Ulrich Joseph Wolfgang Waldenmeyer - Curious Human - What's Your Dog's Name ❤️ - Call me Jay, JW or some other 3rd thing
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Ulrich Waldenmeyer retweeted
Gratitude interrupts negative rumination.
When your mind gets stuck in sadness, worry, or irritation, your amygdala keeps looping the same emotion. The key is to break that loop by shifting your attention. The benefits of gratitude aren’t exactly a secret, but many of us still think of it as some kind of fixed personality trait. Some people seem to be born grateful, while the rest of us feel like we’re the ones who automatically notice what’s wrong. It’s true that we all have different affect profiles, but gratitude works the same way happiness does. It’s a skill you can train, and it becomes more powerful the more you practice it.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this week’s episode of ‘Office Hours’, focuses on my five-step gratitude protocol and the research behind each practice.
Watch the full episode now on YouTube.
youtu.be/4BJDk2J40Lc
Ulrich Waldenmeyer retweeted
we just raised another $25M after 10x'ing our ARR in 5 months. the crazy part is this almost never happened.
17 years ago, I watched Iron Man as a 10-year-old kid in Delhi. that night, I pulled my first all-nighter teaching myself to code. not because I wanted to build apps or make money.
because I wanted to build Jarvis.
my parents gave me 1 hour of screen time per day. so I coded in secret, sleeping every alternate night through middle school and high school. built 50+ apps. got a cease and desist from Google at age 12.
all for this one obsession: making computers understand us like humans do.
fast forward to today:
- we've raised $81M total to build the voice operating system
- growing revenue 40% month-over-month this year
- 70% user retention after one year (unheard of in consumer)
- teams at 270 of the Fortune 500 use Wispr Flow daily
our Series A2 was led by @hanstung at @notablecap (who was an early investor in five companies that made it to $100B valuation like Slack, Tiktok, and Airbnb). we also brought on @StevenBartlett as an investor and partner.
but here's what matters more than the money:
we cracked voice input. not transcription - actual understanding. our users hit "send" in under 0.5 seconds without checking. they trust it blindly. that's never existed before.
in a recent benchmark, Wispr came out as 3-4x more accurate than OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Siri.
and we're just getting started. voice input was step one. now we're building the assistant that actually does things for you.
to my co-founder @SahajGarg6 - there's no one else I'd rather build Jarvis with than my college roommate and closest friend.
to our team pulling all-nighters and shipping magic - you're the reason that 10-year-old kid's dream is becoming real.
we're hiring cracked engineers and growth marketers who want to build the future of human-computer interaction.
the keyboard had a good 150-year run.
time to build what comes next.
PS: like, retweet, and bookmark to get wispr flow for free for 3 months ❤️
— Written with @WisprFlow
From here on out I'm going to scroll social media with the opposite hand. At least I'll be creating new neural pathways while I rot my brain.
#neuralpathway #socialmedia #doomscroll #psychology
Or maybe I'll just start by brushing my teeth with the opposite hand.
#teeth #toothbrush
Insane it is repeating over & over again something #Einstein allegedly said, when the real/different result is Rita Mae Brown.
Should the real headline be:
"Disney Suspends Kimmel in Effort to Boost Slumping Ratings Upon Return."
#Disney #JimmyKimmelLive
In the world of thought and debate, I fancy the idea of being an unreliable ally.
Critical thinking often results in a panoply of ideas and positions rather than a pre-established slate.
I really like my @vuoriclothing shorts, joggers, etc. However, does anyone else think the little velcro pocket closures on the shorts are a little flimsy for the price point? Some of mine have simply fallen off?