Weekly Mix #205 - How to Get Rich, Apple & Privacy, Quality of Life Improvements & Jonah Hill

How to Get Rich, Apple & Privacy, Quality of Life Improvements & Jonah Hill

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Happy Monday!

Hope you had a great weekend. I had a weekend with fewer scheduled activities and lots of visits with friends, and it was one of the best I've had in a while.

I'd forgotten what it's like to slow down and have time to think and do things slowly.

Being busy is great, and can build momentum, but the slower times are necessary too. The end of summer is a good time for it: the long weekend, the end of summer activities, and the pause before school starts again.

I hope you manage to find some slower time of your own.

Have a great week!

Graham

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Links

📚 Book Notes: How to Get Rich - Felix Dennis - I finally finished my notes on How to Get Rich. It was one of the most entertaining and honest books on how to build wealth I've ever read. Highly recommend.

📖 The All-Seeing "i": Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy - A warning from Ed Snowden on the new photo-scanning system that Apple plans to roll out with iOS 15.

📖 Things that improve your quality of life - Reddit - A crowdsourced list of things to improve your life. Some gems in there, and a lot of good reminders.

📖 Jonah Hill Is SuperGood - GQ - A fun interview with Jonah Hill on art, being happy, and how things have changed for him. "I got healthier, my art got better, and I was happier. Straight up. I haven’t seen misery bring better art out of anybody. I just haven’t."

📖 These Are 23 Great Rules To Be A Productive Creative - Ryan Holiday - One of my favourite authors—and one of the most prolific—Ryan Holiday offers a list of rules for boosting your creative output.

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