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The Friday Brain Upgrade

Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I write about how to unlock the art of effective learning, replace frustrating and outdated approaches, and finally achieve meaningful results while enjoying the process.

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✿ The Hidden Advantage of the Elderly in the Age of AI: Your Friday Brain Upgrade

The Friday Brain Upgrade: The Hidden Advantage of the Elderly in the Age of AI How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learne The Hidden Advantage of the Elderly in the Age of AI Here’s what I keep noticing… Everyone’s panicking about AI. Younger folks are racing to learn every new tool. But here’s the thing that gets me: You’ve got something they don’t. Thirty years of figuring stuff out. Of watching strategies fail spectacularly. Of knowing...

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The Friday Brain Upgrade: You’re not learning wrong—you’re applying wrong How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learne You’re not learning wrong—you’re applying wrong You finish a business book feeling energized, then struggle to implement a single framework. You complete an expensive course, then default to old approaches when challenges arise. You accumulate knowledge but feel disconnected from meaningful progress. I know this feeling...

The Friday Brain Upgrade: The bee sting that woke me up to AI disruption How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learne The bee sting that woke me up to AI disruption I remember that Slack conversation with my boss 2.5 years ago vividly. “Basti, now that I can ask AI about Agile… what do I need your role for?” I was so fucking terrified. Not angry. Terrified. We were just exchanging AI impressions in a casual conversation. I was getting into...

The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learne The AI Assistant (R)Evolution: Why Teaching Machines Makes You Smarter I remember the exact moment I realized I was doing AI backwards. It was 3 AM on a Tuesday. I’d been wrestling with a headline for hours, cycling through the same mediocre options. Then it hit me: instead of asking AI to write my headlines, what if I taught AI to think like me about headlines? That shift...

The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner Edition 3 - December 13th Today, we’re diving into a powerful concept that can transform your learning journey: The power of Compounding Knowledge Let me share a personal example of compounding learning. Since January 1, 2024, I’ve been writing one post on LinkedIn every day. During this period, I’ve learned about writing in a skimmable format, the importance of...

The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner The Knowledge Graveyard (And How to Resurrect Your Learning) You’re drowning in your own brilliance. Every book you’ve read, every course you’ve completed, every insight you’ve captured – it’s all there, scattered across apps, notebooks, and the foggy corners of your memory. You KNOW you’ve learned valuable things. You can feel them, just out of reach, when you need them...

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The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner Bridging Your Second Brain: Connecting Langdock and Obsidian You're drowning in valuable insights during AI conversations while simultaneously struggling to integrate them into your knowledge system. That disconnect isn't just frustrating—it's costing you the compound benefits of truly connected knowledge. During my Solo-Entrepreneur days, I've noticed how much time I...

The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner Turn Books Into Real Results: The Book-to-Action System Ever feel like you’ve got shelves full of books but not much to show for it? You’re not alone. Most of us buy books, highlight the good parts, maybe jot down some notes… and then what? Those great ideas just sit there, never making it into our actual lives. The gap between reading and doing is where most of our...

The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner 4 learning styles, 1 team .. tap into their full learning power Dear Knowledge Explorers, Have you ever wondered why some people seem to grasp new concepts effortlessly while others struggle? The secret might lie in understanding learning styles. Today, I’m excited to share insights from our recent Cohort #1 of Learning Ecosystem Mastery. Imagine walking into a room...

The Friday Brain Upgrade How to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner Your Second Brain Starter Kit: Skip Years of Trial & Error Hey there, Remember the last time you tried to organize your digital life? That moment when you realized your notes were scattered across apps, your bookmarks were a chaotic mess, and that brilliant idea you had last month... well, it's somewhere in your system, but good luck finding it. We've all been there....