Colin Weir

Live on the edge Its less crowded and the only place you can learn to fly

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

This bloke has our leadered 5 US Presidents and many others so far What have we got ? https://t.co/9Xi1KJaJfv

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

The Mahavakyas are the great sentences of the ancient wisdom traditions in India and are contained in the Upanishads. Maha is Great, and Vakyas are sentences, or utterances for contemplation. They are simply the Big Ideas. if colle…https://t.co/Iyim6p0eBG https://t.co/NNfdzrUj2E

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

"Once you succeed, people only see the success. If you fail, they see onlythe failure. Rarely do they see the turning points, that could have taken you in a completly different direction. But it as these inflection points that the most important lessons i…https://t.co/UBOyHCVbmK

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

During the Renaissance, the world experienced phenomenal growth in science, art, literature, politics and above all in a new vision of humanity. Through time, and at an accelerated pace more recently, art has yielded to technology, humanity cut off from i…https://t.co/6TivAqpfCY

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Of lttle comfort to those whose savings have run out, interest rates are at their lowest in 6o years and inflation higher than when the home ownership dream took hold.

Whether it’s the autocracy of technology, tyrants, cost of living, climate change, ge…https://t.co/dRsqg1vua1

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

With all the potential of AI to create content , we are still away off, wherever there is. Somehow folk like Ben are still knocking it out of the park amd reminding us that’s it what we choose to do and use that matters. https://t.co/W0J49UlgTF

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

As cost of living, war, a desire for more certainty, AI and more pervades decision making Intake note from Ryan Holiday and the Stoics as he urges us on

“It is this that we must think about as we arise each morning, as we struggle. We have just one life…https://t.co/1ot1rmW5Cu

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

More great insights from Scott Galloway this week

"My greatest fear about AI, is that it is social media 2.0. Meaning it accelerates our echo-chamber partisanship and further segregates us from one another. AI life coaches, friends, and girlfriends are a…https://t.co/C8IU06IYv9

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Anyone know how this $100M investment worked out ? https://t.co/5YM12CAyir

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Capital is tough and getting tougher to raise. Thios makes it even mor eimportant to know the rukles of the game and what the other side is after. Venture Deals remains the entrepreneurs bible of geting into the mind of the other s…https://t.co/UpSTApZyoz https://t.co/FFpFNWPtId

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Banks are shedding large numbers of customers. One in eight banking leaders (12%) state they have lost 30-40 per cent of their existing customers due to poor customer experience. Across the board, customer attrition rates are runni…https://t.co/iIoJBuhrGw https://t.co/ORkxb1vk71

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

In 1987, scientists cbegan an experiment in the Arizona desert where they built "Biosphere 2" - a huge steel-and-glass enclosure with air that had been purified, clean water, nutrient-rich soil, and loud natural light. It was meant to provide ideal living…https://t.co/xO0EbNpnVP

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Whilst Apples TaptoPay will offer a seamless experience , pricing will open the door for more bank rail innovations especially with faster payment rollouts enabling tokenisation and rapid clearing that will dislodge card rails https://t.co/Ryysiy32Xw

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

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[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Was gifted "Think like a Monk" by Jay Shetty over the weekend, in recognition of the entrpreneur's challenge. The guidance is good for many, as he compares Monkey Mind to Monk Mind.

Enjoy your work this week

MONKEY MIND 🆚 MONK MIND

Overwhelme…https://t.co/g6lXcan6fR

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

An American attack drone piloted by AI turned on its human operators during a flight simulation and killed them because it did not like being given new orders, the chief testing officer of the US air force revealed.

After the mili…https://t.co/rIsN43L0Hc https://t.co/lxkkitgLUN

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

NCR is carving up its bits . ATMs and POS look done in the face if digital. Perhaps the digital banking piece is the only component with flickable value https://t.co/rhuxYqD29J

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Will be interesting to see who buys the NCR digital banking business :

Temenos
Tata
Finastra
Fiserv
Thought Machine

Looks cheap at circa $1B ?

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Heres some really old news from 2018 in case anyone missed it

Banking apps can see a significant increase in revenue through the integration of personalized experiences.. The more people engage with banking apps, the more they'll…https://t.co/r7f09SHg3y https://t.co/zaEk2o7fXw

[Colin Weir @tolosh]

Research shows that people who are effective at achieving don’t rely on willpower but self-regulation.

When a good friend said to me yesterday that when they think of #mindfulness they think of me

That’s a humbling idea as I bat…https://t.co/yGEDaRZNze https://t.co/5JWd3ganXE