Benson King'ori

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

Life is much ado about nothing

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

What if you could automate your Google Workspace workflow for free, right within the Google suite?

Over the weekend, I explored Google Apps Script which let's you do just that. Have a read and let me know what you think.

#DEVCommunity https://t.co/LZU3w4JRnY

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

Check out this #chess game: VirgoAlpha vs behzod_gayratov1 - https://t.co/2L2fSNO3fn

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record marathon time today at 2:00:35.

That’s a 4:36/mile pace…for 26.2 miles — and he beat Eliud Kipchoge’s previous record by 34 seconds.

He is only 23 years old!

That’s one of the greatest athletic achievements ever.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.

If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

@awscloud Is the ABW Grant open for this year?

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

This Reddit post hit me hard.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

The only way to get where you want to go is to start from where you are.

Not where you want to be. Not where you think you should be. Not where you wish you were. Not where others think you should be. But where you are.

It’s amazing how much we mess this up. We don’t have to.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

3. The Hyper-Segmentation of Academia

Look at the lack of intersectional research.

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

"The victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won." — Sun Tzu

Most battles are won long before they begin.

Preparation in the dark creates victory in the light.

- @SahilBloom in The Curiosity Chronicle newsletter

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn." - Gore Vidal

Be unapologetically you.

- @SahilBloom in the Curiosity Chronicle

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

When you come to dine at the table of fate, leave the hope, uncertainty and doubts at the door. Open sesame by acknowledging that not only are you a child of God, but God is your child as well.

[Ali @AliTheCFO]

Improving your presentation skills could help you 10x your career

Here are 7 tips from Apple to help you deliver a killer presentation:

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

@Mooon_Shinee @haydenpanettier @nbc Mine was Peter petrelli. Now that I'm older, I like Sylar too

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

"There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you." — @melrobbins

Never rely on others to tell you your worth. Only you know what you are truly capable of.

Trust in yourself.

- @SahilBloom in The Curiosity Chronicle

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

"Every time you’re given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint someone else. Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself." - Glennon Doyle, Untamed

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

"Caring about what others think of you is a waste of time. Most people don’t have a clue what to think of themselves." ― Zane Baker

The Spotlight Effect says that we overestimate the degree to which other people are noticing our actions.

Just be you.

- @SahilBloom

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The most powerful paradoxes of life:

[Benson King'ori @VirgoAlpha96]

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." - Robert Brault

No moment is too small or insignificant to provide a new depth of understanding.

Small things become big things.

- @SahilBloom in The Curiosity Chronicle

[Val Katayev @ValKatayev]

I've generated over $1 billion in sales using ONE strategy.

Used it in every recession - 2000, 2009, and 2020.

I've never shared it publicly before.

This thread might make you a millionaire.