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A kind soul made a quilt for Mary from old Benedictine nuns’ habits so that “she would be wrapped in prayer” when she gets home.
The long way is the shortcut.
In marriage.
In fatherhood.
In business.
In sainthood.
The shortcut doesn’t work. When it gets hard it’s easy to quit because the thought of it being hard forever feels unbearable.
It won’t be hard forever.
You’ll either quit, it will get easier, or you’ll get stronger.
August was a good month for this client.
But I think September will be better.
Bonus: We revamped an abandoned cart email flow that’s converting ~7% better
Interviewing a senior-level role this morning:
“What’s the hardest thing you’ve done?”
Their answer… managing a grocery bill and learning to live independently.
Adam Minihan retweeted
I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
Adam Minihan retweeted
The Catholic Church is thriving in Tulsa, Oklahoma, especially under the leadership of Bishop David Konderla.
Holy Family Cathedral has nearly doubled in size over the past five years, while converts have increased from 55 to 94 in just two years.
The goal is not to feel guilty for possessing good things. The goal is to become the sort of man through whom good things become fruitful.
"I would rather fail with honor than win by fraud." - Neoptolemus to Odysseus in Philoctetes by Sophocles
I don’t listen to Huberman much, but the bit about high schools about an hour and a half in, is pretty crazy.
The new Huberman Lab episode is out: How to Accelerate Learning & Improve Education | Joe Liemandt
0:00 Joe Liemandt
3:16 History of Traditional Classroom Model; Education Milestones
8:08 Sponsors: David & Lingo
10:25 Alpha School, High Standards & Support
22:33 Effective Support, Academics vs Athletics; Homeschooling
30:03 AI, Individualized Learning & Mastery
34:31 Teacher Education, Standardized Tests, Role of School
40:52 Sponsors: AG1 & Helix Sleep
43:42 AI, Scaffolding Learning, Mastery; Working Memory & Fluency
52:41 Working Memory, Focus; Gifted Kids
1:00:30 Basics Mastery, Grade Level Catch-Up, Individualized AI Lessons & Pace
1:06:57 Sponsor: LMNT
1:08:17 Shame, Motivation, Growth Rate; Overcoming Mental Blocks & Paying Kids
1:20:55 Suffering & Motivation, Kids Goals, Sports; Doing Hard Things
1:31:21 Founders High School, Life Skills; Kids' Goals
1:42:44 Reimagining Classroom Education
1:47:21 Importance of Building & Creating, AI & Humanity
1:58:04 Science & Redesigning Experiments, Kids' Interest-Led Projects
2:05:26 Huberman Lab Live Events
2:06:14 Learning Predictors, Gender, Income; Redesigning the School System
2:18:32 Success; Sports Academy, Alpha School Expansion
2:28:36 Acknowledgements
2:31:07 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
Includes paid partnerships.
