Week 31: Be the weakest person in the room.

Here we go again.

Something I’m learning

Getting more clear in my thinking and my writing. On slack, my aim is that any person reading any message I write, should have 0 questions of what I meant. If it’s a group of people, it should be very clear what the topic of the message is, what the goal/outcome is, what my rational is, and what the next steps are. The structure of:

The WhatThe WhyThe How

seems to be the cleanest. Books that helped me before and I’m trying to reread again are:

Revising Prose, KeithSeveral Short Sentences about Writing, Verlyn KlinkenborgOn Writing Well, William ZinsserThe Pyramid Principle, MintoSomething that changed my mind:

Longevity.

The more I read about health and the story of Peter Attia in his book Outlive around heart diseases, the more I think I should take exercise seriously. Heart problems are not a joke. And in my family it goes deep. I should act accordingly.

A recommended read on longevity.

Something I’m thinking of

“Be the weakest person in the room.” This served me long way in my career. Whenever you don’t feel like growing, go somewhere else where you do. We’re the average of 5 people we surround ourselves with. These should be carefully selected.

Something that’s making me really happy

My sister is now an official doctor in the US. Congrats Nuha!

Something I’m enjoying

Writing. It settles the chaos in my mind. It force me to think in rational logical steps when I want. And in complete different dimensions if I wanted to. It tells me what I’m thinking. Why I’m thinking what I’m thinking. And how to think about what I’m thinking.