Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we've got interim executives, poetry agents, content curation, and more, plus a few exclusive updates for the Process Hackers on our mailing list. Enjoy!

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Mailing List Exclusive: Doing some grocery shopping after his move to San Diego, Malek Banoun shares his diet plan for bulking up. Check out his vlog to learn his secret!

It’s essential that you evaluate yourself regularly to take control of the life that you want, as explained by Byron Morrison in his newest video.

In his most recent interview for iHeart Radio, Barth Getto discusses how cooperatives can empower ecommerce entrepreneurs.

Mailing List Exclusive: On the Free Ride Friday episode of The $100MBA Show, Host Omar Zenhom shares some suggestions on how to save on office space.

Writing

Congratulations to Avochato and their CEO and co-founder, Alex De Simone, who just announced they have raised $5 Million in Series A funding, which the mobile messaging platform will use to continue to provide great customer service.

How do you know when to hire interim executives for your company? Find out from a recent blog post on Cerius Executives, headed by CEO Pam Wasley.

Learn more about Kimberly Wiefling‘s career and her work with the group Silicon Valley Alliances in her featured interview on Lama.

Discover some interesting reads you may have missed in Ashe Dryden’s recent post discussing her favorite books of 2018.

Onboarding new hires well helps you keep them, and Ron Carucci shares his thoughts about how to do this in his latest articles on HBR.

Mailing List Exclusive: These three energy-draining habits might be what’s causing your stress and exhaustion. Read Julian Hayes II‘s article on Entrepreneur to figure out how to prevent them.

Poets, if you’re searching for poetry and literary agents, then look no further. Tom Corson-Knowles has a list for you.

Recommended Resources

CEOs can shape the external environment, and here are seven organizing principles suggested by Michael D. Watkins, whose book was referenced in Pam Wasley’s episode of Hack the Process.

Learn about the EpiField and feel the ranges of energy at The Energetic Experience, led by Donny Epstein, on February 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. Adam Siddiq spoke highly of Donny during his interview.

You can build your audience by curating content. Nathan Barry, recommended by Justin McGill, experienced this and explains how to do it in a recent blog post.

In the newest episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim chats with author and integrative medicine practitioner Dr. Andrew Weil, who discusses plant medicine and more. Vinay Patankar, Alex Cespedes, Malek Banoun, Michelle Kim, and Omar Zenhom have all mentioned being influenced by Tim Ferriss.