shubham walker

Exploring the psychology behind ads, attention, and growth.

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You don't miss 2015.

You miss the certainty you had in 2015.

Nostalgia isn't longing for the past. It's a symptom of how unstable your present feels right now. That's why kids who never lived through the 90s are obsessed with it. They're not missing a decade. They're missing a feeling they've never actually had and don't know how to build.

Stop romanticizing the year. Start rebuilding the certainty. That's the thing you're actually chasing.

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Jefferson Fisher breaks down what actually makes someone great at communicating.

1. Authenticity. If he can't be real with you, he can be nobody to you.

2. Kill distraction. Your phone on the table (even face down) tells people they're not the priority.

3. Stop overexplaining. Be a well, not a waterfall. Pausing before you answer reads as control.

4. Know how to sit with someone's sadness. Never say "let me know if you need anything." Just do the thing. Be specific, it's what people remember years later.

5. Handling insults. Silence for a few seconds, then ask them to repeat it. Most people can't. It forces them to face who they just acted like.

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Joanna Wiebe's framework shows that great marketing is less about convincing people to buy a product and more about helping them adopt a new identity. The brands that win consistently are the ones that change how customers see themselves.

Via :- @copyhackers

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Dr. Gio Valiante explains why affirmations work, and it has nothing to do with positive thinking as most people understand it.

The common assumption is that words are just a reflection of what we already think. Gio says that's backwards. Language and cognition start out as separate systems. A young child has no words yet, and when words start appearing in the second or third year of life, they're almost random at first. Over time those words begin attaching to thought until language and cognition merge into one process. That's why certain words carry real emotional weight. It's why a good lyric lands the way it does, and why the right sentence in therapy or coaching can actually move someone.

Here's the part that matters most. The language our parents, teachers, and coaches used on us as children becomes the language we use on ourselves. If that language wasn't functional or healthy, it becomes our internal self talk, and we eventually pass the same pattern on to our own kids. That's the real difference between generational trauma and generational excellence, and it traces directly back to the words repeated to us early on.

Gio points to prayer as the clearest proof of this. Every major religion has had thousands of years to refine what actually works, and almost all of them built some version of prayer into their practice. He compares it to saying grace at dinner. You're not proving anything to anyone, you're practicing the habit of gratitude by repeating the words out loud. Religious tradition works the same way. Say the words. It doesn't matter if you believe them yet. The more you repeat them, the more random moments in life start confirming them, and that's when belief actually takes hold.

So self talk matters, but it isn't instant. It's not magic. It's a slow process where careful, repeated language shapes the beliefs that eventually produce success.

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The hardest problems to solve aren't always the hardest to fix.

They're the ones you've lived with long enough to call part of yourself.

Some people don't protect their struggles because they enjoy them.

They protect them because those struggles answer the question, "Who am I?"

A solution doesn't just remove the pain.

It asks you to become unfamiliar to yourself.

Sometimes the real fear isn't staying the same.

It's not knowing who you are without the story you've been carrying.

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@Millanphilipose Thank you, this is genuinely very helpful.

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Everyone says "just increase budget to scale."

Wrong advice, 90% of the time.

If your CPA is already unstable at $50/day, doubling to $100/day doesn't fix instability. It amplifies it.

Scaling isn't a budget lever. It's a signal lever.

Before you scale, ask:
— Is CPA stable for 3+ days straight?
— Is your creative fatigue curve flat?
— Can your landing page hold up at higher volume?

One "no" means you're not ready to scale. You're ready to break your account.

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@ID_AA_Carmack I think that's what makes it even more valuable. AI can generate the result, but it still can't replace the curiosity that made people understand how all of this works in the first place.

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@elonmusk This is going to be really helpful.

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@ebenezermovie Bah! HUMBUG?! More like Bah YES!! 🔥
This intensity is everything — Johnny Depp as Ebenezer is about to ruin Christmas in the best way possible.

Can’t wait for November 13!

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Saw this image and my first thought wasn't "cute snails."

It was an ad.

The cherries already looked like a cherry lip balm campaign waiting to happen.

So I removed the obvious romance, kept the visual metaphor, and turned it into a product ad.

Sometimes the best creatives aren't created from scratch.

They're discovered.

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Cody Sanchez explains that being intelligent is not enough. The way you speak decides whether people trust you, remember you, or ignore you.

The biggest mistake smart people make is weakening their own ideas before anyone else can. They fill sentences with uncertainty, soften every opinion, and spend more time protecting themselves from being wrong than making a clear point. People rarely judge the quality of your thinking first. They judge the certainty behind it.

She argues that confidence does not come from pretending to know everything. It comes from stating what you know, supporting it with specifics, and avoiding unnecessary apologies for having an opinion.

Another trap is overexplaining. Intelligent people often believe that adding more detail creates more clarity. It usually does the opposite. Great communicators make difficult ideas feel obvious. They trust that one strong sentence can carry more weight than five paragraphs trying to defend it.

The pace of your speech matters just as much as the words you choose. When people rush through important points, they communicate anxiety instead of conviction. The strongest speakers slow down when the message matters most. Silence is not awkward. It gives your words room to land.

Cody points to Steve Jobs as the blueprint. His presentations were built around one unforgettable idea. Everything else simply proved that idea. He did not overwhelm people with specifications. He showed them a story they could instantly understand.

She also explains that simplicity is often mistaken for a lack of intelligence. In reality, the best communicators remove complexity instead of adding it. If people need to work hard to understand you, they rarely remember what you said. If you can make a complex idea feel effortless, people assume you truly understand it.

Another lesson is that people who get recognized are willing to demonstrate what they know instead of hiding behind false humility. Constant self deprecation does not make you more likable. It often makes others question your ability before they have a reason to trust it. Accept praise, own your work, and let your results speak without immediately trying to shrink them.

One of the strongest ideas in the conversation is that great communication is rarely natural. Steve Jobs looked effortless because he rehearsed obsessively. The best speakers remove weak examples, refine transitions, and practice until clarity becomes automatic. What feels spontaneous on stage is usually the result of deliberate repetition behind the scenes.

Cody ends with a simple truth. Most intelligent people are not held back by a lack of knowledge. They are held back by the way that knowledge is delivered. When you stop hedging, stop overexplaining, slow down, simplify your message, and rehearse until your ideas become second nature, people begin treating you like the smartest person in the room because you finally sound like it.

via :- @Codie_Sanchez

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Michael Timms explains how to claim your leadership power by creating accountability instead of demanding it.

Michael Timms explains that leadership is not about getting people to take accountability. It is about creating the conditions where accountability naturally happens.

He begins with a simple story from home. His daughters were always late, and his instinct was to blame them. Then he realized he was asking them to succeed without giving them the tools to do it. They did not know the schedule. They could not easily keep track of time. So instead of getting more frustrated, he changed the environment. He added clocks, posted the schedule, and the problem largely disappeared.

That experience led him to three habits that completely changed how he thinks about leadership.

The first is to stop blaming. Blame makes people defensive. When people feel attacked, they stop solving problems and start protecting themselves. Teams learn faster when people feel safe admitting mistakes instead of hiding them.

The second is to look in the mirror. Before asking who caused the problem, ask yourself how you contributed to it. Every challenge contains something within your control. The moment leaders openly own their part, they give everyone else permission to do the same.

The third is to engineer the solution. Most problems are not people problems. They are system problems. Instead of asking who failed, ask where the process failed. Change the environment, improve the process, remove unnecessary friction, and better outcomes become far more likely.

Michael Timms argues that this is where real leadership begins. People do not become accountable because they are told to. They become accountable after watching someone model accountability first.

The next time something goes wrong, remember the sequence. Stop blaming. Look in the mirror. Engineer the solution. Leadership is not the power to control people. It is the ability to influence them through your own example.

(Credit) :- @TEDx

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@elonmusk Beach, dunes, and a rocket.
Simple and powerful

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@DiscussingFilm Childhood memories

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This might be the most anticipated tech interview of the year.

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Can AI’s bosses work together to control the technology’s risks? “If we have to talk, we’ll talk,” says @elonmusk. On the latest episode of The Insider, he tells @zannymb that the industry’s rivals can “set aside personal differences for the good of the world”.

Tune in to the full interview from 6pm London time here: https://t.co/ozjaQhKFWK

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Matthew McConaughey breaks down why "just have hope" is easier said for some than others — and why the road to peace runs through rage, not balance.