#Work Smart

[thousandsights]

When you master the skill, NOTHING can stop you!

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

My biggest achievement with the Pokemon Go route feature is not creating the longest route near the city center so far. It's not even having that route be my walk to and from work. It's that the route is about 45 minutes of chill gameplay without walking in circles, getting in anyone's way, or risking sunstroke, with a fair chance of Zygarde cells at the end, that can be done by as many people as I could think to include.

If not followed in reverse, it's downhill on wheelchair accessible paths. The entire thing has bike access. It's not in an abandoned part of town, but there's little car traffic and the paths are never crowded with other people. There are 4-5 playgrounds along the way, all with benches, plus some extra benches here and there. Its start and end points are wheelchair accessible bus stops that connect directly on 2 different lines that drive twice an hour each.

[lsscreative1]

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[thisismybedtalk]

My experiences aren't universal but-

Step 1: decide ur non-negotiables - things u won't forsake like x hours of sleep a day

Step 2: work smart not hard - for instance delegate what can be done by anyone else and put ur effort into stuff that could use ur specialisation and edge

Step 3: listen to ur body - it will always tell u when things are off, avoid burnout

Step 4: rest - account for rest days every month

TLDR: delegate work, compartmentalise, decide ur non-negotiables

[lqb2quotes]

You have to work hard to discover how to work smart. You won't know the best solutions until you've made nearly all the mistakes.

James Clear

[imp4ktus]

Make IA : Mon Coup de Cœur pour l'Automatisation Intelligente

Dernièrement, j’ai fait une découverte qui a complètement transformé ma façon de travailler et d’organiser mon quotidien : Make IA, un outil d’automatisation qui m’a littéralement fait gagner des heures chaque semaine. Laissez-moi vous raconter pourquoi je suis devenu un fan inconditionnel de cette plateforme. Continue reading Make IA : Mon Coup de Cœur pour l’Automatisation Intelligente

[happytakes]

2024.10.28 | A reminder that talent with consistent practise increases your chances of success much faster than relying on just talent alone.

[trendoptimizer]

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[lauranthalasah]

I trained in the new system that it was gonna be implemented in my job. No one else did. Because nobody else had training, they gave me the admin password that allows the user to change things and add special users with they permissions... no one else has the full permissions, no one else can modify the system. I was the youngest and newest employee, and because that one single move that was made out of curiosity, I'm became the head librarian. Insane!

you know you're good at your job when every single person tells you "thank god you're back"

[themandalalady]

24-272 Hard Work

Hard Work “a great deal of effort or endurance” I grew up in an environment (in an era) where we were expected to work hard: with our schooling and with our chores. If any of us kids were found around the house “doin’ nothin’”, one or the other parent would say “you’ve got nothing to do??? I’ll give you something to do”. In our household, working hard was worshipped. We were only considered of…

[jewelclicks]

Set Boundaries at Work

There are really some jerks in ad agencies—just because they're in a higher position, they lead you on about promotions and salary raises. Then, when the time comes, they just say "No."

This is why it's important to set boundaries and stick to what's in your job contract. People will take advantage of your desire for a promotion, piling on tasks even if it means working overtime or on weekends. Don't let them exploit your hard work.

I really feel for the hardworking people who get treated like this. It's unfair when dedication gets taken for granted.

[thousandsights]

I learned from the whole effort, be careful to not call end of the beginning

[inkskinned]

i have chronic pain. i am neurodivergent. i understand - deeply - the allure of a "quick fix" like AI. i also just grew up in a different time. we have been warned about this.

15 entire years ago i heard about this. in my forensics class in high school, we watched a documentary about how AI-based "crime solving" software was inevitably biased against people of color.

my teacher stressed that AI is like a book: when someone writes it, some part of the author will remain within the result. the internet existed but not as loudly at that point - we didn't know that AI would be able to teach itself off already-biased Reddit threads. i googled it: yes, this bias is still happening. yes, it's just as bad if not worse.

i can't actually stop you. if you wanna use ChatGPT to slide through your classes, that's on you. it's your money and it's your time. you will spend none of it thinking, you will learn nothing, and, in college, you will piss away hundreds of thousands of dollars. you will stand at the podium having done nothing, accomplished nothing. a cold and bitter pyrrhic victory.

i'm not even sure students actually read the essays or summaries or emails they have ChatGPT pump out. i think it just flows over them and they use the first answer they get. my brother teaches engineering - he recently got fifty-three copies of almost-the-exact-same lab reports. no one had even changed the wording.

and yes: AI itself (as a concept and practice) isn't always evil. there's AI that can help detect cancer, for example. and yet: when i ask my students if they'd be okay with a doctor that learned from AI, many of them balk. it is one thing if they don't read their engineering textbook or if they don't write the critical-thinking essay. it's another when it starts to affect them. they know it's wrong for AI to broad-spectrum deny insurance claims, but they swear their use of AI is different.

there's a strange desire to sort of divorce real-world AI malpractice over "personal use". for example, is it moral to use AI to write your cover letters? cover letters are essentially only templates, and besides: AI is going to be reading your job app, so isn't it kind of fair?

i recently found out that people use AI as a romantic or sexual partner. it seems like teenagers particularly enjoy this connection, and this is one of those "sticky" moments as a teacher. honestly - you can roast me for this - but if it was an actually-safe AI, i think teenagers exploring their sexuality with a fake partner is amazing. it prevents them from making permanent mistakes, it can teach them about their bodies and their desires, and it can help their confidence. but the problem is that it's not safe. there isn't a well-educated, sensitive AI specifically to help teens explore their hormones. it's just internet-fed cycle. who knows what they're learning. who knows what misinformation they're getting.

the most common pushback i get involves therapy. none of us have access to the therapist of our dreams - it's expensive, elusive, and involves an annoying amount of insurance claims. someone once asked me: are you going to be mad when AI saves someone's life?

therapists are not just trained on the book, they're trained on patient management and helping you see things you don't see yourself. part of it will involve discomfort. i don't know that AI is ever going to be able to analyze the words you feed it and answer with a mind towards the "whole person" writing those words. but also - if it keeps/kept you alive, i'm not a purist. i've done terrible things to myself when i was at rock bottom. in an emergency, we kind of forgive the seatbelt for leaving bruises. it's just that chat shouldn't be your only form of self-care and recovery.

and i worry that the influence chat has is expanding. more and more i see people use chat for the smallest, most easily-navigated situations. and i can't like, make you worry about that in your own life. i often think about how easy it was for social media to take over all my time - how i can't have a tiktok because i spend hours on it. i don't want that to happen with chat. i want to enjoy thinking. i want to enjoy writing. i want to be here. i've already really been struggling to put the phone down. this feels like another way to get you to pick the phone up.

the other day, i was frustrated by a book i was reading. it's far in the series and is about a character i resent. i googled if i had to read it, or if it was one of those "in between" books that don't actually affect the plot (you know, one of those ".5" books). someone said something that really stuck with me - theoretically you're reading this series for enjoyment, so while you don't actually have to read it, one would assume you want to read it.

i am watching a generation of people learn they don't have to read the thing in their hand. and it is kind of a strange sort of doom that comes over me: i read because it's genuinely fun. i learn because even though it's hard, it feels good. i try because it makes me happy to try. and i'm watching a generation of people all lay down and say: but i don't want to try.

[plushiefucker-moved]

just saw a really stupid post on tumblr where someone showed the prices of vegetables in china and how, when converted to US dollars, only costs a couple of cents, and the post was like, "ugh why must us americans suffer such high prices when the rest of the world doesn't !!!" and it's like. you are aware that you come from a country with an extremely strong currency, yes ? and that, just bc a loaf of bread costs R20 (or 1.06 USD) here in south africa, that doesn't make it affordable to the average working class south african, just bc it seems cheap to you, yes ? u are aware that many ppl around the world make wayyyyy less than even the minimum wage american, yes ? that, even though you may be struggling financially in ur country, ur dollar still has significant power over the majority of the currencies around the world. yes ?

[almondcroissantsandink]

and then jayce rode that high and was floating on air for an entire week :)