Happy New Year and welcome to the 43rd issue of ‘How Curious!’ ✌️ I've been in Ireland since early De
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January 6 · Issue #43 · View online
A short monthly newsletter packed with awesome new discoveries and personal recommendations!
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Happy New Year and welcome to the 43rd issue of ‘How Curious!’ ✌️ I’ve been in Ireland since early December. It’s been great spending so much time with family. Remote work can be glorious! 🇮🇪🎄 I hope to move back to the sun and beach next month. The Canary Islands may be one of the best places to see out the rest of the pandemic. Let me know if you’re there now or plan to move soon! ☀️🇮🇨
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Christmas day stroll in Cork
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Tell me the facts and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever. - Proverb Try new things, but always keep a realistic option to quit. If you’re on the wrong train, every stop is the wrong stop. - Daniel Vassallo When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
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Annotate the web, with anyone, anywhere.
When reading online articles I use Hypothesis to highlight interesting passages and add notes. All my highlights, notes, and tags are then synced to my notes app so they can easily be revisited. Their mission to “bring an open conversation over the whole web” is pretty cool, and the product also has neat features to facilitate group collaboration.
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The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Nora lived a life of misery and regret. She gets a chance to live as if she had done things differently and to undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. I rarely read fiction but loved this book, as did my Mom and my sister. Kudos to Claudia for the recommendation. ‘So, you see? Sometimes regrets aren’t based on fact at all. Sometimes regrets are just . . .’ She searched for the appropriate term and found it. ‘A load of bullshit.’
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Storyworthy - Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
This book is an awesome guide if you want to be a better storyteller. It’s packed with actionable tips that will immediately open your mind to all the stories around you. See ‘Homework for Life’ below. Your story must reflect change over time. A story cannot simply be a series of remarkable events. You must start out as one version of yourself and end as something new. The change can be infinitesimal. It need not reflect an improvement in yourself or your character, but change must happen.
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We Have Everything We Need: How To Thrive When Nothing Is Certain - Jindy Mann
Last year I had the pleasure of working with Jindy. Although I’ve missed our coffee chats this book is a great reminder of his insightful mind and way with words. It is a collection of inquiries about what we need to adapt and transform in a world that is changing faster than we can keep pace. All profits from the book are donated to UK mental health charities. There are many possible interpretations of past events. Pick the interpretation that best serves you in growing. Believe not what’s true, but what’s helpful.
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⚠️ Service warning. The Breaker podcast app recommended in ‘How Curious!’ issue #3 is shutting down on 15th January after being purchase by Twitter. Your subscriptions can easily be exported, view instructions here. I take many notes as I listen to podcasts so switched to Airr a few months ago. It was my favourite tech product in 2020!
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#485: Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success | The Tim Ferriss Show
Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld’s ( @jerryseinfeld) comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed up with fellow comedian Larry David to create what was to become the most successful comedy series in the history of television: Seinfeld. This episode explores the challenges creatives face when developing new materials. It’s inspiring to see the grit and determination required to reach the top level of your craft.
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100 Ways To Live Better - LessWrong
Books are great, but there is also something magical about reading advice lists! For less than five minutes of reading time there’s a high chance you’ll pick up a few nuggets that may stick with you for life. I highlighted over 20 items in this list, including:
#41 - Old: buy 20 of the same pair of black socks so you don’t have to worry about matching. Bold: buy 20 colourful pairs and don’t worry about matching.
#50 - Any <$100 purchase that may turn into a hobby is worth it even if the hit rate is low. Sports equipment, a musical instrument, art supplies, etc. If it doesn’t catch on, gift it to a friend.
#106 - If you think you’re running 10 minutes late, text to say you’ll be 15 minutes late. That way the other person gets one disappointment and one pleasant surprise. Most people do the opposite: they say they’re 5 minutes late when it’s 10 and end up annoying the other and looking like total fools.
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Distributing the COVID Vaccine: The Greatest Logistics Challenge Ever (15mins)
Frustrated by the pace of vaccine distribution? This video gives a superb overview of the logistical challenges of distributing COVID vaccines.
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Different Types of Self-Care - Visual
A great visual that displays the different types of self-care for each aspect of your life (physical, emotional, social, financial, etc.).
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52 things I learned in 2020. by Tom Whitwell | Fluxx Studio Notes |
Neat list of 52 things the author learned in 2020. My favourites include: #3 The hold music you hear when you phone Octopus Energy is personalised to your customer account: it’s a number one record from the year you were 14. #17 Nearly 10% of the revenue of the nation of Tuvalu comes from its control of the .tv domain used by companies like twitch.tv
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I’ve introduced a simple but powerful reflection technique suggested in ‘Storyworthy’. At the end of each day, I now write down one sentence on a thing about today that makes it different from any other day. I find this primes my brain to identify memorable moments each day. Easy but impactful!
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Identifying unique and memorable moments each day.
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The great thing is that goal setting in 2021 is super easy. You just find the goals file you wrote for 2020 and change the file name.
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