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[H] A couple things on my mind...
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Hey folks! Happy Friday. Everett and I are competing in a jiu jitsu tournament tomorrow, so my brain is half on family life and half on getting choked by strangers. A couple other things on my mind: 1. Human Mode (Free Beta): I made a simple Gmail extension called Human Mode to help signal [H]uman-written email. It disables copy and paste while composing and prioritizes messages between people writing without AI. You can try it free today here. 2. Wordle: I'm a little late to the party on this, but do any of you play Wordle each day from the NYT? It's become a ritual every day in our home where I make my espresso, then sit down primarily with Penny (10) and Truman (8) and we work on it together. It takes like 3min but it's a really fun little tradition that has injected some play first thing in the morning. 3. Creating A Culture Of Reading: Our family is a reading family. Big time. Obviously the biggest contributor to this is that Chandler and I love to read. But I think another thing that has contributed to this is that as soon as a kid can read a chapter from a "chapter book" out loud to me, I buy them their own Kindle Paperwhite. (This just happened again this morning, thus why it's on my mind.) It's a big rite of passage in our family, and it so far has bred 100% bookworms. You can download e-books on Libby from your local library and we let our kids stay up in bed reading. Highly recommend. AMA. That's it for today! Hope you have a great weekend! Best, Blake |
A couple things on my mind...
Entrepreneur and father of 7. I write about applying entrepreneurial frameworks at work and at home. 15,000+ people read my free newsletter. Press "Get Newsletter" to join.
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