Weekly Highlights #34

Jan 23

The content we consume can consume us, if we are not mindful enough. In this period of information overload and analysis paralysis, The ‘Weekly Highlights’ collects the 3, most valuable pieces of content I have come across during the week, and packages them in a single page, with some notes and key highlights, so to foster mindful and intentional consumption of content, which can truly add value to our life.

Intentional content consumption, in an era in which the amount of content we expose ourselves to can consume us, if we are not mindful enough. 🐘

Two Million Years in Two Hours: A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

In this podcast episode from “Your Undivided Attention”, historian Yuval Noah Harari talks about human evolution, technology and the human condition, a dystopian future, and where humanity is headed, for better or for worse.

Emotional IQ with Daniel Goleman | Tom Bilyeu

Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and the creator of the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Emotional intelligence is a human skill which can be developed over time, and which seems to be crucial for effective leadership.

The key pillars behind emotional intelligence are empathy, in its 3 forms: cognitive, emotional, concern; self awareness; self control. These traits (especially self awareness) can be worked upon, particularly through mindfulness practice like focused awareness. The focused and emotionally-intelligent individual possesses the capacity to focus deeply, on one thing at a time, with full presence and an open mind.

“a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”

— Herbert Simon

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

This (free) book gathers all the wisdom of Naval Ravikant. Wealth, happiness, philosophy, mindfulness are some of the topics touched in the almanack, which is mostly a transcript of Naval’s interviews, tweets, articles.