In this week's links gain insight into what Malcolm Gladwell reads, see how video games are changing education, watch an interview with Tina Fey, realize the power of bribery for getting things done, and uncover the bigger issues with smart phone data tracking.
After reading Do The Work by Steven Pressfield, there was one idea that caught my attention and was something I was struggling with. The battle between learning vs. creating, and how the latter is what is truly important.
In the first of 11 episodes on procrastination by Lernert & Sander, we see a monologue about a writer and his struggles with focusing on his work. Watch it below and unless you read Dutch you’ll have to read the subtitles, so I suggest you put it in fullscreen as its hard to read the white on white text… Enjoy! I don’t know about you, but I definitely am able to connect with a number of the themes in this video. How do we overcome this difficulty in focusing on the tasks we need to get done?? That’s a question we’d all love to know the answer to and a topic that I’ll explore further in a later post. Anyways, if you enjoyed the first episode, check out the rest of them here
This week in Sunday's Top Links we see a brilliant flash creation of the universe, insight on procrastination, a way to measure your social media influence, how to organize your ideas, and a look at some creative marketing via YouTube.
Everyone always says they procrastinate, it’s their biggest weakness, so on and so forth. But is it really procrastination that we all believe we are suffering from or is it something else all together? I feel that most of us are usually doing one of two things when we are “procrastinating.” 1. Working On Other Things Whenever I feel I’m putting off a more important task, I’m never really being unproductive, rather I’m just working on things that are not as urgent. Now, if you’re still doing work that is of value, that is actually productive, then can that really be called procrastination? You’re not really putting it off, its just not your focus at the moment. Furthermore, until the deadline is passed, there is still time to spare… 2. Incubating Even whe we put off the more important task and focus on other things, is that task still not lingering the back of our minds? Are we not consciously thinking of how best to approach that task and coming up with ideas, plans, and ways to take it forward? Truly, instead of saying this is procrastination, it is more like a process of incubation, where although we are not physically doing the task at hand, we are mentally preparing for it, which plays a big part towards its successful completion. In the end, I know that as much as
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