Adam M. Root

Meditation can induce structural changes in the brain, such as increased gray matter density in areas associated with attention, emotional regulation, and perspective-taking. -DR. SARA LAZAR

Let your desires be ruled by reason. -CICERO

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. -ALAN WATTS

"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." -TIM FERRISS

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. -NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. -EPICTETUS

Isaiah 60:22 MSG: The runt will become a great tribe. The weakling will become a great nation. I am God. At the right time I will make happen. If you are waiting for the door to open praise him in the hallway.

Technology is a set of things that don’t quite work yet. Danny Hillis

I came back to Oklahoma, but part of me is still in the Wasatch Range. Utah taught me to hear God. Home feels louder. Reading Genesis reminded me: Noah’s faith looked lonely, but it preserved a future. Maybe our unease is preparation. 👉 medium.com/p/what-noah-ta…

The future of trustless commerce. @pmarca

@Steele_Jared @boneGPT Unfortunately this is rampant, and it time it ends. I am working on something posting soon that will hold this behavior accountable. Work is not disposable. Tech deserves better. Shame on the founders.

if you raise $61M maybe hire attractive people for the demo

When someone reacts aggressively to your calmness they are having a conversation in their head that you are not a part of. Their filter has been bypassed and driving their reaction. Rather than retaliate, ask what else is at play.

How you talk to your engineers, stakeholders, and users has a ripple effect. It affects how they talk to their family when they go home. The right sentence at the right time can change lives or ruin them.

Communication is about what to say it’s about how to say it.

Cursing too much in your leadership communication is like over seasoning food.

When you are thinking about what to tell someone ask yourself what you want them to know. Read it again, until it syncs in.

There ain’t no good guy. There ain’t no bad guy. There’s just you and me and we just disagree. -Dave Mason, “We Just Disagree”

@sama using ChatGPT voice mode on Bluetooth while driving is unusable.

@travelingflying That seems like a perk not punitive.

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