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Inspired by Tim Ferriss’ 5 bullet Friday, here are 5 things that have me interested and excited this past week.

 

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5 Share Friday 2 August 2019

Quote I’m pondering “Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning, and the rest of the day will take care of itself.” — Elbert Hubbard

What I’m watching – The 10 top TED-Ed videos are educational and fun. in 2018 people spent 20 million hours watching them. My favourite is number 5 about Thor and companions. They failed the tasks yet in doing so they pushed themselves to limits they didn’t know and changed the world forever. Here’s the Thor one below:

What I’m learning – More on harnessing LinkedIn. Kait LeDonne has shared a summary of the new platform updates and tips on content strategy. You can find her post here.

Content creation is the best way to build a brand and add value to people’s lives. Kait’s ‘Block and tackle’ tip is one I’m working on as building content up front is an effective way of ensuring you have enough throughout the week.

Music for effectiveness – I found a website that has 10 productivity playlists for work and study. In my ongoing quest for music to work to (current favourite is still the Battlefield One soundtrack) I’m finding No. 3 Upbeat instrumental work music the most effective so far. Try all 10 and see which you prefer.

App I’m experimenting with – Too Good To Go. It’s an app that uses your location to find stores that will throw out food at the end of the day, that you can purchase and use for yourself or others. It works in 9 EU countries (Denmark included) and is an awesome way to save food waste and your money.

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I hope you have a fantastic weekend doing the things you enjoy with the people you love.

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5 Share Friday 25 July 2019

Technical difficulties resulted in no 5 share last Friday, but fear not, it’s here on Monday!

Quote I’ve been pondering “You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who to follow on LinkedIn – This list of 50 people to follow has someone to learn from whatever your industry. Need productivity tips? Job search advice? Marketing or HR thoughts? There is someone on LinkedIn who posts great content on all those topics and more.

Tea I’m drinking – Yerba Mate tea has entered my life again. I haven’t found a source for this tea in Denmark, so my wife’s parents brought some on a visit. It has the strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea, and the euphoria of chocolate, all in one hot drink.

Incredibly, the Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific Society decided way back as 1964 that “..it’s difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to yerba mate in nutritional value”

If you’re not drinking Yerba Mate tea I recommend you give it a go, it’s also delicious!

Favourite app – Accu weather. My previous favourite Dark Sky doesn’t have radar coverage in Denmark, so I’ve been looking for a new app that gives me minute by minute updates, notifications and a 15 day forecast. Check it out, it’s the most accurate weather app I’ve used so far. There is a free ad supported version as well as an ad free paid version.

Projection of population growth – I’ve been reading about how globally we are growing by 83 million people per year, yet many populations are actually declining, with fertility rates looking on the decrease too. Should we be worried? I’m not sure..though the data is something I’d expect the media to be discussing more. Take a look here, it’s interesting and thought provoking.

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5 Share Friday 19 July 2019

Quote I’ve been pondering “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”– Will Rogers

LinkedIn Hashtags – Hashtags # on LinkedIn aren’t really like other social platforms. It can be confusing on how best to use them, what’s trending and whether to even bother. Well, thankfully Andy Foote of Linkedinsights.com has not just created a list of the top 100, he’s even sharing a tool you can use to see the top 170 trending #’s. This can give you even more help on deciding which ones to use. If you’re considering using highly popular hashtags, don’t assume it’ll get you more views however. I’ve been doing my own mini experiments. My conclusion so far that #’s with millions of followers are not generating more views. Niche ones directly related to content, with less followers are. One thing to note if you’re the type who’s # tag happy, 3 hashtags on LinkedIn is the magic number.

Browser extensions you need – I’ve moved from Firefox as my main browser to Google Chrome (mainly for translate reasons). With this I’m discovering some great extensions (some of which are on Firefox too).  Hootsuite has shared a list of the best 15 chrome extensions for social media marketers and it’s a list not just useful for social media marketers. Take a look, I particularly love No. 5, as working with people across timezones is now made easier with Figure It Out.

How Amazon Prime day gets you to buy – In How Amazon Prime Day uses your psychology to get you to buy  Yahoo gives an insightful perspective (backed up by research) on how Amazon rules the world with its Prime day offerings. I’m mixed on Prime day, I like that it’s there for those who can’t afford luxury items without it, though I’m not a fan of how manipulative the promotions can be on our brains. Interestingly I didn’t even know it was Prime day until my brother sent me a message about the good deals he was getting. I guess not digesting news and rarely using Amazon helps me not succumb.

Generalise, don’t specialise – I’ve been interested in this topic for a while now. I find as I’m maturing, being a specialist in something (e.g. my career choice) is working out because of my thirst for being a generalist. This article by The Guardian is a great read about why focusing too narrowly is bad for us. This sentence is particularly interesting “..I discovered research showing that highly credentialed experts can become so narrow-minded that they actually get worse with experience, even while becoming more confident (a dangerous combination)..”

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5 Share Friday 12 July 2019

Quote I’m pondering “I’ve been inspired by a shitload of people in my life so if there’s ever anybody that I can inspire, to me that’s a huge gift. To be able to turn that back around.” – Joe Rogan

Most interesting read – Artificial intelligence has solved the ‘magical mystery’ of several Beatles songs. With 76% accuracy, algorithms and machine learning are telling us who did what on some of the greatest songs you’ve ever heard. Check out more at HDSR.

Email like a boss – This graphic from the talented Dani Donovan is helping me become more effective at responding to messages at work. Take a look for yourself, the results aren’t clear for me just yet, though using these terms feels nicer so I’m sticking to them.

Did we land on the moon? – This one has always fascinated me. I’m open minded to everything, working hard not to believe something just because organisations and experts say it’s true. I look at all the evidence. Right now I do believe we landed on the moon, though if evidence in the future shows we didn’t, I’m open to it. The Guardian has published a long form read on the popularity of moon landings being faked. It’s a well written piece whatever you might believe.

New app I’m using – Thanks to a fellow blogger Nick Severson, the Notion app came my way. Currently I’m using it in parallel with Evernote and it’s looking pretty great. It’s got everything you might need in one place – journal, lists and notes. It’s like Trello, Evernote and Asana all in one on steroids. If you have multiple apps for notes, organising, reading lists and journaling take a look at Notion, it’s likely to be something you’ll enjoy trying too.

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I hope you have a fantastic weekend doing the things you enjoy with the people you love.

Missed last weeks 5 Share? Find it here.

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