BrainPint - Living Differently

Hi everyone,

This week we're exploring ideas that will help us live differently, learning how do differentiate products & services in an age where the Internet is a copy machine and discovering how to ask great questions as a leader.

Cheers,
Janel

36 Ways To Live Differently
Pick several of these ideas and consider how applying them might impact your life. Some ideas that stood out:

• Walking away from a bad situation is always an option. If you don’t like something as much as you thought, don’t be afraid to change your mind. Ignore sunk costs! Real winners quit all the time.
• Some people are naturally uplifting and fun to be around. Spend more time with them, and less with people who are negative and discouraging.
• Try to remember that everyone has experienced trauma and heartache of some kind—or if they’ve been fortunate to avoid it until now, sooner or later it will find them. Keep this in mind when dealing with people you find annoying.

Better Than Free
The Internet is a copy machine. When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied. Kevin Kelly shares 8 ways to stand out through Immediacy, Personalization, Interpretation, Authenticity, Accessibility, Embodiment, Patronage and Findability. Wild to think this was written in 2008 and still so valuable.

Outbreak
An interactive essay that will improve your understanding of the mechanics of outbreaks.

How To Ask Great Questions As A Leader
Questioning is a skill, and great leaders build inquisitive cultures. Here's how:

1. Start with an open-ended question.
2. Respond, don’t react. Embrace silence.
3. Ask a stream of questions.
   

Open-ended questions serve as a relief valve, reducing the tension of having the correct answer.

Why We All Need Subtitles Now
It's not you — the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Here's why.

10 Formulas To Brainstorm Newsletter Names
Useful tips to help you name a newsletter (could be applied to products!)

Same Energy - A beautiful visual search engine that you can use to find beautiful art and ideas.

Supatabs - Free Chrome extension to help you manage your multiple open tabs and free up your computer's RAM.

Product Explorer - A database with extensive data on 70,000+ product launches. Use it to develop a data-driven launch strategy or find interesting old projects to revive.

PocketTube - A free browser extension for YouTube. Organize your subscriptions by topic using groups or AI tags, manage in Deck mode and customize your feed using filters and sorts.

Life-Changing Concepts - A weekly newsletter that makes you more successful in life with mental models. Get a summary of 20 useful mental models when you join. It’s free.

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Wonders Of Street View - Explore the strange and breathtakingly fascinating world of things found on Google Street View.

The Top 50 Most Visited Websites - In a neat visual graphic.

Guess The Flag - Learn about the world's flags by playing a guessing game.