Tuesday Dispatch: Issue #45

The Owl and The Beetle

This week we learn about the power of positive thinking, welcoming feelings, and privacy tools. As well as taking a journey throughout color and how we approximate pi.

Let's get going!

3 Droplets of Leadership

1. The Power Of Positive Thinking

   • The precursor to The Secret, The Power of Positive Thinking has helped millions of men and women to achieve fulfillment in their lives. In this phenomenal bestseller, Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. With the practical techniques outlined in this book, you can energize your life -- and give yourself the initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes.

2. Helena Bonham Carter reads The Guest House by Rumi

   • Helena Bonham Carter gives a reading of the Jalaluddin Rumi poem, ‘The Guest House’ that appears in Allie Esiri’s anthologies ‘A Poem for Every Night of the Year’ and ‘A Poem for Every Autumn Day’. Helena reads this for the launch of the anthology, ‘A Poem for Every Autumn Day’, in a film made during the lockdown summer of 2020 in Wiltshire, England, directed by Paul Weiland.

3. Privacy Tools

   • You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. PrivacyTools.io provides services, tools and privacy guides to counter global mass surveillance. Established in 2015 after Edward Snowden's revelations and it’s now the most popular guide for Privacy Tools. Don't miss it!

2 Grains of Technology::

1. Color Journey

   • This tool/toy/demo is a way to navigate all 16 777 216 colors in the RGB color space. Check it out!

2. The approximation for pi

   • We all learned in school that 22/7 is a good approximation for pi. But who came up with it? And how? It happened ~2300 years ago. In ancient Greece. Here's the story on a Twitter thread. Check it out!

1 Atom of Reflection

1. Recently, my executive coach made me reflect on a technique to help me overcome my notorious impatience. Every time I feel impatient, I must stop and reflect on "what does patience look like in this situation? What would be the pros and the cons?".
   

   I'm working on it, and it's already giving me a few interesting outcomes. Maybe you want to give it a try. It applies to pretty much any trait you want to master.

   
   Let me know if it works for you. Cheers!