1% Extra Newsletter 24-02-23
The 1% Podcast – Scott Shute
| Scott Shute’s work combines the knowledge of ancient philosophical teaching with the practicality of work. He blends his lifelong practice and passion with his practical leadership and operations experience. His mission is to change work from the inside out by “mainstreaming mindfulness” and “operationalizing compassion”. He put that mission into practice in his previous role as Head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn, as well as putting it to paper in his 2021 book ‘The Full Body Yes: Change Your Work and Your World from the Inside Out’. |
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world, today I’m wise so I am changing myself.” Scott speaks about why he incorporated this quote by Rumi into one of his books.
1 min
Taking responsibility for our own happiness
“Work is as just as valid of a context for my spiritual development as an ashram or a monastery or a church.” Scott on the importance of taking responsibility for our own happiness.
1 min
4-step plan to become more compassionate
As head of mindfulness and compassion programmes at LinkedIn Scott devised a 4-step action plan to support those who wanted to become a more compassionate person.
2 mins
Worth Thinking About
“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”
Jacob A. Riis
Organisational psychology and motivation
by Shay Dalton
“Motivation is one of the key factors that drives employees to work towards achieving their goals in the workplace. In a competitive business environment, organisations constantly seek ways to motivate their employees to improve productivity and performance.”
Other Article Recommendations
Work
Psychological safety: the art of encouraging teams to be open (ft)
Flexibility Is Key to Integrating Meaning and Work (sloanreview)
Going to a four-day workweek requires planning (axios)
Confessions of a senior PR exec on mounting hybrid-working pressures (worklife)
Executive Presence Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All. Here’s How to Develop Yours (kellogg)
Performance & Growth
5 ways to set yourself up for success (bigthink)
12 Things You Should Give up If You Want to Be Wildly Successful (timdenning)
The Hidden Toll of Micro stress (harvard)
Dunning-Kruger Effect: How to Cringe Yourself to Success (mindcollection)
Personal Core Values: A Must-Have Accessory To Get a Sense of Direction (durmonski)
Psychology
Talent archetypes: What is the “shape” of your skills? (nesslabs)
Attachment styles are overrated (vox)
How to play defence with your money (dariusforoux)
Five Habits of the Master Thinker: How to Upgrade Your Mind (themindcollection)
Business, Innovation & Economy
The stories we tell ourselves about money matter a lot (vox)
The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it can turn things around (medium)
High Profile Investors Bet on Healthcare (yahoo)
Fundraising By Venture-Capital Firms Tumbles To Near Decade Low Amid ‘Tech-Wreck’ (zerohedge)
JPMorgan Curbs Employee’s Use Of AI-Powered ChatGPT (zerohedge)
Long Reads
A profile of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy one year into the war with Russia (politico)
How reputation management companies can help a client recycle their online reputation (washingtonpost)
Has the B-Corp movement lost the thread? (ft)
A profile of Casey Bloys who has the ‘most important job in media.’ (variety)
In today’s NBA, players have their own outlets to get their views out there (gq)
Health and Fitness
How your brain controls how sick you get (nature)
Can’t stop your brain racing at 3am? Try these suggestions from a GP (sciencefocus)
Vaping Is an On-Ramp to Addiction (psychologytoday)
Sport
How Irish Sports Stars Coped With Career-Ending Injuries (businesspost)
Can Golf Be the Next Formula One? Netflix Hopes So (wsj)
Hull City owner among parties in discussion with Dundalk about investment (businesspost)
LeBron James breaks NBA all-time scoring record (espn)
Private equity is pushing deeper into pro sports (institutionalinvestor)
Books
Notes from “Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries” by John Sims (novelinvestor)
Insights from “Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time” by Sheila Liming (slate)
An excerpt from “The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration” by Jake Bittle (theatlantic)
A Q&A with Dacher Keltner author of “Awe: The New Science of Every Day Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life. “ (behavioralscientist)
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