Warped self; Monetising nothing; Flat internet

💡Think

Something that I find myself saying a lot is that “expectations lead to disappointment”, because we inevitably set ourselves up for failure if we go into situations demanding high results. This is applicable not only in the workplace, but with our relationships too.

However, the Pygmalion Effect states that the higher our expectations of a result, the better our performance. It works in the opposite way too – if you’re generally expecting things to fail, your performance will be lacking.

So what’s the take away? It’s mostly about attitude, and ensuring that we try to keep as positive as we can when negotiating life to ensure our performance is as high as it can be.

📷 Look

Baker Street, London – From my Instagram

📖 Read

❶ The world isn’t flat, but the internet is

This is a great piece about how the perception of events and time on the internet is, well…flat. Your actions online ten years ago, yesterday, or tomorrow are all equally weighted, regardless of the person you are now and how it has changed. It’s a broader discussion about cancel culture, and how the internet both makes it easy and also needs to be challenged.

Read this article

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❷ The app that monetised doing nothing

Do you use any meditation apps? If not, you’re probably aware of Calm, and their mission to make it more accessible. This is a profile of what that space looks like in tech, just how an app like this could exist, and what it means for the future of digital mindfulness.

Read this article

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❸ Social media and the warped self

Although this is a science article, it’s a great read for all of us who spend (too much) time on social media. It discusses how platforms are created to become ‘hyperstimulators’, which reward us for our attention and can very easily swoop us up into a false sense of security that’s mainly anchored in self validation.

Read this article

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Bonus round

• A long read with honest account of burnout from a working mother in tech

• Trust me when I say you need to watch this video (5 minutes)

🎧 Listen

Rethinking your position

This podcast is with an organisational psychologist, and it’s filled with so much gold. My main takeaway was the discussion around opinions – everyone is entitled to them, but if you share it you must feel comfortable being challenged on it.

Listen to this podcast (64 minutes)

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Have a great week,
Luis Ouriach
@disco_lu

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Kevin Fernandez (@kvnfz)