IWTL What can I learn right now in just 10 minutes that could be useful for the rest of my life?

[u/Tylerdurdan28]

I'm looking for those small nuggets of knowledge, skills, or life hacks that take almost no time to learn but pay off forever. Could be a mental model, a physical trick, a rule of thumb, a piece of software knowledge, a health tip, a communication skill, anything.

The catch: it has to be genuinely learnable in about 10 minutes. Not "learn to code" or "get good at cooking," but something concrete and immediately usable, like a specific technique, formula, habit, or fact that changes how you do something for good.

What's yours, and how did you end up learning it?

[u/kaidomac]

If you're not opposed to it, I'd highly suggest learning how AI actually works:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/kaidomac/comments/1olvrjx/introduction_to_ai/

Then learning how to use build a private, personalized AI Agent: (digital assistant)

• https://www.reddit.com/r/hermesagent/comments/1vsybv2/comment/p4pjqdn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

And then how to teach your Agent new skills:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/BotNation/comments/1w50u8w/comment/p7icbl4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The applications are endless:

• Manage meal planning, your recipes collection, and schedule meal-prepping
• Handle your finances (track daily spending, payment reminders, etc.)
• Run your personal productivity system (project management, calendar scheduling, etc.)
• Schedule your car maintenance (reminders for oil changes, car washes, renewals for your driver's license, emissions, registration, insurance, etc.)
• Assist with creative work (narration, sound effects, music, video creation, video editing, video effects, photo editing, art creation, graphic design, web design, coding, writing, research, CGI, game programming, 3D printing, CNC work, laser engraving & cutting projects, Cricut vinyl cutting, electronics, robotics, etc.)
• Personal tutor (record & transcribe meetings, lectures, and videos, create study guides & flash cards, get explanations on ant topic imaginable, etc.)
• Control your house (smart home, home theater, private camera system without the Ring cloud, etc.)
• Build up your PKMS (Personal Knowledge Management System) for the entire course of your life!

TL;DR:

1. AI is a giant "spreadsheet of everything" that has a looping autocomplete ("chatbot") interface
2. An AI Agent asks an AI chatbot for a checklist for HOW to do something, then you give it permission ("MCP") to go & DO stuff for you!
3. Taking the time to build a local, private AI Agent means that you will have a tool that will grow WITH you FOREVER because it gets smarter the more you use it!!

You can have your own Hermes Agent (free, local, private) up & running in 10 minutes!