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After the meeting, the follow-ups need to be treated with as much care as the preparation. A single meeting is not an end unto itself; it is a stepping-stone in the much longer path of creating something valuable for the world. In the last few minutes of a meeting, get into the habit of asking, “So before we break, let’s make sure we agree on next steps . . .” After the meeting, send out a recap to the attendees with a summary of the discussion, a list of specific action items and who is responsible for each, and when the next check-in will be.
The Making of a Manager
Julie Zhuo
First, at the gateway of interpersonal relations, we’ve got the separation of tasks, and as the goal, there’s community feeling. And you’re saying that community feeling is having “a sense of others as comrades” and “an awareness of having one’s own refuge” within the community.
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
It’s AI Nude Portrait #1—a $12k piece of scarce digital art.
Two years ago it sold for $80.
A year ago $310.
Last month $3,614.
10 days ago $12,909.
Robert Barrat a 19-year old AI artist created it.