This season is filled with moments that celebrate independence, creativity, and new beginnings—from Canada Day 🇨🇦 (July 1) and Independence Day in the US 🇺🇸 (July 4), to Marine Day in Japan 🇯🇵, UK summer traditions like Wimbledon 🎾 and community festivals 🇬🇧, and upcoming milestones like Independence Day in India 🇮🇳 and National Day in Singapore 🇸🇬 🌟

Across regions—from Germany 🇩🇪 to Australia 🇦🇺—one thing connects us all: the spirit of building, creating, and growing something of our own 💡✨

Every entrepreneur, creator, and innovator in our community is shaping their own path—and that’s worth celebrating 🙌

💬 We’d love to hear your story:
What are you building or working on this month?
What’s one idea, project, or milestone you’re proud of right now?

👇 Share your story in the comments and inspire fellow business owners across the globe 💼🌱

🔥 Your journey could spark someone else’s next big idea—don’t hold back!

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As I get older, I begin to think more seriously about efficiency hacks, in particular how to self-structure my day so I get the most out of myself. I have heard different things about whether to do rote work early or late, similarly for work that requires research or problem solving. I have even seen hacks that concern the order in which one reviews material over the course of a week for purposes of optimizing memory. Who here has had success with anything like this? It's time I stopped taking the brute force approach for granted.

During your schooling, what one or two classes would have been most beneficial for you in your career? Whether is was secondary or post-secondary education,, I find many people wish they had taken X or Y instead of something that seemed interesting at the time.

For me, it's an odd coupling of accounting/budgeting/finance to help me read & understand & act on much of the financials in my work. Another would be, philosophy, in order to better guage the signs of the times and anticipate directions for acquiring books we publish.

What are yours?

What skills did you learn early on that ended up helping you in your career?

In high school, we spent part of class running through a typing program every day. It didn't feel important at the time, but it's something I'm constantly thankful for now. Public speaking is another one - I absolutely hated it back then, but being forced to do it regularly ended up helping with meetings, explaining ideas clearly and client communication.

Curious what others would include. Sometimes the smallest or most random skills end up being the ones you rely on the most later in life.

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[Japanese]
まもなく締め切りです！あと3時間しかありませんので、まだご応募されていない方は、ぜひ今すぐお申し込みください！

[German]
Beeilen Sie sich – die Bewerbungsfrist endet bald! Wir haben nur noch 3 Stunden, also bewerben Sie sich jetzt, wenn Sie es noch nicht getan haben!

A few months ago, the MacBook Neo hit the market with quite a splash, given that it offered an attractive, premium-feeling design for quite a low price, compared to its often cheaper-looking entry-level PC competitors. While prices have risen on it now, presumably due to Apple running out of binned A18 Pro chips, it absolutely had most other companies scrambling to make some kind of response, especially since the <$700 laptop segment is about 40% of the notebook market.

It does have tradeoffs that make it non-ideal for being a daily driver for businesses, but it is certainly a capable enough model for travel, which might threaten the niches of companies making ultralights (it certainly isn't as powerful as say, the Thinkpad X1 Carbon, but is that power necessarily needed? It depends on the application one is using it for - your standard business traveler might not need something so mighty, if they're mostly keeping in touch with the office).

So I suppose my question is: what other changes / consequences do we anticipate coming up in the next year or so either in the entry-level market segment or the upper-end as a result of the Neo shock? Do you foresee further disruptions across product offerings in the Industry?

Sometimes we get so engrossed in making our business grow and expand that we wear ourselves out, or worse, get burned out. Not only will the business suffer, but your health as well. It is important that you keep not only your body healthy but your attitude and mind, too. It will help keep the morale of the employees up and create a positive atmosphere for them which in turn may result in sales growth. Take time to rest and recharge your batteries and it will have a refreshing effect not only for yourself, but for the company, too!

I was fortunate to have had an entrepreneurial family member growing up I could learn from, and then helpful managers later in life who would mentor me and discuss aspects of business with me. Beyond that, I've read and watched several biographical books and movies of people I thought were successful or inspirational to understand how they achieved their goals and overcame obstacles. Where have you found business guidance?

Is the keyboard on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition the same as the Yoga?

What is one way that AI can help improve your business? or ruin it.

For those in the US who ship, the USPS has lowered rates for 3-5lb packages. Interestingly, this now means there are situations where it can be cheaper to ship a 3lb package than an 8oz (0.5lb) package.

We checked rates from our Newark, NJ distribution center to California:

12-15.99oz: $8.12

1lb: $9.34

3lb: $7.95

So now it's literally ~$1-$2 cheaper to to send a heavier package in some situations. This is very huge for us as we sell some of our items in the USA at extremely low margins and a $1-$2 savings will translate to a ~10% gross margin increase. I've read in other forums like eBay's that some sellers are planning on adding sand or rocks to their package! I guess good news at a time where so many costs for businesses are rising.

What has your experience with shipping been?

I am entering giveaway 10 years Why does it is so hard for me to win ? Any opinions are welcome

Thank you for making such outstanding products.

What marketing and/or promotion strategies do you find most effective for your work?

Microsoft has chosen to extend the Windows 10 ESU program out an extra year. 👍 I was able to get a free invitation to the Win10 ESU program back in late 2025 when I was manually updating Win10 certificates for the June 2026 Secure Boot deadline. I think EU citizens get if for free also. If it's something you need, you may be able to find a way to get Win10 ESU for free by searching online. Good luck! ✌😄

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-windows-10-esu-support-extension

I contacted Lenovo Premium Support, a service for which I paid for, 5 days ago because Lenovo Vantage would not update or install the latest BIOS version on my Yoga AIO 9.  I talked to 5 different agents for many hours none of which were able to offer a solution.  I was left hanging with the only option of  resetting my system to factory settings which I did and which did not resolve the problem.  After spending the entire day and evening on the phone with Lenovo and completely resetting my computer it was midnight.  The following day I called Lenovo Premium Support once again and asked for a supervisor.  I spoke to someone who said that they were a supervisor.  I was told that he would be taking ownership of my case and that he would get back to me within the day to set up an appointment for an onsite technician to repair of my system.  In further email contacts during that day the agent changed his tune.  He later told me that he had escalated my case to Lenovo's Level 2 Team and that they would resolve the issue.  Five days have passed since then.  I have not received any communication from Lenovo nor is Lenovo responding to my follow-up emails.  I am extremely concerned and disappointed in Lenovo's lack of support. 

Cant update. Any suggestions?

Hello all and i hope you ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY <3

Amerioan football is my jam!

Hello LPCs!

Rajee Pandi posted a question about probabilities and reminded me of CGP Grey's great series on rock paper scissors. If you haven't played, definitely worth a shot!

You play along as the video plays, so I'll try to avoid auto-play by putting the videos below the show more.

Tell us in the comments how well you did!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWQmZXYd74

The Windows 11 and Windows 10 June 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates added a Secure Boot section to the Windows Security app. You can now use it to check that your Windows secure certificates are up-to-date.

I am wondering how much people have used AI to date so how do you use it?