Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy!
Personal Development
With the new year in full swing, the posts this week focus on goal setting and clearing clutter.
Gaps and Gains. This first post of the week suggests that we tend to spend more time focusing on our gaps and not celebrating our gains. It’s time to flip the script.
Leveraging From-To. This post focuses on how to develop a vision by identifying where you currently are and where you want to be in the future leveraging several different dimensions.
Need Help Deciding Where to Focus? This is a bit of a longer post. However, there are two interesting frameworks – ICE and RICE – that can help you evaluate all the possible projects and decide the focus.
Company Wellbeing. There have been many posts that focus on the 8 dimensions of personal wellbeing. In this post, we flip to look at those 8 dimensions through the lens of an organization.
Leveraging Loops. The final post of the week explores open and closed loops. We dive into the ways a closed loop system can assist with the waypower dimension of the HOPE equation.
PodList
This week, there are four podcasts on the list. I hope you find at least one you connect with.
Do the Easiest Part First. 4 minutes. Before Breakfast. This podcast suggests that the hardest part of a project is getting started. So, start with something easy to get you going.
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion. 11 minutes. The Next Big Idea Daily. This episode features the book by David McRaney on the science-backed tips for what it takes to open someone’s mind (including our own).
Finding the Feeling of Contentment with the Simple Life (Part 1) . 10 minutes. Part 2 – 10 minutes. Optimal Living Daily. This two part podcast focuses on living a simple life without comparison to others, disconnecting with material things, and valuing people over possessions.
Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. 15 minutes. The Next Big Idea Daily. This episode focuses on the book by Scott Shigeoka and understanding that curiosity is a skill that you can grow and cultivate over time.