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Doughnut Economics Buy-In Bakery

The Doughnut Economics Action Lab collaboratively produced the Buy-in Bakery, a handy mind-map of topics encountered and actions that can be taken when getting buy-in to use Doughnut Economics. The list is useful for developing a plan to get buy-in for positive change on any project I think.

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Brain Plasticity & Learning

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Big Think published an explainer about how the plasticity of the brain can impact on learning, and how repetition can cause structural changes in the brain to make learning easier.

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How To Build A Forest

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Catherine Cleary of The Irish Times tells the fantastic story about how her and her husband decided to build a forest by buying the cheapest suitable land they could find and plant 27 acres of native trees as a form of Climate Action.

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Addressing Imposter Syndrome

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A Smart Bear offers a quirky way of addressing imposter syndrome, which is to accept that we all suffer from it, even famous people, and if they can succeed despite it, so can you.

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Great Strategy

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A Smart Bear published an excellent piece breaking down what makes a great business strategy, how to formulate one and how to communicate it.

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Podcast of The Week: Seth Godin with Tim Ferriss

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Long time readers of Found This Week will know I'm a big fan of both Tim Ferriss and Seth Godin, and as a result I was excited to listen to a recent interview with Seth Godin on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast. Seth has a unique ability to deliver wisdom wrapped up in empathy with a shot of motivation, and this interview did not disappoint.

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Improving Your Critical Thinking

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Gergely Orosz posted a great piece about critical thinking and how to improve your practice, which starts with embracing the concept of not knowing something, and systematically learning. This is very similar concept to Carol Dweck's book Growth Mindset.

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Free Workout Programs

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Darebee is a very useful exercise website that offers a number of thematic workout programs as well as a handy daily exercise gif.

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Brainstorming Prompts

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A smart bear published a handy list of brainstorming prompts that you can use in your business or creating pursuits.

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Co2 Battery

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Italian company Energy Dome have launched a large scale Co2 battery that can use captured carbon dioxide as a closed system battery. Electrical energy converts Co2 stored in a dome into compressed liquid, while storing the heat generated by the conversion. When the energy needs to be withdrawn, the stored heat is used to heat the compressed Co2 which turns a turbine to generate electricity and refill the Co2 dome.

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