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Learn. Create. Grow. Explore. Connect. Thrive.
You get 4,000 weeks
4,000 weeks to learn, play, create, and love
What should you prioritize?
What are you prioritizing?
What REALLY matters?
What will you regret in your final week?
What will you look back on with deep pride?
Which magical moments will you treasure?
You can't do everything
But you can try anything
Just 4,000 weeks
To build a career, a family. To develop friendships, hobbies.
To challenge yourself, laugh, and explore the world
To learn new skills and do new things
So live in the moment. But also zoom out to course correct
Review priorities and question habits and commitments
Our world is competitive and chaotic
We're all stressed and worried
AI threatens to disemploy millions
Job competition is fierce
Robotics could create a jobless future
As the world changes, so should you
What to quit? What to begin?
Quit junk media, the junk food of your mind
Fill your brain with nutritious ideas and experiences
Read a book. Absorb the perfected thoughts of a wise human
Learn, grow, create, and innovate
Triple down on your passions, skills, and curiosities
Whether you seek a job or a meaningful life, the solution is learning, growth, and connection
But we're all stressed and exhausted
So, before deciding what TO do
Decide what NOT to do
Free up time to relax, be bored, and hear your inner thoughts
Then pursue whatever inspires you and makes you unique
Because AI answers questions well
But AI's incapable of asking the right questions
Human taste and creativity are in short supply
You make an endless stream of small decisions and actions
Your decisions and actions aggregate over time to define your life
Your thoughts and actions literally change your brain
Beware the ideas you allow into your brain
Garbage in, garbage out
Brain inputs reshape your brain and alter your future
Volunteer in your community
Learn to play an instrument
Hike a trail with friends
Watch a documentary and understand something deeply
Science, space, nature, history
Music, philosophy, music, technology
Art, economics, literature, math
Invest your time on personal growth and relationships
Invest your time creating and sharing and helping
Invest your time intentionally to maximize life satisfaction
The joy we feel helping others makes caring the most selfish act of all
Don't fritter life away screen-scrolling in zombie mode
Live actively, not passively
Don't get stuck on auto-pilot
Live mindfully, not reactively
Have real conversations
Every conversation reshapes our brain
Challenge yourself to learn a language
Habits are socially contagious
So choose wisely the people you spend time with
Brain changes compound over time, layer by layer
Every action we take reshapes our brain
Know one thing? You're a commodity!
Do one thing? You're a commodity!
Know and do multiple things? You're special!
Knowing more lets you fill interesting niches
Knowing more helps you solve interesting challenges
Knowing more lets you think differently and creatively
Knowing more lets you spot opportunities others miss
Creativity & invention is combining ideas in novel ways
The more ideas and patterns in your brain, the more creative you'll be
Luck favors the prepared mind
How to live a life you won't regret?
Be present with friends and family
Enjoy a post-dinner walk with your spouse
Seek meaningful experiences. Pursue purpose
Strive to become a slightly better you every day
Spread love. Receive love
Infocorder exists to help you grow and thrive mindfully
Life satisfaction derives from constructive engagement
Actively learn and grow
Build and create
Communicate and collaborate
Share and listen
Care and help
Never lose your sense of wonder
Stay hungry. Stay foolish
You are what you do regularly
Repeat an action enough and it becomes a habit
So dream, plan, act
Then act again to start building a healthy habit
Brainstorm what really matters to you
What do you love doing?
Who do you love being with?
What can you learn today to open doors tomorrow?
Write down a plan to do more of that
Infocorder's here to nudge you to transform goals into habits into happiness
Never have time to enjoy life?
Marie Kondo your activities and say "no" to the fluff, the filler, the emotional drains
People on their death beds wish they had spent more time with loved ones
Don't repeat their mistake
Improve incrementally
No need for the No Fun Diet
Don't eat just kale and arugula
Replace the donut with an apple
Replace soda with Spindrift or Sanzo
Eat one cookie, not two or three
Perfection is a mirage
Aim for improvement
Don't run a marathon
Walk up and down the stairs to your office
Walk a mile. Then try slow jogging
Find a walking buddy and enjoy regular walks together
The world's greatest X once absolutely sucked at X
We all start at the bottom and learn our way up
Every journey starts with a single step
Your second step is much easier!
Just make sure the hill is worth climbing
Doing chores? Spice it up with a podcast
On the treadmill? Watch a Netflix nature or space documentary
Keep a book in your bathroom instead of scrolling Tiktok
Always be learning
Warren Buffett spends 80% of every day reading or thinking
Buffett's partner Charlie Munger was one of humanity's most voracious readers
33% of Americans didn't read a book last year
14% of Americans read 20+ books last year
Are readers or non-readers better equipped to navigate life?
Don't confuse school with learning and education
School can't teach you everything
At best, school teaches you how to teach yourself
In real life, there's no "on the test"
It's your responsibility to learn what to learn
You can learn anywhere, anytime
Decide what you need to know
Then find the quickest, easiest way to learn it
That's probably books, Youtube, podcasts
You don't need an expensive MBA to thrive
Read "The Personal MBA" and save two years and $200k
Talk about ROI!
Take control of your learning journey
Learning doesn't stop when you leave the nest
You graduate to become both teacher and student
Small daily progress outperforms more substantial weekly effort
And daily activities more easily become habits
So schedule learning into your day
Even if it's just 15 minutes a day of Chinese
(Which is, actually, my daily minimum target)
Once learning becomes a habit, you start craving it
Sadly, that's also true of destructive habits
Healthy habits build you up
Harmful habits tear you down
Encourage others to start climbing their dream mountains
Take that cooking class
Register for an interesting class at your local community college
Infocorder aspires to help you dream and aspire
To develop healthy habits that move you toward your goals
To maintain motivation by tracking your tangible progress
To acquire skills and self-understanding to guide your life journey
To become a uniquely interesting and interested person
Infocorder helps you ask, "Is what I'm doing now meaningful to future me?"
"Will future me appreciate the choices I made today?"
The Internet is the world's largest university
But learning online is hard!
Social isolation. Distractions.
Infocorder makes learning more fun and social
We help you focus and grow your skills
Sign up to unlock a more interesting and empowered future!
Read Voraciously. Grow Daily
"Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day...
My children... think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out."
— Charlie Munger (Warren Buffett's 64-year collaborator)
Deep Work: Rare & Valuable
"The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy.
The few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive."
— Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Focus: The New IQ
"Deep work is like a superpower... enabl[ing] you to quickly (and deliberately) learn complicated new skills and produce high-value output at a high rate.
The people who impress us most tend to be people who deployed intense focus to make a dent in the universe; c.f., Einstein and Jobs.
Focus is the New I.Q."
— Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Heart rate monitor for your mind
Athletes motivate themselves to train by constantly measuring their progress.
Infocorder helps you track your learning progress and stay motivated to achieve your goals.
When we see measurable progress, we're inspired to keep going.
Personal trainer for your mind
Coaches and trainers nudge athletes to work harder and improve faster.
Infocorder helps you share your learning progress with family and friends who want you to achieve your dreams.
When we commit to others, we strive harder to succeed.
Running club for your mind
When we struggle alongside others, we enjoy the process more because we feel less alone.
Infocorder helps you share ideas and resources with others who are learning with you.
To go fast, go alone. To go far, go together.
Try Infocorder when we launch!
I imagined Infocorder well over a decade ago. I've since learned and built countless technologies to turn my ideas into a product.
It's now finally real. I use it throughout my day, every day.
Infocorder helps me prioritize and focus on my priorities. It even also helps me build Infocorder!
We're testing and extending and productionizing it for everyone to enjoy.
When it's ready, we'll share details, screenshots, and videos here and announce our launch to everyone who has signed up.
Desktop Infocorder will cost nothing to use. It will be completely FREE because I believe everyone can benefit from it, and I want everyone to benefit from it, no matter their financial situation.
Infocorder is about improving your life, improving your community, and improving our world. Our long-term viability will require revenue, but we'll get that from the optional mobile/online/data sync version of Infocorder.
Desktop Infocorder is our full single-machine experience, not a watered-down teaser. Anything we can give you, we give you.
Sign up to let us help you explore the world's largest university to learn, grow, and live a more interesting and creative life.