ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! Here are some things I found useful this week... An honest and open conversation with the inventor of the Ring (sold to Amazon for $1.1B) Why we all should write more (hand-written) thank you notes An incredible essay from Derek Thompson on what it's like to be a dad A now viral essay from Lulu Cheng Meservy about leaders & communication And some wise words about good things happening for others being awesome #678:...
11 days ago • 2 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! Here are some things I found useful this week... An entertaining and useful conversation with Erin McGoff (of "Advice with Erin" fame) A typewriter interview from Austin Kleon about rediscovering exuberance in your work A classic from Morgan Housel about respect and admiration An essay on the importance of your opening (I think this applies to a keynote speech, too) And wise words about the most impactful people from...
18 days ago • 1 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! Here are some things I found useful this week... I hung out with Jesse Cole in Savannah to watch his Bananas and the other teams in the league practice. And then we sat down for an hour to talk about all of it. So cool. One of the most useful essays ever written on the importance of leading yourself... Thinking for yourself... And the skill of being alone with your thoughts. Murakami's acceptance speech on values is...
25 days ago • 2 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! Here are some things I found useful this week... Talked down with Tom Hardin (Tipper X). Wild conversation about the largest insider trading investigation in history (and what that has to do with leadership) Kat Cole's essay on common truths in Leadership and Business A useful essay about the downside of the 80/20 rules Why Norway wins so much at the Olympics And some wise words from Clark Lea about belief... #675: Tom...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! Here are some things I found useful this week... Talked down with PJ Fleck for the podcast. We spent the first few minutes reliving one of the wildest games we played against each other in college. Graham Duncan's piece on hiring excellent people holds up on a second read. Edan Lepucki wrote something that made me laugh and think about my own kids. Paul Graham on why thinking for yourself is so hard. And Daniel...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! Check out the conversation I had with one of my literary heroes, Dan Coyle, in Cleveland. This is the best one we've ever recorded together. Parker Conrad shared a super interesting story about Kleiner Perkins on the brink of failure... There's a helpful essay from Brad Stulberg/Steve Magness about goals... A deep dive into Super Bowl commercials (and whether it's worth paying for a spot). And some wise words from...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! I've had lots of off-air conversations with Brad Stulberg over the years. It was cool to record this one about excellence. Love this old essay I found from Naval about high standards. I read a useful essay from Nathan Barry about how to host a great mastermind retreat. Also, a short (and useful) essay from Ravi Gupta about recognizing excellence. And some wise words from Booker T. Washington. #672: Brad Stulberg - The...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! I had an interesting conversation with the founder of Wikipedia (Jimmy Wales) about trust. Having prompts is a good way to go from the blank page to getting started (see below for 54 helpful prompts). I read a great Substack from the Polymath Investor about how to manufacture luck (most of it is useful). Interesting to read the culture document that Ben Horowitz has all employees sign at a16z. I found that after...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
ABOUT PODCAST BOOKS SPEAKING LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Welcome to Mindful Monday! I had dinner with Mike Deegan a few weeks ago and was blown away by his humility... And I loved learning about his team's ethos of Mudita. So... We decided to record a podcast together. I think you'll like it. Morgan Housel published an essay for the first time in months (some things he's sure about). It's great. Brent Beshore is probably the best "Year In Review" writer on the planet. That just came out. I just...
2 months ago • 2 min read