I have gotten used to using gemini for translations. Now Gemini is down and opened Chatgpt to do the same, It just translates half the blog and asks if you want I can translate the rest, even though the prompt clearly mentions to translate the entirety.

A reminder

In the latest episode of next top model

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva @PledgeOne Her mottos: “Happiness is when what you think, say, and do are in harmony.” “Everything starts with imagination.” And her figure skating past taught her this: fall, get up, repeat, until it clicks.

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva @PledgeOne AI and creativityMelanie uses AI in two ways: → To validate new ideas quickly → To inspire creative directions in Canva She even takes “AI walks”, puts on AirPods, talks through her ideas aloud, then filters what deserves action. Thinking with AI, not just about it.

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva @PledgeOne Purpose first: Melanie said she wouldn’t have started Canva if it didn’t have a positive impact on the world. Getting rich isn’t the goal, impact is. They’ve donated Canva tools worth $1.5M+ to schools and nonprofits globally.

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva Doing well by doing good: Her original two-step plan: 1️⃣ Build the most valuable company possible. 2️⃣ Do the most good possible. Eventually, she realized they fuel each other.That’s how Canva joined the @PledgeOne, giving 1% of time, money, equity, and profit.$50M+

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva Feedback & focus: Even today, Canva tests new ideas with usertesting[dot]com, watching real people use early prototypes. And Melanie protects time away from work, to zoom out, reflect, and make sure she’s still working on the right thing.

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva How to make people believe: “If people don’t understand the problem, they’ll never understand your vision.” That’s why @canva’s early decks didn’t start with features. They started with pain.Once people felt the problem, the solution made sense instantly.

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva Balancing ambition & motivation: Big visions take years to build. The key: celebrate small wins, keep a vision board, and protect momentum. “Sometimes you can miss the forest for the trees,” she says. “You might be working harder and harder, but on the wrong thing.”

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva Start from the future: Melanie always begins with one question: “What is the world you actually want to live in?” That vision becomes the North Star. Below it: mission pillars feeding that dream. Under each: big goals that make progress tangible. It’s how Canva stays ambitious

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva From Chaos to Clarity: The early Canva idea was messy, rejected decks, clunky prototypes, chaos everywhere. They even built a “chaos-to-clarity” board to visualize that evolution. Your job is to protect it long enough to grow.

@lennysan @MelanieCanva @canva Column B Thinking at Canva: Most people start with what’s possible like the funding, tools, or the team they have (Column A). But Melanie starts from Column B which is the world she wants to exist. Then works backward to make it real. It’s imagination before constraints.

Just finished listening to @lennysan podcast with @melaniecanva, the founder & CEO of @canva. Some takeaways 🧵

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