Promoting yourself vs promoting your ideas. Teambuilding through laughter yoga. The idea maze.
Journal of discoveries - 6th of January 2024
Welcome to a new issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.”
Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.
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And now, let’s dive in!
One “must” for this week
"Promoting yourself vs promoting your ideas". A clip from the conversation between Adam Grant and Jay Shetty.
Promoting yourself is saying “look at me look at how great I am. I’m special”
Idea promotion is to say “I made something I’m proud of. I hope it’s valuable to you”
Self-promotion focuses on showcasing oneself and seeking personal recognition, while idea promotion centers around sharing valuable creations and hoping to benefit others.
Personal development
Promoting yourself vs promoting your ideas
The ABC goal system
Overcoming procrastination
Compounding - the rice and the chessboard
The anti-to-do list
How am I supposed to do that: the most important negotiation question
Building trust and rapport on video through nonverbal behaviors
Why you should build a “Career Portfolio” (not a “Career Path”)
Innovation
The idea maze
How AI fits into lean six sigma
Ethical AI and self-organization
That AI you’re using was trained by slave labor, basically
ChatGPT workflows compared: are you team centaur or team cyborg?
Progressive ownership: a model for application tokens
Forward Thinking on how geeks are changing the world with Andrew McAfee
Y Combinator CEO: the key to writing for startups & entrepreneurs
Leadership and management
Teambuilding through laughter yoga
When and why employee curiosity annoys managers
Employee negativity is like wildfire. Manage it before it spreads
Good management saves lives
Principal-Agent problem: act like an owner (on delegation)
24 leadership principles from the greatest business, military, political, and sports leaders
The science of intelligent failure
One book
“The art of impossible: a peak performance primer” by Steven Kotler.
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