Tools for Change - February 2022
Dr. Chris Stout
LinkedIn Top Voice | Best Selling Author | Adventurer | Startup Whisperer | (Accidental) Humanitarian | APA's "Rockstar" Psychologist | éminence Grise
Welcome to the latest Edition of Tools for Change – A Convenient Digest and Curated Collection of Information, Tools and Resources to Help You in Your Life and Work
I’m all about change and adaptation, and of course, the requisite tools. So, in a meta-aspect, this newsletter is changing.
The initial focus was pretty pandemic-centric and, honestly a bit long to read.
So, while we’re staying true to our provision of tools, our curation is moving beyond just the public health aspects of Covid, and leaning in to briefer points with links for readers to do deeper dives where there’s an interest.
The idea is a curated, monthly digest of tools that can help you live your life in full and be of help to others. That said, you will continue to see a set of always free, open-source tools supporting DIY Humanitarianism as well.
We’re open to your questions along with your suggestions for “Tool Boxes” you’d like us to add. Thanks for subscribing, and please share and encourage others to subscribe as well. Thanks. Chris, Editor
On Living a Life in Full
February’s Guest on my podcast is none other than April Rinne. April is equal parts global authority, advocate, ally and adventurer. She spent the first half of her career focused on global development and financial inclusion, and the latter half on the “new” digital economy and the future of work. For more than two decades, she has seen emerging trends early, understands their potential, and helps others do the same.
Her new book Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change is part personal guidebook, part strategic roadmap, and part blank canvas for discovery, Flux provides a refreshing, unconventional take on navigating change today and far into the future. Each of the eight Flex Superpowers helps you see differently and ground you in your truth. Our conversation is not to be missed if you want to learn how to be empowered to thrive – no matter what changes come your way.
We have a great discussion of the eight flux superpowers, which she calls a “Bento box for the mind.” Tune in on your favorite platform.
Tools for Productivity
To Find Clever Solutions, Think Subtraction Stuck on a problem you can’t seem to solve? You may be overlooking “subtractive solutions”—ideas that involve taking something away instead of adding something new. Research has found that people don’t always consider these solutions, even though they’re often more effective.(Source:?Ars Technica)
How to Problem-Solve While You Sleep Our brain can work on problem-solving while we’re asleep. But how do we spark these “Utility Dreams”? For starters, spend some time thinking about the problem you want to solve before you go to sleep. Then, revisit the problem the following morning. (Source:?Slate)
Keep Brainstorming: Your Best Ideas Are Still to Come There’s a myth that the best ideas arrive quickly. But new research shows that’s not true—and encourages us to press on for more and better solutions. (Source:?Northwestern)
Tools for Founders
Use?this "SAS" rule?to quickly diffuse conflict and end arguments. --Inc.
Every entrepreneur needs a good lawyer–and?these four tips?for managing said lawyer. –Inc.
Boost your employee retention efforts with?these eight smart ideas. –Inc.
Iceland tested a four-day workweek at the same compensation as normal.?Across the board, it was a success.?Less BS creating the illusion of?work; more productivity; and more time to do what you want?with your life (instead of creating the illusion of working).?
Venture Capital meets Primary Care?(Healthy Conversations)
Tough compassion?is deep kindness coupled with high standards.
Books are some of the Best Tools
Here are some of the best, check out the?100 Book Giveaway.
Tools to Be Aware of What’s Impacting Health & Medicine?
Triage, Diagnostics & Care
“Electronic Nose” Accurately Sniffs Out Cancer?(Technology Networks)
An eye-opening read on the amount of personal data that is being collected always, and what to do about it: "Defying the Data Priests."
Future of Therapy?
The quest for a pill to fight viruses gets a $3.2 billion boost?(Washington Post)
Digital Health
Apple wants to own the interface between you and your doctor?(Fast Company)
Paving the way for the telehealth revolution?(The Hill)
Amazon launches digital health accelerator?(Fierce Healthcare)
AI & Big Data
What if an AI wins the Nobel prize for medicine??(Economist)
The?World Health Organization?has issued its first guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The?150-page report?sets forth six principles for ethical use of AI, some of which contrast sharply with existing use and regulation. On the list:?
1.????Humans should remain in control of health care systems and medical decisions.
2.????AI products should be required to meet standards for safety, accuracy and efficacy within well-defined use cases.
3.????AI developers should be transparent about how products are designed and function before they’re used.?
4.????Health care businesses that rely on AI should ensure they are used under appropriate conditions by trained personnel.
5.????AI must be designed to encourage inclusiveness and equality.?
The performance of AI applications should be continuously and transparently assessed?during actual use.
Genomics & Gene Therapy
The Human Genome Is—Finally!—Complete?(The Atlantic)
23andMe: Genetics Goes?Public?(Forbes)
Neuroscience + Mental Health
“If you broke your leg and came to me for help, you wouldn’t apologize...This is no different...If we start honoring mental health like we honor getting rad in the mountains, lives will be saved."
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Global Health
The Fundamental Question of the Pandemic is Shifting?(The Atlantic)
Tools for Health and Wellness
Eating a Hot Dog Could Take 36 Minutes off Your Life We know the foods we eat impact how long we live. Now researchers have created an index of 5,853 foods with the effect each could have on our longevity. For example, eating a hot dog might trim up to 36 minutes off your life. Yikes! However, the researchers make a point of saying the goal of this index is simply to illustrate the potential impact of different foods. No need to bring a calculator to the dinner table. (Source:?CNN)
How Much Time Should You Spend Outside? Try the ‘20-5-3’ Rule Spending time outdoors can improve your memory, cognition, and mood, but how much time is needed? This article offers specific recommendations and a crucial caveat: Researchers have found that people who spend their outdoor time staring at their phones experience reduced benefits. (Source:?Prevention)
Exercise and Healthy Eating Aren’t the Only Way to Live Longer Is finding purpose one of your new year’s health resolutions? Perhaps it should be. A strong sense of purpose can reduce your risk of mortality by about 17% — which is similar to the impact of following a healthy diet. (Source:?The Washington Post)
Follow Your Blister, Not Your Passion Success in any discipline requires a level of resilience that can’t be sustained by fleeting emotions. That’s why this article encourages you to follow your blisters, not your passion. In other words, as you weigh long-term opportunities, pay special attention to the tasks and goals that keep drawing you in, despite their difficulty. (Source:?HBR)
Why Pursuing a Dual Career Can Make You Happier We’ve long been told that the key to success is finding the one thing we can do better than anyone else. But what if specializing is undermining our life satisfaction? This fascinating article argues that hyper-specialization can sabotage your happiness—and makes a compelling argument for pursuing dual-careers. (Source:?The Atlantic)
Thoughts of Work Invaded My Life—Until I Learned This A simple key to achieving healthy work-life balance: Only deal with work-related tasks when you can give them your full attention. Otherwise, you’re just feeding your brain distractions to worry about. (Source:?Science.org)
Who are the fittest athletes of 2022? If you're comparing athletes across all disciplines and coming up with a ranking, you’d need a team of experts on physiology to even attempt that. Sports Illustrated to the rescue! Take a look at “Sports Illustrated's Fittest 50 2022.”
Tools for Public Health
Tools for Global Work and Policy
Tools for Finding Conferences
Tools for Healthcare Career Insights
Technology is giving physicians more patient time –?The real-world value of technology: How assistive solutions are giving clinicians more time to care?(Becker's Hospital Review)
To maximize your pay, you may want to avoid working in these states –?Best states for physicians in 2021: 5 states with the lowest physician salary?(Physicians Practice)
Fighting burnout isn't a physician problem, it's a culture problem –?Are we wrong about the causes of physician burnout??(Medical Economics)
Is discrimination inherent in healthcare? –?Physicians, patients see race and trust in healthcare differently, poll finds?(Healthcare Dive)
DiversityMD is a Career Job Board and Information Resource for Physicians regardless of age, race, gender, religion, education, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or physical characteristics. We are a “niche” website for Physicians of all levels of practice from Medical Students, Residents, Fellows on up to Medical Directors and CMO’s.
New study finds rocket scientists and brain surgeons actually aren't smarter than average.?But one small thing does set them apart. –Inc.
Tools for Fun (Like a gym membership for your brain)
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New study finds rocket scientists and brain surgeons actually aren't smarter than average.?But one small thing does set them apart. (Inc.)
Tools for Humanitarian Intervention
Please visit our website: https://www.centerforglobalinitiatives.org/ We’re proud to be a top ranked Great Nonprofit (since 2013!) and to have achieved Platinum Level from GuideStar.
Tools for Connecting
If you would like to see more frequent and engage with others, please join the open Facebook groups at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ALifeInFull and ?https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives
Tools for Better Understanding Science
As I have opined in past articles like How to Protect Yourself from Fad Science and my three part series, The Reproducibility Problem—Can Science be Trusted? , —Shame on us?, and —What’s a Scientist to do??This is a near-and-dear topic and concern of mine.
And my four parter:?Strong Opinions Loosely Held: Science, Psychology, Misinformation, Vaccines, and Prosocial Ways to Respond
Tools for Travel Help
Hesitant to book that vacation or business trip??Bloomberg’s Covid Travel Tracker?uses data gathered each week from reporters on the ground—restrictions and requirements related to restaurants, bars, nightclubs, offices, museums, hotels, shopping centers and public transportation and spaces—to?monitor to-and-from travel restrictions in 40 global cities. Grades for each?destination on ease of travel, openness?and vaccination rates are updated regularly.
Tools for Pandemic Assistance
Here is a handy fact-checking website to cut through Covid vaccine misinformation. It includes: “Places to go for accurate information include the CDC (which already has a FAQ about Covid vaccines), the FDA, major hospital websites such as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Vaccine Education Center, and reliable fact-checker websites.”?You can find?a list of those websites here, courtesy of the University of California.
Get the?latest updates here, as well as?maps?and a?vaccine tracker.
Look up case rates?for almost every country.
Here’s where to find?affordable tests.
Virus resources:?Here are the latest rules?|?Global Maps & Cases?|?Global vaccinations?|?Vaccine Q. and A, and?see how the vaccine rollout is going in your county and state.
These?seven podcasts?will help you navigate feelings about the world reopening, and ease you back into society at your own pace.
Click here?to download the Internet Resource Guide: COVID-19 and Grief.
Finally, please learn about the Free Research on COVID-19 from APA Journals. APA Publishing is committed to sharing the latest psychological research on COVID-19 with the public. They invite you to browse their free collection of articles published across the APA Journals portfolio. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, psychology experts across the field have provided critical guidance and support to communities in need. Many APA editors adopted a rapid review process during this time, to ensure that timely, peer reviewed research was made available to the public as quickly as possible. This is very generous of APA and demonstrates editors’ and scientists’ work and dedication to the field, as well as that of their reviewers and those involved in getting this crucial research published quickly. Their frequently updated collection, you will find articles on the behavioral and public health, bias, discrimination, and equity, economic stress and mental health, education, training, and distance learning, healthcare personnel and other frontline workers, international perspectives on COVID-19, stress, anxiety, and grief, and telework and telepsychology. Click here to see more.
In Closing
And even though I know our readers are very smart, I nevertheless have to say that this newsletter does not provide medical, psychological, legal, financial, healthcare, or any other form of advice. As I have said elsewhere, don’t be a knucklehead.
Big thank you to meta-sourcing sites and folks: Ron Friedman, PhD, Inc., and Medpage - be sure to check them out. And as always, I have no financial, marketing or affiliate relationship with any of the sources noted herein.
Cheers, and keep in touch,
?Chris
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Bachelor of Commerce - BCom from Nizam College at Hyderabad Public School
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Writing to Help Myself and Others - Firebird Book Award Winner.
3 年Thanks again Chris! I love your shift from problem to solution. Many of your items remind me of what I wrote in my book Paging Dr. Within. I'm in the process of re-writing this book into smaller better books. Wish me luck! Paging Dr. Within: How to Become, Be, and/or Make a “Patient Listener” and/or a “Super Symptom Checker” - describes the Concepts of a "Patient Listener" and a "Super Symptom Checker" – Human, Technology, and/or Technology-Assisted Human – Considering the "Big Picture" around Health and/or Symptoms. – Ebook and/or Paperback- https://books2read.com/u/mBgJnA