Jack Kornfield: finding inner calm. Reverse brainstorming. The evolution of working from home.

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Welcome to the 71st 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.

Let’s dive in!

One “must read” for this week

“Jack Kornfield: finding inner calm” interview with Shane Parrish.

How we live depends on which seeds we water. If we water and tend those healthy seeds, those are what will grow in us. And those become who we are in response to the world.

It’s said in the Buddhist teachings that intention is also the basis of karma or cause and effect, that the state behind your action matters as well as the action itself.

Personal development

• Jack Kornfield: finding inner calm
• It’s time to face the three challenges of learning
• Every second counts
• How to network without making your skin crawl
• Six principles for athletes that work for work, too
• Become friends with your future self
• Peace negotiations with yourself
• How to pass any first-round interview (even in a terrible talent market)

Innovation

• Reverse brainstorming
• AI outperforms humans in creativity test
• ChatGPT on steroids: code interpreter
• How to train generative AI using your company’s data
• Speed x AI
• 13 principles for using AI responsibly
• How AI will accelerate the end of the 5-day week
• A systematic roadmap to product/market fit

Leadership and management

• The evolution of working from home
• Why it is sometimes okay to burn bridges at work
• Imposter syndrome: why does it happen & what to do about it?
• Tips for navigating a work-martyr culture where masochism is confused with commitment
• The keys to digital leadership
• Complexity
• Leading distributed agile teams
• Celebrate to win

One book

“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie.