The Long Game 136: Best of 2022, Predictions for 2023
The Long Game 136: Best of 2022, Predictions for 2023🔝 The Very Best Resources of The Year, Best Podcasts, Best Books, Best Articles, Best Videos, Best Youtubers, Best Tools, and Much More!Hi there, it’s Mehdi Yacoubi, co-founder at Vital, and this is The Long Game Newsletter. To receive it in your inbox each week, subscribe here: In this episode, I wanted to do something a bit different. As 2022 comes to a end, I thought it would be interesting to review and list the best content I’ve shared this year. 🥑 HealthWhen it comes to health, a lot happened in 2022. Here are some of the highlights in terms of personal health this year:
🌱 WellnessHere are some of my favorite topics of 2022 in this section:
🧠 Better ThinkingOne of the highlights of this year was to remove all the unnecessary in my life and focus on way fewer things to do them better. I felt that the productivity discussion fell right into that. I used to focus on systems of note-taking, collecting, classifying, etc. now I try to approach this with more “flow” and less obsession with how it’s done. What matters is the result a system enables, not the system itself. From The Long Game 98: 🛠 On Productivity ToolsIf you’re on Twitter, you might have seen a productivity backlash happening: It started with this meme: If you’re a long-time reader of The Long Game, you know I had my “productivity phase.” I tried and used most apps at the center of the bell curve (and others), and I still use some productivity apps. I’m not relying entirely on Apple Notes (yet?). However, I totally agree with the general sentiment of this meme. A ‘productivity porn’ era was started a few years ago by some Youtubers and people selling courses on how to create a second brain and optimize your note-taking. I think that at first, watching a few videos like this does no wrong. Still, for some mysterious reasons, many people seem to get caught up in trying to constantly have a perfectly optimized note-taking, personal knowledge management system. Paradoxically, people who get the most things done don’t seem to think about this problem nearly as much as the growing productivity niche. Why is that? I think it’s because, for the most part, focusing on productivity is the perfect procrastination. It feels good, it feels like progress, it feels like you’ll be able to unlock a superpower once your Roam graph is all filled with knowledge, but this just isn’t the reality. I’m not against note-taking and productivity per se. I just can’t ignore that this isn’t the key to outstanding output and insights. It’s just an irresistible trap, at least at first. Right now, I’m way less focused on the tools I use and always ask myself, “isn’t this new tool a form of procrastination?” whenever I’m about to fall into the trap again. In the words of Sam Altman:
⚡️ Startup StuffHere are my favorite startup resources of the year:
📚 What I ReadI read fewer books this year. This was purposeful. I feel that some periods of life benefit from less input and more focus/obsession with building & creating. My favorite books of 2022:
I intend to focus mainly on biographies & history books from now on. My favorite articles of 2022: 🍭 Brain Food📡 The Next Big ThingAt the end of each year, Nikhil Basu Trivedi comes up with some significant trends for the year to come. I think that most of these are spot on, and the one I most agree with is obviously the one we’re working on : )
Pair with: 2023 Predictions from 40 Founders, Investors, and Operators
— Matt Moss, Founder, and CEO of Locket 🎙 Podcast Episodes of the YearHere are my favorite podcast episodes of 2022: 🎥 What I’m WatchingI’ve listened to fewer podcasts and watched more Youtube this year. I think this trend will continue. My favorite channels:
For this week: 💤 I Wore 22 Sleep Trackers… This Is Best!Great video by Shervin, and cool to see him mention Vital! ❓ Why Do People Hate Elon Musk?🔧 The Tools of the YearThere are a few tools I greatly enjoyed this year: 🪐 Quote I’m Pondering
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