I had an interesting thought today: We often sacrifice what we truly want for what we think will get us there. For example, many of us give up happiness now in the pursuit of success, believing that once we're successful enough, we'll finally allow ourselves to be happy.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. We often tie our happiness to specific outcomes. “𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻...” 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽. But happiness is a choice you make now, not a result of future events. Stop insisting on how things should be.

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AI is going to push the stock market today, down, way down. DeepSeek claims to have trained a top-tier language model for just $6M using outdated H800 GPUs, this is compared to the hundreds of millions (or billions) spent by giants like OpenAI and Google. DeepSeek say they

Do we trust AI too much? Alphabet, just dropped its longtime “Don’t be evil” promise on AI for weapons or surveillance—citing “national security.” But with investors eyeing profits, you have to wonder: did they do it because they need more money? Meanwhile, experts like Stuart

Burnout happens to the best of us. Few do anything to combat it until it's too late. I'm co-hosting a free webinar on battling burnout for founders, executives, and high performers. Here's why: Many years ago, when I was running my first startup, I hit a wall. On paper,