Tools for Change – October 2022

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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

October’s guest on my podcast is John Rossman on Innovation, Leadership and Making Better Decisions

I bet you are an Amazon Prime member, not because I’m clairvoyant, but because half of the US is. Half! Did you know that three-quarters of all product searches begin on Amazon, not Google, or a search engine? Or, did you know Amazon is valued at $1.6 trillion, and has become one of the fastest growing B2B companies in history, with Amazon Web Services. Or, that Amazon’s projected 2023 revenue is $780 Billion – with a B.

My guest on this episode is the expert on the Amazon Way. He literally wrote the book on it.?John Rossman is a former Amazon executive and now Managing Partner at Rossman Partners, and is the author of?The Amazon Way?book series. John is an expert in leveraging the?Amazon leadership principles?to help others innovate, compete and win in the digital era as he teaches business leaders and founders how to be like Amazon.

We ended with a discussion as to whether Amazon has an Achilles Heel as John wrote that Bezos himself predicted that Amazon would go bankrupt one day. Tune in to hear John’s very straightforward response.

John’s counsel on leadership, strategy and innovation is fundamental to living his life in full, and serves as a tool box for us to lean from as well.

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

Well Said

Never fool yourself, and remember that you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman

Tools for Productivity

Naval Ravikant's?manifesto on reading.

To Keep People from Procrastinating, Don’t Give Them a Deadline - New research suggests that people will complete tasks faster if you tell them time is limited but don’t offer a specific deadline. The reason? When a deadline is provided, people often procrastinate until it draws near.

Can David Allen help you Getting Things Done? (video)

Tools for Living Your Life in Full

"Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on?how to be a genius. You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in a dormant state. Every time you hear or read a new trick or a new result, test it against each of your twelve problems to see whether it helps. Every once in a while there will be a hit."

There Is No Formula for Happiness - While research has much to teach us about how to live a happier life, it’s important to remember that trial and error play a crucial role. There’s no one-size-fits-all formula. So don’t be afraid to try new things, taking note of how they make you feel.

The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life?by David Brooks - How do we build a life full of joy and meaning as we get older? David Brooks argues it comes down to four things that shift as we gain wisdom and experience: family, vocation, philosophy or faith, and community.

Discipline is Destiny: 25 Habits That Will Guarantee You Success - by Ryan Holiday

The Adversity Quotient - The fact is, everyone wants to win. To succeed. To have things work out just as we had hoped. Yet, one of life’s greatest paradoxes is that the greatest victories rarely come from success alone. Instead, they come from the moments when you are challenged, get knocked down, and bounce back up.

Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes?Learn Reid Hoffman’s three principles for good decision making, why you should constantly update your thinking, and what the best leaders do in times of crisis. Pair with:?The discussion with?Annie Duke?on making better decisions.

Tools for Wealth Management

Nick Maggiulli asks and answers?How Do Retirees Actually Spend Their Money?

Wade Pfau provides?4 Ways to Manage Sequence of Returns Risk in Retirement

Retiring in a Bear Market: The Conservative Approach

Tools for your Career

Don’t Focus on Your Job at the Expense of Your Career - To set yourself up for a better job in the future, it’s best to focus on opportunities that align your current role with the position you desire. To begin implementing this strategy, create a Venn Diagram. In one circle, list your current responsibilities; in the other, describe the job you want in the future. Seek out opportunities that overlap.

Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life

The Value of Hard Work

Tools for Investing

Tech Stocks Outperform: Truth or Myth?

Allan Roth writes?Wrong! My Mistakes Over a 20-Year Advisory Career.

Ben Carlson examines?Why People Make Dumb Financial Decisions on Purpose.

The Taxonomy of Bear Markets - by Frank K. Martin

It’s Supposed To Be Hard - by Morgan Housel

Buffett’s timeless advice when stocks are falling

Tools Just for Fun

This one is here because I cannot help myself. I am a big fan of Stewart Brand, have been ever since I bought my first Whole Earth Catalog (basically a print version of the web in 1969). The?WE ARE AS GODS?documentary is now available to rent or purchase. WE ARE AS GODS offers a deep dive into the many sides of Stewart Brand—creator of?The Whole Earth Catalog, an influential member of Ken Kesey’s “The Merry Pranksters,” and founder of the modern environmental movement. Brand’s approach to his work and life influenced many, including Steve Jobs, who have gone on to shape our modern world. Now in his 80’s, he looks to leave a legacy for the long-term future with his efforts to resurrect ecosystems through de-extinction. The man who coined the phrase “we are as gods and might as well get good at it” is now under fire from former allies who believe he’s gone too far, but Brand won’t be easily deterred from a mission he feels is necessary to save the future of the planet.

People I (Mostly) Admire Podcast: 88. Ken Burns on Heroism, Horror, and History. And a related documentary:?The U.S. and the Holocaust

Tools for Founders

Founders Podcast: #267 Edison: A Biography

Tools for Web3

The metaverse explained in 14 minutes - Matthew Ball (video)

Tools to Be Aware of What’s Impacting Health & Medicine?

Dr. Amazon Will See You Now

Tools for Health and Wellness

‘Habit Stacking’ Is the Simple Mind Trick for Making a New Routine Stick - What’s the fastest way to form new habits? “Habit stacking,” or the practice of layering new habits on top of existing ones, is quickly gaining support as a valuable approach for changing behavior. You can use this approach to improve your fitness by attaching healthy behaviors to habits you already possess. For example: “After I brush my teeth, I will do 10 push ups.”

Just 2 Minutes of Walking After a Meal Is Surprisingly Good for You - For a healthier heart, take an after-dinner walk. Recent studies show that light walking after meals, for as little as two to five minutes, can help stabilize blood sugar levels with surprising speed.

Tools for Public Health

The Public Health National Center for Innovations

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

Public Health Foundation

Tools for Relationships

Why Your Social Life Is Not What It Should Be - Discover a host of insights on improving your social life. including the power of talking to complete strangers. Research indicates you'll enjoy doing this far more than you anticipate.

Tools for Global Work and Policy

Center for Strategic and International Studies

APA’s Global Insights Newsletter

Please support Beth N Rom-Rymer, Ph.D. for President of the American Psychological Association ?

Dr. Rom-Rymer has been a pioneer throughout her life. She was in the first class of women at Princeton University, graduating in 1973. Dr. Rom-Rymer created the Victim-Witness Assistance Unit in the State Attorney's Office, Tallahassee, Florida, in 1977, which continues, today, as a robust service for crime victims and witnesses throughout the 2nd judicial circuit. During her tenure in the State Attorney’s Office, she worked on the Ted Bundy serial murder case, 1978-1979. During that time, Dr. Rom-Rymer co-founded and was the first Board president of Refuge House, a shelter for surviving families of domestic abuse in Tallahassee, Florida. Refuge House will celebrate its 44th anniversary in 2022. Dr. Rom-Rymer was a keynote speaker at the Refuge House 40th anniversary celebration, in 2018.

Dr. Rom-Rymer has held many administrative positions in psychiatric hospitals throughout the Chicago metropolitan region.?She has also lectured extensively in the Departments of Psychiatry, at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and in the Departments of Psychology, at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.

Dr. Rom-Rymer is acknowledged to be a force for social change in her community in Illinois.?She is on the Board of Directors of Thresholds, the largest and oldest social service organization in Illinois, serving the seriously mentally ill.?Dr. Rom-Rymer has also partnered with NAMI in working to provide comprehensive mental health services to the NAMI community.

She has been very involved at local, state and national levels to promote psychology as a discipline and science. She has the leadership skills, practical knowledge about our field, understanding of local and national policy and politics, and the important ingredients of being a kind and thoughtful person who can give a voice to differences while finding opportunities to make bridges.?I hope you will consider casting your vote for her.

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 in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, the District of Columbia, and elsewhere.

?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

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

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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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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.

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, O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, Health Data Management Group, Fitt, Budgets Are Sexy, Behavioral Health Tech - 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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