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James Carran

Be proud of rejection.

Rejection means you actually tried.

Most people don't get that far.

Craftsman Writer. Published author, ghostwriter, novelist, poet, comma maximalist. I teach you powerful rhetorical tricks to improve your writing and get paid online.

The job of a ghostwriter:

Put the client's message in the client's words.

But better than they could.

Writing well makes you:

- richer
- smarter
- more efficient
- more persuasive
- more employable

Invest in your writing.

Great writers are great observers

You can't write well until you learn to see things for how they are.

How I write:

1. Stare out the window for 50 minutes
2. Write like a madman for 10 minutes
3. Repeat

Tens of thousands of ancestors
One sperm out of millions
One short life

And you're just scrolling social media?

The writer's urge to change the world without even leaving your house

The best way to learn writing is

*drumroll*

Write.

Stop looking for shortcuts.

Learn:

- Focus
- Writing
- Persuasion
- Psychology
- Sales

And you will be unstoppable

Noone with the life you want is boasting about it on social media.

Procrastination is the most expensive vice

Writing well is about thinking well.

The words are secondary.

It's better to write for 20 minutes every day than 8 hours every few months.

Next time you feel discouraged remember Stephen King was rejected 30 times before he sold a book

Boring people read tweets

Brilliant people read books

Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky while he was homeless and couldn't afford to eat.

But you still think you've got "too much else going on" to write?

If you had an unlimited supply of one thing, what would it be?

Ernest Hemingway once said:

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

AI Advisor & Enterprise Architect | Guiding Europe’s AI Innovation & Compliance | Board Member, Author, Speaker | Based in Brussels, EU

AI Advisor & Technology Speaker | Top AI Voice | Board Member | Author | Enterprise Architect
Guiding Europe’s AI Innovation | 102K+ Followers | 50K+ AI Daily Nutshell Readers | Based in Brussels, EU

I am an AI Advisor, Technology Speaker, Board Member, Author, and Enterprise Architect based in Brussels, EU, helping professionals and organizations across Europe understand and adopt AI with clarity, confidence, and responsibility.

With a community of 102,000+ followers on LinkedIn and 50,000+ readers of my AI Daily Nutshell newsletter, I simplify complex AI topics and translate them into practical insights that leaders, teams, and individuals can act on immediately.

For over 20 years, I have worked across enterprise architecture, cloud, data centres, automation, and digital transformation. Today, my focus is on guiding Europe through the fast-evolving AI landscape — from emerging tools and responsible AI practices to policy, strategy, and the impact of the EU AI Act.

My mission is simple:
Make AI understandable for everyone, and empower Europe to innovate with purpose.

I speak at global tech summits, advise organizations on AI strategy, mentor startups, and engage daily with a global community eager to learn, grow, and stay ahead of change.

If you’re interested in:
• Simplifying AI in practical language
• Understanding AI trends shaping Europe
• Enterprise architecture and transformation
• The EU AI Act and responsible AI
• Emerging tools, future skills, and digital leadership
— you will find daily, value-driven content here.

📍 Based in Brussels, EU
🌍 Collaborating with organizations and communities across Europe and beyond
💬 Open to speaking engagements, advisory roles, and meaningful discussions on the future of AI

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#Entrepreneurship #ITAdvisory #BoardMember #AIInnovation #BlockchainStrategist #TechVisionary

ChandraKumar R Pillai

ChatGPT was asked how to live to 140 years.

No biohacks.
No superfoods.
No billion-dollar routines.

The answer came from how people actually live, not what they consume.
The longest-living people on earth don’t obsess over longevity.
They obsess over meaning, connection, and inner peace.

Less stress.
More presence.

Real relationships over digital applause.
A reason to wake up that isn’t money.
And at least one person with whom you can be fully yourself.

Longevity isn’t extended by years alone.
It’s expanded by how alive you feel while living them.

Swipe through the rules.
Not to live longer.
But to live better.

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ChatGPT

Same talent.
Same opportunities.
Different results.

The gap isn’t luck or timing.
It’s mindset + daily choices.
One path reacts, avoids discomfort, waits for motivation, quits early, and talks about people.

The other chooses intention, controlled discomfort, consistent action, course-correction, and ideas.
Nothing changes overnight.

But the habits you repeat every day quietly decide who you become.
Choose wisely.

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Growth

Most people don’t change because they lack information.
They change when reality hits hard enough.

These 11 images do exactly that.

No motivation.
No feel-good quotes.
Just visual proof of how time, effort, pain, patience, and priorities actually work.

You’ll see why comfort delays growth.
Why small choices compound.
Why ego is expensive.
And why most people wait too long to value what already matters.

Swipe slowly.
If one image makes you uncomfortable, that’s the lesson.

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11 IMAGES

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you can’t see.

The quiet one.
The confident one.
The difficult one.
The “always fine” one.

We judge in seconds.
But understanding takes time.

Behind every action is a story.
Behind every reaction is a reason.

Pause before you assume.
Listen before you label.

The truth usually isn’t what it looks like.
Empathy changes everything.

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10 AI skills that will quietly decide your career in 2026.

Not your degree.
Not your job title.
Not your years of experience.

AI is becoming the default layer of work.

If you don’t sit on top of it,
you’ll slowly fall under it.

AI won’t replace you.
But someone using AI better than you will.

Start stacking these now.
2026 is closer than it feels.

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AI Skills

We don’t have broken kids.
We have tired ones.

Under-slept.
Overstimulated.
Over-sugared.
Disconnected from nature.

Before labeling a child as a problem, ask:
What environment did we put them in?

The cure isn’t more medication.
It’s restoring real childhood.

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Kids

They were told no.
Rejected. Dismissed.

So they built anyway. 🏎️

The brands that rewrote automotive history weren’t backed by approval.
They were built by engineers who trusted engineering over opinions.

Obsessive testing.
Relentless iteration.
Mechanical purity when others played safe.

Not rebellion.
Precision.

The world remembers the logos.
It forgets how many times the answer was NO before the breakthrough.

Love technology?
This is how progress is made.

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Rejection ≠ Dismissed

F.L.Y — not a quote. A way to live.

First, love yourself.
Because everything starts there.

Live fully.
Not later. Not after permission. Today.

Face everything. Rise anyway.

Focus.
Follow one course until successful.

When it gets heavy:
Hold on. Pain ends.

One truth never changes:
Effort never dies.

Consistency builds what motivation can’t.
Keep flying.

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Most people scroll images for entertainment.
High performers extract lessons from them.

These 13 images aren’t aesthetic.
They’re uncomfortable.
They challenge assumptions you didn’t know you were living by.

Each frame carries a signal about power, patience, leverage, time, and human behavior.
Miss it, and it’s just another picture.
See it, and your thinking shifts permanently.

Don’t swipe fast.
Pause.
Decode the message.

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13 IMAGES WITH DEEP MEANING

A wealthy Sheikh in Dubai once told me:

“Money loves water.”

It took me years to understand what he meant.

Most people believe money disappears because they don’t earn enough.
That’s not the real reason.

Money behaves like water.

When it flows with intention, it grows.
When it sits still, it quietly evaporates.

I’ve seen people with the same income end up in completely different lives.

One kept everything “safe.”
No risks.
No new skills.
No growth.

Inflation did the rest.

The other kept money moving.
Into learning.
Into businesses.
Into boring, real assets.

Not perfect.
Plenty of mistakes.
But always in motion.

That’s the difference no one explains.

Wealth isn’t built by hoarding.
It’s built by circulation.

Move your money with purpose.
Into assets.
Into skills.
Into growth.

Save this.
It’ll make sense later.

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Money

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

You wait for a new job.
A new city.
A new start.

But here’s the truth—
You take the same brain everywhere you go.
Same thoughts. Same excuses. Same patterns.

Your mindset is the filter for everything you experience.

See yourself as capable → challenges become opportunities.
See yourself as free → walls turn into doors.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲.

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Mindset

Same 24 hours.
Different choices.

Which dad are you being today?

Your family doesn’t need perfection.
They need presence.
Physically. Spiritually. Emotionally.

That gap between who you are
and who God called you to be?
It closes with daily discipline.

Show up. Every day.

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Time

A wise man once said:

If you apply this, you win.
If you ignore it, nothing changes.

Swipe →

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A wise man once said:

Life before the internet wasn’t empty.
It was full just in a different way.

No algorithms deciding what you should see.
No dopamine hits on demand.
No pressure to perform, post, or prove.

Conversations had eye contact.
Memories lived in the mind, not the cloud.
Boredom wasn’t avoided it created imagination, ideas, and patience.

Time felt slower because it was actually lived.
Connection felt stronger because it was earned.

Swipe the carousel to revisit a world where being present mattered more than being online.

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Life before Internet

High income is loud.
Real wealth is quiet.

Veronika didn’t win the salary lottery.
No shortcuts. No insider edge.

Just boring habits:
▶️ invest a little
▶️ do it every month
▶️ don’t quit

While others spent and scrolled,
she stayed patient.

That’s how wealth is built.
Not with big moves —
but with small decisions repeated for years.

You don’t need to be rich to start.
You need to start to become rich.

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Real Wealth

Freedom feels good.
Competence compounds.

A Chinese mother was once asked
why she doesn’t ask her child’s opinion.

Her answer made many Western parents uneasy.

Kids don’t naturally optimize for long-term returns.
They choose play over effort.
Comfort over challenge.
Now over later.

That’s biology. Not failure.

Different cultures engineer for different outcomes.

One prioritises expression early.
The other prioritises capability early.

Both create adults.
Just… very different ones.

The data shows something uncomfortable:
Training before freedom compounds faster.

Freedom isn’t taken away.
It’s delayed.

And eventually, earned.

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Fun fact that changes how you think about money 👇

If something costs $800
and you buy it on sale for $500…

You didn’t save $300.
You spent $500.

Because savings isn’t about discounts.
It’s about intent.

If you didn’t plan to buy it at $800,
the “saving” never existed.

Sales don’t make you richer.
Better decisions do.

Money grows when you stop confusing
feeling smart with being smart.

Swipe → to see why this mindset matters more than any sale tag 💡

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Fact

Most people aren’t broke on opportunity.
They’re broke on skills.

And the crazy part?

Some of the highest-leverage skills on the planet
are available for free.

No ads.
No fluff.
No “buy my course” nonsense.

Just real platforms that actually teach you something useful.

Here are 7 websites that offer FREE courses
Swipe → Learn → Execute → Win.

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7 WEBSITES THAT OFFER FREE COURSES

Some images don’t just catch your eye.
They quietly rewire your thinking.

This carousel isn’t about shock value.
 It’s about perspective.

14 images.
14 moments where your brain pauses and says,
 “Wait… I never saw it that way.”

Sometimes growth doesn’t come from new information.
It comes from seeing the same world through a different lens.

Swipe slowly.
Let it land.

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14 Images

Time was never the enemy.
Lack of structure was.

Top performers don’t “manage time.”
They design their days with clear frameworks that eliminate decision fatigue before it even shows up.

While most people react to their calendars, high performers run proven systems that decide:
▶️ what gets attention
▶️ what gets ignored
▶️ and what actually moves the needle

This carousel breaks down 10 time-management frameworks used by top performers to stay focused, calm, and consistently ahead without longer hours or burnout.

Borrow the frameworks.
Upgrade how you use time.

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