💖 February Favourites 2023

For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.

Lamar Elimbo

Mar 01, 2023

🍿 My Favourite Movies of the Month

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Molly's Game

📺 My Favourite Shows of the Month

Ally McBeal

One Punch Man

Lookism

Sister Sister

Pam & Tommy

📚 My Favourite Reads of the Month

The psychic industrial complex • 🔗 /

The Creativity Gap

/ Post /

“Most people (98% according to this one survey from 1991) will tell you the paranormal is horseshit. If no one believes in it, why the hell is this profession booming (at least 2.2 billion) despite entering the age of information?”

The most ridiculous question of all-time • 🔗 /

Arman’s Antics

/ Post /

“Want to hear the most ridiculous question of all-time Before I tell you, it’s my duty to warn you that you’ve probably heard it so many times that it seems perfectly normal. But it’s not.”

🛠️ My Favourite Tools of the Month

SuperCook • 🔗 / link /

Supercook is a recipe search engine that lets you search by ingredients you have at home. Find thousands of recipes you can make right now.

AutoDraw • 🔗 / link /

Fast drawing for everyone. AutoDraw pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help you draw stuff fast.

✏️ My Favourite Personal Creations of the Month

Panopticon Mind Prisons, Breaking into World Building, & Desire Path Trailblazers • 🔗 / My Substack Post /

Enter the world of the world builders.

I'm hunting down Cupid's big baby butt. And I know exactly where to find him. You in? • 🔗 / My Substack Post /

There are 7 desires we lust after when it comes to love. And I've got a list of places no one ever talks about where we can fulfill each of them.

💪🏽 My Favourite Lifestyle Changes of the Month

Bombastic Branching

I started this new reflection practice, where I visualize the most audacious and impressive potential branches in my future.

I noticed that all of my reflection practices look at my most immediate past, present, and future. But I haven’t been giving myself any space to daydream about the big picture — what the most ideal future branches might look like.

So far, it’s been a really effective source of motivation ⚡️

💬 My Favourite Words of Wisdom of the Month

Reminders

On Giving

Rule of thumb: Give more than you get.

Quotes

On Support • 🔗 / Charlie Becker’s Substack Post /

“One candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”

On Planning • 🔗 / Danny Miranda Podcast /

“Plan on the plan not going according to plan.”

Tweets

Nicolas Cole 🚢🏴‍☠️ @Nicolascole77

The goal is for your income-producing assets • to buy income-producing assets • to buy income-producing assets to buy income-producing assets. This = freedom.

bowser @browserdotsys

this image is a pretty good litmus test for whether you're ready to be a dad: do you regard this joke with disgust, or a big belly laugh while everyone else groans?

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

Not every difficult experience is trauma. Not every upsetting event is harm. What separates ordinary from extraordinary hardship is the severity and duration of impaired functioning. Confusing life-altering pain with discomfort minimizes suffering and undermines resilience.

Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez

I asked my followers: “What’s your single best question to ask when job interviewing someone?” Here are my 11 favorite answers...

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

Generosity is not about putting others first. It's about treating people better than they expect—and expecting nothing in return. Showing care is as much about the respect you grant as the time you give. A sign of character is consistently choosing to be kinder than necessary.

James Clear @JamesClear

What starts as an excuse can easily become a habit. Don't let a bad day become a lifestyle.

Jonny Miller @jonnym1ller

One of the most deeply generous acts you can make is to see and then name great potential in someone else—that they cannot yet see in themselves.

Taylor Foreman @JTaylorForeman

Without strong local communities, we’re all competing to be world class just so we can get a normal human’s worth of recognition. Is there a way to fix this?

Jon Santiago @itsjonsantiago

Chew on this. (Via @MitchellLandon's wonderful newsletter this morning.)

🖼️ My Favourite Visuals of the Month

🧑‍🎨 My favourite artists of the month

Tsukune Craft 🔗 / Instagram account /

📸 My favourite photos of the month

joelrobison

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lachynicholas

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rionabuthello

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paskrod

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🤔 My Favourite Realizations of the Month

Zone of Competency • 🔗 / Danny Miranda Podcast /

“Good questions are within your own zone of competency”

Straight A Students

Students who get straight A’s get them not because of good teachers, but in spite of bad ones.

💭 My Favourite Reflections of the Month

Being Truly Great

If you could be truly great at one thing, what would it be? And how will you know that you have succeeded?

🎙️ My Favourite Accounts of the Month

Danny Miranda: Conversations with creators, entrepreneurs, and thinkers to make you happier, healthier, and wiser.

Enrico Tartarotti: Behind the scenes of tech and ideas for a better future.

🎬 My Favourite Videos & Shorts of the Month

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🧠 My Favourite Innovative Ideas of the Month

The anti-talent show • 🔗 / YouTube video on psychological safety /

A group picks something that they can’t do. They practice it for 2 weeks and they hold an anti-talent show to show off what they’ve been able to learn.