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Dubs, Niners, food, dad-jokes

[yeezy wrld @y1pact]

@LoganPAdams DP being 2nd despite turnovers and fouls says a lot

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@AdamSchefter No way. Its more like Lamar for Matt Stafford. Stafford and AD are both former champs, late career, banged up, maybe a little juice left but nothing like they used to have and definitely no longer in their primes.

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@RapSheet B.

[Kevin Krueger @kevinkruegs]

Brock Purdy through two weeks:

Passing Yards - 550 yards - 1st
Completion % Over Expectation - 10.5% - 2nd
Average Completed Air Yards - 8.4 yards - 3rd
QB Rating - 96.3 - 10th

Despite the 1-1 record, Brock Purdy has been extremely sharp this season. #49ers

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@BerryhillRl @AdamSchefter No, just play @SmashupSports where injuries and byes don't matter!

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

HEARTWARMING: #49ers Ricky Pearsall hugging the first responders on the field, who saved his life after being shot a couple of weeks ago.

Ricky invited them to the sideline for tonight’s game as a token of gratitude.

THIS IS SO PRECIOUS 🥹🥹

(via @espn)

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

Jordan Mason backing up CMC should be nasty.

Mason put in a lot of work this offseason and its showing.

#FTTB    #NinerGang

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

What a throw by Purdy - perfectly placed for his receiver to lay out for it away from the defender.

$30 million dollar wideouts should be making that play with ease.

[David Lombardi @LombardiHimself]

That's the second time Brandon Aiyuk has dropped a Brock Purdy MVP throw in that corner of the end zone

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

SMASHUP Fantasy Football is wayyy more interesting than plain old fantasy.

[FantasyPros @FantasyPros]

Exciting news! @SmashUpSports, one of the biggest innovators in fantasy football, is launching season-long leagues with the ability to power up player scoring and a first-ever, single-player challenge mode. Think Street Fighter meets fantasy football.

Ready to test your skills against the FantasyPros team and others? Sign up now and let the games begin!

https://t.co/k6O3RFBmvi

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@zerowontmiss Shes actually just nice, normal and approachable. Just like he is.

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@Bambamlld 4-1

[Bishal Nandi @LearnWithBishal]

Canva is now on ChatGPT.

This update makes graphic design 10x simpler.

Here's how to use Canva and ChatGPT to generate beautiful designs in seconds:

[🔖Bookmark for Later]*

[Tulsi Soni @shedntcare_]

AI just killed PowerPoint.

No more endless hours creating PowerPoint presentations.

Here's how to generate your PowerPoint using AI & earn $$$$/m

[Madni Aghadi @hey_madni]

Forget Photoshop headaches.

Canva’s AI features are game-changer.

10 new canva features to boost productivity:

[ Bookmark to use later 🧵 ]

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

It's officially been two weeks since ChatGPT4 Vision started rolling out.

My prediction was right, Multimodal AI is about to disrupt SO many sectors.

Here are 14 of the most shocking examples that prove it:

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

5 underrated exercises you're not doing (but should consider):

[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@AnnaPoplevina RESOURCE

[Anna Poplevina @AnnaPoplevina]

10 ChatGPT Prompts for Marketing You'll Actually Use:

1. Crafting a Brand Story

Prompt: "Develop an engaging brand story and persona for [company name] that authentically conveys our mission, values, and competitive differentiation."

2. Optimizing Landing Pages

Prompt: "Optimize the landing page for [product/service page name] to immediately convey value, build trust, and motivate visitors to convert."

3. Generating Content Ideas

Prompt: "Suggest 10 compelling content ideas related to [topic/keyword] that will engage our target audience and promote brand awareness."

4. Improving SEO

Prompt: "Provide 3 strategic recommendations to improve SEO and increase organic traffic for [company name/website]."

5. Building an Email Nurture Sequence

Prompt: "Design a personalized, multi-message email nurture sequence focused on educating and converting leads interested in [product/service]."

6. Crafting Value Propositions

Prompt: "Create strong, benefit-driven value propositions highlighting the top 3 advantages of using [product/service] over competitors."

7. Producing Engaging Social Media Content

Prompt: "Develop 5 creative social media post ideas for [platform] that will resonate with our audience and align with broader campaign goals."

8. Planning an Influencer Marketing Partnership

Prompt: "Outline an influencer partnership strategy for [company] to build brand awareness and trust among our target demographic."

9. Crafting Paid Ads

Prompt: "Write high-converting Facebook/Google ads for [product/service] tailored to our unique selling proposition and audience motivations."

10. Building an Email Marketing Campaign

Prompt: "Construct a complete email marketing campaign for the launch of [product/service], including series copy, visual assets, send schedule, and success metrics."

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[the Gold Standard @mingerton]

@BettingPros All the fantasy/bettingpros guys loving Pittsburgh over SF is an overwhelming way... not today!