It’s share time! Specifically 5 share time, where you (lovely readers) get 5 unbelievably life changing snippets of information to brighten your weekend and life*, it should also help stop any bad luck on Friday 13th**
*I hope **Not based on fact
1. Quote I’m pondering this week “For the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.” – From a Steve Jobs interview with Playboy magazine in 1985. This has me thinking about growth mindset and how I’ve been able to overcome some of the habits from my first 30 years. It takes some doing though I truly believe our minds are elastic.
2. Most profound read this week is the above mentioned interview with Steve Jobs: http://reprints.longform.org/playboy-interview-steve-jobs I sat in a restaurant and read the interview on my phone, it took an hour to read and digest and I ate my whole meal and drank half a bottle of wine at the same time. It’s a fantastic piece and will remain with me forever (book marked in my Evernote). I highly recommend making the time as it’s insightful and incredibly wise.
3. TV show I’m watching – This week my wife and I began watching season 2 of Designated Survivor: https://www.netflix.com/dk-en/title/80113647 an incredibly compelling show that like the West Wing has one of the best presidents the USA could ever have (this one is played by Kiefer Sutherland). I learned about great leadership in my late 20’s from watching the West Wing, now I’m upgrading myself by watching Kiefer play one of the greatest leaders on the screen at the moment – watch it too and get better.
4. A random Google search I did this week for the X files brought up a snippet from a book published many years ago. The book details a published magazine article where I explained how to get on the set of the X files in Vancouver (I actually did this and spent time with Gillian Anderson). I’m including here just because I’m still proud: https://books.google.co.uk/books=fancultures
5. A friend shared this satirical unofficial TED talk with me a couple of weeks back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBKX-6Gz6A and I watched it again recently. It’s hilarious and also has elements of how one can actually present with impact. Worth watching for smiles and lessons.