Dickie’s Digest - Reflection, Time Management, and Unplugging
Hey there! Happy Sunday.
Greetings from Bone Lake, Wisconsin. I’ve spent the last three days completely unplugged from technology at an epic Wisconsin lakehouse. It’s the longest I’ve gone without checking my phone in a long time. If you’re headed on a vacation soon, I can’t recommend the full technology detox highly enough.
In this week’s Digest:
Have an epic week!
Dickie
🖊 My 10 Go-To Reflection Questions (and Where I Found Them)
For 500 days in a row, I’ve written 500 words of Morning Pages. If you’ve never heard of Morning Pages, it’s a fancy way to say journaling. Every morning, I type out anything and everything that’s on my mind.
Most mornings are brain dumps to clear my head and get on with the day. But I sometimes like to reflect on specific questions. Over the years, I’ve found there are 10 questions that help me reflect or work through any problem. You can check them out here.
🕐 The World’s Best Lecture on Time Management
Randy Pausch was a legendary computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. This lecture is his most famous and had a profound impact on how I think about my time. If I could recommend one resource on better understanding time management, I would recommend this video. I love geeking out on this stuff, so if you watch it, let me know.
🎙 This Week in Podcasts
This week I listened to and took notes on three epic podcasts.
The first was The Tim Ferriss Show with renown venture investor Brad Feld. Brad and Tim talk the importance of unplugging from work, building resilience, and getting comfortable sharing your struggles. (Link)
The second was a conversation between Pomp and Zuby on The Pomp Podcast. If you’ve never heard of Zuby, he is a must-follow on Twitter (@ZubyMusic). Pomp and Zuby talk the power of twitter, being an independent creator, keeping the long view, and the importance of authenticity. (Link)
The third was this week’s episode of the Prof. G Show with NYU Professor Scott Galloway. Prof G talked big tech earnings and their antitrust hearing, the bull-case for $TWTR, and how to audit your vices. (Link)
📚 Kindle Highlight of the Week
We are attracted by wealth, pleasures, good looks, political advancements, and various other welcoming and enticing prospects. we are repelled by exertion, pain, disgrace, and limited means. It follows that we need to train ourselves not to crave for the former and not to be afraid of the latter.
From Letters From a Stoic by Seneca, which I listened to on Audible. Click here to get 50% off an Audible membership for the next four months!
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