BrainPint - How To Build Resilience

Hi everyone,

This week we're diving into intriguing questions, how the Michelin Guide business works and how to cultivate resilience.

Cheers,
Janel

Questions
I discovered this list of questions by Patrick Collison, co-founder of fintech giant Stripe, and found them intriguing. It's a fun thought exercise to make a list of questions you'd love to find answers to.

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Scott Adams, the famous creator of Dilbert, shares thoughts about psychology. Some gems:

• The ability to change your mind is probably one of the best life skills you can ever hope to develop.
• We’re taught that being selfish is bad, but it all depends on how you look at it. Being selfish can be good. You can’t be generous to others if you’re not in a good place.

The Michelin Guide Business Explained
Deep dive into how the Michelin Guide started, its business model and what makes it so successful.

How To Cultivate Resilience

Resilience is not a trait or a resource—it’s a skill. You can get better at it.

• Respond | Work up the courage to take decisive action and mitigate harm.
• Restore | Mend what's been lost to find balance, community, and love.
• Rebuild | Take steps in a new direction having grown in joy, clarity, and direction
• Reflect | Consider our values and routines so we can learn from the experience.

The Ultimate Guide To Writing Online

Interview Warmup - Useful interview practice tool. Practice key questions + get insights about your answers.

Marketing Examined - A library of 5-minute reads to help you grow your startup.

TLDR This - Summarize long articles into concise, easy to digest content if you're time strapped!

Emoji Kitchen - Cook up different emojis by combining two standard emojis.

Recommend Me A Book - Discover new books by reading the first pages of random novels, and click to reveal title & author if the opening has you hooked.