🏆 Best of February

In case you missed them: last month's most popular links among Refind subscribers.  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 

Best of February In case you missed them: last month's most popular links among Refind subscribers. The big 5 predictors of success → Darius Foroux 5 min Audio Open YouTube, Substack, or X right now, and you will be inundated with emergency sirens disguised as career advice. They put a timeline on your potential. To me, this is pure fear-mongering designed...

Runners-up → Done Is Better Than Perfect: Why Shipping Beats Polishing Every Time → Why Hybrid Productivity Systems are the Most Effective Systems. → Athletes keep breaking records — and they may never stop → AI Is Not Improving Productivity: Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu Top newsletters Show more The FilteryReduce toxic chemicals around your home. TechpressoKeep up with AI & tech in 5 minutes. The Lorem IpsumA funny email about serious topics. Jarvis Capital ResearchValuable news and insights on the stock market. SheHacksPurpleLearn to code securely, with Tanya Janca. Also popular in February Phone Addiction vs. Entrepreneurship: What It's Costing Your Business → carachace.com 11+ min Phone addiction isn't just productivity loss for entrepreneurs—it's nervous system burnout. Learn why chronic phone use is costing your business more than time. How We Spend Our Days Is How We Spend Our Lives: Annie Dillard on Choosing Presence Over… → Brain Pickings 3 min "The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less." Rare Unlimited Cash Back Match Turns Heads → Sponsored by Finance Buzz If you have outstanding credit card debt, getting a new 0% intro APR credit card could help ease the pressure while you pay down your balances. On top of all that, this top credit card offers an insane 5% cash back perk that gets matched after your first year. That's up to 10% back on qualifying purchases. Click through to see what all the hype is about. Debunking 6 Popular Psychology Myths → clearerthinking.org Click here to listenShort of time? Read the key takeaways.💪 Willpower doesn't seem to run on a single, depleting resource. Although hundreds of studies once supported ego depletion, many failed to replicate during the replication… Why oversharing might be the smartest move for your career and relationships → PsyPost.org 2 min Psychologist Leslie John discusses the surprising benefits of "oversharing" for your career and relationships in the latest Hidden Brain podcast. Five ways quantum technology could shape everyday life → The Conversation 4 min Audio Discovering new drugs and ultra-secure communication are all possible offshoots. Is It Better to Learn a Second Language as a Child or Adult? → Psychology Today 5 min Audio From brain development to accents, aptitude, and motivation, the real science behind language learning challenges the idea that there's only one "right" age to start. 6 Unspoken Leadership Rules That Protect Your Top Performers and Grow Your Business → Entrepreneur 8 min Audio Most people think hard work guarantees career success — but the truth about what really drives advancement is rarely taught. Why Life's Low Points Make Us Obsessively Productive → Psychology Today 4 min Audio Why do we hit the gym, cut our hair, or overhaul our lives right after emotional stress? How to use the psychology behind stress-driven productivity. How to write a coaching/learning prompt → Seth Godin 3 min An AI like Claude is actually a pretty good fortune cookie. You can ask a simple question and get a simple answer, sometimes a profound one. But this is a waste of the tool's potential.… ChatGPT is in classrooms. How should educators now assess student learning? → The Conversation 5 min Audio Ensuring higher education remains a space for ethical decision-making means incorporating at least five principles into forms of assessment. How We Grieve: Meghan O'Rourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss → Brain Pickings 18+ min "The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created." 4 Signs That Remote Work Isn't for You → Psychology Today 4 min Audio Four signs that working from home might not benefit your productivity. Unsubscribe