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@george__mack I use this exact illustration in many presentations. Everyone gets it. Everyone has been there.

What sentence gives you goosebumps? Here's mine: "You waste years by not being able to waste hours." 13 thoughts on this trap: 1. A behaviour rewarded at school that punishes you later in life: Doing the work without asking why. 2. A behaviour punished at school that rewards you later in life: Asking "Why am I working on this?" 3. The busy trap: Being busy today causes you to be more busy tomorrow. You never get the time to question, delegate or prioritise your schedule. 4. Sign of being too busy: You don't know what the most important question to solve is. Hint: If you don't know what the most important question is... Good news: You've just found that question. "What is the most important question to solve right now?" 5. Cleaning out inboxes and messages can be a busy trap. All you’ve done is increased the number of replies you will get in the future. 6. You have less time than you think. You do not have 24 hours in the day. That’s like confusing revenue with profit. You have 16 hours per day once you factor in the sleep tax. 7. Note to self: If I’m too busy to spend 20 minutes thinking about what the most important thing to do is that day: I should probably spend an hour instead. 8. Sobering data: Pull up your calendar from this time last year and see how much time you wasted in hindsight. 9. The Energy Razor: If you don’t schedule actions that produce energy, assume they’ll never happen. If you don’t monitor actions that drain energy, assume they’ll keep expanding. All low agency roads lead to entropy. 10. Bringing a victorian factory worker mindset to the age of infinite leverage is like bringing boxing gloves to a drone war. 11. "The average tech worker can not go more than 6 minutes on average without checking a communication tool." - Sam Corocos 12. "There's so many people working so hard but achieving so little" - Andy Grove 13. The output of clear thinking has never been higher in human history. The output of being busy has never been lower in human history. --- If you enjoyed this, it's taken from my newsletter. Get my best ideas when you sign up below.

Home brewed head shot. My LinkedIn one is like 20 years old when I had more hair.

Republicans have zero evidence to impeach President Biden.

@mewmewmew13 Steve sent me some pics. Delayed him getting his bike out for a ride. Pretty cool though. Bears doing bear things.

I'm exhausted..we've had bears all day in our backyard and I'm worn out from watching them and worrying that they will stay safe..🤪🥰

@elocin_x @nytimes This is a road with a full wide shoulder and clear visibility. I'd guess this is a case of distracted driving. This is a main route for cyclists back into Boulder.

@nytimes anyone who has ever driven in the mountains in that area is not surprised by this

Magnus White, a 17-year old “rising star” in competitive cycling, died while training for the world championships, officials said. He excelled in cyclocross, where racers ride on a course of multiple surfaces, and carry their bikes over off-road obstacles. nyti.ms/3q2zLze

@BikeBoulderBike @BldrCOSheriff @CSP_News Overland through Jamestown is open. That’s what I used.

@BldrCOSheriff @CSP_News Really need to keep it open for cyclists as there is not a good alternative. Boulder Canyon is not good bike up or down. Lyons is a long way out of the way. @CSP_News

Left Hand Canyon is closed between Sawtooth (west side) and 12,000 block (east side) due to an accident. @CSP_News is investigating. #TrafficAlert

Significant new Localyzer release, an i18n class, and some quality blog posts. Today's Lingoport newsletter is out, and I can tell by vacation email bounces that a lot of you are having more fun on a vacation than I am. :-) lnkd.in/geatB_Ri

Wow. “My nail will probably not be the last in Putin’s coffin, but someone’s nail will be.”

Technology hype cycle I just read: 1) Technology Trigger: The emergence or announcement of a new technology generates excitement and expectations. 2) Peak of Inflated Expectations: The technology receives significant attention, and hype builds as people…lnkd.in/gF6WQAer

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This is a marvelous editorial about “imaginative courage,” and what fundamentally connects us to a passion: lnkd.in/ghz5Hnb4

@askwpgirl I really enjoyed the first season of the new Star Trek. Free access via Amazon.

I am gimp in bed for awhile, what shows or movies streaming do you recommend? I like intelligent stuff.

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Today is Juneteenth. It's a new federal holiday, and it's a good one worth understanding: Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteen…lnkd.in/gDWfYmWj

Well, the AI news keeps evolving. Commercial, free, open source and you can install and run a private version. Literally any new tech developed with current AI offerings may be out of date/viability in a matter of months. lnkd.in/gaNFDVBT

Yes, mine too!

Well put… lnkd.in/gSvcskuK

Good read scoring ChatGPT3&4 on various tests/tasks. High scores on Law exams, really low scores on competitive coding. Also, didn't do as well on many AP exams that some high schoolers in the US endure. I've had conversations with…lnkd.in/gX_--Cbk lnkd.in/gznb8ty3

When you talk software globalization, think like DevOps. There's a big opportunity to make i18n and L10n a visible and measured aspect of development, and that's cool! Join us on Wednesday. lnkd.in/gd25-Y2n

The content for this webinar is both informative and idea provoking. It's about key opportunities to impact software development with globalization systems and processes that will be easily accepted and appreciated by dev teams. Th…lnkd.in/dt4fHrK4 lnkd.in/d48Y4A8s