7 | Mental Obesity
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Today at a glance:
Information == Food
Control the Algorithm
Tools to help you curate
A lovely quote
Invitation for an event
Imagine this.
It’s 11 a.m., and the heat is oppressive. We’re both enjoying cold coffee in a cafe at Connaught Place having a conversation about books. We see a person who looks physically sound but is obese.
His table is piled high with all the crap the cafe has to offer. Sandwiches, pastries, bagels, donuts, and anything else that an obese person should not consume.
“What do you think the person lacks?” I’d ask.
Your response would be something along the lines of
“Doesn’t take care of his health”
“Consumes a lot of junk”
“Doesn’t work out often”
“Might have some health issues”
You see, our brain is very similar to this. Information is like food. Our mental obesity is determined by the type of information we consume.
And, with the way the world is, if you don’t make an effort to protect yourself from the constant barrage of meaningless information, you’ll end up like the overweight person sitting at the cafe eating junk.
Something fascinating I’ve seen is that when you start curating for others, you grow better at consuming.
How to Curate
The following will be a list of tools and tactics that I personally use to curate my information diet.
Use Lists! Look at making lists as a one-time investment that gives exponential returns. Lists help you in keeping in touch with your favorite creators and not missing anything they put out!
Here are 2 lists that I curated a couple of months back. People love it:
Once you finish making lists, use Tweetdeck to organize them. This is what my feed looks like:
Mute all the personal accounts. The sooner you realize that everyone on social media is merely pretending to be happy, the better.
Avoid reels as much as possible. You open it for a few minutes and an eternity passes.
Follow only those accounts that provide you the information you are looking for.
Newsletters
People share their actual thoughts on their newsletters.
Subscribe to those whose content you actually love reading. (Like mine :P)
Here are a few to subscribe:
YouTube
Controlling YouTube is the easiest.
Use an extension to block all ads and recommendations
Subscribe to only those creators whose content you really care about
Use Liner to take notes and transfer them to Notion.
Finding a signal through the noise is very difficult. But once you find it, don’t let go.
Quote of the week
People don’t love us because we’re special, we are special because of all the love that people have for us.
Learn Notion
This Wednesday, I will be taking a session on Bluelearn about Notion. You can register for it by clicking here.
This will be a complete beginner-friendly session. So if you are someone who finds Notion intimidating, do join in.
We’ll learn by doing, and by the end of it, you’ll have created your own Digital Brain.
That’s it for the week folks!
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Mahaprasad
By Mahaprasad
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