Hey friend,

Hope you're having a Rad Weekend. We are currently en route to Winter Park for Ski week. (We'll see how the kids do.) This week, I wrote about the bucket lists. Spoiler alert: they're kinda bad.

Now for some real talk. Have you ever wondered how to prioritize when everything is a priority? How are you supposed to be a great parent, lead your organization and cultivate your spiritual practices - when you're responding to email all day.

We just wrapped our 12th cohort of Supercharge Your Productivity where we teach you the $10K Work Method to getting more done (while surfing 300 days a year 😉)

Why Bucket Lists are BS

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I’ve been thinking a lot about bucket lists recently.

Mostly because we redesigned our marketing assets to include the following tag line:

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Not getting lost in the details. So that you can zoom out on the big picture.

Thinking bigger. Instead of making small things better.

But then I went to look at actual bucket lists. And I realized we may have a problem.

According to USA Today in 2017 the top items on a single person’s bucket list were:

1. Fall in love – 83%
2. Go on a wine tour in Napa – 53%
3. Change someone’s life for the better – 52%
4. Get to my ideal weight – 47%
5. Go on a safari – 45%
6. Ride a hot air balloon – 45%
7. See the Northern Lights – 45%
8. Go to the Super Bowl – 43%
9. Swim with dolphins – 39%
10. Travel through Europe – 38%

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(I find this list a bit suspect, because I’ve done 7 out of 10.)

But for some real talk.

C’mon man.

A bucket list item is something we work hard for. We sacrifice. We delay gratification. And then we are eternally happy.

You with me?

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Here are this week's top reads:

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Would you trade places with Warren Buffet?

6 minutes | The Long Run
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Would you trade places with Warren Buffett, today? He’s a bazillionire — but also 90 years old. There’s a complex relationship between time, health and money. None of these variables are linear and we know that money has a declining utility curve. I enjoyed this framework of accumulating “experience points” to minimize our regret gap.

→ Read the post​

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Dollar cost averaging vs lump sum

8 minutes | Of Dollars and Data
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When you’ve got a chunk of cash you’d like to invest, are you better off putting it all in the market at once (lump sum) or gradually over time (dollar cost averaging)? It can be terrifying to put it all in the market (especially this one), but the longer you wait, the worse off you will be. When assets are rising, lump sum outperforms dollar cost averaging. When assets are falling, dollar cost averaging outperform lump sum. For most asset classes across most time periods, lump sum investing outperforms dollar cost averaging, even on a risk-adjusted basis.

→ Read the post​

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100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying

5 minutes | The Guardian

There are lots of small changes we can make to improve our lives with minimal effort. A few of our favorites? Sleep with your phone in a different room. Find your emotional blind spots. Bring ice to house parties. And give compliments widely and freely. (“You get a compliment! You get a compliment!”)

→ Read the article​

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Maybe your sleep tracking is killing you

5 minutes | Nat Eliason's Newsletter
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Death Clock is an online tool that tells you when you’ll die based on information you input about your life - things like date of birth, BMI, and smoking status. All metrics that are straightforward and easily quantified. But what if you exercise daily, eat right, sleep well, avoid alcohol but spend all of your time alone doing work you feel disconnected from? Are you really healthier than someone who drinks a glass of wine everyday, has a little extra body weight, but is surrounded by community and feels a strong sense of purpose? Turns out some of the most important factors in a “healthy” life aren’t so measurable.​

→ Read the post​

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How to help high achievers overcome imposter syndrome

13 minutes | MIT Sloan Review
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We’ve all experienced self-doubt at one point - this persistent, lingering feeling that we’re just not as capable as others think we are. Some day soon everybody’s going to find out and the jig will be up. Helping high-achievers overcome this phenomenon involves a total reframe: challenging your thoughts as they arise and looking for evidence that you’re not, in fact, an imposter.​

→ Read the article​

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Below the Fold
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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​Are you living the “deferred life plan”? (RadReads, 1,000 clicks)
• ​3 rules to express your thoughts so that everyone will understand you (Big Think, 386 clicks)

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And finally, a deaf mom’s reaction to Rihanna’s half-time Show performance.

With gratitude,

Khe

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