Podcast Appearance on The Art of Authenticity --
Had an awesome conversation with my friend Laura Coe on her new and killer Art of Authenticity podcast --
Linkage to Sebastian Marshall on Art of Authenticity
Or check it on Laura's site.
(While you're there, check out Carlos Miceli's appearance too -- Carlos is such an ace and such a positive wonderful guy, you'll enjoy his episode too.)
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Maybe the best job ever for someone who is managerial and in the art world...
My friend Nick Gray is hiring a Chief of Staff for Museum Hack -- it's probably the best job ever for someone who loves the arts and loves people. I don't normally promote jobs broadly, I just refer people 1-on-1 if I know a good person, but I think this is such an incredible opportunity if you're doing the starving artist thing in NYC --
https://museumhack.com/chief-of-staff/
http://jobs.museumhack.com/apply/IZrIwg/Chief-Of-Staff
If you know anyone who has a mix of love of the arts + wanting to take a management role in a rapidly growing and awesome company, pass this on to them.
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Congrats to Dr. Joshua Spodek for a 6+ year EVERY DAY blogging streak
Unreal. I'm humbled at his titanium-strength consistency.
If you've never checked out Doc Spodek before, start with his writing on "Self-Imposed Daily Healthy Challenging Activity" (SIDCHA).
Also congrats to Spodek for his new column on Inc which I'm looking forward to.
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Gold's Gym doing 7 Day Free Passes
Pretty cool. I don't have any affiliation, aside from enjoying hitting the squat rack --
http://7dayvip.goldsgym.com/fl3/lp3/default.aspx
It's a god-send for people traveling who are posting up in a city for a week to a month... technically you're supposed to be a local resident, but I don't think they care (they didn't in my case). Gold's Gym is a Mecca-like environment. Check it out.
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I'll be in Dubai for the STEP Conference with Kai April 4th-5th.
Are you around? We'll have a salon around then, for sure. Send an email if you're in the neighborhood.
Even if you're not in town for then specifically, but sometimes around Arabia, drop me a line. I'm getting residency in Dubai there on an investor's visa, and will be in the Middle East a lot going forwards.
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I've started planning on GGW Summer Camp II in late August at UChicago and GGW Tour IV in North America in October.
If you're a student leader, professor, or administrator in North America and want to be involved in early stages, get in touch. For GGW Tour IV, we're going to be doing less dates, aiming at 500+ audience attendees for each venue, with extra breakout sessions and really going to the next level.
It's still early, but email me if you want to be involved. I'm a little slow on email right now with a lot going on, so forgive me if takes a week+ to get back to you... really a lot going on right now. (Can't complain though!)
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Urban Marches for Commuting
A quick thought -- one of my largest quality-of-life boosts has been doing 4-6 long urban marches instead of commuting on trains, cars, buses, etc. I'm now wearing merino wool socks + shirt + base jacket layer, with durable boots, synthetic athletic pants that both look professional and are good for fitness, a well-balanced ruck for hiking, and a pair of minimal running in the 'ruck along with my laptop.
This has been a gigantic quality of life improvement... it regularly saves me $7 to $15 while getting me a great exercise jam. I'll probably do a gear writeup of what specifically I'm working with, but the basic idea is -- start moving your clothing to the point where you can move seamlessly from business environments, to solo productivity, to commuting via foot. I've done this in Shanghai and Tokyo, not exactly known for being great walking cities, and it's been just fantastic. Can't recommend it enough.
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Infinite Looper on Repeat For Music+Productivity
Try...
Korobushka:
http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=Lg0N3xhOzc8&p=n
Conan the Barbarian soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZL2R9jDJM
Both been huge productivity boosts for me.
Feel free to leave your music recommendations in the comments.
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Ask the Strategist: Rules for Collaborating With Driven People
My new piece for Pregame Magazine is out --
Rules for Collaborating With Driven People
I think it's a barnburner and incredibly useful -- don't miss it.
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What are your current questions on fitness and wellness?
Taking your questions for my March column now -- get them in to editor@thestrategicreview.net or leave them in the comments. Don't be shy -- I answer all my email (eventually...!) and I'll go deep on one question for March's column.
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And people love TSR, which makes me thrilled
Recent feedback for The Strategic Review --
"Great as always. Each of these could easily be a chapter in a future book." -- Zach C.
| "Hi Sebastian,Just want to drop you a quick note to say that TSR and Gateless are some of the best "general purpose" guidebooks about being awesome at life I've read. Specifically, you have a knack for concisely articulating common causes of dissatisfaction in a way that promotes action, e.g., "f you wake up ... stuff some junk in your food as you rush off to drive through traffic to do work that’s not well-defined and not particularly impactful, obviously, that’s not going to lead you to going up in life at the pace you could be."Man, that really rings true for me right now, but at least I have a working definition of the problem! John" |
"This one was my favorite so far Sebastian. The "financial literacy" issue! Excellent stuff." -- Ted, on Issue #7
| "Thank you, this series has been incredible. Since episode 1, I've started doing the daily review, tracking my time, using caffeine strategically, and my trajectory is on the up and up. Sincerely appreciate the work that you put into these pieces." -- Kevin D." |
"Great piece. Lots of food for thought." -- Greg
Thanks for this. There is much to chew on here...
I appreciate you making it available.
All best,
Bob L."
"This was pretty action-inspiring so without further ado I am going forth this very moment go put some hours into this renovation project I'm helping to work on.
(Not just saying that!)
Thanks for the constant sheer awesomeness that is this newsletter,
Alex T."
[and like a couple dozen more of those -- thank you everyone
Thanks for all the feedback and readership -- I do it for you. Feel free to send thestrategicreview.net to any of your friends not currently receiving it -- they'll thank you!
Yours,
Sebastian