Ben Painter

Co-Founder & Partner at WholeSchool Mindfulness. Formerly @NewProfit. Raised on 4-square and @inwardboundmind

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

What if every school taught #mindfulness? A thread. (1/11)

[✨heliotropic✨ @Luminous_Air]

omg discourse is wild rn

i am old (late 40s) & here is what u need to know

yes, have kids. it will be the hardest & best & most meaningful thing u could ever do

a lot of other stuff that seems fun now will pall after 20 years

fgs stop demonising each other

some men r awful, some women r awful

many men r fantastic, kind & funny & brave. so r many women

u won’t find the perfect partner perfect ppl don’t exist

just find someone okay - someone u think u could coparent with even if u ended up divorcing

compromise on: looks, money, coolness

do NOT compromise on: anger management issues, dodgy relationship w drugs or alcohol, generally being calm and kind

if u know u want kids do NOT let someone waste ur time. if they don’t want marriage & kids after 18 months & won’t put a tight timescale on it, risk management tips towards leaving the relationship & finding someone who wants the same things

of course it’s ideal if u own a house & have plenty of money, but u’d be surprised how much you can muddle thru

ur morale & ur health r ur greatest assets. prioritise sleeping well, eating well, exercise, even if it’s not what your friends are doing. u will watch a lot of ppl who looked like they knew what they were doing screw up their lives over the years. alcohol in particular is a net negative for a lot of ppl & the large majority of friends will come & go. ur lucky if u have a handful that last a lifetime

there will be trade offs. be generous, love ur partner & kids enough to make those trade offs. everything in life has trade offs. devoting urself to ur career absolutely has tradeoffs

we live, we die. most things hardly matter. a few do, & it’s a valuable use of ur time to treat those with commitment & grace

the world is full of light & dark, horror & treasure. there is no objective perspective to take on the overarching nature of life & the world. u get to choose. choose joy. ram dass: u can do it like it's a great weight on you, or u can do it like it's part of the dance

[Smoke-away @SmokeAwayyy]

Sam Altman: "We hope that you'll come back next year. What we launch today is going to look very quaint relative to what we're busy creating for you now."

[Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam]

Madness, @sama builds a custom GPT using private knowledge in just under 4 minutes.

Then he goes on to share it.

There will be millions of GPTs.

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

@danielbrottman lol that’s such a big part of the world

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

It saddens me to see Andrew Huberman's Wikipedia page attacked in a politically-motivated way to remove most of his scientific accomplishments and to add misleading statements like: "Huberman appeared on programs that frequently platform health misinformation". This is a dishonest misrepresentation of a legit scientist and one of the best communicators of science in the world. @hubermanlab deserves to be celebrated not slandered. He is a truly special human being, who is doing an invaluable service for the world.

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

@dgleasontweets Thanks!! They are our #1 partner. We’re looking for folks beyond their network.

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

Honored to be named a “Rising Voice” by @MindfulOnline alongside my wonderful colleague Selena La'Chelle Collazo.

I am so grateful that I get to spend my time making mindfulness an integral part of our education system. Supporters and teammates- thank you!

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

@danielbrottman you're back?? let's link!

[Robert Nelsen @rtnarch]

I have zero doubt that if you gave Amazon the task of tabulating votes accurately, we would have fair and accurate results everywhere by morning. (All you anti-capitalist Amazon haters can F.O., it is not a serious proposal, just an illustration of possible.)

[George Pointon @GeorgePointon_]

I asked a group of kids,
"What does the world need more of?"
Take a break from the madness,
A THREAD 🧵

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

@IAmClintMurphy Let’s get mindfulness into schools !

[Tyler Childers @TTChilders]

10 days. 🌭

[daniel brottman 🪷 @danielbrottman]

Here we go! Sad, happy, excited, scared, grateful, nervous, faithful :)

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

Please learn from my mistake. A patient once told me he was lonely & I said the old “You are not alone.” He told me “No, I am not just lonely. I outlived my family, including my children. I have no one.” He was objectively alone. I made a crucial mistake: I clichéd over his pain.

[Dr. Clayton Forrester @DrClaytonForre1]

In 1995, 14 wolves were released into the wild in Yellowstone National Park. Scientists at the time did not suspect that this would radically change the entire ecosystem of the park. 1/n

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

@danielbrottman Call me sometime! You’ll get through this man!

[Robert Nelsen @rtnarch]

One of the most important outcomes in the history of mental health drugs. Having a medicine for patients that addresses all aspects of schizophrenia with low side effects is unprecedented. Just look around at our streets and you know why. Amazing day for mental health.

[Ben Painter @benwpainter]

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