Tools for Change – June 2023

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Welcome to the latest edition the monthly newsletter, Tools for Change – A Convenient Digest and Curated Collection of Information, Tools and Resources to Help You in Your Life and Work

New This Month on The Living a Life in Full Podcast is Nick Gray, The Underdog Wunderkind and Superconnector on Living a Life in Full with Dr Chris Stout

Is loneliness the new smoking? A number of studies and polls have recently come out that indicate Americans of all ages, socioeconomic, and geographic locations are more isolated and alone that in any other time in recent history. Some postulate this has been spurred by people isolating themselves via increased screen time, alienating and divisive social media posts, remote working, and perhaps augmented by living in a post-Covid era.

Regardless of the causes, Nick Gray is wielding name tags and a harmonica, and rolling up his sleeves to remedy this new plague, which we’ll be discussing in this episode. But first who is Nick Gray? Well, he is a bit of an underdog wunderkind. Let me explain.

While living in New York and, based on his disdain for museums, but smitten on a date to The Met, he built and launched a multi-million dollar, Inc. 5000 company, called Museum Hack. He also did a TEDx talk about it (which has been watched by more than 75,000 people), and then sold the company, as many of us do. Along the way he also lived in India and produced a Bollywood music video. He’s been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and New York Magazine.

Needless to say, Nick is not your everyday entrepreneur, or person. His latest foray is that of author, and we’ll do a deep dive into his new book, The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, a step-by-step handbook that teaches you how to build relationships by hosting small gatherings. Nick is the poster-boy for living your life in full, connecting with others and building community more so than an audience. Tune in to learn how he does it, and how you can, too.

Be sure to tune in on your favorite platform, or if you’re not into podcasts, read all about it on my LinkedIn Top Voice post.

Well Said

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“Pessimism is an indulgence, orthodoxy is the enemy of invention, despair an insult to the imagination.” - Wade Davis

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”- Steve Jobs

“A personal metric: how much of the day is spent doing things out of obligation rather than out of interest?” - Naval Ravikant

Tools for Productivity

This Ridiculously Simple Productivity Hack - Saves an Hour a Day.

6 time management hacks to regain your energy.?With more of us working at home than ever or adopting more flexible schedules, it's no surprise that maintaining a work-life balance is a bit harder these days. If you've found yourself feeling drained or constantly stretched thin by your schedule, discover six powerful strategies to help you reclaim your calendar and your energy.

How to actually start the task you've been avoiding.?Usually, when we procrastinate, it's because we don't want to confront the uncomfortable feeling that arises when we take the plunge into doing the work. In this article, get schooled on a new skill called transitioning that will help you face your hard-to-do tasks head-on and increase your productivity at work.

Tools for Living Your Life in Full

Wealth, Happiness, and the Pursuit of Enough - Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness from one of my favorite writers, Morgan Housel.?

Kevin Kelly On The Courage It Takes To Live Your Own Life.

Use Warren Buffett's Reverse Obituary Trick to Avoid Regrets.

Evidence-Based Lessons on Living a Good Life.

The Daily Stoic Podcast: David von Drehle On The Pursuit Of A Good And Meaningful Life and related book:?The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

Tools for Being Smarter

How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day - Tim Ferris interviews high performance trainer Josh Waitzkin on the art of learning and how elite performers operate in business and finance. Pair with Boyd and Bronwyn Varty on the art of presence.

Tools for Wealth Management

6 Things About Money (and Building Wealth) You Probably Weren't Taught in School.

The Spectrum of Financial Dependence and Independence - “I did not intend to get rich. I just wanted to get independent.”?While almost everyone can adapt to the specific realities of their situation, having control over your time through independence will always feel great when you have it and always be a miserable burden when you don’t.

There Are 6 Kinds of Wealth. If You're Not Considering All of Them, You'll Never Be Wealthy - If you think your wealth and your net worth are equivalent, you're making a serious mistake.

Tools for Your Career

What to do about a boss who's pinging you at all hours.?These days, it's a miracle if you can leave work at work if you know what we mean. If you could use some help setting better communication boundaries with a manager or boss, learn some tricks right now to start taking back your control (and life).

Making the time to job hunt while working full time.?We all know that searching for a job can feel like a full-time gig on its own.?So look to this guide for a complete job search timeline broken down into four key phases to help you manage your time wisely and efficiently.

The ‘Sunday scaries’ are real - Here’s how to beat the dread and kick-start your week.

3 work red flags that mean it’s time to quit. How you can tell precisely when to move on from an opportunity.

An upcoming guest on my podcast is someone you probably already have been awed by, Michael Bungay Stanier. He is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership competency. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over a million copies sold and thousands of five-star reviews on Amazon. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching. Michael was the first Canadian Coach of the Year, has been named a Global Coaching Guru since 2014 and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. In July you can listen to us discuss his newest book, How to Work with (Almost) Anyone. And if you buy a copy?before June 27th, you’ll get immediate access to a download of the five questions of a Keystone Conversation. If you buy two copies, you unlock all sorts of goodies.

Tools for Investing

Berkshire Hathaway Masterclass 2023 - by Chris Bloomstran

Getting the Sharp End of the Investing Stick - by Jason Zweig

The Investor’s Podcast - Masterclass with Mohnish Pabrai

The Seven Virtues of Great Investors - Curiosity, Skepticism, Independence, Humility, Discipline, Patience, and Courage. Jason Zweig explains how the best like to invest. Pair with Jason Zweig and Morgan Housel discussion.

Tools Just for Fun

And now, a?helpful friend.

Ever wanted to hear what Earth sounded like at the beginning of time? Thanks to biologist David Haskell,?now you can.

Internet culture reporter Kelsey Weekman’s “okay zoomer”?newsletter?guides you through what the kids are up to these days.

This is what?perfect timing?looks like.

Tools for Leadership

Consensus decision-making is surprisingly effective in both communities and workplaces.?Voting might seem like the most democratic way to come to decisions, but in reality, this method leads to silencing voices that need to be heard. Unpack why consensus decision-making might be the new strategy to adopt in your workplace and learn how psychology professor and department chair Mel Rutherford makes the tactic work under his leadership style.

5 Examples That Will Confirm You Were Meant to Be a Leader - What real leadership actually looks like in practice.

How to practice effective decision hygiene.?If you're tired of your team's great ideas leading nowhere due to constant decision-making and changes, dial into this article to discover the best practices for co-creation that'll result in more productivity and less stalling.

My Former Employee Is Badmouthing Me to My Staff - Can I set the record straight with my employees?

Tools for Founders

The 3 key skills any new manager needs to succeed - You’ve gone from task-focused to people-focused, and your success is now tied to the people you lead. Make sure you, and your direct reports, have the support you need.

Technology Entrepreneurship and the Disruption of Ambition - Matt Clifford explores the history of ambition and why it’s important to notice what the most ambitious people in society choose to do with their lives. Pair with with Matt Clifford on investing pre-company.

5 types of emails managers should never send.

The Tech Shortcut Most Entrepreneurs Take That Kills Their Startup.

Business doesn’t have to mean crunching numbers and tracking spreadsheets. With?creative entrepreneurship, you can make a living doing what you love.

3 Strategies for Leaders to Become Better Public Speakers. Entrepreneurs need to get over their fear of public speaking. Here's how to do it.

Are you taking enough risks? (Probably not.)

Tools for Relationships

Get a boost of confidence when you learn people actually like you more than you think.

How to build (and rebuild) trust.

Why it's worth listening to people you disagree with.

Creating a contract - could help you get what you want from your relationship.

How to be happy without relying on others - The goal is to raise your “happiness set point.”

Tools for Health and Wellness

Conquering Alzheimer’s - A look at the therapies of the future

Have a birthday coming up? Look forward to a life of less stress with every passing year.

4 science-backed habits that will keep you mentally sharp into your 70s, from older adults who lived it.

A positive attitude can protect your memory as you age. Here’s how to improve your outlook.

Tools for Fitness and Performance

Outdoor Park HIIT Workout?- 12-minute, equipment-free

Here's a fun, efficient workout?you can do next time you need to get sweaty in a hurry. See how many rounds you can do in 12 minutes.

Tools for Mental Health

No, Lowering Your Expectations Won't Make You Happier - In recent years, it’s become fashionable to suggest that high expectations make us miserable. After all, the more you expect, the less likely you are to ever feel satisfied. But are high expectations really all bad? This article makes a compelling case that high expectations serve as a motivating force that keeps us optimistic in the face of adversity. In contrast, low expectations limit our capacity to develop and grow, leading to feelings of helplessness.

How to get over burnout and find inspiration again.?When you feel like you've lost motivation to do your work, all you might need is a newfound sense of inspiration to refuel you. So, take the advice of four successful professionals in this post, and find your "why" again.

Social media is driving the teen health crisis, warns surgeon general, and Big Tech must act. Vivek Murthy is calling on social media companies to take some ownership of how children use their platforms.

Tools for Creativity

Want to be more creative? Go for a walk

Tools for AI

OpenAI’s hunger for data is coming back to bite it - The company’s AI services may be breaking data protection laws, and there is no resolution in sight.

35 Ways Real People Are Using ChatGPT Right Now - Did you know it can also help you garden, plan an exercise regimen, and prep a meal? This article overviews a wide variety of tasks ChatGPT can help you with to get more done in less time.

How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT - OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough.

Tools for Web3

Is web3 the future of equitable art?

Tools for Your Practice

AutoGPT?is the new disruptive kid on the block - It can apply?ChatGPTs's reasoning to broader, more intricate issues requiring planning & multiple steps. Give it a try?here.

DocsGPT:?a ChatGPT collaborative for clinicians and staff, to enable charting, patient communications, to letters of recommendation for medical students.

ChatPDF:?Enables you to upload, summarize, analyze and?query any PDF.?

Here is how an ER doctor is already using ChatGPT to help treat patients.

Tools from TED

3 secrets of resilient people.

Tools for Technology & Healthcare Trends

Bacteria can be engineered to fight cancer in mice. Human trials are coming - We’re crawling with microbes, and scientists want to use them to treat disease.

Google Cloud launches AI-powered solutions?to safely accelerate drug discovery and precision medicine.

AI tool detects Parkinson's up to 15 years?early with 96% accuracy.

The groundbreaking plan to?map the entire human immune system.

Google announces bold progress in AI,?advancing Med-PaLM 2 for healthcare.

AI ethicist proposes?framework for generative AI in Healthcare.

Tools for Inclusion

It’s (past) time to get strategic about DEI.

30 criticisms holding women back from leadership roles. Three female PhDs say their research demonstrates that practically any characteristic can be proclaimed problematic to question a woman’s competence and suitability for leadership.

Identity as a superpower - not an obstacle

Tools for Advocacy

The meat and dairy industries peddle misinformation. It’s time for plant-based food brands to fight back.

Tools for Getting Published

Join my Master Class in Getting Published – All 8 Courses are Free for a Limited Time

Tools for Public Health

Public Health Foundation

Tools for Global Work and Policy

Center for Strategic and International Studies

APA’s Global Insights Newsletter

Tools for Finding Conferences

Conal Conference Alerts

Neurology and Psychiatry

Tools for Healthcare Career Insights

Curated from Medpage Today

Tools for a New Gig

Here’s Behavioral Health Tech’s jobs board?to see?all of the current?opportunities?from the leading companies in behavioral health. If you are looking for a new job and want BHT’s community of hiring companies to seek you out, then join their talent collective as a candidate for free here.

Or, if you want access to the central place for job candidates of all levels and roles focused on mental health and substance use tech, then enroll as a hiring company here.

See?who’s hiring?in health and fitness here.

From 80,000 Hours - There are a variety of ways to contribute to?global priorities research, including?academic research,?working as a?grantmaker, and?doing charity evaluation.

To browse or search hundreds of recent job postings, visit the?job board?in PND, it includes foundation, public charity, education, and nonprofit jobs.

?Positions from BioSpace

• Academic?
• Biotechnology?
• Diagnostics?
• Government
• Healthcare?
• Medical Device?
• Non-Profit?
• Pharmaceutical?
• Research Institute?

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. They are a “niche” website for Physicians of all levels of practice from Medical Students, Residents, Fellows on up to Medical Directors and CMO’s.

Tools to Travel the World

Google Search’s?new features?include?a flight price guarantee badge on what Google thinks is the lowest price. If you book with Google and the price drops, you’ll be refunded the difference.

Grosvenor Teacher Fellowships From National Geographic

National Geographic professional development grants?

Earth Expedition?

Ford Foundation Global Travel & Learning Fund?

Institute of International Education?

Google conference and study scholarship?

Omprakash Ethical global engagement grants?

Tata Trust Travel grants

A Gym Membership for Your Brain

If you enjoy this newsletter, I suspect you’d enjoy our monthly podcast. Listen on your favorite platform https://www.alifeinfull.org/podcast.html and for a free subscription: https://tinyurl.com/ALifeInFullSubscription

Likewise, if you are not already following my LinkedIn Influencer/Top Voices posts in a group with almost a half-million followers, you may enjoy reading the posts there as well. ?

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

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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: BioSpace, Ron Friedman, PhD, Inc., Farnum Street’s Brain Food, McKinsey & Co., Medpage, MedScape, Joe Koster from Value Investing World, FirstRound, Get Rich Slowly, Ramit Sethi, Forbes InnovationRx, The Knowledge Project - organized by theme, 80,000 Hours, The Collaborative Fund, Colossus, Sonny Patel, Unmistakable Media, Top Tier,?NeuroFlow, Five-Bullet Friday, O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, Health Data Management Group, Fitt, PodcastNotes, SparkType, Budgets Are Sexy, Behavioral Health Tech, Next Big Idea Club – Heleo, Section 4, Future of Health & Medicine Newsletter, Wired, Fast Co., AI and Health, The Hustle, Tim Ferriss, Sparktype, TED, Good Life Project, and Morning Brew - be sure to check them out. And as always, I have no financial, marketing or affiliate relationship with any of the sources noted herein.

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Chris

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