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5-Bullet Monday #216: Things I Found Cool this Week
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Happy Monday! What I'm sharing— Rest Takes Hard Work by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang: "This "deep play" illustrates another important point: the best rest is active, not just passive. We often think of “rest” as involving a bag of salty snacks and a TV remote, but working out or playing piano actually recharges your mental and physical batteries more effectively than binge-watching that hot new show." What I'm pondering— “Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.” — Daniel Kahneman in Thinking, Fast and Slow (resurfaced using Readwise) What I'm watching— How to Quickly Learn How to Swim by Tim Ferriss. With Terry Laughlin, the founder of Total Immersion Swimming. What I'm listening to— Catchy tunes to brighten your day. A great playlist to bring your energy back up in the afternoon. What I'm sharing— How I Learned to Concentrate by Cal Newport on the The New Yorker: "The idea of taking your time to find the right idea was central to my experience. As a graduate student, I was sent all around Europe to present papers at various conferences. The meetings themselves weren’t the point. It was the conversations that mattered—one good idea, sparked on a rooftop in Bologna or beside Lake Geneva in Lausanne, was worth days of tiring travel. But despite long periods of apparent lethargy, we still were productive. By the time I left M.I.T. to start my job at Georgetown, I had already published twenty-six peer-reviewed papers—and yet I’d never really felt busy." P.S. On Wednesday I'll close the doors to my new program, The Work-Life Balance Blueprint There are only 2 spots available. If you want to grab yours before it sells out, reply "spot" and I’ll send you the details right now. Dan Whenever you're ready, there are 2 ways I can help you:
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