Resources
Recommended Reading
You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life. By Neil Pasricha
A great read on how to build resilience, re-frame failures, and why we all need an "Untouchable Day".
10 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
The Author summarizes his 10 best tips to negotiating the best job offer. The biggest takeaway for me; the mindset reframe!
https://haseebq.com/my-ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/
Videos
Fear Setting with Tim Ferriss
Why defining your fears is even more important than defining your goals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6jAC6XxAI
BRAVING - The Anatomy of Trust; Brene Brown
Watch Brene Brown break down the seven elements of trust:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SqFiTeka_I
Podcasts
Why Compatibility is More Important than Chemistry; Jay Shetty
3 reasons why compatibility is more important than chemistry, and how to apply this to your next relationship, or strengthen your current one.
Apple Podcast Link:
Spotify Link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wdDCry0952WtjjuhQnMIW
The Advice Trap and Staying Curious Just a Little Longer
Brene Brown talks to Michael Bungay Stanier, author of six books, including The Coaching Habit and The Advice Trap. They talk about taming "Advice Monsters" - that insatiable thing that fuels the need to offer advice and answers when curiosity and good questions are way more powerful. Michael shares 7 great questions to ask to help us stay curious, and models a great coaching session with Brene Brown.
Spotify Link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CrIqIUZphQfjfUbOE4Suh?si=QyZFKyX1SU6TBJm0JMF0Zw
Extreme Listening
Simon Sinek talks with Deeyah Khan; a Muslim woman who made a documentary called "White Right: Meeting the Enemy". It's about spending time with white supremacists and her results were so profound, it raises the question, what if we all had the capacity for extreme listening?
Spotify Link:
https://a-bit-of-optimism.simplecast.com/episodes/extreme-listening-with-deeyah-khan