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✿ A compounding breakthrough in Learning: The Friday Brain Upgrade
The Friday Brain UpgradeHow to eliminate mental fatigue, amplify cognitive performance, and become an unstoppable learner A compounding breakthrough in LearningLast week, I made an exciting discovery. You know how I’ve been sharing my thoughts on LinkedIn? Well, I’ve now got over 400 posts - all my own ideas, no copying or AI-generated stuff. It’s like I’ve been building a treasure chest of knowledge! My newsletters are part of this treasure too. But here’s the thing: I found it tricky to use AI to work with all these ideas. I tried copying some posts into ChatGPT, but never a whole bunch at once. I even made some special AI assistants (called GPTs) and gave them some background info, but keeping them updated felt like a waste of time. I knew I was missing something important - a bridge between my ideas and AI. Luckily, I used to be a software engineer (though I’m a bit rusty now), so I decided to build this bridge myself. With some help from AI, it only took a day, and guess what? It didn’t cost me anything extra! Let me explain how this bridge works: → Langdock can talk to different AI brains like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and LLama. → I can create AI assistants that work with any of these brains. This is great because different AIs are good at different things. For example, Claude is awesome at writing, and Gemini Pro can handle really long conversations. The most exciting part? Langdock can connect to something called Vector Databases. These are like super-smart filing cabinets for your ideas. They store information in a way that helps AI understand and find connections between different thoughts. I found a free Vector Database called Qdrant to use. Now I had all the pieces I needed: Using Python (a computer language that’s great for working with data), I made a program that: Then, I created AI assistants in Langdock that can access this database. Now, I can ask questions like: Find all my posts where I wrote about the Second Brain. Extract my main argumentation and create a list that Links to all posts. And in just one minute, I get an answer like this: List of Posts Discussing Second Brain:
This is super cool because now I can do even more! I’m feeding all my daily notes into this system. Each day, I write down things I learn and think about. With my new AI bridge, I can easily find patterns, connect ideas, and discover new things in all these notes. This is what I call a “compounding knowledge system.” It’s like planting a seed and watching it grow into a big tree of ideas. Each new thought connects to others, making everything more valuable over time. Building bridges like this between our thoughts and AI is a game-changer. It helps us create bigger, better ideas by connecting what we already know in new ways. Want to learn more about this? Join me for free at my upcoming workshop, Learning That Pays Dividends workshop, next Wednesday. I’ll share lots more cool stuff there! Also, check out this video about the Compounding Domino effect. It shows how small actions can lead to big results - just like how connecting our ideas can lead to amazing discoveries! See you next Friday! Learn Smart, My series of LinkedIn Posts about Compounding Growth
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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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