This week’s Founder Finds includes:
⏱️ Effort vs efficiency
🧑🏻🤝🧑🏾 How to be a better friend
🔥 An AI cost optimization guide
🩹 A Claude system prompt patch
🚀 An AI personal brand playbook
➡️ And more…
🪶 Remember This
The expert in anything was once a beginner.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🩹 Claude Code Prompt Patcher shared by Elie Steinbock
Updates to Claude Code’s system prompts to fix corner-cutting behavior
🚀 Building a Personal Brand In 30 Days with AI shared by Shushant Lakhyani
A structured workflow to build a personal brand with AI
🔥 Stop Burning 75% of Your Claude Budget shared by Hitesh Kar
A guide to reduce AI token costs and usage waste
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🎬 Dru Riley added the Viral Video Vault to Multi
📊 Yuyu launched acrawatch.sg
💻 Alexandre Kantjas is hosting a workshop on vibe coding with Softr
👁️ Matt Spear updated his menubar app that tracks OpenAI API usage
🙌 Dru Riley published “What 2,000 Days of Building in Public Proved”, a reflection on standups
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Why Working Smart, Not Hard, Is a Lie?
They say you should work smart, not hard.
But high performers work harder and put in longer hours than those who perform at lower levels.
If you think you’re a high performer, here are some reasons why you can be wrong:
- You’ve set the wrong bar: Comparing yourself to the worst performer puts you in a superior position.
- Doing more in less time: If you do the same work in less time than your coworker, you’re not a high performer. You’re merely efficient.
- More hours yield more results: If 2 people do the same work and one of them spends 25% more time on it, that person will produce more results.
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❔ Ask Yourself
Strong friendships improve mental health, self-esteem and confidence.
Here’s how to be a better friend:
- Be a good listener.
- Show more empathy.
- Communicate honestly and openly.
- Celebrate their successes and support them during failures.
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