Hello again,

Welcome to your weekly closure edition #7. I’ve tried my best to give context, you decide if it’s worth your time.

• 1 Question To provoke some thoughts.

• 1 Quote To Inspire, motivate, or make you rethink your whole existence.

• 1 Tweet To get a new insight quickly and without fluff.

• 1 Process a.k.a. a cool framework.

• 1 Article I enjoyed reading because it taught me a lot.

• 1 Video or Podcast (Something with sound)

• 1 Meme because we must not forget to have fun.

Enjoy.

1 question 3 questions

1. What am I working on and why?

2. Who am I spending time with and why?

3. How well am I treating my body and why?

These determine 99% of the happiness in your life. 

Everything else is noise.

1 Quote

What’s your sacrifice?

1 Tweet

1 Framework

Before you dive into this week's framework, here’s a list of lessons learned from it. Feel free to skim them and decide for yourself if the read is worth your time.

1. Strategic Planning for Personal Life: Just as strategic planning is crucial for business success, applying strategic thinking to personal life can help individuals define and achieve their goals, leading to a more fulfilling life.

2. Defining Personal Success: Understanding what a great life means on a personal level is essential. This involves considering aspects like happiness, meaning, relationships, achievements, and health.

3. Importance of Purpose: Identifying a clear life purpose, based on one's strengths, values, and passions, provides direction and motivation, acting as a guiding star for personal decisions and actions.

4. Vision for the Future: Crafting a vivid life vision helps in setting long-term goals and imagining the desired future, making it easier to align daily actions with broader life objectives.

5. Life Portfolio Management: Assessing how time and resources are allocated across different life areas enables individuals to make informed decisions about where to focus their efforts for maximum satisfaction and impact.

6. Learning from Others: Benchmarking against role models and research findings on life satisfaction can offer valuable insights into practices that contribute to well-being and success, allowing for informed strategy adjustments.

7. Making Conscious Choices: Strategic life planning involves making deliberate choices about priorities and changes needed to align with one's definition of a great life, purpose, and vision.

8. Implementation and Adaptation: Setting specific, measurable goals and regularly reviewing and adjusting one's life strategy ensures continuous progress toward achieving a fulfilling life.

9. Integration of Emotion and Analysis: Balancing emotional intuition with analytical planning can lead to more holistic and satisfying life decisions.

10. Proactivity in Life Design: Rather than letting life happen by chance, taking a proactive and strategic approach to life planning empowers individuals to shape their own destinies according to their values and aspirations.

1 Article

Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’

Lol. What?????!

Another reminder that innovation comes with a lot of downsides. In every new phase, there are people exploiting tech developments. For good, and sadly for bad. Let this be another reminder to double-check your sources. And tell your parents.

1 Playlist

Lately, I’ve been working a lot in a busy coffee place. I found that the sound distracted me too much so I put on my favorite “focus” playlist. It’s a list full of Lo-Fi Chinese (or Japanese) hip-hop beats. This list is perfect if you’re looking for vibes that calm you down and don’t distract you too much. I thought it could be a nice addition to your hustle-assets. Enjoy.

1 Meme

Burn them all!!!!

Thanks for hanging in there.

See you next week.

Erwin