💭 # 7 - Caring for Ourselves and Others
Caring / Optimising Ourselves to Death / Optimism for 2021 / Happiness is a Skill
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now. ~ Marcus Aurelius
optimal thinking
💯 Our brains are really bad at understanding large numbers. This leads to a bug in our moral wiring whereby we care more when one person suffers than when many suffer. This piece reflects on the ethical challenge and how to deal with it.
📖 Reading tips from Bill Gates. And one tip from me: Don't feel bad about 'giving up' on a book. Many of us feel guilty about dropping a book half way through. I decided to ignore this feeling, and now happily drop a book if I am not enjoying it. As a result, I read more.
living intentionally
🥵 We're optimising ourselves to death. What if every new service, productivity youtube guru, or the latest todo app are contributing to an increased underlying sense of anxiety?
🦁 We are struggling to overcome the industrial age mindset of productivity. This article will make you think differently about your own productivity in an exponential age.
finding meaning
🌄 Optimism 2020 2021. These 15 short quips on optimism were written at the beginning of 2020, but I think we could all still do with a dose of optimism. Don't you?
🥳 Happiness is a skill you can develop. Naval, as always brings a refreshing level clarity and insight in this podcast. Complement with: Happiness Is Not a Mountain. It Is a Landscape.
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