6 Discoveries from Near and Far: Volume XLII

I. Around the World

Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.

• 10 Travel Hacks The Tourism Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know — Featuring comments from me and several other experts
• Be a More Productive Writer While Also Achieving Balance — Lots of contrarian advice here. I still like my to-do lists, but I appreciate this perspective
• Traveling to Cuba? Book one of the 1,000 listings available on Airbnb — While you’re waiting for the Park Hyatt Havana to open, here are some alternatives
• How to Be Funnier — A new film from FiveThirtyEight
• “Live free, die hoppy” — One man’s quest to visit every craft brewery in the U.S.
• Winston Churchill’s Guide to Life-Work Balance — Including a morning whiskey in the bath and a daily uniform of pink silk pyjamas

II. On the Blog

A few posts you may have missed on the blog.

• “Happiness Depends on You” — On the Road with Scott Bold and Michelle Eshlemen
• Win the Way You Won Before — Can you adapt the skill or strategy that worked for you in the past to a new situation?
• “Most Ambitions Belong to the Past” — Reflections on a Neurosurgeon’s Final Year of Life
• Writing a Three-Line Poem Every Day for a Year — YVonne Whitelaw’s Quest

III. A Blast from the Past

Something from the AONC archives.

• No Money, but a Rich Life — On the Road with Nate Maingard

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Image: Ed Yourdon

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