spoke to enough people at the top, you realize the game is actually pretty simple
once basic needs are met, everyone starts chasing the same things
good sleep, a stable relationship, regular workouts, time alone, books, deep focus, eating on time, and freedom from other people’s opinions
funnily enough, you don’t need to reach the top to start optimizing for any of them
This man teaches at a community college in California.
His salary: around $800,000 a year.
The engineers who passed calculus because of him: $1,800,000 to start.
He has more calculus students than Harvard, MIT, and Stanford combined.
This is Professor Leonard's Calculus 2, Lecture 6.2. Free on YouTube.
Professor Leonard has taught calculus on YouTube for over a decade. His channel has millions of subscribers across 150 countries. Every major university has students who watch him the night before their exam.
Then the concept.
An inverse function is a machine that undoes another machine. If a function takes 2 and gives you 8, the inverse takes 8 and gives you back 2. Finding an inverse means switching every x and y in the equation and solving for y again. The graph flips across the line y = x like a mirror.
Then the problem.
Sometimes it is easy to find the inverse. Sometimes it is impossible to write it explicitly. A function like 3π sin x + sin x cannot be solved for x with algebra. You have to think. What angle makes the whole thing equal to 1? You work backwards through the unit circle until the answer appears.
Then the shortcut.
If you want the derivative of an inverse at a point, you do not need the inverse itself. You only need the derivative of the original function. The formula: the derivative of the inverse at a point equals 1 divided by the derivative of the original function evaluated at the switched point. The inverse flips the coordinates, so you flip where you plug in.
Watch the moment he shows why G prime of 8 equals 1/12 without ever writing the inverse function.
Every engineering student memorizes the derivative rules. Professor Leonard's lecture is the one that shows why the inverse derivative formula is just those same rules run backwards.
A software engineer at a semiconductor company in Austin said Professor Leonard's channel is the reason she passed Calculus 2 on her second attempt. She graduated, joined the company, and now makes $165,000 a year.
Bookmark this and watch later - after this lecture every inverse problem on your exam will feel like a question you already answered.
i'm in love with this quote:
"if you're persistent, you'll get it. if you're consistent, you'll keep it. and if you're grateful, you'll attract more of it."
You procrastinate because the task is too big in your head. Not because you're lazy. Your brain just freaks out. So I just set a timer for 25 minutes. That's it. Don't worry about finishing. Don't even think about the whole thing. Just work for 25 minutes. I'm telling you, once you start, you keep going. The hardest part is starting.
I’m a retired brain surgeon and I wanna tell you why you feel like life is passing by. I just need one minute to explain this to you so hang in there.
Repetitive daily routines stop the brain from recording clear detailed memories. When every day looks the same, your brain does not track time the same as a clock does. It tracks change. If nothing new happens then days, months, and years start to blur together.
This is know as Time compression. When life lacks variety, your brain compresses past days together, making it feel like time is sped up.
To stop feeling like life is passing you by, add new experiences to your life. Break routine habits, like changing your daily home routine, taking a different route to work, or trying a new hobby.
Schedule small trips or plan new adventures so your days do not blend together.
Practice mindfulness by staying fully focused on what you are doing right now and not trying to race off to the next task.
Keep a journal and write down happy memories or memorable parts of the day before you go to sleep.
Take deep, calm breaths when you feel anxious or rushed to return your focus to the moment.
You can and you will retrain your brain to not feel like life is passing you by by following these few simple measures.
I heard someone say, satan got adam and eve to fix their eyes on one tree when god had already given them an entire garden, think about that. The enemy didn't have to convince them that they had nothing. He just had to make them forget everything that they already had. And he still, till this day, uses the same strategy. He gets us to focus on relationships we don't have, the job that we don't have, the opportunity we don't have, the healing we haven't seen yet. Meanwhile, we are blind to the countless prayers god has already answered. Gratitude isn't pretending you don't want more, it's refusing to let what you don't have make you forget the goodness of god that's already surrounding you.
Let me get this straight: this small donkey saw intruders enter his pasture AT MIDNIGHT without his owner. He approached them braying, because that's what donkeys do when they are telling you politely that they think you have the wrong pasture. And the cops shot him dead
To make an insane amount of money in the coming decade, ask yourself: "What can AI not cheaply create more of?" and "what does AI need to consume?"
Compute:
GPUs
data centers
networking
inference infrastructure
Energy:
electricity generation
grid capacity
transformers
nuclear / gas / renewables where economically viable
Semiconductors:
advanced chips
memory
packaging
lithography / fabrication equipment
Physical infrastructure:
industrial land
warehouses
fiber
cooling
logistics
Scarce resources:
copper
uranium
critical minerals
water in constrained regions
Proprietary data / distribution:
unique datasets
customer relationships
platforms with captive demand
payment rails
Productive assets:
companies with high margins and low human-labor dependence
assets generating cash flow without needing proportional headcount
robotics
Trust / brand / authenticity:
verified humans
trusted brands
reputation
luxury/status
live experiences
historical items
collectables
prime land / nature
pendle
@Fred__Duncan Never even thought about this. Makes sense that I’ve gotten noticeably quicker out of the blocks ever since devoting significant time to calf strength as well as increasing the amount of ankle biased plyos.