Stuff #123 - breathe deeply...

Hey from Dublin,

I hope that the weeks mail finds you safe and well.

It's a public holiday here in Ireland, celebrating St Brigid of Kildare who apparently was able to turn water into beer, which is every reason to be beatified.

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A big thank you to new visitors over the last month, I've seen a decent bit of growth despite some clean-up from subscribers that don't open the mail at all.

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As always - thanks for being here - it's great to have you join me each week! If you received this from an amazing friend, get your own copy here.

1. Monday Motivation:  Let this week be the one where you improve your reading.   If you spend 1% of your day reading, the benefits compound. You can build a simple system to read 30 books a year.   Here are three more tips to help you read more.   You could even form a habit, 20 pages per day will take 30 mins and will change your life.  You can use my free tracker to help build the habit.
2. Your new superpower: I had to make a tough decision at work this week, I'm grateful for the people around that helped me get more comfortable making the choice.  What also helped was falling back on a framework - I used this process to make my tough call.
3. Essential Reading:  Are you moving fast, or moving with velocity?  Growth is a direction, not a destination.
4. Take care: Any budget, any challenge - now AI can help generate your skin care routine.    There is also a club.
5. TWIL:  Punxsutawney Phil is not the only weather predicting rodent in America.  
6. Breathe deeply:  I've been using a deep breathing technique (4-7-8) to help get to sleep for a while now, now there is an app that can help you alleviate stress, energize yourself or even improve endurance.  Bonus Stuff - more ways to help improve your sleep.
7. No more pop-ups:   Super Agent sits in your browser and stops the annoying cookie pop-ups, I've been using this for a few weeks and it's brilliant.
8. Global Eyesores:  The ugliest buildings in the world, as decided by Twitter. Including a UK and US specific list.  There are a few in here which I really like, Balfron Tower in London is a design classic!
9. Ask Bill, or Yoda, or Michael Scott:  Askfamouspeople.com uses AI to let you have a conversation with famous people.  I had a decent chat with Bill Gates.  Alternatively, you can have a chat with a cat.
10. Finally:  Weaver is a new way of playing one of the oldest puzzle games.  It's great to see how close you were to the perfect solution. nave

🎧 Celebrating Black History Month with this excellent playlist charting some amazing artists.  From futuristic R&B to proto-rock'n'roll via all points in between.

I highly recommend putting this playlist on for 3 hours of top tunes.