The spotlight effect. What’s different about today’s AI? Level five leadership: the triumph of humility and fierce resolve.

Welcome to the 57th 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

“The Spotlight Effect” by Sahil Bloom.

The Spotlight Effect is a common psychological phenomenon where we overestimate the degree to which other people notice or observe our actions, behaviors, appearance, or results. It's grounded in egocentric bias—the tendency to see everything through our "Player 1" lens and believe that our perspective is the only perspective.

Personal development

• The spotlight effect.
• Timeboxing: why it works and how to get started.
• The art of being alone.
• Strategies to promote better sleep.
• How to manage your time & get more done.
• Emotionally intelligent people use three simple phrases to cope with emotions.
• On mastery.
• The Feynman technique.

Innovation

• What’s different about today’s AI?
• The next era of gaming and AI.
• What is chatGPT doing … and why does it work?.
• Brainstorming resources.
• 2022 was a hard year for crypto, but the industry needed it.
• Top findings from the IPCC climate change report 2023.
• Why uncertainty is your friend if you’re looking for big returns.
• Quantum computing talent is not on pace with funding.

Leadership and management

• Level 5 leadership: the triumph of humility and fierce resolve.
• Teamwork.
• Learning from Ahmad Jamal about moving ideas.
• What is the accountability ladder? (+how leaders can use it).
• Connect and create.
• The past and future of the office: a visual timeline of workplaces.
• Bridges transition model.
• The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.

One book

“The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries.