Simon Theakston 🚢 👻

Stroke survivor building freedom in the 4 focused hours that I have each day | Systems/frameworks for working differently | Now writing on Substack - Link below

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

Life changed in January 2023:
• I had a Stroke
• Spent 7 months in hospital
• Made redundant when I came out
• Had to rebuild

Now I'm sharing how I built freedom in just the 4 focused hours a day that I have.

Join "Four Hour Freedom" on Substack.

https://t.co/OlJgXOECVP

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

The Prompt I used:

“Create an image of what you think I look like based on everything you know about me. Explain why you created the image you did“

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

This is me

According to ChatGPT anyway.

While planning the next 12 months, I created a prompt that “interviewed” me on my past, my career and my plans for the future.

I then asked ChatGPT what it thought I looked like (prompt in comments) based on our chat

Here’s the result

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

Fell over today getting my steps in.

Feel stupid

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

@Matt_Pinner Increase 56 to 60
Increase 29 to 30
Do the maths for 60+30
Minus the 5 (the amount I’ve added on)
Answer is 85

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

@evielync That means a lot coming from from an experienced Tana user like you! Anyway, thanks again for the follow and all the content you put out there

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

@evielync - thank you for the follow on Medium a couple of days ago.

I was getting frustrated with the platform but thought I’d let you know that you have motivated me to keep writing longer-form content!

Have a great weekend.

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@DigitalMehmet Thanks for the shoutout @DigitalMehmet!

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@TrungTPhan Wait until you get to The Grannies episode - just brilliant!

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@willkelly Thank you for posting this -much appreciated!

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Just had an email from Spotify. Prices are going up to £16.99/month

This feels like the "frog in balling water" analogy from Dante's Peak.

Here's me balking at anything over double figures/month for AI but paying that easily for a service I've been subscribed to for 10+ years

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

@evielync The 12 week year is on my list too. I’m hoping it helps me out with my quarterly planning!

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@flarup Great to see everything wrapping up with the App Icon book.

I didn’t receive my digital versions though. What are the next best steps? Thanks a lot!

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

This time last year I was in Intensive Care.

This quote from @RyanHoliday pushed me to write online:

"You have to do your best while you still have a chance. Life is short. You never know when the game, when your body, will be taken away from you. Don’t waste it!"

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

Build content around:
- Your experiences
- Your perspectives
- Your processes
- Your results

Your content will be unique. No one can argue with it.

Your life is what makes you stand out.

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

This bad boy arrived over the weekend.

I haven't been able to put it down so far

As a Linux noob, though, have you got any tips to maximise my time on it?

#steamdeck

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An adage I came cross over the weekend: festina lente.

To make haste, slowly.

To find the balance between pushing things forward and doing things well.

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Anyone got good links/insight into Claude AI vs Chat GPT?

I'm trying to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each.

Thanks in advance!

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

Whatever the big urge or shiny thing that you’re thinking about is, sleep on it.

See how you feel about it tomorrow.

[Simon Theakston 🚢 👻 @simontheakston]

"The only worse condition than not having trust is having had it and lost it. It is more difficult to regain lost trust than it is to establish it in the first place"

- Alan Weiss: Million Dollar Consulting

Trust is the platform on which everything else is built.