> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.peterkos.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Blackbird's Bullets #12: #ChallengeAccepted book, staying fit while #WFH, and more - URL: https://www.peterkos.org/blackbirds-bullets-12/ - Published: 2021-01-27T05:49:14.000Z - Updated: 2021-10-18T15:55:06.000Z - Author: Peter Kos - Tags: newsletter Welcome to all the new subscribers! [BlackBird’s Bullets](https://www.peterkos.org/tag/newsletter/) is a weekly newsletter I’m crafting on Sundays and now sending from Slovenia to 23 countries in most parts of the globe. Asia and the North/South pole aren’t represented yet, so if you have friends living there — please forward them this edition in exchange for some good karma points. Writing a weekly newsletter with a number in the title adds a numerical reminder of how fast life is passing. During the lockdowns, we might feel it’s not moving anywhere, but nothing stopped. There seems to be a disconnect in the time perception between private and professional life. At work, we have projects and forecasts, months and quarters, and a rhythm dictated by Wall Street, while outside of working hours, it all slows down with the Government-mandated lockdowns and school closures. I rebel against this holdup in my private life by building [this site](https://www.peterkos.org/) and this [newsletter](https://www.peterkos.org/tag/newsletter/) as a lockdown-proof creative outlet. Seeing what’s happening worldwide, I’m grateful for living in a wonderful country within the European Union, where I can work from home and keep the activities rolling despite the global pandemic. If you’re reading this newsletter, chances are, you are just as fortunate. Count your blessings. 🙏 ## Here’s this week’s attempt at spreading positivity: - **📗** [**#ChallengeAccepted**](https://www.peterkos.org/challengeaccepted-preorders/) is the title of my next book. Subtitled ***From Impostor to Leader: becoming the boss you’d like to work for*** *,* it’s meant to serve as a guide, a handbook for helping people navigate their ways from the first-time manager to a leader, written in an easily digestible form. I’m targeting publish date before November, and [you can ](https://amzn.to/39q9qA1?ref=peterkos.org)**[pre-order it in the Amazon](https://amzn.to/39q9qA1?ref=peterkos.org)**[ Kindle stores](https://amzn.to/39q9qA1?ref=peterkos.org) across the globe. I’m super grateful for all the encouraging feedback I’ve heard back already — it seems to be an exciting topic for many new, upcoming, and even experienced managers and leaders from the US and the EU. I’m excited to start writing — and sharing drafts to my subscribers — in February! - 📖 I’ll be writing the second book in public, but I wrote [the first one](https://amzn.to/3prlyGk?ref=peterkos.org) in secret, surprising everyone (including my family) that I’m really doing it. During the writing process, I devoured plenty of writing books, and one of the best was **[Zinsser’s ](https://www.peterkos.org/on-writing-well-by-william-zinsser/)** **[On Writing Well](https://www.peterkos.org/on-writing-well-by-william-zinsser/)*.* It’s a beautiful read for everyone. - 🎙 [This podcast](https://podcastnotes.org/modern-wisdom/270-dr-stu-mcgill-protecting-spinal-when-working-from-home-modern-wisdom/?ref=peterkos.org) talks about sedentary work-related spine health and back pain. Here’s a quick and dirty excerpt: > **\- move well, move often** (stand up and take a walk every hour) > \- Big 3 exercises: **push-ups**, **air squats**, **stairs** > \- It’s not optimal to sit at your desk all day then have a 45-60 minute blow-out workout. We might have [mastered #WFH](https://www.peterkos.org/home-office-setup-ideas-and-checklist-2020/) by now, but I’m noticing it’s making me more sedentary. No more airport walks or flight-chasing runs through the Frankfurt’s airport tunnel. Our channel Team is starting a Fitbit Channelge (not a typo!), and [the tracker](https://amzn.to/2LZyeG9?ref=peterkos.org) nudges me that there are still too many hours when I’m not making even 250 steps! *What gets measured gets done.* - 🎳 I’m excited about all the new tools that are going to help us with the virtual collaboration. **[Teamflow](https://www.teamflowhq.com/?ref=peterkos.org)** is trying to bring back the presence of being in the office, the energy of working in the same room, the spontaneity of hallway conversations — the joy of feeling like a team. This means that you can just walk up to them when you want to check in on someone. Interesting concept and I can imagine the future of this combined with a VR set! - ⛺️ A hiker’s body was found in the tent in Florida, and the authorities couldn’t identify him. The internets refused to accept this and went for their hunt—[what a story](https://www.wired.com/story/unsettling-truth-mostly-harmless-hiker/?ref=peterkos.org). See you next week. Stay Hungry; Stay Foolish. Peter K. 🇺🇸 P.S.: my [Goodreads giveaway](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56135512-the-elements-of-lifestyle?ref=peterkos.org) promotion for [the US customers](https://www.peterkos.org/goodreads-giveaway-2021/) is still running. Enter for a chance to win one of the 100 copies of [The Elements of Lifestyle](https://amzn.to/2LLXGhx?ref=peterkos.org). [Join the pursuit of Finding Your Enough. ](https://www.peterkos.org/#/portal/signup) If you haven’t done so yet, **consider [subscribing](https://www.peterkos.org/#/portal/signup)** to this BBB Newsletter. I share a medley of **5 carefully curated bullet points** within a 500-word radius **each Wednesday**. You’ll get a list of my fresh articles plus a selection of **clever** **stuff** across **productivity**, **personal** **growth**/**development**, **leadership**, **self-care**, and other topics **for the modern professional**. 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