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Mayank's avatar

The ability of our brain depends on how we structure it. If we continously feed it with negatives, it's going to act that way. But if we nourish it with right mindsets, and also prove it with actions, it's going to favour us.

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Moon Arica's avatar

Absolutely! The brain is like a garden, what you plant and nurture is what grows. Feed it doubt, and it cultivates fear. Feed it resilience, and it builds strength. Mindset and action go hand in hand, one without the other won’t get you far. What’s one mindset shift that made a big difference in your life Mayank?

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Nikki Finlay's avatar

Thanks for a great post!

My mission is to teach anyone who wants to learn about the economy what they need to know. Most of my work is evergreen, but I do need a system for trending information.

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Moon Arica's avatar

That’s a powerful mission, and much needed, especially in a world where economic literacy is both crucial and often overlooked. Let your content stay fresh and may it help others~~

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Vince Mao's avatar

Great tips here, Moon!

There's a lot of talk about what happens when AI can generate content that will be "as good as or better" than humans. Every single one of these that you've mentioned in your article is something that it can't truly say anything with meaning. Self-expression is limitless, and there are those who lose sight of the first part of that.

Simulated, but never duplicated.

To answer your question, people always point out how versatile my background has been and how I shape what I talk about in those perspectives. My weird ability is to write horizontally across my experiences in a way that makes teaching each of them different from others. My way of thinking of things is ultimately my advantage, and writing is the skill that I'm focusing on to improve my ability to communicate it.

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Moon Arica's avatar

Hey Vince, the ability to connect seemingly unrelated experiences and create unique insights is invaluable. It’s what makes your writing stand out because it carries the weight of lived experience, something AI can only mimic but not realized. I love that you said self-expression is limitless, that just opens up a whole lot of opportunities.

And your weird ability is your single most potent writing advantage, because only you possess that power to create something unique.

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Mark's avatar

Great writing comes from great thinking. And they influence each other, like the opposite of a catch 22, improving one, improves the other and I'm not sure if there's an upper limit.

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Moon Arica's avatar

There can never be a limit on greatness. In chinese we have a saying, there's no "best", only "better".

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Mark's avatar

Yes that fits rather well. It's like any true master of a craft will tell you, even they are still learning, there's no moment where you "complete" something.

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Moon Arica's avatar

So in fact, there are grandmasters above the grandmasters above the grandmasters 🤣

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Mark's avatar

and even they are still learning!

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Moon Arica's avatar

exactly!

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Vince Mao's avatar

I like to think of the brain like Play-Doh.

You don't want to leave it alone for too long or it dries out. The mind is meant to be poked and prodded, pinched and pulled, punched and pummeled at times.

It's a malleable organ that has grooves for a reason, and you don't want it to end up like a piece of silly putty all smooth and shapeless that conforms to whatever surface that you leave it on.

Can you tell I have kids?

Anyway, love the tips here. Neuroplasticity is something that should be more top-of-mind, especially now as it has become increasingly noisy in the digital world. Information parity is more important then ever and minding your physical and mental diets are equally essential.

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Nikki Finlay's avatar

Can I borrow this?!!!

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Moon Arica's avatar

Of course, be my guest!

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Vince Mao's avatar

I think I'm more of a combo of the first two or three...

The brain really is an incredible organ, isn't it? It's incredibly malleable and adaptable, and no matter how old you are, there's always more ways to grow and evolve.

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