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to my weekly newsletter where I write about how to unlock the art of effective learning, replace frustrating and outdated approaches, and finally achieve meaningful results while enjoying the process.
✿ Two People, Same Layoff, Different Outcomes (Here's Why)
Two People, Same Layoff, Different Outcomes (Here’s Why)(The System That Turned My Layoff Into My Launch)Two people get laid off from the same company. Same role. Same expertise. Same years of experience. One spirals ... sending hundreds of resumes, getting ghosted, questioning everything. The other launches a business within months. What’s the difference? Last year, I was person number two. After 15 years building expertise—from Agile coaching in 2009 to becoming the highest-paid individual contributor in ScaleUp companies—I got laid off. All that knowledge. All that experience. Suddenly “irrelevant” to a restructuring company. But here’s what they couldn’t take: my system for learning. Not just consuming information. Activating it. Integrating it. Applying it exactly when it mattered most. While others scrambled to remember what they knew, I had a system that surfaced the right knowledge at the right time. The difference wasn’t intelligence. It wasn’t even expertise. It was having a knowledge activation system instead of just a knowledge collection habit. You read books. Take courses. Save articles. But when you need that knowledge—in a meeting, during a pivot, while building something new—you can’t access it. It’s trapped in highlights, scattered across apps, buried in notebooks. The knowledge is there. The system to activate it isn’t. This is why I built Learning Ecosystem Mastery Not as another course to consume, but as a system to transform how you learn, integrate, and activate knowledge. Next Tuesday, October 07th, I’m launching the first German version. Nine weeks. Eighteen live sessions. Ten AI assistants plus the ones you’ll build yourself. But more importantly: a complete transformation from information overload to knowledge sovereignty. Here’s how the nine weeks break down:Weeks 1-2: Mindset & Beliefs → Discover your learning style and build your base → Define your focus areas Weeks 3-6: Implementing Your Knowledge System → Build your Second Brain foundation → Structure replaces chaos → Iron your knowledge building blocks → Express and apply with your knowledge Weeks 7-9: AI-Enhanced Knowledge System → Build your own AI assistants → Go AI First and establish AI as your thinking partner → Grow your knowledge flywheels What makes this different from other courses?You’re not just learning about systems. You’re building YOUR system. Every week includes: → Live training sessions to understand and implement By week nine, you won’t just have knowledge. You’ll have a living ecosystem that grows with you. Why nine weeks?Because transformation takes time. Time to find your path. Time to build your foundation. Time to form your individual routine. It’s enough time to move from information overload to sovereignty with your knowledge. Integration with AI and your knowledge. With the Second Brain approach. With the 4MAT learning cycle. The truth is this:Whether your goal is becoming the highest-paid person at your company or starting your own business—it all starts with the same pillar: learning. Not just consuming. Activating. When you learn how to learn, no matter what life throws at you, you can rise above the unexpected and come back strong. You can learn enough to be your own boss, be in charge of your own life, and execute so much value people will pay you for it. Ready to build your knowledge ecosystem?As this is the first German version, I’m offering a 20% discount. Use code C03_DE_20 at checkout. Direct enrollment: https://www.checkout-ds24.com/product/636472 Or book a clarity call with me on Monday: https://calendly.com/sebastian-kamilli/clarity-call P.S. The visual overview shows all 10 AI assistants you’ll work with during the program. Each one designed to activate a different dimension of your knowledge. This isn’t about collecting more information. It’s about becoming a cutting-edge, sovereign wisdom activator. See you Tuesday? Sebastian To respond to this newsletter, just hit reply. I love getting replies, read all of them, and reply to as many as possible(And if you received this email from a friend, and would like to subscribe, please go here: https://pages.quintsmart.com/) |
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.
Multitasking Is Back (And This Time It Actually Works) You’re becoming a manager whether you like it or not. → And nobody’s teaching you how Here’s the uncomfortable truth about working with AI: The more powerful your AI assistants become, the less time you spend doing deep work and the more time you spend orchestrating multiple tasks in parallel. This isn’t a bug. It’s a feature. But it creates a dangerous new problem: While you’re switching between AI tasks, your brain is getting hijacked...
The Knowledge Paradox: Why Smart People Stay Stuck The Challenge You’re Facing You’ve built expertise. You’ve accumulated knowledge. You’ve developed insights through years of experience. But here’s what I’m seeing across my community: your knowledge is trapped. It sits in scattered notes, half-remembered conversations, and mental models that never quite make it into actionable systems. You consume more information than ever, yet struggle to transform it into the value you know you’re capable...
Der Lakmustest deines Wissens (und warum 95% durchfallen) Wir haben uns das Erfassen und das Entwickeln angeschaut. Jetzt kommt der Moment der Wahrheit: Erschaffen. Hier eine harte Realität: 95% aller Menschen scheitern am Lakmustest des Wissens. Sie wissen viel. Sie haben entwickelt. Aber sie erschaffen nichts. Kein Artikel. Kein Workshop. Kein Produkt. Keine sichtbare Wirkung. Ihr Wissen bleibt unsichtbar - und damit wertlos. Das Problem: Wissen ohne Wirkung Du kennst diese Menschen....