What I’m Reading – The Week of November 10th

Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read, watched or listened to this week.

  • How Nostalgia Can Help Us Find Our Meaning in Life  (PODCAST)

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-353-nostalgia-benefits-downsides/

Clay takes us deep into the psychology of nostalgia. We begin by discussing what exactly nostalgia is, what it feels like, and what induces nostalgic feelings. Clay then delves into the benefits of nostalgia, such as alleviating depression and loneliness and providing meaning in your life.

  • On Living a Perfectly Imperfect Life

https://medium.com/personal-growth/wabi-sabi-the-japanese-philosophy-for-a-perfectly-imperfect-life-11563e833dc0

It’s about being compassionate with yourself as you are, and building on whatever that is — not feverishly trying to rebuild yourself in order to pose as something else entirely.”

  • How The Ones We Love Destroy Us (On Veteran Suicide)

https://havokjournal.com/culture/ones-love-destroy-us-ones-love-save-us/

“I have failed many times, over and over again. I have sinned. I have judged. I have caused pain in the lives of my family members and friends. But so is the burden of life. I recognize my sins and mistakes. And I learn from them. ”

  • On Strategy and Execution

https://25iq.com/2018/10/28/execution-is-everything/

Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different. The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”

  • On The Advantages of Being Underemployed

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-advantage-of-being-a-little-bit-underemployed/

It’s not about working less. It’s the opposite: A lot of knowledge jobs basically never stop, and without structuring time to think and be curious you wind up less efficient during the hours that are devoted to sitting at your desk cranking out work.

  • On Stories That Saved a Prisoner’s Life

https://medium.com/s/library-stories/the-books-that-saved-my-life-in-prison-d0c5b8f86f34

I didn’t just live for that library. I lived because of that library. The Patuxent prison library saved me from crushing despair. It saved hundreds of other guys, too.”

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