Delayed gratification is the ?? to success
Imagine you’re trying to drive home and got stuck in a “snow drift”.?It’s currently twenty-six degrees however the sun just came out and it is warming up outside.
27 degrees; 28 degrees, 29 degrees…
You’re still stuck.?No noticeable changes
30 degrees, 31, Still, nothing!
32 degrees (is something happening??Hurray!)
33 degrees, A one-degree shift, seemingly no different from the temperature increases before it, has begun to unlock a huge change.
“Breakthrough moments” are often the result of many previous actions.
The are a result of built-up potential required to unleash a major change. This pattern shows up everywhere. For example: people with diabetes are often caught off guard that their kidney is failing yet they had years of signs if they new what to look for had they known what to look for.
Similarly, habits (both good and bad) often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold and unlock a new level of performance.
Sadly, in the early and middle stages of any goal, people often give-up when they are in the “Ravine of Despondency.”???
Humans often expect to make progress in a linear fashion and it’s frustrating how ineffective changes can seem during the first days.?It doesn’t feel like you’re making any headway.
It’s a hallmark of any compounding process: the most powerful outcomes are delayed.?After spending time & effort our automations surpass the linear relationship we expected and we can finally reach the Zenith of Accomplishment.
In reality, the results of our efforts are often delayed. It is not until months or years later that we realize the true value of the previous work we have done.
This is why I view learning AutoHotkey as an investment.?It takes time up front, however, after you get the hang of it, the dividends are life changing? Everything you do on a Windows computer can be streamlined!
Now on with the show…
Cycling through Programs
A while back we made this cools script improving upon one we saw from Teran Van Hemert.?In ours, we converted everything to a function so it is easier to adapt for new programs.?We demonstrate how to use it in this video.
?? Unleash Your Program-Switching Skills! Jump & Toggle with Ease!??
Easily adjust the brightness of any monitor
This script is a handy one to have at your fingertips!?We made a super-simple script that will allow you to easily dim the monitor your mouse is over.?You can check it out in this video.
How to Dim a specific Monitor
Learn Basics of SQL
We will often use SQLite to store our data.?In this video Isaias gives our most recent team member Irfan (author of Rufaydium) an intro to using the SQLite browser and storing data.?BTW- we’re getting close to having Rufaydium available in v2 ??.
?? SQL and SQLite Made Easy: Boost Your Data Wizardry! ??
Various ways to store user data with AutoHotkey
While we’re talking about storing data, there are a lot of ways to use AutoHotkey to store data!?In this video Isaias and I discuss many different approaches and why you pick one over the other.
Various ways to store data and their uses
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Example uses of AutoHotkey
I stumbled upon this AutoHotkey video where he walks through his favorite AHK scripts.?If you’re new to AutoHotkey it can give you some good ideas of what can be done however we try and not imitate a human.?We try and take API approaches when solving processes.?
AutoHotkey - AHK - My fav scripts
Imitating a Human vs. API approach
If my comment above about imitating a human verse taking an API approach isn’t clear, this is a great video that will help you understand the different approaches.
APIs compared to Human Interfaces: How do you use AutoHotkey?
?? What we're reading
?? AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
??Productivity tips:?Ctrl + Shift + S
Use Ctrl + Shift + S to save the current document / file with a different name or location.
?? A spot of Humor: Is Kramer retarded?
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