Update:

Thanks for following the Weekly Learnings Roundup over the past year. I’ve had a great time curating some of the most interesting learnings and articles from the interwebs for you.

Starting September, I’ll be shifting this weekly feature to a monthly feature for two reasons:

  1. To set aside more time to write high quality, long-form articles that I think you’ll enjoy.
  2. To provide you with a synthesis of the interesting articles and learnings in one meaningful hit.

I still plan on sharing interesting articles through Twitter @peternakamura. And if you’re looking for my favourite articles, just keep an eye out for the hastag #mustread.

I appreciate your continued support for my blog and I’m looking forward to producing some more interesting content!

And without further ado, your roundup…

Thanks for checking out the Weekly Learning Roundup. These bite-sized, weekly posts are designed to give you a quick hit of interesting learnings and articles I came across this week.

It’s a motley assortment of tips, resources, and links that will hopefully give you a bit of inspiration for the upcoming week. Enjoy!

What I’m reading —

Eating To Break 100: Longevity Diet Tips From The Blue Zones by Eliza Barclay

Want to live to 100? Well, check out what folks in the “Blue Zones” (i.e. regions in the world with the highest concentration of centenarians) are eating. In a way, it’s the best science that we can find around diets that actually work.

Here’s what they do:

  • Eat until you’re 80% full.
  • Make your largest meal of the day either breakfast or lunch.
  • Eat mostly plants and eat meat rarely (i.e. once a week)
  • Drink alcohol moderately (i.e. 1-2 glasses a day)

Props to my friend Janice Sousa for sharing this article!

Podcast episode I’m enjoying —

Running a Family and a Business (Season 5, Episode 4) on the StartUp Podcast

Startup founder, Diana Lovett, opens up about her challenges with balancing the life of a founder and a mother. It’s an honest, emotional conversation between her and executive coach Jerry Colona as they talk through what’s really at the heart of her challenge with the balancing act.

A quote that’s inspiring me —

We often think that insecurity comes from a weak ego, but in my experience it is the result of an inflexible ego that has mistaken itself as the center of the universe, which keeps contradicting it on this key point.

— Shozan Jack Haubner

“ah-ha!” thought of the week —

Start with fun.

Having fun makes a lot of things easier. I remember as a kid that I hated taking piano lessons because my teacher was a horrible stickler. I think I ended up crying for most of the lessons that I took.

Even as adults, knowing the benefits of activities like exercise, we still have a hard time getting out and going to the gym. What’s the missing ingredient? I think it’s fun.

Fun can come in many shapes and forms. You might enjoy team sports over lifting weights. Or being a part of a community of people who enjoy the same type of exercise.

Whatever it is, start with fun and find ways to look forward to the activity. Do something that gets you excited and don’t make it a chore by thinking you need to go; rather, think that you want to go. This also means not over pacing yourself especially when you’re getting started.

Go out there – find ways to make your exercising, reading, cooking, etc. for the next 30 days. See how that works out for you.

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Featured image by Matthew Henry.

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