- TJ Power
- Humans love effort - learn to love doing things the long way
- Don't just chase dopamine - try to find a balance between dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin & endorphins (DOSE)
- Make access to DMN a priority - allowing self to dream, imagine, create etc.
- Stop Doomscrolling!!
- Silent walks in the forest.
- Michael Wooldridge
- AI can be clever, and it can be gimmicky, but it's not yet useful in a human way.
- Learning to use AI so support your own 'usefulness'.
- Fundamentals of life don't change, tools just get better.
- Joanna Jensen
- "The world doesn't change when someone has an idea. It changes when someone refuses to let it go".
- Don't take rejection personally, take it as information.
- Sam Aaron
- Software called Sonic Pi which teaches people to code using music composition.
- Using music to learn code / code to create art rather than for business - code as its own language.
- Relationship between Maths and Music (again) - would be interesting to look more into this in relation to acoustics.
- Don't trust AI implicitly.
- Kevin Quantum
- Three steps to creating the life you want:
- Choose who you want to become.
- Change your social environment.
- Throw yourself into transformational experiences at pace (don't lose momentum).
- Jess Venner
- New book on the ordinary lives of people in Pompeii < could be fun.
- Making meaning and hope with whatever you've got - both on a societal level, and on a personal one.
- Sahara Bhanot
- Rare earth metals in electronics are not currently being recycled, they just get burned, which is crazy because they are such an important commodity and are increasingly difficult to extract.
- Using biology to redefine waste.
- Find companies like this which are actually interested in solving real problems, being environmentally-conscious and moving society towards a greener future.
- Personally, find better ways to utilise existing resources.
- Chris Bailey
- Values theory based on the work of Shalom Schwartz (Schwartz identified 10 fundamental values, Bailey has 12)
- Productivity = intentionality, so therefore being aware of your values allows you to have a more productive life.
- Knowing, loving and working with your values can help unlock motivational power.
- Aligning goals to values (which I have already done, so maybe there's a next step of actually living a life where I focus myself more on those goals).
- Julian Treasure
- Listening as an underrated / under-taught skill.
- Listening in order to understand - create a more understanding world.
- Three tips for improving listening skills:
- Spend time in silence.
- Pay attention to your soundscape - is it harmonious? is it helpful? does it make you happy?
- 4 Cs of good listening: Conscious, Committed, Compassionate, Curious
- Jill Scott
- Protect your dream.
- Do things your own way, make sure you're working with people who allow that.
- Build relationships with your team.
- It's okay to not have a 'plan', as long as you're pursuing the things you want.
- "Not the splash you remember, but the dive".
- Alex Partridge
- Struggles of living with RSD - has a new book coming out on this which would be good to read.
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