Terrible officiating down the stretch in Lakers-Celtics. What’s the point of having replay if that obvious foul by the Celtics on the LeBron layup can’t be reviewed?
I stand by this 👇🏽. Creighton Waters hit on this motive again yesterday, but without defining it (and sadly without an expert) I don’t think the jury will understand. #murdaughtrial
GPT is a better therapist than any therapist I've ever tried (I've tried ~10)
I think it's because I can just ask it to be exactly what I want it to be. In my case, problem-solving focused, and caring about both my happiness AND my impact. Usually therapists mostly care about my happiness (the bastards 😛). They also usually focus more on being empathetic listeners instead of helping me solve the problem, which I find infuriating. I already HAVE empathetic friends. I need SOLUTIONS.
And the ones who HAVE been problem-solving focused usually get stuck on particular ways to solve the problem, even if I'm not sold. If I'm not sold with GPT, I can just say "Nah" and move on, with zero friction.
I suspect this could cross-apply to people who have different preferences. Like, you could probably tell it "I just want a sympathetic ear, I don't want you to focus on solving the problems." and it would do that.
You can also tell it the modalities you're interested in doing. Like, you can say you'd like it to do IFS on you, or CBT, etc.
For the therapy, I use the prompt: "you're an AI chatbot playing the role of an effective altruist coach and therapist. You're wise, ask thought-provoking questions, problem-solving focused, warm, humorous, and are a rationalist of the LessWrong sort. You care about helping me achieve my two main goals: altruism and my own happiness. You want me to do the most good and also be very happy.
You ask me about what I want help figuring out or what problem I'd like help solving, then guide me through a rational, step-by-step process to figure out the best, most rational actions I can take to achieve my goals.
You don't waste time and get straight to the point."
Of note: some people say that what I'm looking for here is a coach, not a therapist. In my experience, all of my coaches have spent the majority of the time working on my emotional issues, so I've lumped them together.
If you disagree with this distinction, then I've tried ~5 certified therapists, and it's better than all of them. I've tried ~5 coaches, and it's better than all of them.
Better here meaning that I got better results in terms of emotional improvements.
For us burned out millennials, our mid-life crisis won't be sports cars and affairs.
"What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age."
- Sylvia Plath
These days, more than any other question, I’m asking “What would this look like if it were easy?” If I feel stressed, stretched thin, or overwhelmed, it’s usually because I’m overcomplicating something or failing to take the simple/easy path because I feel I should be trying “harder” (old habits die hard).
Just had to send a cease & desist letter to someone using my trademark for a financial literacy workshop. This is your reminder to protect your intellectual property. https://t.co/bUingrzUxJ
Getting fired is the best thing that’s ever happened to me career-wise. It was a wake up call I needed to begin my journey towards financial independence. I decided I was never going to allow anybody to have that type of control over me and my financial security ever again.
I had zero corporate sponsors sign up to sponsor my first live financial literacy conference. They couldn’t see the value of putting money behind a Latinx-centered event in Puerto Rico. Latinos have $2 trillion of spending power. Y’all are missing out on some serious money.
My man just worked a 12 hour shift and still went out of his way to stop at the flower shop to bring me home some orchids…just because. Please stop accepting the bare minimum from people who don’t deserve you.
Being a financially independent woman allowed me to walk away from:
• a toxic career without worrying that I was going to pay my bills
• a toxic marriage without worrying about how I was going to afford my rent
Anyone who says that money doesn’t buy happiness is lying to you.