January 15, 2024: 5 Things to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas and Never Finish Anything.
“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
― Napoleon Hill
Hi friends,
How's everything going?
This is Kei and Kazuki, founders of Glasp 👋
We hand-picked 3 good articles for you to highlight this week. Hope they'll help you get new ideas and perspectives. (You can read this online!)
📚 3 Good Articles for You
The psychology of negative thinking
by Dr. Hannah Rose (6 mins)
- Impact of Negative Thinking: Persistent negative thoughts contribute to mental health issues like anxiety and depression, influenced by external experiences.
- Negative Thinking Cycle: Aaron Beck's theory highlights how negative thinking patterns reinforce emotional difficulties, creating a self-perpetuating cycle of poor mental health.
- Managing Techniques: Managing negative thoughts involves recognizing and challenging their validity, using strategies like thought distancing, journaling, and de-catastrophizing to improve mental well-being.
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How to Think Better: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught
by FS (4 mins)
- Critical Thinking as an Essential Skill: The ability to critically think through problems is crucial, leading to efficient problem-solving and less time spent on avoidable mistakes.
- Limitations of Multitasking: Research indicates that multitasking is ineffective, impairing the ability to think deeply, organize thoughts, and switch tasks efficiently.
- Writing to Enhance Thinking: Writing down thoughts is a key method to improve thinking, as it forces focus, deeper engagement with ideas, and clear expression, reflecting the quality of one's thinking.
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5 Things to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas and Never Finish Anything.
by Mayo Oshin (4 mins)
- Set Mini-Deadlines: Implement Parkinson's Law by creating short deadlines for tasks, which helps to combat procrastination and increases efficiency in completing tasks.
- Prioritize Using the 80/20 Rule: Focus on the 20% of activities that contribute to 80% of the results, optimizing time and effort for maximum productivity and impact.
- Cultivate Finishing Habits and Strategic Quitting: Develop the habit of completing tasks and learn to strategically quit unproductive projects, reallocating resources to more fruitful endeavors.
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📣 Community
- 🟨 Community Meetup:
We had a monthly community meetup on January 12! Thank you for joining! We enjoyed catching up with you. Here's what we talked about in the meetup. - 🟥 Read5for5:
We're going to have the Read5for5 challenge in the week of January 22nd! We will share the details this weekend. Let's read good articles and connect with like-minded people 📚 - 🟦 Books Recommendation:
We created a new page to showcase recommended books from thought leaders! Discover your next book to read from the recommendation. Please check it out here 📚
👀 Featured Curator on Glasp
Weiyi Chang
Weiyi learns labour, work, storytelling, and more! Let’s follow and learn together!
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❤️ Gratitude
We found some people who mentioned Glasp in their articles and blogs, and we appreciate all the kindness!
- AI Inside Out #33: Využijte Bard ke zrychlení znalostního rozvoje (AI Inside Out #33: Use Bard to accelerate knowledge development) on Digichef
Thank you all for sharing and mentioning us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and/or in your blogs 🙂 We appreciate all of your support! Please feel free to ask us anything at any time! Also, feel free to join our Slack community ;)
Hope you enjoyed reading this newsletter!
See you next week ;)
Best,
Kei and Kazuki
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