💭 #6 - Mental Junk Food
Mental toughness / Systems thinking / Mental junk food / Stories / Mediocrity
Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are. —José Ortega y Gasset, Man and Crisis
optimal thinking
💪 How mentally tough people use mental toughness to build resilience. Being mentally resilient is pretty helpful when life gets difficult. Compliment with: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
🛠 The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking. I never really understood what systems thinking was. Then I read this article, and now I can't stop thinking about it.
living intentionally
🍔 In the 20th Century fast food was invented. Now in the 21st Century we have the informational equivalent - mental junk food. As we do with food, perhaps we need to think about our information diet? Compliment with: A Case for Conscious Consumption
📱 We're selling our attention to the lowest bidder. What could we achieve if we took back control from our apps?
finding meaning
📚 I have talked about stories before on this newsletter and how important they are in determining how our lives unfold. Amjad argues that we should take tough decisions based on what makes the best story. Compliment with: Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything
🛋 In Praise of Mediocrity. Not everything done has to be done well?
Welcome to everyone who joined the newsletter this week. I hope that some of the ideas here resonated with you and help you live more intentionally.
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Thanks for reading 🙏
Jamie
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