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#12: Trust your (negative) gut 👊🏾
Shem Opolot
March 24, 2023
Happy Friday! 🎉 After getting used to the sound of toys, utensils, and food items crashing on the floor; to the sound of playful giggles, and the pitter-patter of baby feet, I welcome silence with the same enthusiasm you welcome an unpopular aunt on a Saturday afternoon, right before you turn on Netflix. But now, having left my wife and child and hopped on a flight back to the motherland, all I hear is the sound of the keys producing these words. I hate this silence and I hate what it represents. Wow! That took a dark turn…
…But I love you, so welcome to this week’s issue—
*Ba dum—tsss* 🥁
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💡 1 thing I've learned this week
Trust your (negative) gut
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Remember that one time you applied for a job and you had a great feeling about it…
…then you never got so much as an acknowledgment email from them?
Or that time you went on a date that set your heart aflutter, only to be grounded by gravity and reality a few weeks later?
Our good feelings about things are often misleading and fleeting. Mostly because we want them to be true.
In the past, every time I applied for a job I considered PERFECT FOR ME, I’d start planning my morning commute, searching Amazon for desk accessories, and rehearsing all the jokes I’d tell in the coffee break room.
I’d be such a great work colleague!
But nope.
The negative feelings you get about things, people, and situations, though? Those you should listen to.
Whether it be a person you don’t date or a job offer you turn down, your negative gut feeling will always be vindicated later.
And not just by self-fulfilling prophecy or sour grapes.
My negative gut has never let me down.
I just wish it would nudge me into a head-on collision with a million dollars.
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🙏🏾 1 thing I'm grateful for
Speaking engagements.
Seven hours after landing at Entebbe Airport, I threw on a black blazer over a plain white tee, draped on ash grey slim tapered pants, revealing tasteful ankle cleavage; hid my feet in plain white trainers (in Kampala, so you know I’m audacious) and moderated a panel on AI bias and data colonialism.
I loved every second of it.
I prayed for more opportunities like this and look at God!
🚀 Pro-tip
Sharing is caring in Google Workspace
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You created the perfect file in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides) and everyone wants a copy.
What’s the most efficient way to share the file without messing up your masterpiece, you ask?
Hold my drink 🧃
A GIF(GIF?) illustration of the magic in less than 15 seconds
Step 1: While in the file in your browser of choice, click Ctrl + L on a PC (⌘ + L on a Mac) to select the entire link to the file
(You can also manually click in the address bar and manually select the entire link, but WHY do you glorify suffering?)
Step 2: Copy the selected link using the shortcut Ctrl + C on a PC (or ⌘ + C on a Mac)
Step 3: Paste the link in any word processor using Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac)
The pasted link will look something like this for a Google Doc (it’ll be “spreadsheets” instead of “document” in a Google Sheet) ⤵️
Step 4: Delete everything, starting with “edit” and onwards, and replace them with the word “copy”
Like this ⤵️
Step 5: Select the entire revised link, copy it, and share it en masse 🎉
Done. When anyone clicks the link, this is what they’ll see in their browser
The revised link with “copy” instead of “edit” will prompt them to make a copy of the document
💡 Bonus tip
If you want the document you share to be downloaded by the recipient as a pdf (great when you’re sharing your CV) repeat steps 1 - 3, but in Step 4, instead of using “copy”, use this: “export?format=pdf” (don’t ask, just do 😅)
🧩 Games
Riddle
Brought to you by Braingle.
What phrase is represented by the following?
a) 1/2 = 05
b) six percent = 006
c) four and a half = 45
d) pi = approximately 314
Answer below
🔥 What's hot
A past YouTube video (new one drops on Monday)
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▶️ Shem’s picks
🏞️ The top international parks in the world
📽 You must watch this animation about the artist who couldn’t draw (Spoiler: it has nothing to do with drawing)
🤝🏾 If you work on diverse teams, this short article about scheduling might help
🔎 If you want to try my fancy browser (Arc), here’s an invite. First come, first served. (You can also message me and I’ll send you an invite if I have any at the time)
❓Riddle answer
Answer: missing the point
Have a great weekend,
— Shem
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