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This week, we focus on running tiny experiments, how to respond after selling your company, being in pursuit of greatness, choosing what to work on, and some wise words from Lichtenberg. And... CLICK HERE to read our USA Today Best-Selling book, The Score That Matters.

#629: Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Run Tiny Experiments

​Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a neuroscientist, author, and the founder of Ness Labs. Her new book is called Tiny Experiments. We discuss a new way to view goal-setting, why we should all run more experiments, how to work through procrastination, and much more. You can also watch our conversation on YouTube.

He's Rich... But Has No Idea What To Do With His Life

This might not be the most relatable essay to most, but I still found it fascinating. Vinay Hiremath was the CTO and co-founder of Loom. After a decade of tons of work, he sold his company and walked away with over $60m. A year later, he wrote, "I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life."

In Pursuit of Greatness

​New Substack Post. We live in an era where performative nonchalance masks genuine effort. This tendency to appear effortlessly successful creates a paradox: we admire achievement but scorn the visible striving required. CLICK HERE to read more about Timothee Chalamet's acceptance

What To Do...

One should help people and take care of the world. Those two are obvious. But is there anything else? When I ask that, the answer that pops up is Make good new things. The most impressive thing humans can do is to think. It may be the most impressive thing that can be done. And the best kind of thinking, or more precisely, the best proof that one has thought well, is to make good new things. CLICK HERE to read more.

Wise Words...

"An alert thinker will often find more that is instructive and delightful in the playful writings of great men than in their serious works." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg​

Mindful Check-In

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Ryan Hawk Author: The Score That Matters, Welcome to Management, & The Pursuit of Excellence​ Host: The Learning Leader Show​