Jason Shen · The Outlier Coach

@nomadgeist Congrats to Luke for getting to experience fatherhood but being 72 at your daughters high school graduation and maybe getting to see her graduate college only to croak 3 years later is not a huge W

If you miss the boat on marriage and kids, money and/or some level of fame & status can still save you

@karenxcheng @cursor_ai I continue to be astounded by your endless creativity for clever projects like these.

i hooked up a rotary phone from the 1920s to an AI agent, that replies on a mechanical display it’s like a dumbphone without distracting notifications here’s how i built this w/ @cursor_ai

@Arnavmj Tool

I didn't think I'd ever say this... But I think video editing just changed forever and so does the rules of marketing 🤯 The video on the left is raw The one on the right is edited almost entirely by AI No hidden prompts No secret workflow I just gave it the footage and let it cook [Comment- TOOL if you wanna try it out] The bottleneck isn't going to be editing anymore It's going to be knowing what deserves to be edited i.e Storytelling--- but more on that later (time to brush up those skills) But I genuinely didn't think I'd say this so soon... But I think AI just changed video editing forever, yes forever The info the model is "gemini omni flash" I rest my case, what do you think? Arnav "ex-video editor" MJ

@jmrphy Interested

Over the past 3 years, I've clocked thousands of hours exploring the potential—and problems—of AI for serious and original writing. A month ago, I met an AI researcher working on the same. Today, we have a custom model you can try (it's free for now). DM if interested.

Named 100 women in 19 minutes. I know that sounds bad but I'm going to blame it on the lateness of the hour. Really great game by @katiewav

Second to last Q&A - an easy one: what’s your mission in life? “Increase the distribution of good ideas in the world.” @JamesClear “Give creators and people everywhere the clarity and tools to reach financial freedom.” @nathanbarry #craftandcommerce

@AlexAndBooks_ It’s still going but I bet it will be on the @kit site! Interesting point that trad publishing not only boosts sales 25% directly but also then lifts Amazon sales bc each book on a shelf acts as a billboard for the book

@JasonShen Super smart. Any other tips, or is there a link to the talk?

Atomic Habits is has been the best selling books of the last 5 years. To explain its incredible success (30M copies sold!) James Clear shared one great story about obsessing over quality:

“Half of the success of a book is the category, the title and subtitle, the cover itself,” he said. “And the other half is a 1000 little details like the first sentence of your chapters.” In this era of AI slop, I think this story is so important. The speed & volume enabled by technology is amazing, but there are many places where human obsession still matters more than anything else. (Little snippet from my first time at Craft & Commerce)

The first sentence of every chapter is a crucial chance to hook readers. To write the most compelling first sentences, James hired a programmer to scrape the most read / emailed articles on the New York Times for 30 days to pull the first sentence of those top articles into a spreadsheet. He would then look at that list of 200 different first sentences to help craft his chapter openings.

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Every person has a story to tell, and AI can help them tell it. We're seeing this firsthand at @typedotai. We now serve writers ranging from NY Times bestsellers, to top 10 podcasters, to nearly 10k passionate independent authors. We've been ~doubling revenue each quarter and active subscribers now spend 7+hours/week in our editor. So we made this video to honor the intensely creative people we serve. Here's to the storytellers :)

Fin/ If you're in a partnership — business or personal — and you keep having the same argument: It's probably not about the thing you think it's about. Look for the Old Wound. Look for the Old Way. Then have the conversation neither of you has had yet.

10/ No challenging. No "buts." No problem-solving. Just: "I hear you. That sounds painful." That's it. That's the whole exercise. This is how I came to understand my wife's experience. It works because for the first time, each person sees why the other reacts the way they do. The fight stops being about the deadline. It becomes about the person.

1/ Most cofounder fights aren't about what they're about. After 18 months of coaching cofounder pairs, I've found the same hidden pattern underneath almost every recurring argument. I call it Old Wounds and Old Ways. 🧵