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Here are some things from this week...

• I went to Nashville to meet with one of the most impactful coaches in America (Clark Lea)
• Remember Ramit's book-buying rule...
• One Person's Search For Meaning...
• Rick Rubin on Discipline and Freedom
• What Dan Pink thinks of The Price of Becoming

#682: Will Guidara -- The Only Competitive Advantage That Lasts

​Will Guidara is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, the restaurant he took from a struggling two-star establishment to become the number one restaurant in the world. He's the author of the New York Times bestseller Unreasonable Hospitality, the host of the Welcome Conference, and a co-producer on the Emmy award-winning series The Bear. We discuss Obsession, Adversity, Learning From Danny Meyer, and The Only Competitive Advantage That Lasts... Unreasonable Hospitality, and much more. You can WATCH our conversation on YouTube. Enjoy!

Ramit's Book Buying Rule

Ramit Sethi's Book-Buying Rule: If you're even considering buying a book, JUST BUY IT. I'm so grateful that my parents taught me that the price of a book should never stop me from buying it. Just 1 good idea makes it worth it, and I've discovered so many great books and authors by accident this way.

Scottie Scheffler's Search For Meaning

One of the best ways to spend an afternoon, if you are ever presented with the opportunity, is to watch a professional golfer play a practice round with no one by his side except for his caddie and his thoughts. The best golfers, the handful of truly transcendent ones, are at their core great thinkers. That is where they achieve a real separation from their peers.

Rick Rubin on Discipline and Freedom

Establish a consistent framework around your creative process. It is often the case that the more set in your personal regimen, the more freedom you have within that structure to express yourself. Discipline and freedom seem like opposites. In reality, they are partners. Discipline is not a lack of freedom; it is a harmonious relationship with time. Managing your schedule and daily habits well is a necessary component to free up the practical and creative capacity to make great art. It could even be said that a focused efficiency in life is more important than one in work...

Dan Pink Talking About The Price of Becoming...

"THE PRICE OF BECOMING refuses to sell you a shortcut. Instead, Hawk shows how small daily deposits — one hundred shots, five hundred words, a single tough conversation — compound into something that looks like an overnight success to anyone who wasn't paying attention. This is a clear-eyed, powerful book.” -- Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of DRIVE, WHEN, and THE POWER OF REGRET

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Ryan Hawk NEW Book - The Price of Becoming​