Ideas aren't the only thing I curate.
I'm also obsessed with music and excited to announce a new For The Interested Spotify playlist to share with you an eclectic soundtrack to make your life a little more interesting.
The genre/tone shifts every three songs, so if you don't dig what you hear just skip forward a couple tracks and I bet you will.
It features new songs and old songs from artists you know and ones you don't.
I hope you dig it (and share it with others if you do!).
Now, on to this week's ideas...
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"Packaging is a way to format, present, or wrap your content in a story that makes it more interesting and it can have a HUGE impact on the success of your creations."
The difference between a piece of content getting noticed or not often has as much to do with how the content is presented as it does the content itself.
Plus, I show how people like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gary Gulman, and David Spade have done just that.
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"The more you can give to other people in any aspect of your life, the closer people will feel to you. Takers who ask 'What can you do for me?' have a more difficult time building relationships because they are too self-serving and ungenerous."
Whether you want to bond with your family, friends, or colleagues, this will help you figure out how to do it.
The advice includes to accept imperfection, share something new, and identify whether you're a giver, taker, or matcher.
Side note: If you feel too overwhelmed to invest the necessary time into your relationships, you might find an idea I'll share next week with For The Interested All Access members helpful. It's about how to overcome the pressure you feel to keep up with everything - become an All Access Member here if you'd like to get it next week.
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"If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault."
The lessons fall into two categories: What he's come to believe about technology's role in society and how social media works.
Both are interesting and include observations that tech is not neutral, we're all celebrities now, and you should always write online with the idea that what you share will live for months and years and decades.
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"Unlike a routine, which feels uncomfortable to do, in the case of a habit, not doing a behavior feels bad."
If you struggle to develop a new habit, it might not be because you lack willpower - it might be because you're trying to make something a habit that can't actually become one.
He points out forming a habit first requires sticking to a routine, learning to cope with discomfort, and understanding not all behaviors can become habits.
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"Those of us who write for children are trying to arm them for the life ahead with everything we can find that is true. And perhaps also, secretly, to arm adults against those necessary compromises and heartbreaks that life involves: to remind them that there are and always will be great, sustaining truths to which we can return."
You don't have to have to be a parent to read a children's book.
The recommendations include Where The Wild Things Are, the His Dark Materials trilogy, and Peter Pan.
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COMING NEXT WEEK TO ALL ACCESS MEMBERS...
Here's a sneak peek at some ideas All Access members will get in next week's newsletter:
• 100+ key lessons from 10 must-read books
• A song scientifically proven to instantly reduce anxiety
• A list of the most effective customer feedback questions
• The most important skill to develop for your career
• How to overcome the pressure you feel to keep up with everything
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