This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and founder stories, with new digests from Bill Gallagher, How I Work, and Founders. Highlights include Three-to-five year goals create false certainty and cap your ambition Doing exciting work tanks your performance on the next boring task

Long-term planning

YouTube

Why your medium-term goals may be limiting your growth

Bill Gallagher January 2, 2019

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Long-term planning 8

Goal setting 7

Management 5

• Three-to-five year goals create false certainty and cap your ambition
• Strip middle management in a downturn — it costs 30% of payroll
• Admitting you lack the answer unlocks your team's full problem-solving power

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

Adam Grant on productivity habits, giving, and managing motivation

How I Work January 2, 2019

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Productivity & habits 9

Deep work & focus 8

Motivation 7

• Doing exciting work tanks your performance on the next boring task
• Self-control means avoiding temptation, not resisting it in the moment
• A simple weekly ritual balances personal goals with helping others

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Founder interviews

Podcast

Michael Ovitz: building CAA, losing friends, and what power costs

Founders January 1, 2019

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Founder interviews 10

Business models 7

Identity & self-belief 6

• How Ovitz flipped Hollywood's power balance from studios to talent
• The persona he chose to win — and why it destroyed his friendships
• Why the best years were the early ones, before dominance replaced camaraderie

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