Filter for quality
Howdy folks, I’ve had my metal detector out this week searching all over the internet for precious metals, you can find my haul below.
Let's dive straight into the filter this week.
1. On bad books (tweet): There are no prizes for finishing books. In the past I’d always try to power through books I wasn’t enjoying because I’d want to ‘complete’ them. But every time I did this I’d fall out of love with reading.
Now I’ve adopted the approach of quiting books if they suck… or if they explain the concept in the first 30 pages then spend the next 170 saying the same thing in different ways.
5. Seth Godin on The Tim Ferris Show (podcast): This was an interesting episode. Seth Godin is a good storyteller who always has well thought out ideas and seems to 2. Finding good opportunities (quote):
If we search for “a good career opportunity,” our brain will serve up scores of pages to explore and work through. Instead, why not conduct an advanced search and ask three questions: “What am I deeply passionate about?” and “What taps my talent?” and “What meets a significant need in the world?” Naturally there won’t be as many pages to view, but that is the point of the exercise. — Greg McKeown
3. The best email (tweet): If you stop opening these emails, expect to see an email like this 😂
4. Starter Story YouTube Channel (video): Starter Story is one of my favorite sites on the internet and over the last few months the founder Pat Walls has been going hard on YouTube. This channel is gold dust for anyone wanting to start a business.
5. Filter for quality (tweet):
6. Paying Attention (article): In the modern world your information diet is everything. It dictates how you think, feel, and act. Everyone has a finite amount of attention and how you choose to spend it is important.
In this article, Morgan Housel makes an interesting point about there being two types of knowledge, expiring and permanent. Expiring knowledge is the type of thing you read in the news but never remember past a day or two. Permanent knowledge is the type of thing that changes how you think.
Most people consume a lot of expiring knowledge but we’d all be better off taking an 80 - 20 approach and trying to consume things that are timeless.
7. Why Only Some of Us Think in Pictures (video): This is a fantastic video from Van Neistat exploring the difference between verbal vs visual thinkers. There’s something very refreshing and therapeutic about Van Neistat’s style of filmmaking, no editing for the algorithm or faked energy.
8. Being creatively disciplined (quote):
Great creative minds think like artists but work like accountants - David Brooks
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- Stephen