I love this, Lee! And thank you for shoutout! The AI space is so noisy that the best signal to pay attention to is the one inside you. It’s not about whether the content is useful or valuable in general, it’s about whether it’s useful or valuable to you, who you are in this moment, what is important to you.
This is such a good reminder to let the noise be the noise and focus on (filter to!) what matters most to you.
The best part about Substack is there so many smart and savvy people here but it’s also the worst part about Substack because it can be a real attention sucker. I’m trying to keep it to a handful of where I am in the moment right now, but I have to say it’s hard to make the decision of who I think is on the same path.
"Valuable isn't the same as useful" is going to live in my head rent-free.
This is the exact thing I keep bumping into... I follow people building nothing like what I'm building, and the trap is never the bad advice; it's the genuinely good advice that just isn't mine. The "good advice meant for someone else" line nailed it.
The prompt graveyard hit a little too close, too. 😉
I've got the folder. We all do. What clicked for me reading this is that the filter is the whole skill ... not picking the right people, but knowing what to actually do with the ones you've got. Saving the rest for later was never the same as deciding it's yours.
I agree 100% with what you said. This stuff isn't meant to be used as a template, as much as sometimes we'd love for it to work like that! I design my systems precisely so people can adapt them to their work. It's never black or white and I don't think it's supposed to.
The valuable-versus-useful split is the keeper here. I've followed people for years whose work I'd never run in my own shop, and the tell is exactly what you named: the day their stuff makes me second-guess what I'm building instead of sharpening it, that's drift, not learning.
I love this, Lee! And thank you for shoutout! The AI space is so noisy that the best signal to pay attention to is the one inside you. It’s not about whether the content is useful or valuable in general, it’s about whether it’s useful or valuable to you, who you are in this moment, what is important to you.
This is such a good reminder to let the noise be the noise and focus on (filter to!) what matters most to you.
The best part about Substack is there so many smart and savvy people here but it’s also the worst part about Substack because it can be a real attention sucker. I’m trying to keep it to a handful of where I am in the moment right now, but I have to say it’s hard to make the decision of who I think is on the same path.
"Valuable isn't the same as useful" is going to live in my head rent-free.
This is the exact thing I keep bumping into... I follow people building nothing like what I'm building, and the trap is never the bad advice; it's the genuinely good advice that just isn't mine. The "good advice meant for someone else" line nailed it.
The prompt graveyard hit a little too close, too. 😉
I've got the folder. We all do. What clicked for me reading this is that the filter is the whole skill ... not picking the right people, but knowing what to actually do with the ones you've got. Saving the rest for later was never the same as deciding it's yours.
Great piece, my friend!
Lee thank you so much for the mention! ❤️
I agree 100% with what you said. This stuff isn't meant to be used as a template, as much as sometimes we'd love for it to work like that! I design my systems precisely so people can adapt them to their work. It's never black or white and I don't think it's supposed to.
Thank you, your stuff is where I get a lot of inspiration to push limits on my stuff. Keep those robots in line to keep the stuff coming ❤️
will make sure to do that haha! thank you 😍😍😍
Good stuff Lee!
Thanks, I’m trying to show there’s decisions before the decisions.
The valuable-versus-useful split is the keeper here. I've followed people for years whose work I'd never run in my own shop, and the tell is exactly what you named: the day their stuff makes me second-guess what I'm building instead of sharpening it, that's drift, not learning.