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No News—unless it pertains to a goal; Infomagical day 3
Well, looks like I won’t be reading The Verge today.
Infomagical challenge 3 is all about intentional information consumption; time to whole-hog preempt the temptation to mindlessly click from tidbit to tidbit of news. In addition to pushing me to further restrict my information diet, today’s mini-episode of Note To Self offers a fascinating glimpse at 13th-century strategies for coping with information overload. Nice to find out that some of our information wrangling methods are tried-and-truer than I had thought.
Here’s a bit of news that I will be checking out as these items do pertain to my goal of being focused on creativity:
- Ten Habits of Highly Creative People on the Greater Good Science Center’s blog
- The HBR Ideacast episode Being Happier at Work and related article on the energy demands of high-intensity emotions
New Applications For The Age-Old Zen Garden? Infomagical Gets Into Gear Today
Time for some serious monotasking.
Today’s Note To Self podcast mini-episode starts a week-long social social science experiment by instructing participants to live life at the speed of one thing at a time—to be monochronic if we must get technical about this. With this charge to be single-minded in today’s activities, it’s time to do whatever it takes to keep focused on what’s at hand—time to use an email auto-reply, turn on do not disturb mode, take off the smartwatch, work in wifi-free zones, maybe even set up a mini Zen rock garden. Should make for some good opportunities to do some deep work.
Let’s Do This: Almost Time to Get Infomagical
All right, Note to Self, you nailed it with Bored & Brilliant, so how could I not be onboard with Infomagical, the chance to wrangle unruly information consumption in the service of nurturing my psyche?
Can’t wait until all the infomagic kicks off next week!
Tortoise and Hare Rematched by BJ Novak
Via PRI & WNYC’s Selected Shorts program, BJ Novak brings us Part 2 of the tortoise and hare saga, and it is excellent. Not only hilarious, but also witty; the moral at the end nice wraps up the story with apt perspective.
So many fantastic podcast episodes recently!
Oh, dang: Invisibilia episode 5
Wow. From kittens & puppies to categories to gender to culture to death. Invisibilia is once again quite a journey, interweaving personal perspectives with scientific research through compelling storytelling. This show still totally tops my charts and lists.
But my heart breaks just a little bit when I hear Lulu or Alix upspeak unnecessarily (Alix never seemed to do that in her news reporting!). Fortunately, there isn’t much of that in this episode.
Dang, I love you, NPR. TED Radio Hour, Invisibilia, Fresh Air, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Radio Lab… you’re just nailing it.
Brené Brown, Karen Russell, David Linden: best podcasts episodes of my weekend
If you like an informative, insightful podcast episode every now and then, try the three below; they each enthralled me this snowy weekend. (In case you’re wondering why Invisibilia isn’t mentioned, I’m saving the latest episode for an evening of sheer exhaustion.)
Fingertips To Hair Follicles: Why ‘Touch’ Triggers Pleasure And Pain—Fresh Air discusses various facets of the sense of touch with neuroscience researcher David Linden.
The Courage to Be Vulnerable—shame & vulnerability researcher expert guru Brené Brown converses thought-provokingly with On Being‘s Krista Tippet.
Karen Russell On Balancing Writing, Technology, and Boredom—host of his eponymous show Leonard Lopate and author Karen Russell talk about technology, writing and boredom.
Almost Time to Get “Bored and Brilliant”
After listening to the latest Studio 360 Science and Creativity podcast featuring Manoush Zomorodi talking about smartphone addictions, boredom, creativity and the default mode network, I am psyched to take part in WNYC’s Bored and Brilliant project! The plan: for the next week, resist/avoid smartphone tendencies, get bored, work on creative daily challenges.
If that sounds like fun to you, jump on in. At least listen to the Science and Creativity or New Tech City podcast on this the topic of boredom/daydreaming and creativity; great stuff there.
Happy 400th, HBR IdeaCast!
A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.—Maya Angelou
The Best of IdeaCast podcast episode is a great compilation of interview clips sharing perspectives on leadership, values and conduct.
And if you’re looking for more helpful and thought-provoking ideas on professional and personal life, here are some more excellent HBR IdeaCast episodes I still love listening to:
- Taking Control of Your Time
- Can You “Manage” Your Family?
- Whole Foods’ John Mackey on Capitalism’s Moral Code
- Managing the Productivity Paradox
- Yes, Business Relies on Nature
- In a Fast World, Think Slowly
- What Successful People Do Differently
…inventing and pioneering requires a willingness to be misunderstood for long periods of time.—Jeff Bezos
