Happiness may not be a situation, but rather an ability.

Thinking is like traversing a tree, and writing transforms our thoughts into a linear form. This relationship is truly interesting! Every writer selects different nodes and develops their ideas into essays.

Inspired by “The Best Essay”

I tried to share more about my writing, projects, and work with people over the past two years. Initially, I was afraid of criticism, but I found that they offered me a lot of suggestions instead.(Specific suggestions are useful!)

I miss on-site activities where I can observe participants’ movements, eye contact, and their attire. This is truly important for connecting with each other. Online activities make it hard to accomplish this.

It’s easy to see the outcome and neglect the process. But all the effort can accumulate the outcome.

This “article” gave me a new perspective on AI art tools like DALL-E and Midjourney. They are like a new kind of camera. While traditional cameras turn light into pictures, these new kinds of cameras turn ideas into pictures.

Customer service isn’t just a department; it requires everyone’s attention. Different people can see different aspects. A product person may generate new ideas, while an operations person may identify process flaws. Providing customer service is easy, but doing it well is not.

“Customer service isn’t a department”

It’s intriguing to distinguish three types of conversation: practical, emotional, and social. Practical conversations aim to solve problems. Emotional conversations aim to share feelings. Social conversations are about how we relate to each other.

“How to Have Great Conversations”

“False expectations create fear and then fear creates the bad thinking.” This is so true. You need to figure out where you are and set appropriate expectations.

“Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas”

I really love the lyrics of this song. It mentions people consuming their happiness to pretend they are better than others.

Listen “Still Awake“

Understanding ourselves is very difficult. It’s more like subtraction than addition. We need to get rid of unimportant things and find truly valuable ones.

Today, I read an article that mentioned how “Self-media” is ironic. We can easily post content on social media platforms, but content related to ourselves becomes less visible (possibly due to algorithms). I think this is why I appreciate genuine creators.

I’ve recently discovered that my motivation for writing stems from a desire to share valuable insights. There aren’t always friends available to listen to me, so sharing through writing fulfills me.

This article reminds me of one my favorite quotes in 2023: “Bad companies are destroyed by a crisis. Good companies survive a crisis. But great companies, they’re defined by the crisis.” The way we overcome the crisis can prove who we are.

“Things and Quotes I loved in 2023.“

Arc offers a fresh opportunity for scientists. They no longer have to run a lab and seek external grants at a conventional university. At Arc, scientists can freely explore their curiosity-driven research. That’s really cool.

“Patrick Collison (Stripe CEO) - Craft, Beauty, & The Future of Payments”

We’ll go from makers to managers, from doing the work to learning how to allocate resources.

Key abilities include:

• Clearly expressing your purpose and making prompts concise
• Evaluating the quality of tasks
• Knowing when to get into the details

Source “The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy”

3 learnings from this article:

Don’t rush into problems. Try to practice detachment from problems.

Detachment allows minds to reset, fostering greater creativity.

Pain shouldn’t be a reward system for hard work.

本日推薦“Practice detachment”

“You don’t know how lucky you are being a monkey. Because consciousness is a terrible curse. I think, I feel, I suffer.” I really love this transcript from “Being John Malkovich” This movie explores themes of gender, desire, and societal expectations.

The intersection of experience and reflection gives rise to learning.

Marc Andreessen 提到有趣的寫作策略為 “The Barbell Approach”，意思是他會在兩種模式中來回，第一種是專注某主題的經典（至少已存在十年），通常是書籍，第二種則是專注於現在，通常是訪問現今的專家或看目前 Twitter 上的討論。

Source “I Spent 50 Hours With 20 Master Writers“

The end of mountain climbing is not reaching the summit, but the moment when you safely return home.

讀完之後發覺自己就是文章中提到那種會想「幹嘛記那麼多東西，我想把心力花在更深層的思考上！」的人，忽略了學習任何領域都需要先記憶最基本的原理，才能加速更深層的學習。

本日推薦 “How can we develop transformative tools for thought?”

I’ve been happy to receive the developed film rolls, even though most of the photos didn’t turned out as expected. The limitations in shooting with film compel me to carefully consider how to capture each moment . This process of contemplation makes them more precious.

Garry Tan pointed out that two elements of effective writing are vulnerability and novelty. Vulnerability not only means you share the authentic content, and also those things that scares you.

Inspired by “How I write”

A typical resume always includes your role, responsibility and performance, but it may not reflect what you truly like to do at work.

Cool designs mentioned in the video

• CrossTalk: information entities with context-awareness

• Transform the content along different representational axes(semantical, temporal and structure axes)

• Transform ChatGPT’s linear text answer into diagram

“Redesigning the Information Space to Unleash the Power of AI”

“There is no knowledge in books, only information. Information only becomes knowledge after we interpret and understand it.” It’s not enough to know information and not have the ability to use it.

本日推薦 “Weekly I/O: When is future, Marketing Cringe, There is no knowledge in books”

This year, I aim to surround myself with energetic people. They don’t necessarily need to share the same dreams as me, but they can provide me with energy and encouragement to think and act.

想法來源 難道 WORK-LIFE BALANCE 不用擇一嗎？

After finishing “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant,” I’m impressed by the concept of not judging everything at first glance. We don’t always need to categorize things as good or bad. Sometimes, it’s enough to simply face the facts and accept them.

There are 2 intriguing definitions of home. One is the familiarity tied to family, where speaking the language or eating the food of home can make you feel at home. Another definition involves living with purpose. By being connected to a purpose, you can also feel at home

“Trevor Noah ON”

“Embracing Pain” is about achieving a goal and then seeking to adapt to it, while “Embracing Ease” is about going further within the comfort zone, feeling joyful while becoming stronger. I want to remind myself to approach things with the mindset of embracing ease

本日推薦 《適應輕鬆：變強的關鍵是見好就收（跑步、閱讀、語言）》