I'm glad you filled my brain at the end of the week.
If you filled it on Monday, I wouldn't be able to learn or do anything else for the rest of the week.
My homework, based on your valuable messages, is to create an AI prompt standard to help me develop a diegetic prototype that will optimize prevention of the breakdown of X, which in this case, is my brain.
Seriously, here is my prompt to ask AI (I use the "Ask, don't tell" process to create prompts and I learned this from John Jantsch, founder of Duct Tape Marketing) to help me write a prompt for this exercise:
Hi Al, help me write a prompt to create a diegetic prototype process that prevents the breakdown of my mental capacities and overall brain and physical health.
The prompt it generated was personalized based on what it knows about me, and was beyond what I could create in two hours with three pots of tea.
Here is the headline of what it created:
A High-Performance Operating System for Consultants
Tagline: “Your brain deserves a chief of staff.”
The model and ideas it generated are fascinating.
It created a system that consists of three synchronized subsystems...
OMG, I'm getting just as much from the comments to this week's 5MSM as I am from Andrew's thought provoking vignettes. I copied Phil's request for a prompt into Chat GPT. It came up with a 187 word instructional prompt that resulted in a diegetic prototype named "The NeuroNest - a living, learning sanctuary for embodied intelligence and thriving cognition". OMG again!! My NeuroNest is a responsive, semi-sentient ecosystem - a living pod that continuously adapts to my mental, emotional and physical rhythms where its purpose is protect and fully restore my sensory, emotional and relational capacities. My NeuroNest is a quiet, softly curved space - tree-like yet futuristic woven into the existing architecture of my living space (note my use of the singular possessive pronoun - I'm not sharing my NeuroNest with anyone!). It senses my posture, skin temperature, breath rate and micro-expressions to determine my neurological state syncing with my natural circadian and ultradian rhythms, subtly guiding me into coherence. I am SO signing up for this. See you on the other side.
So... Deb texted about her fun with AI based on Phil's comments... and of course, I had to give it a go as well... Below is the word for word copied response. And the thing that is most crazy about this, is that it is completely describing the body brain reset program that I run! I used Claude.
To create a diegetic prototype process that helps prevent the breakdown of your mental capacities, overall brain health, and physical health, consider the following prompt:
"Design a comprehensive, immersive, and engaging lifestyle program that seamlessly integrates into the user's daily life. The program should focus on maintaining and enhancing cognitive function, emotional well-being, and physical health through a combination of scientifically-backed activities and habits. Key components of the program should include:
Cognitive stimulation: Incorporate mentally challenging activities, such as puzzles, brain teasers, and learning new skills, to promote neuroplasticity and maintain cognitive function.
Physical exercise: Encourage regular physical activity, including a mix of cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and flexibility work, to support brain health, reduce stress, and maintain overall physical well-being.
Nutrition: Provide personalized nutrition guidance based on the user's specific needs, focusing on a balanced diet rich in brain-healthy nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and essential vitamins and minerals.
Stress management: Integrate stress-reducing techniques, such as meditation, deep breathing exercises, and mindfulness practices, to promote emotional well-being and reduce the negative impact of chronic stress on brain health.
Sleep optimization: Emphasize the importance of consistent, high-quality sleep by providing tips and tools for establishing a healthy sleep routine, creating an optimal sleep environment, and addressing any sleep disorders.
Social engagement: Foster meaningful social connections and encourage participation in group activities, as social interaction and support are crucial for maintaining cognitive function and emotional well-being.
The prototype should be designed to adapt to the user's preferences, lifestyle, and progress, offering personalized feedback and recommendations. Gamification elements, such as rewards, challenges, and progress tracking, can be incorporated to enhance user engagement and motivation. The ultimate goal is to create a sustainable, enjoyable, and effective lifestyle program that empowers users to take control of their mental and physical health, preventing the breakdown of mental capacities and promoting overall well-being."
I love this recent capacity of AI to remember our past interactions. I've also done it -- and both the prompt -- and the resultant prototype -- are quite extraordinary. I'll write about it in a future 5MSM.
Andrew, I love your LeBron example – it works on so many useful levels.
In particular, it reminds me of a client who I helped to develop his idea of applying a corporate governance model to his personal care management as an NDIS participant. This exciting and innovative approach encouraged him to think of himself not as a passive recipient of services or even as the person "managing" service delivery, but as the foundational governance point, equivalent to a board. This opened up unexpected pathways, and led to a full strategic plan that went well beyond personal care and encompassed other life goals.
LeBron appears to have adopted a similar mindset in which he sees himself not merely as an athlete but as a *business*. By applying corporate principles such as having an asset management plan (including a cyclic maintenance schedule), he's not just maximising his "return", he's ensuring the long-term viability of his "business". It wouldn't surprise me if he had a strategic plan that maps out his revenue transition from player to (say) highly-paid speaker, TV commentator, active investor, perhaps even a member of congress?
Your question – "What are you investing in while you’re ‘winning’, and not waiting for failure to appear?" – goes to the heart of a *mature* approach to enterprise risk management, in which the RM framework doesn't just ask "what could go wrong", it also asks "how can we maximise business performance?"
I'm ashamed to say that I have personal experience of the adverse consequences of "waiting for failure". I have a residential investment in a townhouse, and even though I ended up chairperson of the body corporate, I paid insufficient attention to the role and content of the Sinking Fund Forecast. "While you're 'winning", for us, meant "while asset maintenance expenses were low" meaning there was only a very modest drawdown on the sinking fund each year. So we happily kept owner levies low. Sure enough, failure arrived: multiple roof leaks, ceiling damage to some units, external paint delamination. Our low-levy sinking fund didn't have enough for urgent roof & gutter replacement, so we had to take out a loan. Our insurer declined to renew because we hadn't maintained the property in good repair (as required under the policy), and we had to pay through the nose for 18 months of temporary and conditional insurance. I prepared a new sinking fund forecast and annual budget late last year, and owners VERY reluctantly agreed to a massive increase in levies to over 35% of a typical unit's gross rental receipts. *That* is the cost of us not investing in the sinking fund while we were 'winning'.
Thanks for your comment Chris. Very insightful as always. And, I also appreciate the openness with which you describe your investment scenario. Many of us, I think, can relate to such examples.
Andrew,
I'm glad you filled my brain at the end of the week.
If you filled it on Monday, I wouldn't be able to learn or do anything else for the rest of the week.
My homework, based on your valuable messages, is to create an AI prompt standard to help me develop a diegetic prototype that will optimize prevention of the breakdown of X, which in this case, is my brain.
Seriously, here is my prompt to ask AI (I use the "Ask, don't tell" process to create prompts and I learned this from John Jantsch, founder of Duct Tape Marketing) to help me write a prompt for this exercise:
Hi Al, help me write a prompt to create a diegetic prototype process that prevents the breakdown of my mental capacities and overall brain and physical health.
The prompt it generated was personalized based on what it knows about me, and was beyond what I could create in two hours with three pots of tea.
Here is the headline of what it created:
A High-Performance Operating System for Consultants
Tagline: “Your brain deserves a chief of staff.”
The model and ideas it generated are fascinating.
It created a system that consists of three synchronized subsystems...
More brain filling going on...
🤣
OMG, I'm getting just as much from the comments to this week's 5MSM as I am from Andrew's thought provoking vignettes. I copied Phil's request for a prompt into Chat GPT. It came up with a 187 word instructional prompt that resulted in a diegetic prototype named "The NeuroNest - a living, learning sanctuary for embodied intelligence and thriving cognition". OMG again!! My NeuroNest is a responsive, semi-sentient ecosystem - a living pod that continuously adapts to my mental, emotional and physical rhythms where its purpose is protect and fully restore my sensory, emotional and relational capacities. My NeuroNest is a quiet, softly curved space - tree-like yet futuristic woven into the existing architecture of my living space (note my use of the singular possessive pronoun - I'm not sharing my NeuroNest with anyone!). It senses my posture, skin temperature, breath rate and micro-expressions to determine my neurological state syncing with my natural circadian and ultradian rhythms, subtly guiding me into coherence. I am SO signing up for this. See you on the other side.
Hilarious , Phil and Deb. It hadn’t occurred to me to actually go and ask ChatGPT this I’ll do it right away and report back.
So... Deb texted about her fun with AI based on Phil's comments... and of course, I had to give it a go as well... Below is the word for word copied response. And the thing that is most crazy about this, is that it is completely describing the body brain reset program that I run! I used Claude.
To create a diegetic prototype process that helps prevent the breakdown of your mental capacities, overall brain health, and physical health, consider the following prompt:
"Design a comprehensive, immersive, and engaging lifestyle program that seamlessly integrates into the user's daily life. The program should focus on maintaining and enhancing cognitive function, emotional well-being, and physical health through a combination of scientifically-backed activities and habits. Key components of the program should include:
Cognitive stimulation: Incorporate mentally challenging activities, such as puzzles, brain teasers, and learning new skills, to promote neuroplasticity and maintain cognitive function.
Physical exercise: Encourage regular physical activity, including a mix of cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and flexibility work, to support brain health, reduce stress, and maintain overall physical well-being.
Nutrition: Provide personalized nutrition guidance based on the user's specific needs, focusing on a balanced diet rich in brain-healthy nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and essential vitamins and minerals.
Stress management: Integrate stress-reducing techniques, such as meditation, deep breathing exercises, and mindfulness practices, to promote emotional well-being and reduce the negative impact of chronic stress on brain health.
Sleep optimization: Emphasize the importance of consistent, high-quality sleep by providing tips and tools for establishing a healthy sleep routine, creating an optimal sleep environment, and addressing any sleep disorders.
Social engagement: Foster meaningful social connections and encourage participation in group activities, as social interaction and support are crucial for maintaining cognitive function and emotional well-being.
The prototype should be designed to adapt to the user's preferences, lifestyle, and progress, offering personalized feedback and recommendations. Gamification elements, such as rewards, challenges, and progress tracking, can be incorporated to enhance user engagement and motivation. The ultimate goal is to create a sustainable, enjoyable, and effective lifestyle program that empowers users to take control of their mental and physical health, preventing the breakdown of mental capacities and promoting overall well-being."
I love this recent capacity of AI to remember our past interactions. I've also done it -- and both the prompt -- and the resultant prototype -- are quite extraordinary. I'll write about it in a future 5MSM.
Andrew, I love your LeBron example – it works on so many useful levels.
In particular, it reminds me of a client who I helped to develop his idea of applying a corporate governance model to his personal care management as an NDIS participant. This exciting and innovative approach encouraged him to think of himself not as a passive recipient of services or even as the person "managing" service delivery, but as the foundational governance point, equivalent to a board. This opened up unexpected pathways, and led to a full strategic plan that went well beyond personal care and encompassed other life goals.
LeBron appears to have adopted a similar mindset in which he sees himself not merely as an athlete but as a *business*. By applying corporate principles such as having an asset management plan (including a cyclic maintenance schedule), he's not just maximising his "return", he's ensuring the long-term viability of his "business". It wouldn't surprise me if he had a strategic plan that maps out his revenue transition from player to (say) highly-paid speaker, TV commentator, active investor, perhaps even a member of congress?
Your question – "What are you investing in while you’re ‘winning’, and not waiting for failure to appear?" – goes to the heart of a *mature* approach to enterprise risk management, in which the RM framework doesn't just ask "what could go wrong", it also asks "how can we maximise business performance?"
I'm ashamed to say that I have personal experience of the adverse consequences of "waiting for failure". I have a residential investment in a townhouse, and even though I ended up chairperson of the body corporate, I paid insufficient attention to the role and content of the Sinking Fund Forecast. "While you're 'winning", for us, meant "while asset maintenance expenses were low" meaning there was only a very modest drawdown on the sinking fund each year. So we happily kept owner levies low. Sure enough, failure arrived: multiple roof leaks, ceiling damage to some units, external paint delamination. Our low-levy sinking fund didn't have enough for urgent roof & gutter replacement, so we had to take out a loan. Our insurer declined to renew because we hadn't maintained the property in good repair (as required under the policy), and we had to pay through the nose for 18 months of temporary and conditional insurance. I prepared a new sinking fund forecast and annual budget late last year, and owners VERY reluctantly agreed to a massive increase in levies to over 35% of a typical unit's gross rental receipts. *That* is the cost of us not investing in the sinking fund while we were 'winning'.
Thanks for your comment Chris. Very insightful as always. And, I also appreciate the openness with which you describe your investment scenario. Many of us, I think, can relate to such examples.