Welcome to Mindful Monday!

This week, we focus on a proven method for crafting your life/career, the art of listening, Da Vinci's rigor, a great writer embedded inside a company, and some wise words from Franz Kafka.

#661: Suzy Welch - Finding Your Values

​Suzy Welch is known for co-founding the Jack Welch Management Institute and writing bestsellers like 10-10-10: A Life Transforming Idea. Her career includes roles as an editor-in-chief for Harvard Business Review, a crime reporter, and a professor. She teaches at NYU and is the best-selling author of Becoming You. We discuss knowing your values, NOT following your passion, living authentically, living through a tragic loss, what great leaders do it for, and so much more. You can also WATCH this on YouTube.

The Art of Listening

Don Valentine founded Sequoia Capital. This is a compilation of his most useful work. It's worth your time to read it.

Da Vinci's Rigor

If you open Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, you’ll find a phrase scattered throughout the thousands of pages: “ostinato rigore.” Persistent rigor. Relentless precision. Stubborn thoroughness. CLICK HERE to see how this applies to you.
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60 Days Inside a Company

"When I asked co-founder Sualeh Asif what he’s most concerned about when it comes to company-building, he responded, 'People start talking about the weather at meals.” I haven’t seen any evidence he has much to worry about." This is a cool essay from Brie Wolfson about spending 60 days embedded within a company.

Wise Words

"Don't bend. Don't water it down. Don't try to make it logical. Don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." - Franz Kafka​

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