Each day this month I’m posing one question — to ponder yourself, discuss with your team, or answer below.
My answer to today's question: The willingness to offer genuine, unconditional kindness to complete strangers.
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My answer: Pink . . . Like the Color. (Which is what I say multiple times a day when people don't believe my last name.)
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Each day this month I’m posing one question — to ponder yourself, discuss with your team, or answer below.
Today’s question:
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My answers: 1) Answering email when I should be creating stuff; 2) Say "yes" to stuff just to be polite.
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Each day this month I’m posing one question — to ponder yourself, discuss with your team, or answer below.
Today’s question:
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My answers: 1) Fix your weaknesses rather than accentuate your strengths. 2) "Law school prepares you for anything."
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Each day this month I’m posing one question — to ponder yourself, discuss with your team, or answer below.
Today’s question:
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My answer: 1) clearing out a towering office inbox; 2) figuring out what to do with the rest of my life.
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Each day this month I’m posing one question — to ponder yourself, discuss with your team, or answer below.
Today’s question:
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I hereby propose new Schoolhouse Rock episodes on:
- the debt ceiling,
- reversion to the mean, and
- the sanctity of the Oxford comma.
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D.C. should be a state.
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Important lesson for leaders (& other human beings):
Revealing your foibles, so long as they're not major personal shortcomings, is more valuable than you think.
Authenticity enhances effectiveness.
hbr.org/2023/01/resear
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Feedback doesn't have to be either candid or kind.
Good feedback is candid *and* kind. And it's even better when it's actionable.
The magic formula: Candid + Kind + Actionable
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I'd read 5,000 more words about this story, if not an entire book. And if it doesn't become an ESPN 30-for-30, I'll lose my faith in all that is holy.
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Anthony Kim was tabbed the next Tiger Woods. Instead he became the sports world's J.D. Salinger. We pondered his brief, brilliant career, the legend growing from his prolonged silence and the supposed duties of immense talent: nytimes.com/2023/01/26/spo
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When faced with a tough problem, don't ask, "What should I do?"
Instead, ask, "What could I do?"
"Should" narrows your options. "Could" widens your possibilities.
It's all explained in this 90-second Pinkcast video.
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From yesterday's Pink newsletter. . .5 email newsletters I can't live without:
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Future Party (futureparty.com)
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NonObvious Insights (nonobvious.com/newsletter/)
Recomendo (recomendo.com)
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Three-word summary of this smart new book: Friends are medicine.
Close relationships reduce our stress, improve our health, and extend our life.
More: ow.ly/pBkF50Mt1NV
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Parks & greenery aren't just about beauty & leisure.
They're also about public health.
New research in BMJ shows that frequent visits to green spaces are associated w/ reduced need for mental health meds, blood pressure meds, and asthma meds.
Link: oem.bmj.com/content/oemed/
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If you're partway through a book or movie, and it's just not great, there's no moral obligation to finish. Put it down, turn it off, and move on.
You've got one funky badass life to live. Don't squander it.
#SunkCostFallacy
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Emotionally intelligent signage in DC.
Activists begin posting "Thou Shalt Not Kill" signs in effort to curb gun violence.
Link: wtop.com/dc/2023/01/tho
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Big insight from the always insightful :
We're much more likely to regret not pursuing an audacious goal than pursuing an audacious goal and falling short.
Link: theatlantic.com/family/archive
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As we get older, we regret what we *didn't* do much more than what we did.
Over time, regrets of inaction easily outnumber regrets of action.
The lesson for 2023?
Start that business. Write that novel. Ask out that crush. Take your shot.
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Reminder: Today -- a Monday, a federal holiday, and the start of a new year -- might be the best day ever for setting goals.
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Spending 15 minutes with Shane Parrish's () 2022 Personal Annual Report will be the best thing you do today.
He offers 7 simple questions to help you evaluate last year and put this year on a path toward productivity and meaning.
Link: fsmisc.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/2022+AR.pdf
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The B-52s were right: We should roam if we want to.
Research shows that wandering to new, varied and unexpected places boosts happiness and sharpens creativity.
Resolution: Make 2023 a Wander Year.
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How to avoid one of life's biggest regrets in 3 words:
Always reach out.
inc.com/jessica-stillm
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Is sugar the new nicotine?
Even controlling for other factors, kids w. a sugar-heavy diet were:
- More likely to develop diabetes, high cholesterol & arthritis as adults.
- Less likely to attend university, land skilled jobs & build wealth.
nber.org/papers/w30799
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Some questions to ponder about the year nearing its end:
- What word or phrase would you choose to define this past year?
- What was the best new thing you tried this past year?
- Who made a difference in your life this year?
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Warren Zevon's advice to others when he was dying of cancer.
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The world map you have in your head probably needs revising:
- Venice, Italy, is as far north as Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- All of South America lies to the east of Jacksonville, Florida.
- South America is closer to Africa than to Houston, Texas.
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Pick two of your 2022 regrets, then use them to fashion your 2023 resolutions.
More advice & ideas -- including people's sexual regrets! -- in this conversation with &
cbsnews.com/video/author-d (via )
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Things our grandchildren will find weird (part 46):
Paying for stuff using crinkled paper rectangles and jangly metal discs.
Data: pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022
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Want to help teens tolerate uncertainty and reduce anxiety?
Teach them improv, says this fascinating new study.
#YesAnd
Link: news.umich.edu/improv-course-
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Breaks aren't deviations from high performance.
They're an essential part of high performance.
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Research on soccer penalty kicks shows:
- Players miss more when their turn falls later in the shootout.
- When converting means their team instantly *wins*, players make 92% of shots.
- But when missing means instantly *losing*, that drops to 62%.
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