Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know that I’ll be closing this Skool community and moving everything over to Substack, where I’ll be posting content and discussions going forward. Substack is easier for me to manage right now, and I genuinely feel it offers more value for sharing research, writing, and ideas in one place. This move will help me stay consistent and go deeper with the work. You can find me, and the community, here: https://noteswnat.substack.com I’ll also be opening up Substack’s chat feature soon, so we’ll still be able to talk and discuss things together there. Thank you so much for being part of this space. I really appreciate you all and hope to see you on Substack. 📝 — Nat

⭐ Introduce Yourself ⭐ When you join, please drop a quick note below with: 1. Your name 2. Where you're from 3. What you hope to gain or learn from this space You can write as much or as little as you like -- no pressure. . . . I'll go first!! Hi everyone -- my name is Nat! I'm originally from Washington DC and now living in San Francisco. I started this community because it’s hard to find real connection, and I miss having conversations that go deeper than the surface. I’m hoping to find community, meaningful connections, learn a bunch more, and have some deep talks -- the kind that make you feel more alive. ✨ Welcome and I'm so excited to meet everyone!

I've been trying to get better at prompt engineering, and what I realised is that the best prompts are the ones that get you the results you're looking for. Then I realised— isn't that the same for your day and your life? (The thought isn't fully worked out yet.) But can't you think of yourself as an LLM and ask: What do I want to get out of myself? What are my goals? What actions do I want to take? And another good part of prompting is simplifying — the simplest path to get there is usually the most efficient. Please help me refine the thought.

Feynman believed attention was the root of understanding — Rubin says it’s the root of creation. How often do we truly notice what’s around us anymore?

^^ Came across this quote today by Herbert A. Simon. Where do you think most of your attention gets spent? And is the return worth it? Personally I love how we have access to so much information, but it can be hard to focus on one thing without getting distracted. Sometimes it feels like we’re drowning in ideas, planning, organizing, learning, but never actually doing. That’s the trap of shallow work. Thoughts??