Sam Rosen

it's more the way it is now than it's ever been. fmr @wakingup, @theinformation, @theatlantic. listen to miles davis and bill evans, especially together.

[Pranab @nopranablem]

When I launched Attention Copilot, I mostly thought of it as a way to help people get unstuck in one session:

Bring a task that feels ugh, reconnect with why it matters, and do it while a coach tracks your attention and inner state. When resistance shows up, we work with it in the moment instead of just talking about it or white-knuckling through it.

That still feels core! But after watching people work with us over weeks and months, one pattern stands out: important work is where this stuff shows up.

The work that matters asks for more clarity, courage, patience, or focus than your default habits make easy. So when you practice working with resistance while actually doing it, your relationship to work starts to change.

For some people, especially at high-growth startups, this looks very practical. Everything wants your attention, and sessions protect time to get clear on what matters, do deep work, and move it forward.

For others, AC feels like finally bringing meditation and inner work into the work itself, right when the reactive patterns show up.

Either way, the training rep is the same: stay with what matters, work with what comes up, move the thing forward, and get better at doing that outside the session too.

A few of the people we’ve worked with for a while put it better than I can!

[Jonny Miller @jonnym1ller]

I think what @attncopilot are doing is super interesting. Essentially, they're teaching unclenching practice whilst you're at work to find more flow + enjoyment.

(i.e. its a superb inner-work trojan horse + typically leads to more productivity)

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@m_ashcroft @nopranablem as the son of a former english teacher, this hurt me, too.

[Daniel @dkazand]

new episode with @nopranablem !

on dharma and therapy-informed productivity advice

and how he built @attncopilot

0:00 Introduction to Attention Copilot
2:24 What a co-pilot session looks like
4:30 Pranab's Superpower
7:24 Origin story (chronic procrastination)
10:47 The meditation retreat breakthrough
12:20 What "meditation" actually means
14:14 Wtf is "dropping mental tension"
17:01 Critique vs. Care: reframing the inner critic
18:27 What's actually happening w procrastination
21:18 E.g. avoiding sending an email
26:24 GTD basics: Outcome and Next Action
29:46 Your entire job can be reduced to 10 verbs
32:27 How are high performers different?
39:04 Why most productivity advice hasn't worked
40:52 Pranab's complicated relationship with GTD
49:01 Productivity systems are shaming tools
50:28 Do THIS if you're procrastinating
54:17 Voice memos as a Capture tool
55:26 How Grief speedruns inner work
1:00:43 Goals emerge from self-understanding
1:04:00 Just "trust the process" (but how?)
1:17:34 The surprising accessibility of deep states
1:19:35 Presence Anchors
1:23:26 Where to find Attention Copilot

[Minnow Park @minnowpark]

one way traditional coaching falls short is the "execution gap," where the clarity we find during a session doesn't always translate to when we're actually doing the work.

the resistance is still there and we procrastinate on our most important work.

i've found that @attncopilot's method fills that gap because I'm there with you as you are working. and when the resistance comes up, we can dissolve it in real time so you can keep going and even enjoy it.

this has completely changed the way i coach because it brings together all the somatic work, parts therapy, and contemplative side of my practice with the creative and executive coaching.

the program starts on Jan 4th and if you join, we'll be working together all month!

https://t.co/qxF6UaPsqZ

[Pranab @nopranablem]

tldr: @attncopilot is launching our first multiweek program: the January Reset! https://t.co/jqD9MSqsgE

After 250+ hours of Attention Copilot sessions, we've helped people:
- ship projects they've avoided for months
- work in flow for hours without burning out
- actually enjoy doing deep work at their growth edge
- dissolve procrastination patterns they had for years

We designed the January Reset to help you do all of these over four weeks and start 2026 with incredible momentum

The AC method works, and I brought on two more coaches (@minnowpark, @_leostevenson) who are getting the same results.

In a single session, we get people from stuckness to flow on something they've been avoiding. Over multiple sessions, we've seen them tackle more meaningful work they've been putting off. And over months, clients have told us that entire relationship to important work changes.

With four weekly 80m 1:1 sessions, 3hr 1:1 deep work, daily support, and office hours, you'll learn the method so you can transform how you work long after the program ends.

We have 15 spots and it kicks off Jan 4th!

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@danallison could you make this a hardcover coffee table book, and charge more (still using a drop-shipping service, so you're not out of pocket)?

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@catehall We definitely gotta flush that one out.

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@bananafitz

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@VinceFHorn @zohranmamdani Unfortunately, or fortunately, this isn’t Zohran—it’s a random person (a “journalist”) who secured his username. Yet another casualty of the blue checkmark.

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@chrislakin depending on budget, https://t.co/LtZ5G4BVl5 is terrific

[Calley Means @calleymeans]

We can’t inject our way out of the implosion of American health and fertility.

There is a rallying cry led by moms that we must return to basics - good soil, sunlight, movement, and prayer.

There are dark forces trying to convince us these moms are pseudoscientific.

[Chi Ossé @OsseChi]

WHY SHIT NOT WORKING: EPISODE 11

[Kyle Pomerleau @kpomerleau]

ad infinitum

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

i mean, say what you want about the tenets of compassionate conservatism, dude, at least it's an ethos.

[Dave Hale - Concerned Republican @CountryFirstRep]

Some prescient words from GWB on this "liberation day."

This is how a conservative speaks.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

We @Arnold_Ventures funded a pilot to bring a Nordic-style restorative justice model to a prison in PA and assess its impact. The question was whether it could work within a vastly different criminal justice system.

Initial results are so promising that PA is expanding the program to 3 more prisons. In the long run, reducing recidivism (currently at 64%) will likely determine its broader adoption. But already, it has become the safest and most sought-after unit for inmates and guards alike.

95% of state prisoners will eventually return to their communities. Prisons must do more to maximize the chance of successful reintegration. Productive programming and humane living conditions are a necessary component of that.

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

Even Ann Coulter (!!!) is worried.

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

JUST SENT: FIRE has written to @DHSgov, @TheJusticeDept, @ICEgov, and @StateDept, requesting answers to the questions surrounding Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest and detention.

The government hasn't stated the legal basis for its actions, and it has put out statements suggesting Mr. Khalil is being targeted because of his constitutionally protected speech.

This is America. The administration must not use immigration enforcement to punish and filter out ideas disfavored by the government or deny due process to anyone facing arrest and detention.

The government must also be transparent about the basis for its actions to avoid chilling protected speech.

To be clear, demonstrations on Columbia’s campus since Oct. 7, 2023, have included both constitutionally protected speech and unlawful conduct. But the government has not clarified the factual or legal basis for Mr. Khalil’s arrest.

The lack of clarity is chilling protected expression, as other permanent residents cannot know whether their lawful speech could be deemed to “align” with a terrorist organization and jeopardize their immigration status.

FIRE’s letter demands answers:

➡️ What was the specific legal and factual basis for Mr. Khalil’s arrest on March 8?

➡️ What is the specific legal and factual basis for Mr. Khalil’s detention?

➡️ What is the specific legal and factual basis on which the government is seeking revocation of Mr. Khalil’s green card?

➡️ Will Mr. Khalil be afforded the due process protections required by U.S. law?

➡️ Is it the government’s intention to seek the revocation of lawful immigration status on the basis of speech protected by the First Amendment?

FIRE has requested a response tomorrow, March 11th.

[Sam Rosen @samrosen]

@clarebucknell @GrantaMag this was fascinating and delightful. passed it along to some "lawn tennis" fans (including two in Tuxedo). thanks to @conor64 for surfacing.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 2021 book wrote that Americans had been "misled ... into believing that measles is a deadly disease."

He said measles outbreaks had been "fabricated" to push people towards vaccines.