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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 months
Ok, put together my Lifetime Consulting page (h/t to @dvassallo for the idea!) Still requesting some testimonials, but grabbed some from Twitter and, luckily, @LobowSpark put together a highlight reel for me. So I embedded that as well.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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@kindgracekind Ah, yes. The classic "Worm of Theseus" paradox... *nods knowingly* I'm gonna say 1/3 of the way through that transformation.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Started my ADHD meds today. And my brain is quiet. The bees are gone. It's amazing. I know it will probably fade in effectiveness over time, but man. Enjoying it while I can.
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@CodesCarla You are a 1 in a world of 0s.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@hnshah Nothing will happen in the time frame you think it will. As a corrolary: start conversations with people as soon as you can. Whether investors, potential hires, whatever. It is really hard to rush these through when you need them if you haven't started the convos.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Exciting news coming soon. I'm going to be joining an incredible team in a couple of weeks. I'll drop a small hint. Can anybody guess?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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I just got fired from the best job I ever had. I've never been fired before. I saw the signs last night and had a lot of anxiety last night and the first half of the day. I wrote about all the emotions I was experiencing this morning. I didn't expect to be happy afterwards.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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@KaylaAncrum The idea of compulsively solving riddles even at high potential cost to one's self makes me feel seen. Glad to see it has a happy ending.
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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@MomDVMx2 @RexChapman This is my very good girl, Rosie the Dorgi (dachshund/corgi)
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@leo_guinan
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@eshear Intrigued
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Who are the most authentic people you know on Twitter?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
@AdultingADHD I figured out I was ADHD/Autistic after a decade of treatment for anxiety/depression that didn't really work.
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Entrepreneurs: In one sentence, what problem are you solving?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Automation. The greatest superpower you can learn. If you learn to automate parts of your life, you get the power to do things at scale.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@petehasabeard And what's your source for this statement? 😁😁😁
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Did it hurt? When you bumped into everything around you because of poor proprioception? #ADHD (Am I doing this right? 🤣)
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Say it with me: "Fuck it, I'll just rewrite the whole damned thing!"
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
I've been listening to the @p_millerd podcast with @visakanv and my mind is completely blown. The secret to success isn't secret, it's just overlooked. It's all simpler than you think. I don't want Twitter to suppress the link, so just reply if you want a link to the episode
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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@mykola This aligns really closely with my experience. Something that I've found helpful: Treat tasks like experiments and get curious about the result. Similar to your approach, but it can be more repeatable. Might need to tweak the tasks a bit, but I've found it really helpful.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 months
@eshear git push --harder
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Need some volunteers. I'm working on a script that can evaluate someone's Twitter account and determine how well their tweets align to their bio. Anyone want their account analyzed?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
@NotechAna That's a great question. I think more people should. I'll gladly offer my podcast up to anyone who wants to chat about what they're working on. It's still really small, but I am actively working on growing it All about scaling yourself, which founders have to do a lot.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
7 months
@levelsio I've been telling people for years that software engineers are over-valued by the economy in relation to other roles. This will simply help to rebalance the values of the other roles by helping them scale their knowledge the same way programmers do.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Over the past two weeks, I've met with several creators to discuss their automation needs. And I heard one thing over and over: "you should teach a course on this" So I've decided that I'm going to!
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Welcome to my profile! I'm here to build in public and build relationships. I believe that everyone can and should use the internet to scale their impact. So here's what I'm currently doing:
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Twitter can be a magical place. Or one of the deepest circles of hell. I've seen both here. (I like the magical place a little better)
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Showed my 8-year-old my approach to logo development last night. He's been begging to set up a YouTube channel so we finally started one last night. I used ChatGPT to create the prompt and stuck it into Midjourney. We were both quite happy with the result.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
1 year
@patrick_oshag Highly recommend this
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@anthonycwalker @MaryLTrump @JoyceWhiteVance I don't think I will be there handing it out. I might set up a conveniently placed table and allow people to take from it as they want though. It's important to follow the law. 😈
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Maybe the real algorithm was the friends we made along the way
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Joining S2 of N&W with @_buildspace ! Excited to build alongside the community!
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Officially @feathercrm launch day! went live at 3am local time (I went to bed about 12:30am-ish after finally making myself step away) This is going to be my update thread. I woke up to a ton of love on Twitter (which is a great feeling ❤️❤️❤️)
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@SredniEel @Toffifay76 @gavinthomas2015 Oh. Were we not supposed to wear pants like that? Learn something new every day...
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
For all of the shit entrepreneurs go through, they are an incredibly optimistic bunch.
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
8 months
@GaryMarcus They are inevitable, just as they are with humans. The trick is to stop worrying so much about "absolute truth" and "reality". Those concepts aren't nearly as solidly defined as people assume. You have to build systems around derived understanding, not black box "knowledge"
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
I'm starting to view life as more of a game. Where is the most potential for fun? Who do I want in my party? Where are the side quests?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
@ZeroWrites Oh, that's totally me. I'm OK with noise until I'm not. But when I'm not, it's really bad for me. And that's a sign that I'm really stressed somewhere else. Nothing like a scavenger hunt to figure out why everything is really intense suddenly.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
7 months
@visakanv I think that's pretty accurate at a macro level. But I've noticed that there are micro cycles of change as they try on different identities and figure out where they fit in their friend groups. So bigger things slow down and smaller ones speed up
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
#AskADHD what's the best way to tell someone that they should start looking into ADHD after you talk to them for 5 minutes in a breakout room during a course? She mentioned that she was having problems with certain things and let's just say, the patterns are familiar...
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 months
When you see something going to the moon, you've got to get everyone on board as early as possible. $TBALL
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Want to know how many dormant accounts you follow? Respond to this tweet! Realized that about 20% of the accounts I follow haven't tweeted in 3 months. So new tool dropping soon.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
8 months
@eshear @PrinceVogel @oren_ai Repeated messages of approval/disapproval essentially have the same effect over time. Look at how trauma affects people. That's exactly how we do it, although we use society to balance parental influence. We just aren't nearly as surgical.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
One of the biggest revelations to me in my switch from corporate to startup: I keep finding myself waiting for permission. There have been a couple of times now where I wait for approval when I'm supposed to just act. Some of the habits have been instilled deeper than I thought
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
7 months
@donaldklee Absolutely I do. Relationships matter more than money. Never waste an opportunity to build a stronger one.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
I've got a BS in Computer Science, an MS in Software Engineering, and a decade of experience as a software engineer. And I lost an entire day of development yesterday to the fact that I had "ii" in a string instead of "i". So when you get stuck on something small, remember that
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
@yongfook Eh, I think they're still going to get beat. They showed how willing they are to dump the creators that got them where they are. I don't think the creators will be nearly as willing to stick with them. Couple that with a high take on transactions, and there is room for someone
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@ctrlshifti @kefimochi As someone who considers himself "full-stack", that take is garbage. For a couple years, I focused primarily on front-end, and I was halfway decent at it. Then I moved toward data and backend development. I got pretty good at that too. But now I kinda suck at front-end dev.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
I couldn't look away..
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 months
Hey @FarzaTV , question about @_buildspace S5. My 9yo is learning to code and has a YT channel, and I was telling him about @_buildspace . He wanted to join and start sharing what he's learning. What are the chances he'd get accepted?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@torturecrush if business logic has to be adapted to the code instead of the other way around, it is likely overengineered.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@GeoffLewisOrg I used to mine it a little bit in college when it first started. Then I got bored and gave up on it. Then I lost the wallet. I don't know how much I had, but I do know that it wasn't nothing. I have thought about it quite a bit over the last several years. Lost opportunities
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Fundraising is a really weird process. Take a whole bunch of time that could be spent working on the company and dedicate it to getting rejected over and over again.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
One thing that @justinkan got right with and Twitch: "People have a desire to connect with other people"
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
6 months
@CrewFanCouncil Think I saw the team traveled straight there from mexico.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Your superfans aren't the ones that pay the most. They are the ones who care the most.
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@aaroncbailey That is awesome. I just did the same about 4 weeks ago. My family now thinks I am crazy and we are not really speaking much. Oh well, even if they don't understand, I knew it was time to go for it.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
My primary goal in life: make things easier for everyone. The more I dig into things, the more I realize how much we overcomplicate almost every aspect of our lives. When we can focus on the 1% that actually matters, we can improve our outcomes exponentially.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
Direct deposit: $1400 Me @microacquire : 1 SaaS please.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Who are your favorite people who have fewer than 1000 followers? Let's give them a boost.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Building a robotic hedgehog with my 7 year old. What are you building today?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
1 year
1 Year. 12 Products. $150K. That's my challenge to myself. Here's why:
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Watched the latest episode of @_trwih . It has become the one thing I make sure I watch when it releases. Point that resonated with me: People have a hard time making decisions that those close to them won't understand and may ridicule.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
What technology has changed your life the most?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Most of your life, people have been trying to put you in a specific box. Meet these standards. Complete this test. Do this job. But those are systems optimized for linear results. Your unique combination of skills and experience can be leveraged for exponential results.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Realized I've put out a ton of threads all about automation as I've been prepping content for #SuperchargeYourTime (enrolling now for September cohort - DM if interested). So here's a thread of threads for all things automation:
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
1 year
Tried to create an image for my landing page and accidentally revealed the end of the world.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
5 months
@dagorenouf Gotta take the leap to see! Also, now I want a version with an AI startup founder that features the OpenAI hawk swooping down and grabbing it 😂
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
If you could scale any aspect of your life, which aspect would you pick? After much deliberation and experimentation, the one thing I'm focusing on scaling the most is my friends. And I mean actual friends, not followers. Makes everything else easier.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
1 year
@dannypostmaa Feeling attacked right now Danny
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Proud of myself. I actually went to an in-person network event last night and had a good time. I've been focusing a lot on the whole networking online kind of idea, but I've been avoiding anything live. But I was able to step out of my comfort zone for a couple of hours.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
1 year
@mykola Wow, this sums it up well. Something I've been working on personally: treat tasks like experiments and get curious about the results. Similar to your approach, but I've found it to be repeatable. Might need to adjust the tasks to be more experiment like, but really helps me
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
1 year
I made it!
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Online courses are the future of education. Education is rapidly changing. Costs are going up. If you are a creator, start thinking about what courses you could create. An online course has some of the highest upside the internet offers. It's knowledge sharing at scale.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Excited to announce that, as of today, @feathercrm is a revenue generating product! And since we are before Jan 1, half of the subscription price will be donated to a suicide prevention organization! Love the fact that it was an annual subscription, so $25 is going there
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
6 months
@paulg I do want to push back just a little on this, because I think while that has been traditionally true, it's mostly because of the way we've attempted to increase the efficiency of communication by compressing things as much as possible. But with more information available to us,
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Are you proud of your Twitter account?
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 months
@jaltma They are and they aren't. They've got goals and they take actions that are aligned with those goals, and while they might not know what to do in a given situation specifically, their goals and values guide them to action. In other words, it's not random.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Knowledge is knowing the answer. Wisdom is knowing the question to ask.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Sometimes I just like to record and let myself talk and see what comes out. A lot of stuff I won't post. Stumbling over words and ideas. But forcing myself to try to articulate the thoughts in my head is always quite illuminating. I usually don't have it as clear as I think.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 months
@AprilynneAlter This is actually a great use case for having a chatbot associated with a course. You can give the bot access to additional data sources, the customer can ask as much as they want (or limit number of messages and have them pay more). Happy to prototype one for you if you want!
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Be the chaos you want to see in the world.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
@thisiskp_ @ProductHunt I think the people interested in no code are the ones who want to be able to build things themselves. People who want stuff built for them don't care if it's code or nocode, they just want their problem solved.
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@AdultingADHD @kazADHD I do the same. I realized that I had spent a long time numbing myself, so now I tend toward feeling everything until I can't handle it and then I shut down again temporarily. Gotta be a balance there somewhere...just gotta find it.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Tried to get a little work done last night and someone wasn't happy they weren't getting attention
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Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@cmclymer @bader_diedrich And as always, the difference is exactly that. When a Democrat screws up, they get held accountable. Republicans double down.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@RobAnderson2018 You are an inspiration Rob. I have no doubt that people will run because of you. Keep up the great work!!!
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
The world insists there are a lot of rules you have to follow. Almost all of them make absolutely no sense. Forcing yourself to follow them can manifest as anxiety/depression. I treated that for years before understanding I am ADHD/Autistic. Knowing makes a huge difference.
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Myk - 🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 - Here To Help
4 years
If you are #ActuallyAutistic and were diagnosed as an adult, please Quote Tweet this tweet with advice you have to other autistic adults who don’t yet know they’re autistic. Every April we win a lot of new siblings, let’s make their transition easier. #AutismAcceptanceMonth
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
Want to see the power of automation in action? Read through this thread.
@csaba_kissi
Csaba Kissi
3 years
🚨 How I Earned 💰$3mil+ On The Internet and What Was the Trick to Beat The Competition Mega Thread 🧵👇
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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Last week was one of the toughest of my life. I was facing a lot of doubt in myself. Things weren't working. Money was getting extremely tight. I was doing a ton of different things, trying to make something work. My actions were disjointed and chaotic. And then I got sick.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Ok, so weird thought of the week: What would your job be if you lived back in medieval times? I think I would make a pretty decent blacksmith. And as a side note, at some point I want to learn how to be a blacksmith. And maybe buy a house where I can put in a forge...
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
4 years
@kazADHD I love the way you outlined this. I was treated for anxiety and depression for years. But the anxiety and depression were just a result of me not knowing that I was ADHD and so I was constantly struggling to fit into an NT world.
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
Upon finding out that retail doesn't pay well, my seven year old told my wife that instead, he would rather be a "hipster". When my wife asked him if he knew what that meant, he said "yeah, that's when your parents just pay all your bills and you live in their basement' 😂😂😂😂
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
From N&W S2, Workshop 0. The idea. GTFOL w/ @_buildspace
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
3 years
#AskingAutistics #AskADHD Are you an entrepreneur? Or are you thinking about becoming one? I'm putting together a neurodiverse community of entrepreneurs. It will be focused on education and helping those of us who are neurodivergent be successful in our endeavors. 1/3
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
2 years
New domain purchased. Getting ready to launch a new product. Going to pat myself on the back for this one, because the new tool is almost complete before I purchased the domain. A bit backward from my normal approach 😂 The output of a hackathon is coming to life!
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@leo_guinan
Leo Guinan (econ/acc)
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It's on now. Going to process for the rest of the day, and tomorrow, it begins for real.
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