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OpenAI just paused training on its most advanced AI model. For a company in a race to build the future, stopping is a strange move. This week, we look at why slowing down is sometimes the fastest way to make real progress.
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This week marked 49 years since Elvis Presley died. His influence is still everywhere. Meanwhile, Steve Harvey releases a new show almost every day. It's a reminder that influence is built through consistent, daily work.
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Mark Zuckerberg just posted a video of himself sparring on a barge. Naomi Osaka reached another quarterfinal in Toronto. Their actions reveal how the best performers compete not just with words, but with work.
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Tom Brady won seven Super Bowls. Lance Armstrong won seven Tours de France. One is still celebrated, the other is not. This week, we look at what happens after you reach the top of your field. It's about how you show up when the main event is over.
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This week, the founder of Amazon is making moves into pro sports. A famous author is warning of a crash. And an AI pioneer is raising alarms about his own field. Their actions show how established leaders think about what comes next.
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LeBron James has been everywhere this month. He's taping podcasts, speaking on panels, and attending galas. The one thing he isn't doing is announcing which NBA team he'll play for next. His very public 'deliberation phase' is a masterclass in managing a career transition under a microscope.
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Some people wait for permission. Others create their own leverage. This week, we look at a president who refused to sign a bill to get something else he wanted, and a comedian whose schedule became more powerful than a movie deal.
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Most advice about focus tells you to try harder. Or to eliminate distractions. This week, we look at a different idea. What if the problem is biological, not just a matter of will?
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At 84, Paul McCartney just released a new album. Neil deGrasse Tyson is making the podcast rounds for his new book on aliens. Even the most successful people in the world have to keep showing up.
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Oprah Winfrey just accepted a lifetime achievement award. The next day, she announced a massive new business deal. It shows that building a legacy isn't about looking back. It's about building what's next.
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How do influential people really spend their time? This week, we look at the small details. A routine stock transaction, a warning about your phone, and a principle that has lasted 300 years. Success isn't one big event, it's built from thousands of consistent choices.
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Last week, the CEO of America's largest bank called Elon Musk the 'Edison of our time.' This isn't just praise. It's a signal about what powerful people value: building things that last.
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A Nobel Prize is a single event. A startup exit is one moment in time. But the work that leads there is a series of small, consistent actions. This week, we look at leaders whose impact comes from the daily process, not just the final outcome.
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King just graduated from college. She’s 82. It’s a reminder that mastery isn’t a race. It's a process you never have to finish.
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This week we look at builders. One built the foundation for modern computers. Another is building a new kind of school. A third built a new way to surf.
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This week's mentors have one thing in common: they put their weight behind ideas others weren't ready for yet. Gates is backing energy from underground heat. Freeman is narrating a story 165 million years in the making. Tyson is demanding real proof before he believes anything — even if the Pentagon says otherwise. Three different fields. The same discipline: don't follow the crowd. Follow the evidence.
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This week's mentors have one thing in common: they care about the details other people skip. Martha Stewart is blogging about lawn mowers. Sadhguru is talking to policymakers about dirt. Ryan Holiday found new lessons in a book he's read ten times. The theme? Mastery hides in the boring stuff.
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Nobody at the top has it all figured out. This week, LeBron James had 8 turnovers in back-to-back playoff games. Zuckerberg cut 8,000 jobs to fund a bet on AI. Gloria Steinem, at 92, was in her living room talking about what it means to lead. Three different careers. One common thread: they keep moving anyway.
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This week: a billionaire CEO who skipped the press release and drove a highway for 15 hours instead. Plus, Esther Perel asks whether texting an AI counts as cheating, and Jason Calacanis explains why he won't go near one of crypto's biggest bets.
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This week: a filmmaker who crawled into a prehistoric cave and came out with a philosophy, a researcher with 80 years of data on what actually makes life good, and a CEO who reversed a company-wide AI policy and explained exactly why. Different fields. Same underlying question: what does it take to do work that holds up?
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This Week Divided times call for old wisdom. This week a historian stepped up to say so in public. A trainer reminds you who's actually in charge of your outcomes. And a Founding Father offers the kind of blunt advice that still holds up 230 years later.
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This Week Inside Hawking on work & meaning · Bob Marley on freedom · James Cameron on failure · 3 quotes worth saving
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In 1993, CERN released the World Wide Web into the public domain at no cost. Tim Berners-Lee had invented it. He chose not to patent it. That single decision is why you are reading this email right now. This week we look at three people who built things that outlasted them — and what you can take from their choices today.
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Naval Ravikant just said something that will make you rethink your entire to-do list. Mar 13, 2026 The Mentor Briefing Insights from the minds shaping how ambitious people think.
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What your mentors have been thinking about this week — and what it means for you.
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What your mentors have been up to this week — and what it means for you.