The Drop №. 118 with Chase Hobby

VRB’s weekly list of things to read, watch, listen to, and try that have helped us live better and be better. Brought to you this week by Chase Hobby.

The Essential Habits for Becoming an Agile, Vital, and Durable Human Being.

Listen to this AOM podcast titled The Essential Habits for Becoming an Agile, Vital, and Durable Human Being. Kelly Starrett, a doctor of physical therapy, has trained professional athletes, Olympians, and military special operators, helping them unlock peak performance. But as he approached his fifties, he started to see cracks appearing in the health of the folks around him. What had worked for his peers in their 20s and 30s, wasn't working anymore; they were gaining weight, having surgeries, and just didn't feel good. He wrote Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully to outline the foundational practices that everyone, at every age, can use to develop lasting mobility, durability, and all-around health. There's a good reason I wrote this blurb at a standing desk.

Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Watch Billy Strings play Don't Let Your Deal Go Down. Billy Strings is a Grammy Award winner and is, for my money, the best guitar picker around. Blending traditional bluegrass and country music with a modern rock sensibility, Billy has gone from playing bars to arenas. This clip was taken from an impromptu session he did on Instagram. Enjoy

Why you may feel too guilty to rest

Read Why You May Feel Too Guilty to Rest. Idleness is, sometimes, not laziness. This article makes a good case for making time to make time. Written in the heat of the pandemic, this piece is a good reminder that being busy isn't the goal for most of us. Making time for quiet thought and focused attention on a particular problem is sometimes the best use of our time. Bottom line: sometimes taking a break is the answer to increased productivity

An AI Intern

Try Onboarding your AI intern. According to Wharton Professor, Ethan Mollick, several billion people just got free interns. That is, if they take advantage. The latest developments in AI technology have given each of us the opportunity to, effectively, have our very own intern. Here's the thing with interns - sometimes they're great and sometimes....they need a little coaching. Get started coaching your intern now and you may find yourself more productive with less work sooner than you think.