#ThirstyThursday Issue #158

🎙️ Google Notebook LM is changing podcasts forever—here’s how.

🎄 Get ready for the holidays with these tips on prepping for time off.

📚 Learn how to create a brag book to showcase your accomplishments (template included).

🗣️ Discover the communication skill that sets great leaders apart, according to a Stanford professor.

Takeaways:

• This crash course for busy individuals and Notion newbies teaches essential basics like formatting, layouts, and how to create visually appealing workspaces with icons and covers.
• Learn how to build organized task databases with properties like status, priority, and due dates. Utilize sorting, filtering, and different views (like an inbox) to prioritize and manage tasks efficiently.
• Notion offers effortless project management & customization through databases with custom fields and timeline views. They also have the ability to personalize pre-made templates or browse the Notion gallery for inspiration.

Watch the YouTube tutorial.

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Takeaways:

• Too often, productivity is the highest value that guides our lives. But the Earth offers us her wisdom—winter is a time for hibernation, dormancy, and pruning away. And the healing that can come from rest is a gift to future generations.
• Slowing down is a radical act but allows for your mind to expand and gives you time to rest.
• Creating moments to slow down allows you to “shed” things you don’t need and resurface regenerated.

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Takeaways:

• Changing your perspective to “how can I be of value and service to others?” helps reframe situations and help introverts change the focus away from themselves.
• Using that reframing, it’s easy to share insights and advice that position you and your strengths without it feeling egotistical or coming off as a braggart.
• Finding a way to be of service takes the pressure of “promoting oneself” and create a natural opportunity to build your brand in an authentic way.

Watch the TikTok.

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Takeaways:

• Get inspired by cozy knits, layers and fun patterns while still being comfy enough to wear through a big dinner!

Watch the reel.

💬 Slack is making email chains obsolete (GIFs included).

📖 Move over Goodreads—StoryGraph is the upgrade every bookworm needs.

🧶 Stay cozy in this colorblock knit sweater that adds a pop of color to your wardrobe.

💄 Achieve a long-lasting look with this peel-off lip stain that delivers a vibrant pop of color.

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