Productivity & habits

Podcast

Holistic self-improvement: why fixing one thing can break everything

Deep Questions with Cal Newport January 9, 2023

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Productivity & habits 8

Identity & self-belief 6

Processes & SOPs 5

• Succeeding at a narrow goal often makes the rest of your life worse
• Design an upgraded lifestyle as a whole system, not a list of resolutions
• Ritual, environment, and symbolic objects are legitimate tools for creative work

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

How to build PM skills and find mentors that accelerate your career

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth January 5, 2023

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Productivity & habits 9

Communication 8

Identity & self-belief 7

• Why interview skills are a hidden career barrier most PMs ignore
• How to find and activate mentors with the smallest possible ask
• Your biggest weakness is often your greatest strength dialled too high

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Self-esteem, confidence, and what drives Gary Vaynerchuk

GaryVee January 4, 2023

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Identity & self-belief 10

Resilience & grit 8

Founder interviews 6

• Why confidence built on validation collapses — and what lasts instead
• His mother reinforced kindness, not grades — that distinction made him
• Self-awareness is the only prerequisite for any real self-development

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

100 Lessons from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

The Daily Stoic January 4, 2023

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 7

Deep work & focus 5

• Virtue and character are the only things within your control—all else is external distraction.
• The obstacle is not separate from action; accept constraints and transform them into fuel for greatness.
• Simplify ruthlessly: do less, say no, and return to the present moment where life actually happens.

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Four mindset hacks to replace fear with forward focus

Dan Martell January 2, 2023

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Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 8

Motivation 7

• Fear and faith are both future projections — you choose which.
• Swapping 'have to' for 'get to' rewires how tasks feel instantly.
• A single memorised question can interrupt fear and reset focus.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Five usable practices from Stoicism for performance and growth

The Daily Stoic January 1, 2023

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 7

Deep work & focus 5

• Focus only on what you control; everything else drains energy needed for performance.
• Reframe obstacles as opportunities to grow stronger and uncover new edges.
• Ego—not external circumstances—is the biggest obstacle holding you back from excellence.

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Turning pro: habits, addictions, and the inner war against resistance

The Daily Stoic December 25, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 6

• Every addiction pays off with incapacity — that's the whole point.
• Amateurs fear becoming themselves more than they fear failure.
• Turning pro is the same discipline the Kabbalists called musar.

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Defining the leader you want to become, not just who you are

Bill Gallagher December 21, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 9

Management 6

• Outward success can mask deep misery when purpose is missing
• Work backwards from your end-of-life legacy to find your purpose
• Purpose gives your existing strengths direction — and changes everything

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

18 unexpected truths about Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic emperor

The Daily Stoic December 18, 2022

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 7

• Marcus lived through plague and lost eight children yet remained devoted to virtue.
• The Stoic emperor cried openly, slept poorly, and doubted himself constantly.
• He gave half his power away and kept learning until his dying day.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Difficult things are good for you: a stoic guide to measuring your days

The Daily Stoic December 15, 2022

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 6

• Physical discipline directly builds the mental self-control stoics prized
• Ancient philosophers were soldiers and wrestlers, not just thinkers
• Living each day well means less frenzy, less laziness, less pretending

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Mr. Rogers' wonder, discipline, and the practice of goodness

The Daily Stoic December 14, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 9

Communication 8

Origin stories 7

• Fred Rogers had a strict daily regimen — goodness was his practice
• Acceptance isn't complacency; it's the precondition for growth
• Making goodness attractive is the hardest assignment you'll ever take

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Jimi Hendrix: obsessive practice, differentiation, and dying too soon

Founders December 6, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 10

Deep work & focus 9

Origin stories 7

• Compressing 25 years of guitar practice into five builds irreplaceable skill.
• Sounding like no one else is a deliberate strategy, not a personality quirk.
• Relentless pace without rest destroyed one of history's greatest musicians.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Stoic practice of gratitude and letting go of what isn't yours

The Daily Stoic November 24, 2022

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 7

• Marcus Aurelius spent 10% of his meditations on gratitude, not suffering
• Treating everything as already lost makes loss bearable and presence possible
• People are not possessions — entitlement to them is the real loss

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Dr. Sue Johnson on emotionally focused therapy and lasting relationships

The Daily Stoic November 16, 2022

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 8

Communication 6

• Suppressing emotions delays the explosion — lasting regulation means befriending them first.
• Most relationship conflict is about fear of not mattering, not the stated issue.
• Secure attachment in leaders produces more cohesive, resilient, lower-burnout teams.

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Deep work & focus

Podcast

Paul Graham's essays on thinking, working, and building startups

Founders November 9, 2022

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Deep work & focus 8

Identity & self-belief 7

Niche selection 6

• Curiosity beats discipline — follow what you're curious about, not just what you love
• Schlepp blindness hides the best startup ideas by making hard problems invisible
• Founders repeatedly ignore the problem that will actually kill their company

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