Group Life by Priya Parker | Substack
Have a task you’ve been putting off?
Come do it with me at 1pm ET today on GROUP LIFE.
Yes, it’s amazing to do joyful things with people. But it’s also amazing to do things you’ve been putting off with people.
Come co-work/co-task/co-virtual hang with me as I work on a task I’ve been putting off for launch prep for The Art of Fighting. 🙃
I’m not convinced a good life is built by optimizing for ease. You can’t always separate the hard parts from the best parts; sometimes they grow from the same root.
Suleika Jaouad
A few years ago, Lincoln Center started hosting weddings. For hundreds of couples at a time.
Today at noon eastern, I'm sitting down with Shanta Thake, Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center, to find out how they did it. How do you create a ceremony that feels personal when hundreds of people are sharing it?
THE BREAKDOWN: The Wedding at Lincoln Center with Priya Parker & Shanta Thake
Cities like this are also supposed to not work because of all the difference. You’ve got every race under the sun here, every country of origin, every religion that thinks the people who do not subscribe to it are going to hell or at least out of their mind, you’ve got your capitalists in their fleece vests, you’ve got your socialist mayor, you’ve got roots of many generations and transplants, you’ve got people whose people in other places would kill each other if they met each other, but here they will split a cab.
Anand Giridharadas
Could not be more excited to see Victoria James peeling back the curtain on working in the world of restaurants, education, wine, and where and how the margins become the center. Her new SUMMER SERIES just dropped.
With a little education, a foot in the door of a world they'd never felt welcome in, people became empowered.
Victoria James
“Host a gathering you would actually like to attend.” Priya Parker DUH! But also EUREKA!
What does it take to turn strangers into neighbors?
Today I'm sitting down with writer, organizer, and community-builder Garrett Bucks for a Substack Live to find out.
Ask yourself, "what do you wish your neighbor was inviting you to do right now?"
A few weeks ago, I had some friends over for dinner who didn’t all know each other. I asked one of my friends to sit in the middle of the table, and he looked at me, and was like, “Uh oh. Priya thinks I can Middle.”
What happens when libraries realize they are hosts?
Tomorrow I'm sitting down with Jakab Orsós, Vice President of Arts and Culture at the Brooklyn Public Library, for a Substack Live to find out. Orsós is the creator of Night in the Library, an annual overnight festival that, most recently, drew 8,000 Brooklynites to the library after hours.
Don’t let gathering become a luxury good.
Nothing better than great signage. Hats off to whoever got “recombobulation” through the marketing meeting.
That is EXACTLY what I am doing after getting through security at the airport. 😂