I thought bezos was playing a trick on me today - my new book is now beating @RyanHoliday's for top spot on Amazon in business & self-improvement. don't even know what to say. the guy has been a huge inspiration for me over the years. I don't consider myself anywhere near his level. while there's no chance it'll last... I'll take it!

(1/3) Indulge me with something beyond CFB: I’ve spent the last year reading a bunch of the classic success books I used to roll my eyes at. My guy @artank has been reading them for 19 years, and it turns out, he was right: a lot of them are actually pretty damn useful.

this recap of my 1hr claude code session w Adam Tank (@artank) is just frikkin perfect "I'll be damned if my jaw didn't hit the desk the first time I saw the output." -- @artank After one hour, we'd built a custom tool that writes his newsletter in his voice two months later, he's building...everything. a mushroom foraging site, a morel finder app, a linkedin visualizer, sales analyzer, and more he wrote about it here and the whole thing is worth a read: adamtank.com/new-blog/2026/2…

Is there a marketplace for prebuilt @claudeai skills? I'm probably not looking in the right place... it has to exist right?

Incredible how much value there is in just picking up the phone.

May Artemis II inspire the world the way Apollo 8 did.

Why is listening not taught as skill? Is there anyone doing it as a profession? Feels like something that should be in super high demand, like Toastmasters but for learning how to listen.

I am unreasonably excited about self-driving. It will be the first technology in many decades to visibly terraform outdoor physical spaces and way of life. Less parked cars. Less parking lots. Much greater safety for people in and out of cars. Less noise pollution. More space reclaimed for humans. Human brain cycles and attention capital freed up from “lane following” to other pursuits. Cheaper, faster, programmable delivery of physical items and goods. It won’t happen overnight but there will be the era before and the era after.

When the Wall Street Journal of water covers your company, focused on our multi-year contract with the single largest water utility on earth, it's a good day. globalwaterintel.com/article…

Patrick Collison (CEO, Stripe) — How to Move Fast

Comments like these are the best part about authoring a book. @ihemrochem feel free to DM me with a good address so I can send you a signed copy!

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. “There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. “If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice! “Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

In a distracted world, the most underrated leadership skill is listening. 144 studies, 155k people: Good listeners have deeper bonds and better results. We feel valued, and they get smarter. Great leaders are devoted learners. A key to learning is to listen more than you talk.

“When I’m old, how much would I be willing to pay to travel back in time and relive the moment that I’m experiencing right now?” — Muneeb Ali

Loved this discussion - Hassan is a GURU when it comes to book writing & publishing. Worth a follow if you’re not already!

I'm completely stunned. My first book just hit #1 best seller on Amazon in less than two weeks. It's currently outselling my favorite book of all time, Think and Grow Rich. Wow. Just wow. Thank you to everyone who's purchased it, downloaded it for free, and wrote reviews... it means the world to this first time author. Special thanks to @NickDiFabio1 for the generosity in helping me figure out the launch plan. Couldn't have done it without you. btw - it's still free on Amazon for another few days for those who are interested! -> a.co/d/fkrGdAV

“The most profound change comes following a period of instability, a period that opens our minds to new ways of thinking, moving, and being.” @artank “Luck By Design” This rings true, Adam.