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Preparing for 2025 as a Lifelong Learner – Life Optimizer
Here we are in December, with 2025 just around the corner. While many people wait until January to start their New Year’s resolutions, I believe December is the perfect time to prepare for the new year. By using this month to set the stage, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running when the new year
Elevate Your Life With a Purposeful System – Life Optimizer
Do you want to be productive? Do you want to make the most of your time? Then there is something you need: a purposeful system. What does "purposeful system" mean? Well, let's break it down. There are two words there: purposeful and system. Let's start with system. To make the most out of your
Lifelong Learning: The Key to Mastering Your AI Toolkit – Life Optimizer
The AI revolution isn't just coming – it's here. 2023 was a wild ride, but 2024 is ramping things up even faster. New tools emerge constantly, and staying updated requires significant time and attention. I'm incredibly grateful for the power these tools grant us. As an individual without a large
Awakening Your Dormant Talents – Life Optimizer
Do you have a talent that you no longer develop? Do you have some potential that you are no longer using? I wrote about this topic years ago. At that time, I wrote that my dormant talent was coding. I have a background in computer science, but at that time I hadn’t developed an app in years. My w
Strategy and Tactics: Two Essential Keys to Success – Life Optimizer
I recently read Outlive by Peter Attia. It’s a book about longevity that I found insightful. It contains many lessons about different aspects of health. However, what I’d like to share with you here isn’t the health lessons from the book. Instead, it’s a quote by Sun Tzu that I found there: St
The Power of Preparation: The Nvidia Story – Life Optimizer
For the past few months, I’ve been following the world of AI. The development in the field has been accelerating since the launch of ChatGPT in November last year. Bill Gates wrote back in March that the age of AI has begun. One of the winners of this AI boom is Nvidia. Its chips power most of th
Introducing Bing Chat Masterclass: ChatGPT on Steroids – Life Optimizer
For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a new AI course. Today I’m happy to announce that Bing Chat Masterclass: ChatGPT on Steroids is now available! It’s a course about how to make the most out of Bing Chat, Microsoft’s free AI chatbot. I’m excited about the course because I believe that B
Introducing Chat Ace: ChatGPT Made Easy – Life Optimizer
Since it was launched in November last year, ChatGPT is taking the world by storm. Its ability to converse intelligently surprised many, including me. There was a slight problem, though: I didn’t find it very convenient to use. It didn’t (and still doesn’t) have features like search, favorites, a
The Coming Threats of Generative AI and What to Do – Life Optimizer
In my last post, I wrote that there is currently an emergence of AI tools that can create new content, called generative AI. These tools can generate emails, poems, images, and more based on your input (known as prompts). This is a recent development because the tools emerged only in 2022. The un
Maximizing Your Personal Effectiveness With AI Tools: 4 Tips – Life Optimizer
Have you noticed a recent trend? More and better AI tools are becoming available. While AI (artificial intelligence) has been around for some time, the tools that came out recently are smarter than ever. DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, for instance, can generate relevant images based on your text promp
Ask the Readers: What Lessons Did You Learn in 2022? – Life Optimizer
Here we are near the end of 2022. Soon we will enter the year 2023. I think it’s a good time to reflect on what we have learned this year so that we can start the new year strong. For me, a lesson I learned is the importance of taking risks to make progress in life. I already learned about this y
Why a Passion for Learning Is Essential – Life Optimizer
What do you think is a key trait for thriving in this age? A good answer, I believe, is a passion for learning. Let me explain. I recently read Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein. It’s an insightful book about the history of finance. It covers topics such as the origin
The Importance of Building Mental Models and How to Do It – Life Optimizer
I’m currently re-reading The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman. I’ve read the book years ago, but I recently felt the need to read it again. The book summarizes important principles for businesses that it calls "mental models". The term “mental model” was popularized by Charlie Munger, the investment
Thriving Despite Adversity: A Lesson From Leonhard Euler – Life Optimizer
Leonhard Euler is one of the greatest mathematicians who have ever lived. Living in the 18th century, he contributed to many fields of mathematics. He was very prolific; when he passed away at the age of 76, he had more than 850 publications! Many of the mathematical notations that we use today were
Being Creative: Four Keys From a Great Game Designer – Life Optimizer
I loved playing computer games. In fact, that’s how I first learned to code: by making simple games. Though I no longer spend much time on games these days, I’m still interested in the field. That’s why I was excited when I found the memoir of Sid Meier. You might never hear of him, but he is a l
Antifragile: More Than Being Resilient – Life Optimizer
One interesting concept that I read in Skip the Line is the difference between being resilient and being antifragile. The term “antifragile” comes from a book by Nassim Taleb but I read about it in Skip the Line by James Altucher. I always thought that being resilient is good, but it turns out th
Feel Fulfilled by Cultivating Your Portfolio of Passions – Life Optimizer
If you want to live a fulfilling life, you should cultivate your portfolio of passions. What I mean is that you should make room for different passions of yours and nurture them. Why is this important? Because reaching your full potential will make you feel fulfilled. The keyword here is full. Re
Upgrading Your Life Through Virtual Mentors – Life Optimizer
A book that I’m reading is Skip the Line by James Altucher. It has many interesting ideas, but here I’d like to share just one of them with you: reading books can give you virtual mentors. In fact, the author wrote that reading is a "superpower" because of it! You see, we need mentors to get ahea
Three Simple Things You Might Want to Do This Year – Life Optimizer
We are now in 2022! To be honest, I’m excited about this year. I believe it’s a year of possibilities. There could be many challenges ahead, but I’m sure there are also many opportunities. It’s up to you and me to make the most of those opportunities. To help you make the most of 2022, here are t
Habit Ace 3.0 Is Now Available! – Life Optimizer
After working on it for a few months, I’m happy to announce that Habit Ace 3.0 is now available! Habit Ace is an iOS app I develop that helps you build purposeful habits. It’s the app that I’ve been using to optimize my life. This new version adds support for Apple Watch. That means you can view
3 Ways to Make Your Life More Fulfilling – Life Optimizer
What do you think is a defining characteristic of a good life? Well, I believe it's fulfillment. The more you feel fulfilled, the better your life is. In fact, that’s the mission of Life Optimizer: helping you live a fulfilling life. So how can we live fulfilling lives? We can answer this que