.

If you're gonna go, go all the way. No half measures.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Knowledge is always progressing. Don’t let your ego fool you. You are always knowledge’s inferior.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

The single greatest action you can take for acquiring creative power is to reverse this natural impatience.

Imagine yourself years in the future looking back at the work you have done.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

“The hardest thing to teach a student—and the hardest thing to believe consistently—is that there is nothing ‘out there’ to go and get. There is no part, no career, no opportunity for which you should be searching and scrounging and coveting. All of the preparation is within, and you keep yourself mentally and physically fit; you remain generous with yourself and others; you stay deeply in study about your craft. Whatever is yours will then arrive.”​
— Marian Seldes

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

The only guarantee, ever, is that things will go wrong. The only thing we can use to mitigate this is anticipation. Because the only variable we control completely is ourselves.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Major cheat code in life: Become impossible to offend. When you're secure in yourself, opinions turn into background noise. Someone doesn't like you? Fine. Someone thinks you're wrong? Okay. Emotional independence is the ultimate power. They can't touch what they can't reach.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Masters manage to blend the two—discipline and a childlike spirit—together into what we shall call the Dimensional Mind.

Such a mind is not constricted by limited experience or habits.

It can branch out into all directions and make deep contact with reality.

It can explore more dimensions of the world.

The Conventional Mind is passive—it consumes information and regurgitates it in familiar forms.

The Dimensional Mind is active, transforming everything it digests into something new and original, creating instead of consuming.

[David Perell @david_perell]

Susan Orlean writes non-fiction books that read like novels. She's the author of nine books and writes for The New Yorker, and in this interview, she breaks down exactly how she does it.

Timestamps:

0:27 How to structure stories
4:06 Susan's index card method
7:20 How to hook readers
11:01 What do good stories look like?
23:11 How Susan got her 1st book deal
29:54 Editing your own writing
37:30 Susan's worst writing habits
42:45 Depth vs. width in book topics
55:04 Does structure kill creativity?
1:02:27 Why libraries matter

I've shared the full interview with @susanorlean below. If you'd rather watch on YouTube or listen on Apple / Spotify, check out the reply tweets.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Be like vapor. Do not give your opponents anything solid to attack; watch as they exhaust themselves pursuing you, trying to cope with your elusiveness.

Only formlessness allows you to truly surprise your enemies — by the time they figure out where you are and what you are up to, it is too late.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Underrated life skill: Be a multiplier. Teach what you know, help others advance, connect dots... with no strings attached. Ironically, it's one of the fastest ways to level up your own life as well. Want more success? Be the reason someone else gets theirs.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

We judge people too much by their fleeting opinions—and too little by their consistent actions.

Anyone you meet is likely to hold some views you dislike. No one is as bad as their worst idea, and no belief is set in stone.

The true test of character is how people treat others.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Learn to use the knowledge of the past and you will look like a genius, even when you are really just a clever borrower.