BrainPint - Grow As We Go

Hi everyone,

This week we're diving into why you shouldn't optimise your downtime, the practical bits behind a business exit, and learn how to gift excellent gifts.
P.S. This week I've chosen Grow As We Go by Ben Platt as the title. Have a listen!

Cheers,
Janel

Don't Optimise Your Downtime
For the longest time I always tried my best to optimise every single moment that I had that was free. Then I burned out. This article by BrainPint reader Rahul reminds us why we need time to catch a breath & relax our minds.

From 0 To Exit in 18 Months
Lemlist's founder Guillaume Moubeche shares how he & his team brought a SaaS app side project from 0 to Exit in 18 months. The article contains practical bits like how he found a buyer, how he valued the business and made the transfer.

How Colours Affect The Way You Think
Colours can have a surprising impact on our brains, impacting our ability to concentrate, our mood and taste. 

The Gen Z Field Guide
Insights into the minds of Gen Z consumers via a research report by Horizon Media. Gen Zs blatantly reject mainstream culture, with 91% of 18 to 25 year-olds believing that "mainstream pop culture is a thing of the past". While consumers used to conform to norms to fit in, Gen Z takes pride in being unique. I'm stoked because this paves the way for a more authentic, accepting & personalized Internet.

How To Be An Excellent Gift Giver
The festive season is around the corner and we all want to give good gifts. This article introduces us to an excellent three-point framework for gift-giving:

• Can I introduce someone to something they might not otherwise know about?
• Can I get them a nicer version of something than they would buy for themselves? 
• Or can I make them feel seen?

If you can tick one or more of these boxes, chances are that you have a good gift on your hands. The best gift we received from friends this year was a set of Zwilling Steak Knives, the missing piece in our cutlery collection. What was the favorite gift you received this year? Feel free to hit reply and share it with me.

What Is A Feed? (aka RSS)
Short and quick primer to learn about RSS.

Talking Points For Life - A library of ready-to-use messages for challenging social situations. Get tips on what you can say to set boundaries, extend your sympathy and more. Some of it is outright corny, but a good portion of it is useful.

Here//&Now - An intimate webspace for digital mediation through prompted daily reflections, using questions like "What would be a perfect day?" and "How have I embraced change recently?"

Flowspark - 150 free UI components for Webflow.

The Crowd List – Discover startups that are currently allowing anyone to invest. Subscribe for free!

Why We Buy - Wanna market smarter? Join 22,000 readers and discover the hidden reasons why people buy

Pick-Me-Apps - BLACK FRIDAY 12 premium Mac apps at 79% OFF. Get the whole set of 12 apps and save $322.

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80s NYC - Map of NYC, kind of like Google Street View but with older photos.

The Current World Population - It's growing each second.

Music Historian - Nifty tool for music lovers to search through last.fm's top 30,000 artists of all time, then play each artist's top hit.