🗓️ Join me for a 🆓 live chat on Thursday April 25 . . . plus tips on dealing with frustration and more!
I'll be responding to your ideas for improving our lives -- and offering a sneak preview of upcoming columns.
Welcome to The Pink Report, which reaches 115k+ subscribers every other week.
1. WHY NOT share your big idea with the world? 🌐💡💬
Earlier this year, the Washington Post and I launched Why Not? — a new venture in what we call “possibility journalism.”
Instead of arguing over who’s right or who’s wrong, we’re asking a deeper question: What’s possible? And we’re inviting readers across the globe — that’s you! — to participate.
Please join me on Thursday April 25 at Noon ET for our first live chat.
In Thursday’s chat, I’ll respond to your ideas for strengthening our countries, invigorating our organizations, and supporting our families. I’ll also ask for your advice on some Why Nots? I’m exploring.
Click here to submit an idea or a question in advance. Or just join us live on Thursday at Noon ET. It’s free!
(You can read previous columns here.)
2. PINK RECOMMENDS. Trashing your negative emotions . . . charting the rise and fall of a legend . . . using AI more effectively. 🛠️ 📚 🎧
TRY: Next time you’re angry, write what’s bugging you on a piece of paper. Then crumple or shred that paper and throw it away. New research from Japan suggests that this technique is an effective (and inexpensive) method for extinguishing negative emotions.
READ: Hardscrabble beginnings. Relentless drive. Historic achievements. A spectacular downfall. You don’t have to be a sports fan to enjoy Keith O’Brien’s new book, Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. It’s an unputdownable American tragedy.
LISTEN: For a brisk overview of artificial intelligence, along with tips on how to use the technology more effectively, check out Ezra Klein’s interview with Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, author of the new book, Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI.
3. FINAL THOUGHTS. This is how to deal with frustration. 😤
It’s an inviolable law of the human experience.
Stuff goes wrong. Always. Massively. And at precisely the wrong time.
So . . . how should you respond to life’s inevitable frustrations?
This Pinkcast from the archives offers a technique I use several times a week.
You can watch the 118-second video by clicking the image below.
That’s it for this edition. See you next time!