This week I have learned:
- the continuing power of connecting people. There have been a few opportunities in recent weeks where I’ve been able to make introductions to people from strangely diverse parts of my network. It’s a powerful thing to be able to do.
- how much I value the community that has built up around wb40podcast.com. 14 of us met up for dinner in the week, and it was a delight to see everyone. The community is very much an unintended (but very welcome) consequence of setting the podcast up nearly 9 years ago.
- how much I need a break. We have 3 weeks away coming up soon, but the down side of taking three weeks in one chunk is that you don’t have much of a break before then.
- the power of human facial recognition. I was at lunch with a colleague this week and saw one of the senior folk from my BBC days on the other side of the room. Someone who I barely interacted with back then, hadn’t thought about for years, but immediately recognised.
- that I’ve maybe cracked how to get a consistent yet eclectic visual style for randomthebook.com
- the power of green-lipped mussel extract.
The week in media:
Watched:
The England semi-final. Dramatic stuff.
Listened:
Continuing the Rolling Stone 500. Although I’ve received The Tracksuit Trilogy, I haven’t had a chance to sit down a listen to it properly yet.
Read:
Continuing Helen Lewis’s The Genius Myth.
Next week:
Final countdown to Malaysia.
The week in photos:
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