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Name the trigger to beat procrastination
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #43
Acknowledge the stress trigger, then interrupt the habit by counting from 5 to 1
Summary
Procrastination is a stress-triggered habit, so name the trigger, count down from five, and start with a five-minute task.
The speaker offers a fix for procrastination, which they define as avoiding tasks in reaction to stress. Notice the trigger, interrupt the habit by counting down from 5 to 1, and start with just five minutes of the task. If a task takes under two or three minutes, do it immediately. The speaker says these methods helped them prepare for the GMAT and get into business school.
Key points- Acknowledge the stress trigger, then interrupt the habit by counting from 5 to 1
- Start a new habit by doing one task for only five minutes
- If a task takes under two or three minutes, do it immediately
What Historical Figures Might Look Like Today
Watch · youtube.com · 8 min · Issue #43
Mystery Scoop's February 2022 video, 8 minutes 24 seconds long, shows modern versions of historical figures created with AI by Brazilian digital artist Hidreley Diao.
Summary
Mystery Scoop's February 2022 video, 8 minutes 24 seconds long, shows modern versions of historical figures created with AI by Brazilian digital artist Hidreley Diao. Each image keeps the figure's main facial features and imagines how modern life might have changed their appearance. Figures include Julius Caesar, Leonardo da Vinci, Joan of Arc, Beethoven, and Marcus Aurelius.
Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress
Read · hbr.org · 10 min · Issue #43
Emma Seppälä, Christina Bradley, and Michael R.
Summary
Emma Seppälä, Christina Bradley, and Michael R. Goldstein's 2020 Harvard Business Review article reviews several recent studies and finds that SKY Breath Meditation works best for both immediate and long-term stress reduction. The authors explain that breathing and meditation exercises activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps people calm down and think clearly under stress.
Choose a life partner, not just love
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #42
Ask whether you are looking for a love story or a life story
Summary
The people you love are not always the people you build a life with, so look for a life partner, not just a love story.
The speaker says you can love many people, but the person you build a life with is often different. The speaker asks whether you are looking for a love story or a life story, and says a life partner is someone you go through pain, suffering, and challenges with.
Key points- Ask whether you are looking for a love story or a life story
- A life partner is someone you go through pains, sufferings and challenges with
A balanced week needs time for everyone
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #42
Spend one to two days alone, plus two nights just for yourself
Summary
A healthy week balances alone time, couple time, your own friends and shared friends, and neglecting one weakens the relationship.
The speaker describes an ideal week for a couple: one to two days alone, two date nights together, one night with your own friends, one with your partner's friends, and two with shared friends. The ratio can be adjusted, the speaker says, but a balanced week includes time alone, as a couple, with separate friends, and with shared ones.
Key points- Spend one to two days alone, plus two nights just for yourself
- Keep two nights as a couple, one night with your friends, and two with shared friends
- If you don't water yourself, you have nothing to give
3 Lessons From Reading 300 Self-Improvement Books
Watch · youtube.com · 13 min · Issue #42
Clark Kegley's April 2022 video, 13 minutes long, presents three lessons he distilled from reading about 300 self-improvement books.
Summary
Clark Kegley's April 2022 video, 13 minutes long, presents three lessons he distilled from reading about 300 self-improvement books. His description links a free newsletter and workshop, a free list of 50 books that changed his life, and a paid journal program.
Timeboxing in three simple steps
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #41
The speaker claims a 2018 Harvard study ranked time boxing first of 100 productivity hacks
Summary
Time boxing is a three-step productivity method: brain dump, pick the top three tasks, then give each a set time.
The speaker says a 2018 Harvard study of 100 productivity hacks ranked timeboxing first. The method has three steps: brain dump your thoughts onto paper, pick the top three tasks for the day, and assign a time to each task to see how much time you have. The speaker presents it as a simple way to make sure your most important objectives are not overlooked.
Key points- The speaker claims a 2018 Harvard study ranked time boxing first of 100 productivity hacks
- Brain dump your thoughts onto paper first, then identify the top three tasks for the day
- Assign each task a time to see visually how much time you have
Quitting is worth it when payoff is low
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #41
Ask whether the thing is just hard or actually sucks, and whether the reward is worth it
Summary
Quitting is worth it when the effort is not worth the payoff, so ask whether the hard thing is worth the reward.
The speaker argues that clinging to an earlier decision has little value and that quitting can be worthwhile. Citing Steven Bartlett's quitting framework, they suggest asking whether a hard task's reward is worth the challenge, and whether a task that sucks could be made better. The speaker describes quitting a path to US medical exams, since the payoff was not worth the difficulty compared with working as a YouTuber.
Key points- Ask whether the thing is just hard or actually sucks, and whether the reward is worth it
- The speaker quit American medical exam prep because the payoff was not worth the difficulty
- He says he has more fun and likely more impact as a YouTuber than as a doctor
Land Your Dream Tech Job (Aced, formerly Exponent)
Tool · tryexponent.com · Issue #41
Aced, formerly Exponent, is a platform of courses and coaching for tech job interviews, covering product management, software engineering, system design, data science, and machine learning.
Summary
Aced, formerly Exponent, is a platform of courses and coaching for tech job interviews, covering product management, software engineering, system design, data science, and machine learning. It offers thousands of interview questions, video answers from experts, AI feedback on practice interviews, and mock interviews with senior coaches. The homepage offers a free account and links to a pricing page.
The Entire History of r/place
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #41
Ludwig Ahgren's April 2022 gaming video, 8 minutes 46 seconds long, traces the history of Reddit's r/place, the collaborative pixel canvas where users placed one pixel at a time.
Summary
Ludwig Ahgren's April 2022 gaming video, 8 minutes 46 seconds long, traces the history of Reddit's r/place, the collaborative pixel canvas where users placed one pixel at a time.
AI Predicts Sudden Cardiac Death Better Than Doctors
Read · hub.jhu.edu · 3 min · Issue #41
Johns Hopkins researchers led by Natalia Trayanova built SSCAR, an AI system that predicts whether a heart disease patient will die of sudden cardiac arrest and when.
Summary
Johns Hopkins researchers led by Natalia Trayanova built SSCAR, an AI system that predicts whether a heart disease patient will die of sudden cardiac arrest and when. It combines two neural networks: one reads scar patterns in cardiac images, the other 10 years of clinical data across 22 factors. The team reports it beat doctors' predictions and was tested on an independent cohort from 60 U.S. health centers.
Why Your Life Feels Boring
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #40
Matt D'Avella's March 2022 video argues that life feels boring mainly because people do not take enough risks.
Summary
Matt D'Avella's March 2022 video argues that life feels boring mainly because people do not take enough risks. It holds that fulfillment, adventure, and purpose require getting comfortable being uncomfortable, with examples such as starting a YouTube channel, approaching someone you like, or moving to a dream city. It also covers choosing the right risks and handling uncertainty.
Become a specialist to stand out
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #40
Over 40 million people quit jobs in 2021, and the best jobs still get flooded with applicants
Summary
Job seekers lose because they look like a commodity, so they must become specialists with tools like a skimmable resume.
The speaker argues job seekers struggle because they look like everyone else in a crowded market, where studies cite only about 3 percent of applicants getting a call. The fix is becoming a specialist through a short, skimmable resume, a keyword-optimized LinkedIn profile, a storytelling cover letter, and a proactive search that goes around applicant tracking systems.
Key points- Over 40 million people quit jobs in 2021, and the best jobs still get flooded with applicants
- Studies show only about 3 percent of applicants get a phone call
- Specialists build a six-second resume and a keyword-optimized LinkedIn profile
Habits Garden: Gamified Habit Tracker
Tool · habitsgarden.com · Issue #40
Habits Garden is a habit tracker by Marc Lou that turns habits into daily quests, with completed habits growing flowers in a virtual garden.
Summary
Habits Garden is a habit tracker by Marc Lou that turns habits into daily quests, with completed habits growing flowers in a virtual garden. It tracks streaks on a habit grid, sends daily reminders, and offers public profiles, a leaderboard, and random rewards for finishing quests. It has a 7-day free trial, then costs $5 per month or a one-time lifetime payment.
Feeling Old? You Give More
Read · psypost.org · 6 min · Issue #40
A PsyPost article on a Journal of Consumer Psychology study by Jen H.
Summary
A PsyPost article on a Journal of Consumer Psychology study by Jen H. Park and colleagues found that priming people to feel older increases their sense of responsibility to the greater good. Participants primed to feel older were more willing to support a guide-dog charity and park projects, and wrote more thank-you cards to university staff. The study focused on adults aged 18 to 60.
Sadhguru on the Lost Concept of Heaven
Watch · youtube.com · 15 min · Issue #39
A clip from episode JRE #1791 with Sadhguru, posted by the PowerfulJRE channel in March 2022.
Summary
A clip from episode JRE #1791 with Sadhguru, posted by the PowerfulJRE channel in March 2022. Its title suggests Sadhguru discusses why the idea of heaven has lost its meaning for many people.
Leaders earn loyalty by backing people
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #39
A VP secretly paid for two good suits, expensed a little at a time
Summary
A boss who quietly paid for good suits and backed his people earned loyalty, because power comes from the people who love you.
A speaker recalls a VP who paid for two good suits so they would look more professional, then earned a promotion for working hard for him. The VP used his power to make his team feel they mattered, pushing training, promoting people, and treating them as his people. The speaker concludes that power comes from people, and that being loved by them is a superpower.
Key points- A VP secretly paid for two good suits, expensed a little at a time
- Later the boss gave the speaker a promotion and a raise, and called his wife to tell her
- The speaker says that when people love you, that is a superpower
Stoics do not suffer in imagination
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #39
Seneca says to look at things as they are now, not suffer before we need to
Summary
Stoics do not borrow suffering by imagining worst cases, because we suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Citing Seneca, the speaker says a Stoic does not borrow suffering by imagining troubles before they arrive. Preparing for the worst case is fine, but suffering in advance is not. The speaker cites Seneca's line that we suffer more in imagination than in reality, which breeds anxiety, worry, and doubt, and leaves us unprepared for the present.
Key points- Seneca says to look at things as they are now, not suffer before we need to
- Premeditating the worst is prudent, but dwelling on it brings anxiety and doubt
- Projecting terrible futures makes us miserable and unable to do what we should
Electricity Maps
Tool · app.electricitymap.org · Issue #39
Electricity Maps is a site with real-time and historical electricity data worldwide, covering energy production sources, CO2 emissions, prices, and cross-border exports.
Summary
Electricity Maps is a site with real-time and historical electricity data worldwide, covering energy production sources, CO2 emissions, prices, and cross-border exports. It also offers an API with a 14-day trial, after which access appears to be paid.
But Life Had Other Plans
Read · danlebrero.com · 3 min · Issue #39
Daniel Lebrero's March 2022 blog post recounts a planned year of family care that took an unexpected turn.
Summary
Daniel Lebrero's March 2022 blog post recounts a planned year of family care that took an unexpected turn. After his wife tested positive for a BRCA2 mutation, she had preventive surgery in 2021, and an embryo conceived just before it went undetected until she was about five months pregnant. The post uses dark humor to describe the complications and reflects on life's unpredictability.
Naval Ravikant on Our Most Common Mistake
Watch · youtube.com · 2 min · Issue #38
Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList and author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness, discusses what he considers the most common mistake people make.
Summary
Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList and author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness, discusses what he considers the most common mistake people make.
You Feel Like Shit? A Self-Care Question Game
Tool · youfeellikeshit.com · Issue #38
You Feel Like Shit is a self-care game that walks you through a sequence of simple questions, starting with whether you have eaten in the last four hours.
Summary
You Feel Like Shit is a self-care game that walks you through a sequence of simple questions, starting with whether you have eaten in the last four hours. Each step is meant to need little judgment, and the page suggests setting aside about an hour and not skipping steps. It is aimed at people who struggle with self-care, executive dysfunction, or reading internal signals.
Ignore decoy options to avoid overpaying
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #37
A $6.50 medium makes the $7 large look only 50 cents more than the medium
Summary
Retailers use a decoy option to make the premium choice look like a better deal, and you can counter it by ignoring the decoy.
The speaker explains the decoy effect, a marketing trick that nudges buyers toward a pricier option. Using movie popcorn, a $3 small and a $7 large look different once a $6.50 medium is added, since the large now seems only 50 cents more. To counter it, the speaker suggests first asking how much you really need, then ignoring the decoy option.
Key points- A $6.50 medium makes the $7 large look only 50 cents more than the medium
- Ask how much of something you really need before choosing the bigger option
- Identify which option is the decoy and intentionally ignore it
Judge yourself by your own scorecard
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #37
Think about the critic's character, addictions and accomplishments before you accept their view
Summary
Measure yourself on your own internal scorecard, not on the opinions of people you don't respect, since they work against who you want to be.
The speaker recommends an exercise for criticism: think about the critic's character, habits, and accomplishments. Seen this way, a critic whose opinion you were about to accept may be the opposite of who you want to be. The speaker advises measuring yourself against your own internal scorecard rather than other people's opinions.
Key points- Think about the critic's character, addictions and accomplishments before you accept their view
- We love ourselves but care more about others' opinions, which the speaker calls insanity
- Focus on who you want to be and on your own sense of self
How to Ikigai
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #36
Tim Tamashiro's 12-minute TEDxYYC talk, published in 2018, presents ikigai, a Japanese concept from Okinawa, as a guide to finding happiness and purpose.
Summary
Tim Tamashiro's 12-minute TEDxYYC talk, published in 2018, presents ikigai, a Japanese concept from Okinawa, as a guide to finding happiness and purpose. Tamashiro, a former musician who performed for about twenty years, also wrote the book How to Ikigai: Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose.
Blaming the lawyer hides fear of deciding
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #36
People say the lawyer said no because they are afraid to make the decision
Summary
Blaming the lawyer hides fear of deciding, and a leader should own the risk decision openly and argue whether the reward outweighs it.
The speaker says people often blame a lawyer, as in "the lawyer said we can't do it," because they are afraid to decide and risk something going wrong. The better approach, the speaker argues, is to own the decision openly: state the risk, say whether the reward outweighs it, and take it if it does.
Key points- People say the lawyer said no because they are afraid to make the decision
- Better: the decision is mine, and the lawyers advised a risk I think is too great
- The speaker says the real discussion is whether the reward outweighs the risk
Rumie: Free Micro-Learning Courses (Bytes)
Tool · learn.rumie.org · Issue #35
Rumie is a learning site with an open library of micro-learning courses called Bytes, short lessons meant to teach a concept in minutes.
Summary
Rumie is a learning site with an open library of micro-learning courses called Bytes, short lessons meant to teach a concept in minutes. New Bytes are published daily, covering topics such as job-search skills, interviewing, stress management, financial planning, and AI for investing. The site claims Bytes are 20% more efficient than traditional learning.
William Ackman on the Basics of Finance and Investing
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #34
William Ackman explains the basics of finance and investing in about 45 minutes, using a lemonade stand as the running example.
Summary
William Ackman explains the basics of finance and investing in about 45 minutes, using a lemonade stand as the running example.
Entertainment marketing can turn firms around
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #34
A home builder's brand failed until a woman in a red dress stood by an A-frame sign
Summary
Entertainment-based marketing and a provocative brand can turn a failing company around, since money follows attention.
A speaker who runs a hard money lending company says they turn failing businesses around with entertainment-based marketing paired with a call to action. In their example, a home builder's provocative model-home ad angered many people, and the speaker says the backlash brought six sales the next day. The speaker says attention drives money, though they would not go that far with an ordinary company.
Key points- A home builder's brand failed until a woman in a red dress stood by an A-frame sign
- Provocative messaging angered critics, and six houses sold the next day
- The speaker says that company now sells 350 homes a year, and money follows attention
Comparison and phones can fuel unhappiness
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #34
The speaker says spending seven hours a day on social media fuels comparison
Summary
Unhappiness often comes from comparing yourself online, poor food, violent games and dopamine-driven phone habits, the speaker says.
The speaker lists possible reasons for unhappiness: hours of social media that encourage comparison, processed food, music and games full of stress, and a culture where connection rests on shared stress. Heavy dependence on the phone for quick dopamine, the speaker says, can make stillness feel too boring.
Key points- The speaker says spending seven hours a day on social media fuels comparison
- Processed food, looping music and violent games keep you in survival mode
- Dependence on instant gratification makes sitting still with no phone feel boring
Human Benchmark
Tool · humanbenchmark.com · Issue #34
Human Benchmark is a site of games and tests that measure reflexes, accuracy, and memory, letting you compare your results with other internet users.
Summary
Human Benchmark is a site of games and tests that measure reflexes, accuracy, and memory, letting you compare your results with other internet users. It is meant as entertainment for passing time.
The Position of Fuck You (The Gambler Clip)
Read · youtube.com · Issue #34
A one-minute clip from The Gambler featuring John Goodman, posted by Omid Malekan in 2015.
Summary
A one-minute clip from The Gambler featuring John Goodman, posted by Omid Malekan in 2015. It is shared as the film the term "fuck you money" comes from.
Fuck You Money: How Much You Need to Quit Work
Read · money.com · Issue #34
Ethan Wolff-Mann's 2016 Money.com article explains "fuck you money", slang for wealth large enough to quit your job without cutting your lifestyle.
Summary
Ethan Wolff-Mann's 2016 Money.com article explains "fuck you money", slang for wealth large enough to quit your job without cutting your lifestyle. The basic formula multiplies annual spending by expected years of life, so $60,000 a year over 50 years is $3 million. Accounting for inflation and returns, the article cites about $2.1 million for $60,000 a year, using a Vanguard calculator.
How the Economic Machine Works
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #33
Ray Dalio's 2013 animated video is an introductory economics primer based on the practical template he developed over his career.
Summary
Ray Dalio's 2013 animated video is an introductory economics primer based on the practical template he developed over his career. It covers credit, deficits, and interest rates, and aims to show the basic forces that drive the economy, how economic policies work, and why economic cycles occur. The video runs about 30 minutes.
Three options for every email
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #32
Leave actionable emails in the inbox and act on them within 24 hours
Summary
The one-touch system gives every email three options: act on it within 24 hours, file it for a later meeting, or delete it.
The speaker describes the one-touch system, which gives every email three options: act on it within 24 hours, file it in a folder to discuss at a suitable meeting, or delete it. The approach creates head space, since not everything needs an immediate reply. A later part is promised on flags and nested folders.
Key points- Leave actionable emails in the inbox and act on them within 24 hours
- File emails in folders to discuss in one-on-ones or group meetings
- The speaker says he receives about 850 emails a week while managing about 240 people
Folders for weekly meetings and people
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #32
Map the week's most important meetings, departments and counterparts
Summary
Manage a busy inbox by making folders for your key weekly meetings and most important people, then sorting email into them.
A speaker who says they keep a zero inbox starts a series on email management. Part one is to map your week's major meetings and key departments or counterparts, then make a folder for each. The speaker says no single video can solve email, so the topic is covered over several parts.
Key points- Map the week's most important meetings, departments and counterparts
- Make a folder for each key one-on-one and department meeting
- The speaker says the series will continue with the next part
Laughter makes leaders more motivating
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #32
In a global study, kids answer yes to smiling or laughing a lot, then adults answer no
Summary
Laughter works on the brain like exercise, and the speakers say humor makes leaders more motivating and teams more bonded.
Two speakers who spent a decade studying humor say laughter works on the brain like exercise and meditation combined. A global study of over a million people found adults smile and laugh far less after entering the workforce. Their research found leaders with a good sense of humor are seen as 27 percent more motivating, and shared laughter makes strangers feel closer.
Key points- In a global study, kids answer yes to smiling or laughing a lot, then adults answer no
- Leaders with a good sense of humor are seen as 27 percent more motivating
- The speakers say laughing together floods the brain with hormones linked to love
Mailbrew
Tool · app.mailbrew.com · Issue #32
Mailbrew is a tool for building a digest that combines content from different services and newsletters into one summary.
Summary
Mailbrew is a tool for building a digest that combines content from different services and newsletters into one summary. The author recommends trying it.
Writing Emails With Military Precision
Read · hbr.org · Issue #32
Kabir Sehgal's 2016 Harvard Business Review article argues that an email subject line should state the purpose and what the sender wants.
Summary
Kabir Sehgal's 2016 Harvard Business Review article argues that an email subject line should state the purpose and what the sender wants. It borrows a military habit of opening the subject with a capitalized keyword: INFO for information only, REQUEST for approval, and ACTION when the recipient must act. Examples include "INFO: Status Update" and "REQUEST: Vacation."
Genuine, personal one-on-ones work best
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #31
In practice, he says the one-on-one ends up about fifteen minutes personal
Summary
A five-times VP of sales says one-on-ones work best when they are genuine and mostly personal, with a clear future focus.
A sales leader who has been a VP five times describes a one-on-one with ten minutes each for personal, professional, and future topics. In practice, personal talk takes about 15 minutes and professional about 5. The future part asks what the person wants to improve, what they could do in seven days, what measurable milestone would show progress, and how the manager can help.
Key points- In practice, he says the one-on-one ends up about fifteen minutes personal
- Keep professional topics and complaints short, then move to the future
- Ask what to get better at, what could help in seven days, and how you can help
Time moves toward you, not past you
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #30
Seeing yourself moving through time creates stress, anxiety and pressure
Summary
Time moves through you rather than you moving through time, so seeing your goal coming toward you reduces stress.
The speaker argues that seeing yourself as moving through time toward a future creates stress and anxiety. Instead, you stay fixed in the present while time, and the future, moves toward you. This view removes the sense that you must act to reach a future moment, letting you focus on what you can do now to shape what comes.
Key points- Seeing yourself moving through time creates stress, anxiety and pressure
- Picture your goal moving toward you, so you only need to focus on this moment
- The speaker says this view reduces stress and makes goals more achievable
TinyWow: Free Online PDF, Image, Video and Text Tools
Tool · tinywow.com · Issue #30
TinyWow is a website with online tools for PDFs, images, video, text, and files, including PDF merging and compression, background removal, video to GIF conversion, CSV to JSON, and a YouTube transcript generator.
Summary
TinyWow is a website with online tools for PDFs, images, video, text, and files, including PDF merging and compression, background removal, video to GIF conversion, CSV to JSON, and a YouTube transcript generator. The page presents the tools as free with no sign-up, and promotes a paid Premium tier that removes ads and CAPTCHAs. It says uploaded files are deleted after one hour.
Soft White Underbelly (YouTube Channel)
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #30
Soft White Underbelly is a YouTube channel of interviews and portraits of the human condition, created by photographer Mark Laita.
Summary
Soft White Underbelly is a YouTube channel of interviews and portraits of the human condition, created by photographer Mark Laita. People can apply to be interviewed by emailing a short version of their story, their location, and a 15 to 30 second video of themselves. An ad-free, uncensored version of the videos is available through a separate subscription channel.
What's Available Where on Netflix (uNoGS)
Tool · unogs.com · Issue #29
uNoGS is an unofficial Netflix search site for finding which titles are available in each country.
Summary
uNoGS is an unofficial Netflix search site for finding which titles are available in each country. It offers advanced search with filters for IMDb rating, year, type, audio, subtitles, and genre, plus top-250 lists. Users can submit titles the scrapers missed through a form or API so they are added to a chosen country's catalog.
Weaponizing Data: How Location Data Exposes People
Read · vice.com · Issue #29
Joseph Cox, writing for VICE in 2021, argues that phone app location data has become a tool for exposing individuals, since data brokers sell it cheaply.
Summary
Joseph Cox, writing for VICE in 2021, argues that phone app location data has become a tool for exposing individuals, since data brokers sell it cheaply. He describes how The Pillar used Grindr-linked location data to trace Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill, who then resigned, and cites a $11.7 million Norwegian fine against Grindr and re-identification research. Senator Ron Wyden called on the FTC to investigate the data broker industry.
This Equation Will Change How You See the World (the Logistic Map)
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #28
Veritasium's video explains the logistic map, a simple equation that the description says connects fluid convection, neuron firing, and the Mandelbrot set.
Summary
Veritasium's video explains the logistic map, a simple equation that the description says connects fluid convection, neuron firing, and the Mandelbrot set. It draws on James Gleick's Chaos, Steven Strogatz's Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, and Robert May's 1976 Nature paper, with examples such as dripping faucets and period-doubling in biology. Animations and interactives are credited to Jonny Hyman.
The First Thing to Do If You Want to Get Anywhere in Life
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #27
Improvement Pill's 2017 video, 3 minutes 37 seconds long, is framed as the first step for anyone who wants to get anywhere in life.
Summary
Improvement Pill's 2017 video, 3 minutes 37 seconds long, is framed as the first step for anyone who wants to get anywhere in life. The description points to it as a starting point for self-improvement and links a related video on stopping procrastination.
One-touch rule and weekly small fixes
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #27
Put each thing back in its right place the moment you pick it up
Summary
The one-touch rule and fixing one small thing a week make life smoother, because putting things back now takes less effort than later.
The speaker proposes two resolutions. The one-touch rule means putting things back where they belong right away, and answering requests immediately rather than later, since the mental effort is about the same either way. The second is to fix one small annoying thing a week, such as a stuck drawer or a charger shared with a partner.
Key points- Put each thing back in its right place the moment you pick it up
- Respond or decide right away, since the mental energy costs the same later
- Fix one small annoying thing each week, like a stuck drawer or a second charger
What to Do When You Run Out of Inspiration
Read · entrepreneur.com · Issue #27
Steve Tobak, a management consultant, argues that inspiration does not come on demand because the mind gets stuck in an overthinking loop.
Summary
Steve Tobak, a management consultant, argues that inspiration does not come on demand because the mind gets stuck in an overthinking loop. He suggests breaking the loop by changing your place, process, people, or perspective. Practical moves include stepping away to shower or garden, talking through problems on walks, and seeking outside viewpoints.
Dopamine Detox: Trick Your Brain to Love Doing Hard Things
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #26
Andrew Kirby's 13-minute video is Episode 1 of his Dopamine Detox course.
Summary
Andrew Kirby's 13-minute video is Episode 1 of his Dopamine Detox course. It introduces the dopamine fast and promises to cover its benefits, rules, how to run one, and the science behind it. Later episodes and a discussion subreddit are linked from the description.