008 - Identifying the Essentials in Your Life
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On a more personal note, I started an online course to become a better writer. To follow my work, head over to Medium.
Writing can save you time. Publishing ideas on paper is how you create intellectual capital because writing is how you make your ideas permanent. Words on paper are the closest thing we have to time travel. Once you write something down, you can remix and reuse the ideas for the rest of your life - David Perell
Coolest things I listened to this week
🎧 Podcasts
On Purpose - Jay Shetty and Greg McKeown - Essentialism & Doing Less To Get The Most Out Of Your Life
This episode blew me out of the water, as true breakthrough information can do.
In life, there are 2 paths: one path you suppose to be walking on, and another where you’re currently on. These paths will never meet, so make sure you’re walking the right path.
Essentialism is all about saying YES to the things that matter most.
Stop thinking that life is only about productivity and get back to the essentials.
Continue listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
North Star Podcast - David Perell & Morgan Housel - Writing for the Internet
The internet is built upon words, so in order to share your message, your words have to be picked consciously.
The job now is to come up with ideas and work with our heads - a true power shift in the labor market.
This and more, continue listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
The Daily Stoic - 5 Life-Changing Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
Stoicism in a time of pandemic: this is how Marcus Aurelius can help.
He frequently applies Stoic philosophy to the challenges of coping with pain, illness, anxiety, and loss.
Modern Stoics tend to call this “the dichotomy of control” and many people find this distinction alone helpful in alleviating stress. What happens to me is never directly under my control, never completely up to me, but my own thoughts and actions are – at least the voluntary ones. The pandemic isn’t really under my control but the way I behave in response to it is.
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Here's what I recommend for reading this week 📝
Until next week!
Cheers,
- Jessie