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Jordan Shanks turns Trump's demeanour into a lesson on ambition

His most-watched new upload moves from the presidency to the problem of outgrowing work you already know how to do.

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Trump has given up

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0:32Shanks interprets Trump's demeanour as emotional disengagement from the presidency.
4:15His "law of familiarity" argument is that even exceptional experiences eventually become routine.
6:05He argues that feeling stuck can follow mastering your current level without expanding your scope.
7:45Shanks proposes scaling up existing efforts rather than focusing only on minor improvements.
9:28He says broadening friendlyjordies from Australian subjects to global issues revitalised its growth.

What does Donald Trump have to do with feeling stuck at work? For Jordan Shanks, the connection is familiarity: even an extraordinary position can become routine.

In "Trump has given up", Shanks reads the president's demeanour as emotional disengagement, then turns the camera back towards his own experience. Repeating touring circuits can become monotonous too. His argument is that a rut need not mean you've chosen the wrong work; perhaps you've mastered its present scale and need something larger to attempt.

The example closest to home is friendlyjordies. Shanks says expanding its focus from Australian subjects to global issues revitalised the channel's growth. His proposed exercise is to imagine a much bigger version of what you're already doing, rather than concentrating on small adjustments.

That political-to-personal detour drew about 55,000 views, making it the most-watched of his three new uploads. "EDP445 has been arrested" also arrived, followed by "The Nvidia affair....", which currently has the strongest daily viewing momentum of the three.

Across the channel, the week brought roughly 153,000 views, while the subscriber count remained unchanged. Daily viewing is now around half its usual level, a quieter finish than the week's leading upload might suggest. The distinctive part of that upload isn't simply Shanks returning to political commentary: it's his use of his own working routine to bring the self-help subject back into frame.

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