I had lots of data entry scheduled for this evening. I estimated it would take a good hour or two. Lots of it involved reformatting dates and converting currency. I started by writing a couple of Keyboard Maestro macros to rewrite the pasteboard then type out the result. ChatGPT had the macros done in no time. Copy a value from the web site, type a few characters, done. Copy, type, repeat. Took about 20 minutes. Way faster. Much easier. No mistakes. This is what low time preference looks like.

Most forms of multitasking don’t work. Our brains can only focus on one thing at a time. Combining a physical activity with a mental activity is your best bet, like ironing while watching an episode of CHiPs (1977). #productivity #multitasking #plex

Stop using do-not-reply addresses (text and email) to contact your customers. Set it up so that replies go at least to your customer service team. If your message is important enough to request your customer’s attention, they are important enough for you to hear from them. So many businesses get this wrong, even really good ones. If communication isn’t two-way, you’re sending an unfortunate message about how important your customers really are to you. Email addresses, SMS short codes, even automated phone calls can be configured so the customer just needs to reply. “This address is unmonitored” is little more than business jargon saying “we don’t want your problems, just your money”.

Growth happens in the crucible, not on the couch.

Started brewing a Roon deck last night. Now comes the hard part. I got it down to 132 today… #mtg

GM! What are you doing today that’s worth getting out of your nice, warm bed for?

@Roland ? View quoted note →

What you do before you leave on vacation determines how well you can disconnect from work and how much chaos you’ll return to.

I picked up a fancy ergonomic keyboard to make typing (which I do all day) more comfortable. I have to remind myself that the point was greater comfort, not greater speed. Progress is not steadily forward. Sometimes we have to take a step backward before we can move forward. Sometimes that step backward is permanent because it’s the price we pay to move forward somewhere else. #mindset #productivity #growth

An ATH isn’t official until @Jor posts Thunderstruck. View quoted note →

I just found this. It’s been sitting in a drawer at my parents’ house for 30 years. #Broncos #Denver #MNF

Are you working on your dreams or someone else’s dreams for you? Other people are all too happy to tell you what you should do with your life. If you aren’t careful, your ideas can get buried under a mountain of suggestions other people have given you. It takes effort to excavate your dreams from the pile. Hold to what you want. Don’t be distracted by what other people tell you.

The best part of watching cartoons with the kids is watching them laugh.

I just counted. I’m reading 10 books. I should probably stop starting new books and see how many of these I can finish before the end of the year. In the order I thought of them: 1. *Four Thousand Weeks*, by Oliver Burkeman 2. *Making it So*, by Patrick Stewart 3. *Daily Joy*, by Russel M. Nelson 4. *Daily Stoicism*, by Ryan Holiday 5. *Coach Builder* by Donald Miller 6. *The Road to Serfdom*, by Friedrich Hayek 7. *The Bitcoin Standard* by Saifedean Ammous 8. *The Bushido of Bitcoin* by Aleksandar Svetski 9. *Over Ruled* by Neil Gorsuch 10. *Asylum* by Una McCormack

Who builds a shoe rack 5 shoes wide?

So with Scott Bessent (potentially) at the helm of the Treasury, what are the odds we’ll be able to spend Bitcoin without creating a capital gains event? Thoughts? #AskNostr

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In other news, I got @Fountain connected to #nostr this morning. Simply brilliant. View quoted note →

Me: I’m out of time to plan my day before I start work. I’ll take a break at some point and plan what I need to do. Also me: Cool—I don’t have anything written down that I need to do today!