tupac recorded 501 songs, but only 2 became top ten hits.
van gogh painted 2,100 paintings and only sold 1 while he was alive and it was 6 months before he died.
sabrina carpenter released 67 songs and five albums over the course of 10 years before she had her big hit "espresso."
glen powell spent 19 years trying to become an actor before "top gun: maverick" made him a star. 19 solid years.
and connor story spent 8 years waiting tables and he was ready to quit acting for good. and the day he almost got fired, he got an email and he found out that he got the lead actor role in "heated rivalry," the biggest acquired hbo show in history.
and you are giving up because you tried twice? or maybe 10 times?
look, a winner is just a loser that tried one more time and that's just it
winners lose more than losers even try.
We’ll have to be realistic about Nairobi very soon. There's no urban planning. We are losing this city in front of our own eyes.
Something has to be done soon.
You are admired only when you win. Until then, you are tolerated at best, mocked at worst, and invisible in between. This is the law of existence: success or contempt. The world does not pity the unsuccessful man, it condemns him.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got: If you want a calmer life, you need to address small problems while they’re still small. The cost of dealing with an issue rarely gets cheaper with time. Procrastination turns uncomfortable things into unavoidable things.
Gemma 4 just hit 200M downloads in only 2.5 months!
For context, total downloads across the entire Gemma family of models were at 100M when we launched Gemma 3. The community's acceleration is incredible. Thank you to everyone building with Gemma.
Watch how developers are driving real-world impact:
One of my fav Jeff Bezos quotes:
"Stress does not come from hardwork. Stress primarily comes from not taking action over something that you can have some control over."
Not to sound delusional, but please pray for grace. Life isn't really about hard work. It's more about meeting the right people, grace, mercy, and favour.
do everything that you can to increase the surface area of luck
a job, a startup, a relationship
whatever it is - do everything, shoot the wildest of shots, be shameless and do things with intent
Game theory explains why the person with fewer options becomes easier to control. Desperation narrows the decision tree until every bad offer starts looking like survival. This is why your first duty is to build exits. Money, competence, reputation, allies, and emotional detachment are not luxuries. They are escape routes from being priced cheaply.