The first agreement: be impeccable with your word. The Lindy effect on startup potential. State of the global workplace report.

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

"The first agreement: be impeccable with your word " by Miguel Ruiz.

In his vision: "The word is not just a sound or a written symbol. The word is a force; it is the power you have to express and communicate, to think and thereby to create the events in your life."

He urges us to speak with integrity, saying only what we mean, avoiding using the word to gossip about others, and ultimately against ourselves.

Instead, we can use the power of our word in the direction of truth and love.

Personal development

• The first agreement: be impeccable with your word
• The upside of feeling dissatisfied with the world : how to work your "weltschmerz"
• This is what you belong to
• Attention residue : the productivity killer
• How actors remember their lines
• Writer math
• Tools for critical thinking
• Much of what you're going to do or say today is not essential

Innovation

• The Lindy effect on startup potential
• Apple intelligence preview
• Let's reproduce GPT-2 (124M)
• What Apple's AI tells us: experimental models
• Visualizing the training costs of AI models over time
• Building your own AI database agent
• This MIT chatbot simulates your 'Future Self.' It's here to help you make better decisions.
• The internet of things explained

Leadership and management

• State of the global workplace report
• The paths to power : how to grow your influence and advance your career
• Good design can obscure poor logic
• The four stages of psychological safety
• The power of generosity in ecosystems
• Return-to-office mandates : power play or productivity push?
• Why no one listens to a leader's advice
• Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance

One book

“Outlive: the science and art of longevity ” by Peter Attia.