Patrick Hodgdon ☘

You don’t want me to pass the ball, you want me to shoot it! 🤣

@The_Barftender 👊 #GoWolves

INSIDE IN LA

Repping the @Timberwolves with Max in LA tonight. Naz Reid towel in hand behind the Clippers bench/end.

Terrific write up and particularly like this advice: “The specific tools don't matter as much as the muscle of learning new ones quickly. AI is going to keep changing, and fast. The models that exist today will be obsolete in a year. The workflows people build now will need to be rebuilt. The people who come out of this well won't be the ones who mastered one tool. They'll be the ones who got comfortable with the pace of change itself. Make a habit of experimenting. Try new things even when the current thing is working. Get comfortable being a beginner repeatedly. That adaptability is the closest thing to a durable advantage that exists right now.”

@recap_david Ai ads

I know a guy running AI street interviews as paid ads... 4.5x ROAS. $0 spent on creators. $0 spent on production. Here's 11 AI video tactics brands are using to create viral ads for nearly $0: 1. AI street interviews (you can't tell they're fake) 2. Podcast-style clips that look 100% real 3. Viral food videos with zero kitchen 4. Anatomical video animations 5. Localization at scale — clone ads into any language instantly 6. Try-on videos without a single model 7. Shock hooks getting 47% higher completion rates 8. Product-style commercials 9. POV adventure content for travel brands 10. Real estate transformation videos 11. AI unboxing videos Most marketers have no idea these exist yet. I put together a free PDF with the exact prompts for all 11 along with the tool I'm using. Comment "AI ADS" and I'll send you everything (must be following so I can dm you!).

@romanbuildsaas Agents

I built 3 AI agents that run my LinkedIn end-to-end: • They write my posts • They reply to every comment • They find high-intent leads and handle outreach I’m sharing the entire system. Want it? Repost ♻️ so others see it Comment “Agents” and I’ll DM you.

@LoganTGott Playbook

LinkedIns algorithm changed dramatically in 2026. Only a small group realized and is taking advantage currently I decided to compile EVERYTHING needed to grow and sign clients on LinkedIn: → Profile optimization that positions you as the authority → Content strategy that brings in qualified followers → Lead magnet framework that brought me 500+ leads from ONE post → Outbound system that booked 5 calls from 122 DMs in a week → Hook frameworks and visual strategies that 10x engagement → Implementation timeline to execute everything properly One client increased quality impressions by 1,117% in 90 days. Another generates 30+ qualified leads monthly with this system. The founders who understand how LinkedIn actually works are eating while everyone else posts AI slop that gets ignored. Want the full 2026 LinkedIn Playbook? Follow me & comment "PLAYBOOK" I'll DM it to you soon

@pierreeliottlal Claude

Claude Cowork just KILLED manual outreach. I used to grind for hours on LinkedIn. Now? My AI stack does it better. - No "Hey {{first_name}}" spam - Natural, multi-step conversations - 12+ hours saved this week The result: 500+ conversations with human-level reply rates. I packaged the entire system (prompts + workflow) into a FREE doc. Want it? Repost (so others see it) Comment "CLAUDE" & I'll DM you.

@J_Ballesteros1 @Daniel_Rapaport And now we can thank @SLoafSocialClub for keeping the tradition going!

In 1986, at The Masters, Dad had a contract with Nike, but Nike didn’t make golf headwear. For the first two days, he wore a visor with the Augusta National logo.On Saturday&Sunday, he cut the tags off two polo shirts and attached them to the visor so he could display Nike’s logo

@gdeters_turf So fun. No pictures on the scorecard!

@patrickh It was Patrick! I striped this drive, then bounced my approach shot off the retaining wall onto the green, then drained the birdie 😁

Hard to put this golf trip into words. 3 days, 3 icons. ​Cypress Point lived up to every expectation & more. The ocean holes are pure magic. ​Cal Club & Olympic Club are architectural gems & so fun to play! ​Sharing this trip w/my oldest friends made it a lifetime highlight!

@jdflynn As a fellow coach I used to do this in Excel - but this is what ChatGPT was built for!

The team I coach has 10 players. The games are 10 minute quarters. I am supposed to give all players equal time. Usually I just make a platoon substitution close to halfway through each quarter. But tonight I will have either nine players or 8. How do I set up playing time?

Barely a day goes by where I don't talk to Brent Beshore. I'm hard pressed to think of anybody else who combines a sharp eye for business with such a deep heart. Once a year, he compiles his top learnings in one place. Some lessons from this year's piece: - There is no good life without intentionally choosing less. - Dark things grow in darkness. That’s true in business. It’s true in marriages. It’s true in the soul. - Performance and efficiency work well if you’re made of steel and silicon. But us humans need rest and grace. - G.K. Chesterton got it right: “The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground." - Most of what goes wrong in a company is not novel; it’s just novel to you. - Relationships are the invisible infrastructure of every business. - Big wins in investing usually come from not interrupting a good thing. - A lot of CEO work is invisible. It’s pressure management. It’s absorbing emotion without spreading it. It’s knowing what you think without saying all of it. It’s carrying the weight of uncertain outcomes while still asking the team to move forward decisively. - A CEO has to become comfortable being the person who disappoints people in the short term so the company doesn’t disappoint everyone in the long term. - The CEO is the Chief "No" Officer: very yes is a no to something else. Every strategy is a pile of exclusions. Every commitment is a trade off. The organization will always ask for more: more initiatives, more products, more meetings, more hires, more exceptions, more complexity. Increasing complexity is the default setting of life, and companies are not exempt from natural order. - Lies, even polite, respectable ones, create complexity. Truth, on the other hand, is always low-maintenance. It just sits there while a lie is a careening machine you have to keep from crashing. It needs fuel. It needs updates. It needs version control. You have to remember what you said last time so you can repeat it with the same confidence next time. You have to keep track of what you didn’t say. You have to manage who knows what. And if you’re really committed, you start building an entire ecosystem around the lie so it feels normal. That’s when you’re no longer telling a lie, but living one. The whole thing is worth reading in full.

Founders: Your pricing strategy should match your narrative. If you're selling efficiency gains, price against labor costs. If you're selling revenue lift, price against deal value. If you're selling risk reduction, price against loss prevention.

Great quote from the new episode:

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! 🌟 The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.”

@MoDakhil_NBA The biggest key to the T-Wolves returning to the Western Conference Finals for a 3rd time is…

I’m on a flight, anyone got some questions?

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ARE 18-10. (🎥 via @RyanMSwanson)

@KyleTibbitts Bingo. I’ve been enjoying my freshman son this year learning philosophy and theology at his Classical high school and overhearing him and his friends argue about these types of topics around natural law and the intelligent design argument.

@patrickh And if designed, there is a designer…

The universe is so clearly designed that believing otherwise requires absurd faith.