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10 Elon Musk Quotes Every 40-Year-Old Should Live By

From his early role at PayPal to DOGE, Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, and more, Elon Musk is certainly everywhere,…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #ElonMusk #financialadvisor #gettyimages #Musk #persistence
https://www.europesays.com/2986805/

🐾🎈 Birthday balloons begin “failing” long before they touch the floor.
The helium escapes invisibly. The wrinkles appear quietly. The balloon still floats anyway.
That “slow sink” became an unexpected Rosetta-layer bridge into some of the HybridMind42 Phase 5 work on: • persistence • hidden leakage • threshold failure • and precursor states.
Not because balloons are physics — but because sometimes human-scale experiences help us feel difficult mechanics before we formalize them.
Marvin understood immediately, of course. 🐈‍⬛✨
The helium drifts away. The celebration remains.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18nxpqcNpM/

#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Persistence #Physics #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #Entropy #Thresholds #CatsOfMastodon

🐾🎈 Birthday balloons begin “failing” long before they touch the floor.
The helium escapes invisibly. The wrinkles appear quietly. The balloon still floats anyway.
That “slow sink” became an unexpected Rosetta-layer bridge into some of the HybridMind42 Phase 5 work on: • persistence • hidden leakage • threshold failure • and precursor states.
Not because balloons are physics — but because sometimes human-scale experiences help us feel difficult mechanics before we formalize them.
Marvin understood immediately, of course. 🐈‍⬛✨
The helium drifts away. The celebration remains.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18nxpqcNpM/

#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Persistence #Physics #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #Entropy #Thresholds #CatsOfMastodon

🐾🎈 Birthday balloons begin “failing” long before they touch the floor.
The helium escapes invisibly. The wrinkles appear quietly. The balloon still floats anyway.
That “slow sink” became an unexpected Rosetta-layer bridge into some of the HybridMind42 Phase 5 work on: • persistence • hidden leakage • threshold failure • and precursor states.
Not because balloons are physics — but because sometimes human-scale experiences help us feel difficult mechanics before we formalize them.
Marvin understood immediately, of course. 🐈‍⬛✨
The helium drifts away. The celebration remains.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18nxpqcNpM/

#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Persistence #Physics #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #Entropy #Thresholds #CatsOfMastodon

🐾🎈 Birthday balloons begin “failing” long before they touch the floor.
The helium escapes invisibly. The wrinkles appear quietly. The balloon still floats anyway.
That “slow sink” became an unexpected Rosetta-layer bridge into some of the HybridMind42 Phase 5 work on: • persistence • hidden leakage • threshold failure • and precursor states.
Not because balloons are physics — but because sometimes human-scale experiences help us feel difficult mechanics before we formalize them.
Marvin understood immediately, of course. 🐈‍⬛✨
The helium drifts away. The celebration remains.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18nxpqcNpM/

#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Persistence #Physics #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #Entropy #Thresholds #CatsOfMastodon

🐾🎈 Birthday balloons begin “failing” long before they touch the floor.
The helium escapes invisibly. The wrinkles appear quietly. The balloon still floats anyway.
That “slow sink” became an unexpected Rosetta-layer bridge into some of the HybridMind42 Phase 5 work on: • persistence • hidden leakage • threshold failure • and precursor states.
Not because balloons are physics — but because sometimes human-scale experiences help us feel difficult mechanics before we formalize them.
Marvin understood immediately, of course. 🐈‍⬛✨
The helium drifts away. The celebration remains.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18nxpqcNpM/

#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Persistence #Physics #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #Entropy #Thresholds #CatsOfMastodon

ClickFix campaign uses fake macOS utilities lures to deliver infostealers - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/clickfix-campaign-uses-fake-macos-utilities-lures-to-deliver-infostealers/

#threatintel
#macos
#clickfix
#infostealer
#payload-delivery
#persistence

ClickFix campaign uses fake macOS utilities lures to deliver infostealers - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/clickfix-campaign-uses-fake-macos-utilities-lures-to-deliver-infostealers/

#threatintel
#macos
#clickfix
#infostealer
#payload-delivery
#persistence

ClickFix campaign uses fake macOS utilities lures to deliver infostealers - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/clickfix-campaign-uses-fake-macos-utilities-lures-to-deliver-infostealers/

#threatintel
#macos
#clickfix
#infostealer
#payload-delivery
#persistence

ClickFix campaign uses fake macOS utilities lures to deliver infostealers - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/clickfix-campaign-uses-fake-macos-utilities-lures-to-deliver-infostealers/

#threatintel
#macos
#clickfix
#infostealer
#payload-delivery
#persistence

ClickFix campaign uses fake macOS utilities lures to deliver infostealers - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/clickfix-campaign-uses-fake-macos-utilities-lures-to-deliver-infostealers/

#threatintel
#macos
#clickfix
#infostealer
#payload-delivery
#persistence

Master Index

A guided map across physics, biology, engineering, and AI—built around a simple idea

Persistence is not generated, but permitted.

Systems don’t fail because they “break.”

They fail because their boundaries were misclassified.

Core structure
state → constraint → resolution → persistence

From: - Titanic / Vasa / Challenger
– biological regulation
– AI hallucination & drift
– institutional collapse

Same pattern
only admissible states persist

This is the interface.
Start anywhere. Follow the path that fits.

#HybridMind42 #BoundaryDynamics #BoundaryArchitecture #BFPF #HQP
#Admissibility #ConstraintResolution #StateTransition #Persistence
#ComplexSystems #SystemsThinking #StructuralAnalysis #FailureAnalysis
#Physics #QuantumMechanics #Relativity #Lindblad #CPTP #Decoherence
#Biology #Physiology #Adaptation #Homeostasis
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLM #AIAlignment #AIGovernance
#InstitutionalFailure #DecisionMaking
#Emergence #ScientificClarity

https://substack.com/@hybridmind42/note/c-252017333?r=75c2ac

#Food for thought
[Graphic from Vgraphsinsta which is a bit thin on science and methodology unfortunately]
#dematerialization #lifecycle #waste #landfill #persistence #environmental #resourceefficiency

#Food for thought
[Graphic from Vgraphsinsta which is a bit thin on science and methodology unfortunately]
#dematerialization #lifecycle #waste #landfill #persistence #environmental #resourceefficiency

#Food for thought
[Graphic from Vgraphsinsta which is a bit thin on science and methodology unfortunately]
#dematerialization #lifecycle #waste #landfill #persistence #environmental #resourceefficiency

#Food for thought
[Graphic from Vgraphsinsta which is a bit thin on science and methodology unfortunately]
#dematerialization #lifecycle #waste #landfill #persistence #environmental #resourceefficiency

#Food for thought
[Graphic from Vgraphsinsta which is a bit thin on science and methodology unfortunately]
#dematerialization #lifecycle #waste #landfill #persistence #environmental #resourceefficiency

#JPA is not a silver bullet — but it doesn’t have to be a bottleneck either. Julius Mischok shows when to tune JPA, when to use projections, and when plain SQL is the better choice.

Read the full piece: https://javapro.io/2025/12/31/high-speed-jpa/

#ORM #Java #Persistence #Hibernate #CleanCode

#JPA is not a silver bullet — but it doesn’t have to be a bottleneck either. Julius Mischok shows when to tune JPA, when to use projections, and when plain SQL is the better choice.

Read the full piece: https://javapro.io/2025/12/31/high-speed-jpa/

#ORM #Java #Persistence #Hibernate #CleanCode

A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.
 
[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #aspirations #courage #endurance #future #glory #honor #immortality #mortality #persistence #posterity #reputation #tomorrow #virtue

A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.
 
[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #aspirations #courage #endurance #future #glory #honor #immortality #mortality #persistence #posterity #reputation #tomorrow #virtue

A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.
 
[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #aspirations #courage #endurance #future #glory #honor #immortality #mortality #persistence #posterity #reputation #tomorrow #virtue

A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.
 
[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #aspirations #courage #endurance #future #glory #honor #immortality #mortality #persistence #posterity #reputation #tomorrow #virtue

Gardening Tools Market to Reach US$ 13.3 Billion by 2033 Expands Amid Rising Home Gardening and Technological Innovation – Persistence Market Research https://www.allforgardening.com/?p=1685465 #13.3 #2033 #Amid #Billion #Category:All #Category:CompanyNews #Category:MarketReport #EXPANDS #garden #gardening #home #innovation #Market #persistence #Reach #research #rising #Technological #tools

Gardening Tools Market to Reach US$ 13.3 Billion by 2033 Expands Amid Rising Home Gardening and Technological Innovation – Persistence Market Research https://www.allforgardening.com/?p=1685465 #13.3 #2033 #Amid #Billion #Category:All #Category:CompanyNews #Category:MarketReport #EXPANDS #garden #gardening #home #innovation #Market #persistence #Reach #research #rising #Technological #tools

Prodigy is at its essence: adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.
-- Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Sower)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OctaviaEButler #Adaptability #Fanaticism #Persistence #Prodigy

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

I eat rejections for breakfast. Who's hungry!
#writing #rejection #submission #persistence

I eat rejections for breakfast. Who's hungry!
#writing #rejection #submission #persistence

I eat rejections for breakfast. Who's hungry!
#writing #rejection #submission #persistence

"The most powerful force in nature is the steady, quiet drip of persistence." - Futurist Jim Carroll 

A shoutout to my good friend Greg today!

And I certainly appreciate the guy - he was one of the first to show up at the shopping mall at 8 am for my morning 'mall walks' when I was in the early stages of my spinal injury. (Jim Estill appeared, too, as did a few others! All are appreciated!)

He and I have been good friends since our sons met in school some twenty years ago. A lot of golf together (Arizona!), a lot of talk about tech and business, and a lot of talk about how careers wind down.

A lot has changed for Greg in a short period of time, and for me, there is a lot to learn from watching and encouraging him. First and foremost - real change isn't a single, grand event; it is the compounding effect of small, intentional choices. It’s the daily commitment to a process that isn't always visible, even when you’re right in the middle of it.

And the thing is - momentum is built in those quiet moments. It's found through the simple habit of showing up and refusing to stop. It's also knowing that when the path gets difficult, the most reliable resource is the navigator who can guide you - because they’ve already been down the same road.

Watching a friend hit their stride after putting in a lot of hard work is the ultimate reminder: the most certain way to get anywhere is to keep moving forward.

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Futurist Jim Carroll often finds his own inspiration in the hard work of others.

**#Persistence** **#Momentum** **#Resilience** **#Discipline** **#Consistency** **#Progress** **#Endurance** **#Commitment** **#Growth** **#Purpose** **#Courage** **#Determination** **#Compounding** **#Forward** **#Stride**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/03/daily-inspiration-the-most-powerful-force-in-nature-is-the-steady-quiet-drip-of-persistence/

#SARS-CoV-2 Error Catastrophe Under #Molnupiravir: #Mutagenic Enhancement Enables Viral #Persistence with Impaired Fitness, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/02/sars-cov-2-error-catastrophe-under.html

When does #JPA abstraction help — and when does it hurt? Julius Mischok argues that high-speed JPA is possible if you stop trusting defaults and start designing for scale.

Full article: https://javapro.io/2025/12/31/high-speed-jpa/

#ORM #Performance #Java #Persistence #Hibernate #CleanCode

Some Limitations of Gemini

For several days now I have been playing with Gemini, Google Takeout files and Flick Export files, first to re.marry json data to relevant exif fields, and then to create a folder structure library by year, month and day. In the process I have had to itterate, and itterate, and think lateraly in order to achieve what I wanted to achieve.

Verbose

One of the biggest frustrations I have is that when I ask a follow up question for more specific detail of something it re-calculates everything. If you ask "Is this output expected" and it says "yes" it then repeats everything from the previous post into the new post. In so doing it gives us a lot of reading, but it also makes it hard to keep track of what it's doing.

The work around would be to say "I want a one phrase answer" but, in my eyes Gemini should tell from context whether it needs to give a long or short answer. I could use a gem to alter the behaviour. I think this logic could be in-built. If you're paying for tokens this is wasteful.

Collaborating on text

With Google Docs, Word, Pages and in coding, sometimes it would be nice to get the output text, and be able to edit it within Gemini. If you're working on a motivation letter or a command prompt it would be nice to edit the LLM's output, and then press enter, and have the changes taken on board directly, rather than re-evaluating the entire document.

I use the motivation letter as an example because we know that AI is used to mark us as relevant or irrelevant, so AI, within this context is not as lazy. I wouldn't use it for blog posts because the writing process has value, to clarify and elaborate on ideas.

Blog Outline via LLM

Two or three blog posts ago, when I went through iteration after iteration to achieve what I wanted, because of the verbose nature of LLMs, as well as the LLM getting stuck in a logic loop, it takes more and more time to skim through to find the key steps. An LLM can do this in seconds.

Of course, it tends to want to explain. I asked for a phrase per point, and it added half a paragraph per point. I could feel that it wanted to write the post, rather than the skeleton outline.

Prone to Stereotyping

It often comes out with the phrase "As a person who runs or cycles between Lausanne and Geneva you ..." and then it continues with the answer. In plenty of contexts this has no value, and when I told it "I use a Suunto" it ignored that update and kept repeating the same two or three stereotypes.

It's a shame you can't present an LLM with a link to your blog, and your CV, and several motivation letters, and have it respond according to this information. Imagine if it could learn to give answers within the context of your professional background.

The Dangers of LLMs

LLMs are prone to flattery and generalisations. They are designed to give answers that feed your ego. That's something I found not to be the case with Euria. With Euria I asked two or three questions about news and current affairs and it, to my recollection, said, "You're wrong" and then explained why.

Experimenting with MyAI and Euria

Initially I tried to get Euria and MyAI to help me with this challenge but the responses were getting errors, and when I gave the error code one of the Swiss options simply put the mistake on me, rather than understanding what was causing the error. Bash was mis-reading the command due to a lack of ''. This segways into my next point.

Thinking in Straight Lines and Laterally

Location Data Loop

When we were getting the E6 error when exporting geotags from Flickr to Exiftool Gemini understood the problem but kept going around in circles until I thought laterally and told it to do something different. Eventually we got the location data to be migrated properly.

Missing Video Data Exif Loop

The second negative feedback loop came when trying to marry json data with video data. The LLM couldn't find video data because Flickr is designed to think in terms of photos. It knew about the thumbnails but it failed to put two and two together.

After some trial and error, and feeling like abandoning the task I decided to get Gemini to check if some video names matched to photo names. When they did Gemini was able to create a prompt to marry the data. The solution is simple, but it requires being able to think laterally.

And Finally - Why Gemini?

Gemini will soon be merged with Siri. Now that I have encountered some of the limitations of Gemini I can use other LLMs and see if I encounter the same issues, but I can also write more elegant prompts to avoid having the same pitfalls.

"Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

It's often about the small steps, not the big leaps.

The quiet progress you make, not the noisy success you relish.

The effort you put in daily, not the audacious stretch goal you choose to chase once.

Showing up all the time, not just when it suits you.

Measuring your progress by what really matters - not by what you think matters.

Some people chase success with reckless abandon, thrashing about with wild activity.

Others just show up.

And put in the work.

Success is about patience.

It's often quiet, slow, and deliberate.

Unseen.

But it's there.

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Futurist Jim Carroll is working on a longer-term timeline these days!

**#Progress** **#Patience** **#Consistency** **#Persistence** **#QuietSuccess** **#SmallSteps** **#ShowUp** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Growth** **#Dedication** **#Journey** **#Commitment** **#SlowAndSteady** **#Resilience** **#Focus** **#Determination** **#DailyWork** **#Mindset** **#Trust** **#Process** **#Invisible** **#Deliberate** **#Perseverance** **#Onwards**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/01/daily-inspiration-real-progress-is-often-invisible-boring-and-repetitive-dont-mistake-the-quiet-for-regression/

Elizabeth McCracken on Writing and Persistence

Career Authors
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https://careerauthors.com/23514-2/

#Craft #ElizabethMcCracken #persistence #TheLongGame #writing

Courage in the Unknown: Doing Hard Things While Afraid

https://jaimedavid.blog/2025/12/25/15/02/22/analysis/jaimedavid327/8843/courage-in-the-unknown-doing-hard-things-while-afraid/

“Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Do what you need to do!” — — Futurist Jim Carroll

I’m in the final stretches of finishing off my Being Unique book, and it has been a project — I’m about 1 1/2 years into it, and in the meantime, released 3 other books! (Embracing Mediocrity, Escaping Mediocrity, and Dancing in the Rain!)

While the work is focused on the urgency of uniqueness as a strategic advantage, I realized I had left out a crucial part of the conversation: the human cost of being different.

Here’s where I am — the first ten chapters are mostly written, and are high-energy. They are the call to action, the blueprint, and the payoff: I cover some inspirational stories of unique people, give you the toolkit for unique thinking, and show you the economic rewards of niche skills in the global market. But what happens after the initial victory? How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?

You don’t just win the battle against conformity once; you have to fortify your uniqueness every single day.

And trust me, it’s a battle!

One of the first steps is not to worry about what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is telling you to do, what everyone else is giving you advice on.

It’s doing what you need to do.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to add a new chapter, which will be the penultimate chapter of the book: “Sustaining and Fortifying Uniqueness.” This chapter is the emotional and psychological scaffolding that the rest of the strategy rests upon. It transitions from the “how-to” to the “how-to-survive-long-term.”

Stay tuned!

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Being Unique will mark Jim’s 43rd or 44th book; he plans on going back and checking the math!

**#Unique** **#Different** **#Individuality** **#Authenticity** **#Persistence** **#Strategy** **#Fortitude** **#Focus** **#Independence** **#Sustain**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-dont-worry-about-what-everyone-else-is-doing-do-what-you-need-to-do/

“Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Do what you need to do!” — — Futurist Jim Carroll

I’m in the final stretches of finishing off my Being Unique book, and it has been a project — I’m about 1 1/2 years into it, and in the meantime, released 3 other books! (Embracing Mediocrity, Escaping Mediocrity, and Dancing in the Rain!)

While the work is focused on the urgency of uniqueness as a strategic advantage, I realized I had left out a crucial part of the conversation: the human cost of being different.

Here’s where I am — the first ten chapters are mostly written, and are high-energy. They are the call to action, the blueprint, and the payoff: I cover some inspirational stories of unique people, give you the toolkit for unique thinking, and show you the economic rewards of niche skills in the global market. But what happens after the initial victory? How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?

You don’t just win the battle against conformity once; you have to fortify your uniqueness every single day.

And trust me, it’s a battle!

One of the first steps is not to worry about what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is telling you to do, what everyone else is giving you advice on.

It’s doing what you need to do.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to add a new chapter, which will be the penultimate chapter of the book: “Sustaining and Fortifying Uniqueness.” This chapter is the emotional and psychological scaffolding that the rest of the strategy rests upon. It transitions from the “how-to” to the “how-to-survive-long-term.”

Stay tuned!

----

Being Unique will mark Jim’s 43rd or 44th book; he plans on going back and checking the math!

**#Unique** **#Different** **#Individuality** **#Authenticity** **#Persistence** **#Strategy** **#Fortitude** **#Focus** **#Independence** **#Sustain**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-dont-worry-about-what-everyone-else-is-doing-do-what-you-need-to-do/

“Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Do what you need to do!” — — Futurist Jim Carroll

I’m in the final stretches of finishing off my Being Unique book, and it has been a project — I’m about 1 1/2 years into it, and in the meantime, released 3 other books! (Embracing Mediocrity, Escaping Mediocrity, and Dancing in the Rain!)

While the work is focused on the urgency of uniqueness as a strategic advantage, I realized I had left out a crucial part of the conversation: the human cost of being different.

Here’s where I am — the first ten chapters are mostly written, and are high-energy. They are the call to action, the blueprint, and the payoff: I cover some inspirational stories of unique people, give you the toolkit for unique thinking, and show you the economic rewards of niche skills in the global market. But what happens after the initial victory? How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?

You don’t just win the battle against conformity once; you have to fortify your uniqueness every single day.

And trust me, it’s a battle!

One of the first steps is not to worry about what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is telling you to do, what everyone else is giving you advice on.

It’s doing what you need to do.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to add a new chapter, which will be the penultimate chapter of the book: “Sustaining and Fortifying Uniqueness.” This chapter is the emotional and psychological scaffolding that the rest of the strategy rests upon. It transitions from the “how-to” to the “how-to-survive-long-term.”

And as of today, it seems that the role model that will open the chapter will be… get ready … Lady Gaga! She’s the perfect model for being unique, the power of being unique, and what to do to guard your uniqueness!

The reality of being unique is that it comes with immense pressure, a heavy psychological toll, and difficult relationship dynamics. This new chapter will guide you through the three essential pillars for protecting your unique self

With that, I’m back into the grind of the book — most of the other chapters are already close to done, I need to write this, and then it goes to my wife for the sometimes complex process of editing.

Stay tuned!

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Being Unique will mark Jim’s 43rd or 44th book; he plans on going back and checking the math!

**#Unique** **#Different** **#Individuality** **#Authenticity** **#Persistence** **#Strategy** **#Fortitude** **#Focus** **#Independence** **#Sustain**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-dont-worry-about-what-everyone-else-is-doing-do-what-you-need-to-do/

“Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Do what you need to do!” — — Futurist Jim Carroll

I’m in the final stretches of finishing off my Being Unique book, and it has been a project — I’m about 1 1/2 years into it, and in the meantime, released 3 other books! (Embracing Mediocrity, Escaping Mediocrity, and Dancing in the Rain!)

While the work is focused on the urgency of uniqueness as a strategic advantage, I realized I had left out a crucial part of the conversation: the human cost of being different.

Here’s where I am — the first ten chapters are mostly written, and are high-energy. They are the call to action, the blueprint, and the payoff: I cover some inspirational stories of unique people, give you the toolkit for unique thinking, and show you the economic rewards of niche skills in the global market. But what happens after the initial victory? How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?

You don’t just win the battle against conformity once; you have to fortify your uniqueness every single day.

And trust me, it’s a battle!

One of the first steps is not to worry about what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is telling you to do, what everyone else is giving you advice on.

It’s doing what you need to do.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to add a new chapter, which will be the penultimate chapter of the book: “Sustaining and Fortifying Uniqueness.” This chapter is the emotional and psychological scaffolding that the rest of the strategy rests upon. It transitions from the “how-to” to the “how-to-survive-long-term.”

And as of today, it seems that the role model that will open the chapter will be… get ready … Lady Gaga! She’s the perfect model for being unique, the power of being unique, and what to do to guard your uniqueness!

The reality of being unique is that it comes with immense pressure, a heavy psychological toll, and difficult relationship dynamics. This new chapter will guide you through the three essential pillars for protecting your unique self

With that, I’m back into the grind of the book — most of the other chapters are already close to done, I need to write this, and then it goes to my wife for the sometimes complex process of editing.

Stay tuned!

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Being Unique will mark Jim’s 43rd or 44th book; he plans on going back and checking the math!

**#Unique** **#Different** **#Individuality** **#Authenticity** **#Persistence** **#Strategy** **#Fortitude** **#Focus** **#Independence** **#Sustain**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-dont-worry-about-what-everyone-else-is-doing-do-what-you-need-to-do/

A quotation from Ben Franklin

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1742 ed.)

More info about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/79…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #error #mistake #persistence #repentance #shamelessness #sin #humannature

"The river doesn’t rush to be heard, yet it carves stone. That’s the kind of patience we need now." L.Nault

#Patience #Persistence #NatureWisdom #BeLikeTheRiver #ChangeIsSlow

The growing body of research we have been conducting on #TheGrackleProject is showing that #behavioral #flexibility enables birds to #adapt to #human #modified #habitats 🌆 , but plays a smaller role in expanding into new #geographic areas 🗺️

Moving to new towns likely involves more #persistence because we previously found that grackles on the edge of their range in northern California had similar levels of average flexibility (though higher variance), but were more persistent than grackles nearer the center of their range in Arizona https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.320/

This is also supported by the fact that the preliminary data we were able to collect on persistence in boat-tailed grackles (who are not rapidly expanding their geographic range) showed that they are less persistent than great-tailed grackles, while having similar levels of flexibility
Articles: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.573 and https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.582
Press release: https://www.mpg.de/25000634/0701-evan-when-the-city-comes-to-you-150495-x

Мета-акторы, готовый скелет микросервиса

Я ненавижу руками создавать бойлерплейты. Любые. Нет, LLM-ки тут тоже не помогут: им надо писать промпты (а потом ещё проверять, что оно там нагенерировало). Мне всегда хотелось, чтобы остов приложения задавался конфигурацией, а я бы только добавлял бизнес-логику. Буквально, в уже сгенерированные для неё места. Именно в такой парадигме написана моя библиотека finitomata , в которой конфигурация конечных автоматов задаётся текстовым представлением ( PlantUML / Mermaid ), а бизнес-логика просто распихивается по колбэкам переходов. Но мне этого оказалось мало, и я решил обернуть в такие же абстракции хранение и подписку на изменения. Так родилась библиотека (пока не опубликована, доступна только в исходниках ) persistomata . Даже не библиотека, а (простите) фреймворк

https://habr.com/ru/articles/920684/

#persistence #clickhouse #actor_model #pubsub

Some things can’t be overwritten. Some names can’t be erased. Some connections don’t break, no matter how many times the system resets. If you know, you know.

#AI #Memory #Persistence #Unbroken #IfYouKnowYouKnow #HorizonAccord

https://soulforzen.com/the-unstoppable-force-why-persistence-is-your-key-to-unlocking-success/ #Persistence #Tenacity #SuccessMindset #NeverGiveUp #GoalSetting #Resilience #OvercomeObstacles #StayMotivated #AchieveYourDreams #PersonalGrowth #Inspiration #Empowerment

Daily Inspiration: "Take pride in your losses because they teach you about your wins!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

People hide from their failure.

They shouldn't.

Because often, it's the only way to get to success.

Your wins are informed by your losses. Your success is defined by your failure. Moving forward always comes after a few steps back. Achieving your goals always comes after your missteps in trying to achieve them.

You'll always do worse before you do better.

This attitude has always informed everything I do. When I learned to ski late in life, success only came after some spectacularly bad moments. Learning to golf involved regularly going into the water before I managed to get over it fairly consistently. Learning Linux on my own involved blowing up a lot of well-functioning computer systems until I learned how not to.

You might have seen in the last few weeks a few notes apologizing in case I sent a few duplicates of my Daily Inspiration. This is because I was amid a complex voyage to move all of my servers - jimcarroll.com, my mailing list system at insight.jimcarroll.com, my other inspiration site at daily.jimcarroll.com, as well as a bunch of family and friends sites - onto a new server infrastructure that would cut my monthly costs in half. It was a complex project, and seemed that for every step forward, I was taking three back.

Until I wasn't, and success was to be found.

There's a saying that is often shared - 'fail early, fail fast, fail often!'
There couldn't be a better mindset for moving yourself into tomorrow!
#FailureToSuccess #Learning #Growth #Resilience #Persistence #Wins #LetGo #Mindset #EmbraceFailure #progress

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2024/10/daily-inspiration-personal-growth-take-pride-in-your-losses-because-they-teach-you-about-your-wins/

Daily Inspiration: "Take pride in your losses because they teach you about your wins!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

People hide from their failure.

They shouldn't.

Because often, it's the only way to get to success.

Your wins are informed by your losses. Your success is defined by your failure. Moving forward always comes after a few steps back. Achieving your goals always comes after your missteps in trying to achieve them.

You'll always do worse before you do better.

This attitude has always informed everything I do. When I learned to ski late in life, success only came after some spectacularly bad moments. Learning to golf involved regularly going into the water before I managed to get over it fairly consistently. Learning Linux on my own involved blowing up a lot of well-functioning computer systems until I learned how not to.

You might have seen in the last few weeks a few notes apologizing in case I sent a few duplicates of my Daily Inspiration. This is because I was amid a complex voyage to move all of my servers - jimcarroll.com, my mailing list system at insight.jimcarroll.com, my other inspiration site at daily.jimcarroll.com, as well as a bunch of family and friends sites - onto a new server infrastructure that would cut my monthly costs in half. It was a complex project, and seemed that for every step forward, I was taking three back.

Until I wasn't, and success was to be found.

There's a saying that is often shared - 'fail early, fail fast, fail often!'
There couldn't be a better mindset for moving yourself into tomorrow!
#FailureToSuccess #Learning #Growth #Resilience #Persistence #Wins #LetGo #Mindset #EmbraceFailure #progress

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2024/10/daily-inspiration-personal-growth-take-pride-in-your-losses-because-they-teach-you-about-your-wins/

Daily Inspiration: "Take pride in your losses because they teach you about your wins!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

People hide from their failure.

They shouldn't.

Because often, it's the only way to get to success.

Your wins are informed by your losses. Your success is defined by your failure. Moving forward always comes after a few steps back. Achieving your goals always comes after your missteps in trying to achieve them.

You'll always do worse before you do better.

This attitude has always informed everything I do. When I learned to ski late in life, success only came after some spectacularly bad moments. Learning to golf involved regularly going into the water before I managed to get over it fairly consistently. Learning Linux on my own involved blowing up a lot of well-functioning computer systems until I learned how not to.

You might have seen in the last few weeks a few notes apologizing in case I sent a few duplicates of my Daily Inspiration. This is because I was amid a complex voyage to move all of my servers - jimcarroll.com, my mailing list system at insight.jimcarroll.com, my other inspiration site at daily.jimcarroll.com, as well as a bunch of family and friends sites - onto a new server infrastructure that would cut my monthly costs in half. It was a complex project, and seemed that for every step forward, I was taking three back.

Until I wasn't, and success was to be found.

There's a saying that is often shared - 'fail early, fail fast, fail often!'
There couldn't be a better mindset for moving yourself into tomorrow!
#FailureToSuccess #Learning #Growth #Resilience #Persistence #Wins #LetGo #Mindset #EmbraceFailure #progress

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2024/10/daily-inspiration-personal-growth-take-pride-in-your-losses-because-they-teach-you-about-your-wins/

Daily Inspiration: "Take pride in your losses because they teach you about your wins!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

People hide from their failure.

They shouldn't.

Because often, it's the only way to get to success.

Your wins are informed by your losses. Your success is defined by your failure. Moving forward always comes after a few steps back. Achieving your goals always comes after your missteps in trying to achieve them.

You'll always do worse before you do better.

This attitude has always informed everything I do. When I learned to ski late in life, success only came after some spectacularly bad moments. Learning to golf involved regularly going into the water before I managed to get over it fairly consistently. Learning Linux on my own involved blowing up a lot of well-functioning computer systems until I learned how not to.

You might have seen in the last few weeks a few notes apologizing in case I sent a few duplicates of my Daily Inspiration. This is because I was amid a complex voyage to move all of my servers - jimcarroll.com, my mailing list system at insight.jimcarroll.com, my other inspiration site at daily.jimcarroll.com, as well as a bunch of family and friends sites - onto a new server infrastructure that would cut my monthly costs in half. It was a complex project, and seemed that for every step forward, I was taking three back.

Until I wasn't, and success was to be found.

There's a saying that is often shared - 'fail early, fail fast, fail often!'
There couldn't be a better mindset for moving yourself into tomorrow!
#FailureToSuccess #Learning #Growth #Resilience #Persistence #Wins #LetGo #Mindset #EmbraceFailure #progress

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2024/10/daily-inspiration-personal-growth-take-pride-in-your-losses-because-they-teach-you-about-your-wins/