You can just sense it in people’s behavior, actions, and words.
Over the last 3 years, I’ve spent a lot of time in the south of Spain, around Marbella. You can just smell the desperation in the air. Everyone wants to look rich. Luxury cars, designer clothes, Instagram-perfect lives. It’s all about appearances.
But it’s not only in places like Marbella. Even in my hometown of Leeuwarden, a place that’s never been rich or glamorous, I’m noticing the same trends.
So you’re telling me that I can come up with ideas, tell it to my computer, and poof… it will give me a fully written article with perfectly articulated ideas.
That’s what most of us think about AI.
And unfortunately, a lot of people are using AI like that. The other day I was talking to a friend who’s a physiotherapist. He said, “I used ChatGPT to write a bunch of social media posts and I’m ready to publish them.”
He asked for tips on writing content with AI. I said, “I basically use AI for everything digital except writing content.“
That’s because every other person is already using ChatGPT for their content. So what does that say about you if you also use it?
A dime a dozen.
I’ve dealt with back pain since I was 15 years old. A basketball injury left me with chronic lower back issues, and for years I cycled through chiropractors, stretching routines, and physical therapy without lasting relief.
In 2020, I wrote an article talking about how daily stretching and flexibility helped me feel “99% pain-free.” It was true at the time, but it didn’t last.
Fast forward to 2023. My back pain resurfaced after a hectic travel schedule and renovating my apartment. All the stretching that previously helped suddenly did nothing. This time was different. The pain was intense, constant, and mentally draining.
The other day, a person emailed me and called me out on Twitter because he found a typo in my book.
He was seriously angry. “What the hell man?” He wrote. And then he went on talking about how I should read my own books and that I’m a bad writer.
I told him to screw himself and get away from his bedroom, hating on people through his keyboard.
You know, it’s just like dealing with an impolite or aggressive person at work or in daily life. There are A LOT of mean people in the world. Since I often get questions from friends and readers about how I deal with them, let me share that here.
First, I want to share this quote with you from Marcus Aurelius from 2000 years ago: