Derek Uhm

creative, copywriter, chronic overthinker.

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The human mind is optimized for survival. To thrive, you must break your mental barriers. It starts with destroying your ego. #ego

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I’ve used ChatGPT for a day. I can say for certain that AI is better at being a genuine human being than most people. #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence

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Bonus:
Love and understanding as the default coping mechanism.

#2023goals

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My principles for 2023 (part 1):

1. Create dangerously.
2. Create a system where 90% of the stress comes from my craft, not people.
3. When in thought, write.
4. When in doubt, start.
5. Maximize being myself; minimize being someone else.

#2023goals

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My principles for 2023 (part 2):

6. Maximize the flow state; minimize the “hustle” state.
7. Share my work, no matter how small.
8. Treat each day with respect and gratitude.
9. Challenge my mind, body, and soul.
10. Be a channel through which things get better.

#2023goals

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Writing is fun, but sometimes you'll be pulling your hair out.
And that’s pretty fun, too.

#painisanillusion

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Don’t chase money. Be the person who attracts it.

#money

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3 people in my life have told me I could be like them. I had never wanted to be like any of them...

#ego

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The amount of gear you need for your job is inversely proportional to the value you create. If you can do your job with a laptop, that’s pretty good. A pen on paper is even better. If it can be done on the back of a coaster, you are invincible.

#value

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People’s idea of a party involves drinking and talking to strangers: two of my least favorite activities. #introvert

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When you have creative ideas but decide not to share them with the world, you are forgoing an opportunity to make the world a better place. #creativity

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Just about the only thing you can control in life is yourself. #life

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@mbesheer @elonmusk Stop being generous with other people’s money.

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Happy people just are. Unhappy ones spend a lot of time, energy and money trying to convince themselves and others otherwise. #happiness

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Sometimes it freaks me out that everything is made up.

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남에게 져도 나에게 지지는 말자.

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People have a fetish about things they don’t have: for example, control.

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결핍은 행동을 낳고, 과잉은 방황을 낳는다.

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Finished Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Dreamt I was a spacefaring, alien-fighting buddha in training.. basically a Jedi.

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“당신의 개성을 보여주세요!” “우리에게 편하고 익숙한 틀 안에서.” #개성