We procrastinate for two reasons:<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">It’s too easy, I’ll do it later</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It’s too hard, I don’t want to do it</li></ol>The second happens mostly when you have a project without a deadline.The productive people see this as an opportunity. They force themselves to do the work. Not discipline themselves, but literally force themselves.

Start Procrastinating

To force yourself, spend your last $1000 on something that would benefit you like a course, or a bootcamp, or a software. Whatever it is, just spend all your money.Now you don’t have any money, but you do have the course, the bootcamp, or the software.Force yourself into Win or Die situation. Now you are forced to make money and you have a deadline

Force yourself

You can probably accomplish all your yearly goals in just a single 12 week year or 3 months. That’s a real deadline.<ul><li>Start a new project every 3 months so that you’re forced to work as hard as you can.</li><li>Work for 4 hours a day</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Lock yourself in a room and laser focus in on just 1 task a day</li></ul>What projects should you start every 3 months? Any project related to your One Thing.<ul><li>launch a course</li><li>a cohort</li><li>write an eBook</li><li class="ql-align-justify">make digital products</li></ul>

The 12 Week Year

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Get up at 5:00 a.m</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Do your morning rituals & start your work by 5:30 a.m</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Remove the distractions & enter the Flow State</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Get up at exactly 9:30 a.m</li></ul>Work expands as you push your deadline. The deadlier the deadline, the more work you'll get done.

The 4 Hour Work Day

Don’t use social media for procrastination. Do this instead:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Read books</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Go out & meet someone new</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Play a sport</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Take a run</li></ul>Replace your bad habits with good ones. Replacing my mobile phone with books was the best change I made. I’m now addicted to books. :)📚 If you learnt from this article, then you’ll learn far more from <a href="https://binsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe">my free weekly newsletter</a> where I share productivity tips & self-help knowledge.

Procrastinate Productively

Procrastination is a super power. No, this is not non-sense. Procrastination is actually the hidden power that you unlock after years and years of productivity. Let me explain.

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How I turn procrastination into productivity

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Begin by providing ChatGPT with a general topic or area of interest for your research paper.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Ask open-ended questions to generate ideas, such as "What are some current trends in [your topic] research?" or "Can you suggest some potential research questions related to [your topic]?"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">ChatGPT can provide you with a list of potential subtopics, research questions, or areas of focus to explore further.</li></ul>

Topic Exploration and Idea Generation

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Once you've narrowed down your topic, ask ChatGPT specific questions to gather background information. For example, "What are the key concepts and theories related to [your topic]?" or "Can you summarize recent studies on [specific aspect of your topic]?"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">ChatGPT can help you understand foundational knowledge and provide you with relevant sources to delve deeper into your research.</li></ul>

Background Research

<ul><li>Ask ChatGPT to summarize existing literature on your topic. Provide specific keywords or authors if you have them.</li><li>Request comparisons of different studies, theories, or methodologies related to your research question.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">ChatGPT can assist in identifying gaps in the literature that your research could address.</li></ul>

Literature Review

Using ChatGPT to write a research paper can be a helpful tool in various stages of the process. Remember to critically evaluate the information provided by ChatGPT and supplement it with your own research and expertise. Additionally, always double-check important details and ensure that your paper adheres to academic standards and guidelines.

Learn how to effectively use ChatGPT to streamline your writing process and improve your research paper.

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How to Use ChatGPT to Write a Research Paper

The term "hedonism" is derived from the Greek "hedone" meaning simply "pleasure". In common language, Hedonism has come to mean devotion to pleasure as a way of life, especially to the pleasures of the senses, and is synonymous with sensualism, libertinism, debauchery and dissipation.

Term

Hedonism is the philosophy that pleasure is the most important pursuit of mankind, and the only thing that is good for an individual. Hedonists, therefore, strive to maximize their total pleasure (the net of any pleasure less any pain or suffering). They believe that pleasure is the only good in life, and pain is the only evil, and our life's goal should be to maximize pleasure and minimize pain.

Philosophy

Psychological Hedonism is the view that humans are psychologically constructed in such a way that we exclusively desire pleasure. Ethical Hedonism, on the other hand, is the view that our fundamental moral obligation is to maximize pleasure or happiness. It is the normative claim that we should always act so as to produce our own pleasure.

Psychology

The Paradox of Hedonism (also called the Pleasure Paradox), points out that pleasure and happiness are strange phenomena that do not obey normal principles, in that they cannot be acquired directly, only indirectly and we often fail to attain pleasures if we deliberately seek them.

The Paradox

Hedonism usually pre-supposes an individualist stance, and is associated with Egoism (the claim that individuals should always seek their own good in all things). Epicureanism is a more moderate approach (which still seeks to maximize happiness, but which defines happiness more as a state of tranquillity than pleasure). A similar but more altruistic approach results in Utilitarianism, the position that the moral worth of any action is determined by its contribution to overall utility in maximizing happiness or pleasure as summed among all people.

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HEDONISM

Atomism is a Pre-Socratic school of thought from ancient Greece, established in the late 5th Century B.C. by Leucippus of Miletus and his more famous student, Democritus. It teaches that the hidden substance in all physical objects consists of different arrangements of atoms and void

Atomism

No writings by the movement's founder, Leucippus, have survived, and we have just a few fragments of the writings of Democritus in secondhand reports, sometimes unreliable or conflicting. Much of the best evidence is that reported by Aristotle in his criticisms of Atomism, which he regarded as an important rival current in natural philosophy.

Writings

philosopher Lucretius (c. 99 - 55 B.C.) whose "On the Nature of Things" was one of the definitive works of Epicureanism, but also of Atomism. It argues that the universe and all substance is eternal, composed of atoms moving in an infinite void and nothing else, and that the human soul also consists of minute atoms that dissipate into smoke when a person dies.

Of Democritus' and Epicurus' followers

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) and Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642), who himself converted to Atomism when he found that his corpuscular theory of matter and his experiments with falling bodies and inclined planes contradicted the mainstream Aristotelian theories.The English philosophers Sir Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes were both confirmed Atomists for a time, as was Giordano Bruno in Italy.

Famous Atomist (Scientist And Philosopher

The main figures in the rebirth of Atomism were the French philosophers René Descartes, Pierre Gassendi, and the Irish philosopher and scientist Robert Boyle.

The Revival

Descartes’ mechanical philosophy of corpuscularism (that everything physical in the universe is made of tiny “corpuscles” of matter, and that sensations, such as taste or temperature, are caused by the shape and size of tiny pieces of matter) had much in common with Atomism, and may be considered in some sense another version of it, although for Descartes there could be no void, and all matter was constantly swirling to prevent a void as corpuscles moved through other matter.

Descartes' Atomism

He formulated his atomistic conception of mechanical philosophy partly in response to Descartes, particularly opposing Descartes’ reductionist view that only purely mechanical explanations of physics are valid.

Gassendi's Atomism

Robert Boyle's form of Atomism, which came to be accepted by most English scientists, was essentially an amalgamation of the two French systems. He arrived at it after encountering problems reconciling Aristotelian physics with his chemistry experimentation.

Boyle's Atomism

Philosophical Atomism led to the development of early scientific atomic theory, modern science has shown that atoms in the chemical sense are actually composed of smaller particles (electrons, neutrons and protons), and that these in turn are composed of even more fundamental particles called quarks. Although the principle can still theoretically apply, there are few, if any, modern-day atomists.

Conclusion

Understand yourself and those around you.

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ATOMISM

With the launch of Open AI’s ChatGPT a year ago, the popularity of ‘AI’ and to be more specific “Generative AI” has gained a lot of momentum in users. A lot of new tools and AI integrations are developed on top of large models that would assist employees at work to improve productivity and automate tasks. Then, employees began using these tools secretly at their work without informing the organisation known as ‘Shadow AI’ but at the same time, companies also found value with these tools that eventually encouraged them to rethink their AI strategies and consider adopting Bring Your Own AI

Shadow AI

Bring Your Own AI is the practice of employees utilising personal AI tools at their work without explicit IT approval. A study by Forrester Research says that approximately 60% of employees are expected to employ personal AI tools for their job duties by 2025. BYOAI is a double edged sword as it has benefits and challenges which needs to be addressed with policies.

Increased productivity: Employees can use AI tools they are familiar with which can save time and make more efficient. Code co-pilots increase developer’s productivityEnhanced innovation: Employees can use AI tools to implement their ideas without much tech expertise. AI prototyping tools can help people without specialised AI expertise to create their own AI-powered application Faster time to market: Companies can quickly adopt new AI tools and start using them to improve products and services. With automated AI tools used in testing, a company can release products at a much faster pace.

Benefits of BYOAI

Security concerns: Personal AI tools may not be as secure as company-approved tools, which could put sensitive data at risk.Compliance issues: Personal AI tools may not be in compliance with data privacy regulations, which could lead to heavy fines and other problems.Inconsistent quality: Personal AI tools may vary in quality, which could make it difficult to ensure that employees are using reliable tools.

Challenges of BYOAI

<ul><li>Establish clear policies on what tools to use and what not to. </li><li>Have a centralised portal to register the tools and approve / disapprove based on set policies </li><li>Provide trainings on risks and potential of approved tools </li><li>Monitor the usage of tools and check for any violations </li></ul>

How to overcome Challenges ?

BYOAI can be a powerful tool for companies, but it is important to manage it carefully to avoid the risks. By following the above practices, companies can harness the benefits of BYOAI while keeping their data safe and compliant.

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Workplace AI (Bring Your Own Culture)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">You join the top 1% in that field</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You are respected in your field</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You can make innovations in your field and earn a great reputation</li></ul>Look at Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, Leonard Euler, they all used the power of One Thing.Problem: When you say yes to One Thing, you say no to others.

Specialist

By generalizing, you gain knowledge of so many things, that you fit into every group. You may not be respected very much but you fulfill your desire to learn everything.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">less experience & less organized</li><li class="ql-align-justify">more analogies & new perspectives</li><li class="ql-align-justify">solve problems creatively by using your other skills</li><li class="ql-align-justify">become a great leader since you know many areas</li></ul>Problem: The only people to lead in history were masters at their craft.

Generalist

120% in One Thing and 70% at rest of the fields.Eliminate desires that are not your own. Write a list of your interests. Pick the top 3 - 4 most important.Bin's Law<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">5 hours — main thing ( physics for me )</li><li class="ql-align-justify">2 hours —  second thing ( programming for me )</li><li class="ql-align-justify">1–2 hours —  learning new things like digital skills</li><li class="ql-align-justify">0 hours — feed your curiosity in the free time</li></ul>Combine a handful of skills that are rarely combined, like medicine & programming.📚 Join my <a href="https://binsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe">newsletter</a> for more tips and clarity

The Specialized Generalist

All the successful people are specialists. All the happy people are generalists. What should you choose?

Should you specialize or generalize?

Let Your Values Guide you to Your Best LifeLife can be difficult to navigate. There are endless options of where to go and what to do, and constant demands for your time and attention.Changes and challenges that pop up unexpectedly. There’s no way to prepare for everything that life will throw your way. And relying on your mood of the day, or what happens to be around you to make decisions is an unreliable approach.overcome these challenges is by defining your core values. These core values are atrustworthy tool to help you align your daily decisions with the big picture of what you care about

CORE VALUES LET YOUR VALUES GUIDE YOU TO YOUR BEST LIFE

Look at yourself, you are unraveling!

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The Resilience Remix: Bouncing Back on Purpose

You don’t have a purpose until you write about it.<ul><li>Write down your current interests</li><li>Ask yourself, “What’s the One Thing you can do for the rest of your life such that it gives you the most amount of happiness?”</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Write down that purpose on a paper and put it on a wall</li></ul>Make a roadmap and a system out of it.

Determine your Purpose

Leave everything aside and start doing the work.<ul><li>Do your most important task as the first thing in the morning</li><li>Create a success list with just One Thing for the day such that if you accomplish it, it’ll move you towards your purpose</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Use the 10,000 hour rule to master your skill</li></ul>

Just Start

The 10,000 hour rule basically suggests that to become a master at any skill, you need to put in 10,000 hours, hit the ball 10,000 times, miss the ball 10,000 times.When you practice, the compound effect works. The more you do something, the more you get familiar with it and you start to improve at that thing.To achieve the 10,000 hours, you need to spend 4 hours a day for approximately 10 years to become a master.

10,000 Hour Rule

Don’t get lost by just sticking to your One Thing.<ul><li>Learn how to write and sell anything</li><li>Learn how to design graphics, edit videos and build a website</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Learn how to use A.I to automate your process</li></ul>Teach what you learn.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">write about it online</li><li class="ql-align-justify">teach others</li><li class="ql-align-justify">build an audience & monetize it</li></ul> 🔗 Join my <a href="https://binsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe">newsletter</a> for more productivity and self-help tips

Learn, Build & Teach

As a born Muslim, I was told that all I had to do was Salah, Fasting, Charity and Hajj. But now after 17 years I have learned that  you cannot enter Paradise until you have a profound impact on the lives of others.

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How I plan to change the world

In today’s digital age, social media has disrupted the way we connect, communicate, and consume content. It is also the first place where human-to-robot interaction is rapidly evolving where millions of people are following and engaging with virtually created online personalities powered by Artificial Intelligence, often referred as AI influencers.

AI influencers are virtual personas created using complex algorithms and natural language processing capabilities to engage with audiences on social media platforms offering product endorsements and lifestyle insights.

What are AI Influencers ?

Top AI influencer Lu from Brazil shares lifestyle content, including unboxings and product reviews has about 6.8 M followers

Lil Miquela, a music-loving CGI teenager with over 2.6 million followers, collaborates with major brands like Prada.

AI influencers offer innovative tools for brand engagement and storytelling, capable of reaching audiences with precision and scale.AI influencers have the potential to become powerful advocates for social causes and cultural change by raising awareness about pressing issues.Critics say AI influencers promote unrealistic beauty and turn relationships into products for sale leading to debates

Impact and Implications

Data privacy: Concerns about data privacy arise as AI influencers collect and analyse user data to personalise content and advertisements.Algorithmic bias: The algorithms powering AI influencers may have biases, leading to discrimination.Misuse and manipulation: The potential for misuse, such as deepfake technology creating AI influencers without consent or spreading misinformation demands the need for robust ethical guidelines.

Ethical Considerations

<ul><li>Identify your audience </li><li>Study trends </li><li>Build Persona </li><li>Create avatars using AI </li><li>Create social media profiles </li><li>Develop content strategy </li><li>Engage and Grow </li><li>Monetise the content </li><li>Analyse performance </li><li>Ensure ethical standards </li></ul>

Guide to create AI influencers

The rise of AI influencers seems to be an interesting intersection of technology and marketing. While they may have ethical concerns, their impact on society cannot be ignored. As we navigate this new world of virtual personalities, it is essential to approach them with critical thinking, empathy, and an awareness about them. Only then we can utilise their potential for positive change and ensure that they contribute to a more inclusive, ethical, and human-centered future of marketing.

In today’s digital age, social media has disrupted the way we connect, communicate, and consume content. It is also the first place where human-to-robot interaction is rapidly evolving where millions…

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Redefining Engagement: The role of AI Influencers in modern Marketing

Sometimes the best way to market is to talk about the trend / hype that goes around the steak than the actual product. People constantly try to find a connection that resonates with them on a personal level. Use a story around the thing you sell than talking about the merchandise.

Sell The Sizzle Than The Stake

<ul><li>To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often. Are you always ready to fail then learn?</li><li>Give away the blades for free. Sell the razor. Everyone likes the word "free". </li><li>Confluence - It is to create from your aspirations. Be creative like that. Use an idea you like to find motivation in your strategies.</li><li>Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you have to keep moving. Hence your marketing never ends. Don't give up. It's main reason is to improve only. </li></ul>

Quotes And Ideas

Sleep is essential. You should always schedule how hard to work out the nxt day or how many meetings to make etc...based on how good you've slept. This is because the brain goes in to a state called "Consolidation" when we doze off. During, it replays and processes information acquired during waking hours, helping to solidify memories and make sense of experiences.

8 Hrs Matters

Finally, Always Be Closing...regarding any goals you have. In this case, hope you've enjoyed the tips I've put together from different lectures and stories told. Thanks!

Closure... ABC

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