Smash that reset button

You don't have to travel all the way to India to reap the benefits of a reset.

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I took time off this week to visit family in India. However, as I boarded my 14-hour flight across the globe, I couldn’t help but feel immense “vacation guilt.” For a founder, the timing of vacation is never right and, obviously, you can’t really build a new communication medium without, you know, working.

I’m sure most founders have felt this guilt before. However, after a full week off, I can say with confidence that I cannot wait to dive back into building Rhetoric on Monday.

Seriously. I’m excited. This week has been a powerful reminder that taking time off and allowing ourselves to prioritize our hobbies, curiosities, and passions (and see family!) gives us a better perspective and more clarity when we step back into our work.

You can think about it as the same phenomenon that happens when we’re dealing with writer’s block and step away for a reset. Inevitably, we’re struck with the next right thing to say while chopping up dinner ingredients or navigating the New Delhi metro.

Happy weekend,

Raman at Rhetoric

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📚 What’s made me a better storyteller this week

There’s been so much discourse about what AI chatbots and what they mean for…well, honestly, everything. But here’s a take I hadn’t considered: how will it show up on our resumes? “The Most Important Job Skill of This Century: Your work future could depend on how well you can talk to AI.”

50% spooky, 50% educational: what can we learn from both ancient and modern obsessions with ghost stories for our own storytelling purposes? Quite a bit, it turns out.

While the subject matter is fascinating (who doesn’t want to learn about the common threads tie together the childhoods of modern geniuses?!), the real takeaway here is how to go deep in a topic without losing your audience. Give it a read: “Childhoods of exceptional people” on Less Wrong.