A workaholic’s guide to reclaiming your life. The egg theory, applied. Stop learning to give feedback; learn to receive it.

Welcome to a new 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.

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And now, let’s dive in!

One “must” for this week

"A workaholic’s guide to reclaiming your life" by Malissa Clark.

Workaholism is when work dominates our thoughts and activities, to the detriment of other aspects of our lives, including among others, our relationships and health.

Malissa presents us six coping strategies to break the cycle: redefining “urgent”, reinventing the to-do list, learning to say “no” and delegate, fixing the workaholic clock, controlling rumination, and embracing rest and recovery.

Personal development

• A workaholic’s guide to reclaiming your life
• Be a thermostat, not a thermometer
• Looking beyond what you see and the mind's eye
• The $1.5m napkin: Paula Scher’s 5 minute logo
• Redefining bravery: courage is not the absence of fear
• How to explain job hopping in an interview
• Eight lessons from a marathon (that have nothing to do with running)
• Intellectual honesty

Innovation

• The egg theory, applied
• The LinkedIn OptOut AI scandal
• Data and AI trends 2024
• Microsoft 365 Copilot wave 2
• Replit Agent
• Think different, not better
• Boomer Apple
• AI is a Tool

Leadership and management

• Stop learning to give feedback. Learn to receive it.
• How to build belonging in a post-pandemic world
• Conflict and bonding
• How companies can end a culture of overwork
• Hybrid work policy hot topics
• How to lead like a coach
• We say we want adaptive behavior but we reward other things
• World's largest ongoing study of the employee experience

One book

“The Bhagavad Gita” by Eknath Easwaran.

See you next Saturday,

Roberto

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