nahi yaar vardhan

trying to figure out the meaning of life

[Krishna Agrawal @Krishnasagrawal]

Andrew Ng just dropped a 3-hour course on how to become an AI Engineer in 2026:

• 00:00 - How to build agentic AI systems
• 04:25 - Future of AI engineering
• 23:38 - AI Prompting full course
• 2:52:17 - Creating an app with AI in 30 minutes

This 3-hour watch could replace 10 AI engineering courses on the internet.

Watch it today, then read how to run a self-improving system in the article below.

Cc : Respective Owner

[Isa @isssa0x]

A dead MIT professor accidentally destroyed the $20 billion executive coaching industry with one hour of lecture, and ten million people have already watched him do it.

He filmed it once in January 2018 and died eighteen months later.

Executive coaches charge fifteen thousand dollars a session to teach a third of what he covered in that one hour for free.

His name was Patrick Winston. He ran the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997 and wrote the AI textbook every computer science major in the world read for thirty years.

Every January for four decades, he gave a lecture called "How to Speak."

His entire framework fits on a napkin.

Do not read. Be in the image. Keep images simple. Eliminate clutter. Start with an empathetic connection. End with a punch line the audience can repeat over dinner. Never open with a joke. Never end with "thank you."

That last rule alone has probably cost the executive coaching industry a hundred million dollars.

"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order."

That is the actual opening line of the lecture. Winston believed it strongly enough to spend fifty years teaching computer scientists how to talk.

Founders spend $80,000 on an MBA and then hire a communications coach to teach them the same material Winston filmed once for free. Engineers write brilliant code and lose promotions to teammates who watched this lecture on the train.

The lecture is free on MIT OpenCourseWare. The textbook is free on his page.

Winston died in 2019. Almost none of the ten million viewers have actually implemented the four rules on the napkin.

The napkin is free. The willingness to actually use it in your next meeting is the entire edge.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

My life changed when I realized discipline was just the highest form of self-respect. It’s choosing what you want most over what you want now. It’s keeping your word. It’s an act of service to your future self.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

James Clear: Your goal in life should be to reduce the amount of time it takes you to get out of a bad state.

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

Anthropic engineer:

"You're not supposed to prompt Claude. You're supposed to build a system that prompts itself."

In 45 minutes she breaks down how Anthropic builds agents that remember, learn from their mistakes, and get smarter with every run.

Worth more than any paid course you'll find on building agents.

Watch the session, then read the guide on building loops below.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Tolstoy’s advice to achieve a long term goal:

[Nir Eyal @nireyal]

7 habits holding you back from success:

1. Waiting to feel motivated before starting.

Motivation isn't the cause of action. It's usually the byproduct. The work comes first; the feeling follows. If you wait for the mood, you'll wait forever.

2. Treating your to-do list like a schedule.

A to-do list tells you what you'd like to do. A calendar tells you when you'll actually do it. Be a schedule builder, not a to-do list maker.

3. Blaming the phone.

The phone isn't the cause of your distraction. It's the cope. Distraction starts from within — with discomfort you're trying to escape. Time management is pain management.

4. Confusing being busy with being productive.

You can't say you got distracted unless you know what you got distracted from. Without a plan for your time, every interruption feels equally urgent.

5. Believing willpower is a limited resource.

The research on ego depletion didn't hold up. Carol Dweck's work shows that the people who believed willpower was finite were the ones who ran out of it. Willpower behaves more like an emotion than a fuel tank.

6. Saying no instead of saying not yet.

When an internal trigger pulls you toward distraction, you don't have to fight it. Wait ten minutes. Surf the urge. Most of the time, it passes on its own.

7. Trying to become focused instead of becoming indistractable.

Identity precedes behavior. Vegetarians don't debate bacon. People who call themselves indistractable don't negotiate with every ping.

The pattern underneath all seven: every one of these habits is a way of avoiding discomfort. Look for the discomfort. Then schedule what you'd do without it.

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

Marcus Aurelius faced obstacles:

Insomnia
Father died at age 3
8 of his 13 children died
Wars with Parthia and the Germanic Tribes
The Antonine Plague
A palace coup
A troublesome heir

But Marcus used it all as fuel, did his best and never let himself be heard complaining.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

How you do anything is how you do everything:

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize that one of the most attractive traits is genuine enthusiasm. It's energizing to spend time around people who show real excitement for life. For people, ideas, and tiny moments. It takes courage to care so openly. Enthusiasm is contagious.

[Mason Hughes @msnrhu]

Kasparov on greatness.
Banger.

[Psyche Wizard @PsycheWizard]

I fell in love with this quote:

[Investment Wisdom @InvestingCanons]

The best time to get started investing was yesterday. The next best is today.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

What happens when you die:

They divide up your shit.

They summarize your life in 500-1000 words.

People who knew you less say sorry to people who knew you more.

Everyone eats, drives home, and wakes up the next day and goes to work.

Whatever you’re worried about won’t be in those 500 words.

You can dare greatly or not at all, but you’re gonna die either way.

Might as well squeeze every motherfucking drop out.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Underrated life advice: Have more hobbies and fewer opinions. Learn an instrument. Plant a garden. Build something with your hands. Cook. Paint. Run. The happiest people I know spend less time debating life and more time actually living it.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Elon Musk once said:

“Stop being patient and start asking yourself: How can I accomplish my 10 year plan in 6 months? You will probably fail, but you'll be far ahead of the person who simply accepted it would take 10 years.”

[Gentle Man @BeyondhistoryX]

I am finally giving you the roadmap to be Ambitious again...

(Step by Step)

1.

[Maliha @CaffeinatedLiha]

✨ Always carry a book with you ✨

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

don’t take it personally.