Fresh Feeling

Interesting Reads

The Eight Secrets To A Fairly Fulfilled Life
Oliver Burkeman shares a lot of great life advice. In his last column in The Guardian, he puts forth refreshing thoughts. Here are the top few I loved:

• There will always be too much to do – and this realisation is liberating. Doing it all is impossible, choose to invest your time on things that matter.

• When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. Choose the decision that will help you to grow, since we usually are bad at predicting what makes us happy.

• The capacity to tolerate minor discomfort is a superpower. Pushing yourself a little (even if it brings mild irritation, stress or boredom) brings you immense rewards.

• Know when to move on. Sometimes, something you’re passionate about will reach its natural end - it’s ok to move on to what’s next.

What It’s Like To Remember Every Face You’ve Ever Seen
Interesting piece by Psyche on the lives of super-recognisers who possess the ability to remember faces over long stretches of time. I cracked up when the super-recognisers mentioned that their skills have the potential to make people feel uncomfortable.

Learning

How To Hire Low Experience, High Potential People
Finding diamonds in the rough is not easy, but the impact of doing so is huge. Here are some useful tips on how to identify people with high potential.

• Look for resourcefulness & follow-through. Ask questions about their best “X”. If it's not good, you know that their best isn't good enough.

• Highlight challenges in the upcoming role and check out their responses. High-potential people are usually excited about the challenge and want to make an impact.

• Check that they have coachability: are self-aware enough about their own performance, and willing to take feedback. Case studies, take-home assessments provide a wonderful chance to watch them react in real time.

Playbooks on How To Manage A Virtual / Executive Assistant
My friend Kevin has created amazing playbooks on how you can work together with an executive assistant to get more time back in your day. There’s really great content around Inbox Management, Calendar Management and more.

How To Tie A Secure Shoelace Knot
How many times have you stopped during your day to re-tie an untied shoe? As an active person, I was finding myself halting every few hours. After yet another pause to rescue my laces, I wondered — am I doing this wrong? Down the rabbit hole I went in search of answers. And let me tell you, it was humbling. It turns out my go-to shoelace knot is one of the least secure options out there. I spent a few minutes watching this video and re-learning how to tie a knot. It’s been a week and I’m happy I took the time to relearn this.

Resources & Tools

Gobble Bot - Use Gobble Bot to turn a website, PDF or video into a single text file to use to train a custom GPT.

Who Brings - Create group packing lists for your next holiday or camping trip so you don’t forget to bring things.

Session Lab’s Facilitation Library - A comprehensive library of more than 1,200 facilitation techniques across different categories (team building, idea generation, decision making).

Brain Snacks

Setapp is a suite of productivity tools for Mac that helps you do your work better & faster. The right app, when you need it.

Namecheap is my favorite domain registrar, if you’re looking to set up your own domain!

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Take A Brain Break

Sticker Baker - Put an image in and this web app will help you create a sticker

Antipodes - Find the exact opposite point on the globe from your current location. The antipode of Barcelona is somewhere in the ocean off of New Zealand.

Quotes