Grant Gochnauer: Awesome Humans — Issue #187
Awesome Human
How to Grow Up: A Guide to Humans — getpocket.com
“You cannot conspire for happiness. It is impossible. But often this is what people try to do, especially when they seek out self-help and other personal development advice — they are essentially saying, “Show me the rules of the game I have to play; and I’ll play it.” Not realizing that it’s the fact that they think there are rules to happiness that’s actually preventing them from being happy. While people who navigate the world through bargaining and rules can get far in the material world, they remain crippled and alone in their emotional world. This is because transactional values create toxic relationships — relationships that are built on manipulation.”
This Is How To Make Your Kids Successful: 4 Secrets From Research — www.bakadesuyo.com
Highly recommend this read even if you don’t have kids — great perspective on the hard work it takes to succeed. Also the author has a great sense of humor.
“Bestselling science author David Epstein provides new insights on what you need to do as a parent to make your kids successful.”
Millennials and Gen Z Are Increasingly Pessimistic About Their Lives, Survey Finds — www.bloomberg.com
“Uneasiness and pessimism abound among the majority of the world’s population.
Deloitte has released its Global Millennial Survey of 13,416 Millennials (born between 1983 and 1994) spread across 42 countries and 3,009 Gen Z respondents (born between 1995 and 2002) from 10 countries. The firm has conducted the survey for the past eight years.”
3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking — hbr.org
“Too many business leaders are simply not reasoning through pressing issues, taking the time to evaluate a topic from all sides. Leaders often jump to the first conclusion, whatever the evidence. Even worse, C-suite leaders will just choose the evidence that supports their prior beliefs. A lack of metacognition — or thinking about thinking — is also a major driver, making people simply overconfident.
The good news is that critical thinking is a learned skill.”
The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life (30 Page Summary)
“This book is about how to create what you want in life. Once a person makes a conscious choice to be the predominant creative force in their own life, that life is changed forever: possibilities open up, projects are born from other projects, and the practice of being true to yourself, your project, your vision of life, becomes more and more effortless. “
Healthy Human
Burgers, berries, bread: 10 foods you should consider buying organic
“Many are wary of chemical residues frequently found in foods grown with pesticides. If your budget and time are limited, here’s a good place to start”
How you sleep predicts your personality, new study finds — bigthink.com
“People that suffer from emotional instability tend to exhibit poor sleep duration, continuity, and subjective sleep quality. Conscientiousness people report less variability in sleep duration and continuity. The study shows that how you sleep this week likely predicts your personality five years from now.”
Gut bacteria may contribute to autism symptoms, mouse study finds — www.sciencemag.org
“Genes are a powerful driver of risk for autism, but some researchers suspect another factor is also at play: the set of bacteria that inhabits the gut. That idea has been controversial, but a new study offers support for this gut-brain link. It reveals that mice develop autism-like behaviors when they are colonized by microbes from the feces of people with autism. The result doesn’t prove that gut bacteria can cause autism. But it suggests that, at least in mice, the makeup of the gut can contribute to some hallmark features of the disorder.”
New research shows gut bacteria alter the effects of medication — bigthink.com
“New research from Yale confirms that gut bacteria alters the effects of medication. Researchers tested 271 oral drugs against 76 different types of bacteria in an extensive study. This news could have important effects on how doctors prescribe medicine in the future.”
Human Builders
How To Create A Career — getpocket.com
“Don’t chase things like money, status, job titles, and promotions. Stop putting your career in other people’s hands and take control by making conscious decisions.”
A Study of More Than 250 Platforms Reveals Why Most Fail — hbr.org
It’s hard to succeed if you don’t earn users’ trust.
Ramblings from Jessie: Leadership CI — blog.jessfraz.com
“As leaders, before acting or making decisions it would be nice to have a set of tests and checks, established ahead of time, to make sure we are in the right headspace to think, behave and make decisions that are in the best interest of everyone and our company. There are devastating consequences to taking actions based on fear and pride; we hope this set of questions enables taking action based on growth, humility, inclusion, and soulful reflection.”
A compilation of Naval’s wisdom, knowledge and thoughts. — theangelphilosopher.com
“Naval Ravikant is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and entrepreneurs of this generation. He often shares his insightful views on Mindfulness, Startups, Crypto/Blockchain and more on Twitter. His thoughts have reached massive audiences around the world in the past. With this platform, it is now possible to discover and take a deeper dive into all his content, be it podcasts, interviews, tweetstorms, periscopes sessions or blogposts in one unified destination.”
Future Humans
New Research: Human Civilization Will Likely Collapse By 2050 — futurism.com
“A distressing Australian climate change analysis has some pretty bad news: human civilization is set out to collapse by 2050 if we ignore climate change.”
The Navy Says UFOs Are Real. UFO Hunters Are Thrilled — www.vice.com
“A new generation of ufologists are being inspired by military sightings and mainstream news stories.”
One More Thing
Huawei Supply Freeze Points to U.S.-China Tech Cold War — www.bloomberg.com
“We can now expect China to redouble efforts to roll out a homegrown smartphone operating system, design its own chips, develop its own semiconductor technology (including design tools and manufacturing equipment), and implement its own technology standards. This can only accelerate the process of creating a digital iron curtain that separates the world into two distinct, mutually exclusive technological spheres.”
