My morning train WFH wrote:

• 35 ideas for 2021: Just before the end of the year, I think I will share some of my thoughts on reading, learning, relearning and writing in the past 12 months. There are 35 of them, of no particular importance. I hope you find these useful as much as I do. (Safar Nivisak)

• Explains the most unusual job market in modern American history Resignations, substantial salary increases, and severe labor shortages: 10 charts of surprising labor markets in 2021 (Washington post)

• Art makes a comeback year: Kahlo, O’Keeffe and $18.9 million coins Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips sold $15.6 billion worth of art in 2021. Below are 20 highlights from the recovery year. (Wall Street Journal)

• Index Creator Economy: When summarizing monetization on these 50 platforms, we found that the total revenue of creators will soon exceed $10 billion. Although the number of new creators surged in 2020, this is not a one-time peak. One year later, creators are still online at a record speed: the number of creators has increased by 48% year-on-year. In total, these platforms have attracted 668,000 creators. (stripe)

• Blame the bigger bills on bad weather Severe weather around the world has caused severe damage to the raw material market. From electricity and heat to houses and breakfast cereals, the prices of all commodities are rising. (Wall Street Journal)

• 10 ways the city will return in 2021: The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought innovations in architecture, technology, equality, climate, and transportation to cities around the world. (City laboratory)

• How to be a better listener Although listening is a widely acclaimed skill, few, if any, are explicitly taught outside of the therapist training. A 2015 study showed that although 78% of accredited undergraduate business schools listed “speaking” as a learning goal, only 11% of schools listed “listening” as a learning goal. (Harvard Business Review)

• Can we really “drain” China? No. But we can bring tremendous economic growth to the United States while enhancing our moral image. (Noapignon)

• The brain doesn’t think like you think Common categories of mental functions such as perception, memory, and attention reflect our experience of ourselves, but they are misleading about how the brain works. More revealing methods are emerging. (Quanta Magazine)

• How Nicole Kidman learned to play with Lucille Ball Every time Nicole Kidman plays a character in real life, he learns a valuable lesson: how that person was misunderstood by society at the time. That historical era was more like today than she realized. Moreover, it is crucial to maintain balance when walking through a barrel of grapes barefoot. (New York Times)

Be sure to check our Master of Business Next week with Richard Nisbet Professor of Social Psychology and Co-Director of the Culture and Cognition Project at the University of Michigan, focusing on culture and reasoning and basic cognitive processes. Malcolm Gladwell called him “the most influential thinker in my life.” He is the author of numerous studies and books, and recently, “Thinking: Memoir. “

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