What's New

See the latest Trusted Library digests, grouped by the week they were added.

What's New

See the latest Trusted Library digests, grouped by the week they were added.

21 September 2020

This week's additions focus on mindset, finance, and founder stories, with new digests from Founders, Joanna Wiebe, and Deep Questions with Cal Newport. Highlights include Failed twice before succeeding — 14 years of persistence paid off Every 'and' you write loses a prospect — literally

Showing 5 digests for 21 September 2020.

Origin stories

Podcast

Milton Hershey: building a chocolate empire through perseverance and purpose

Founders September 27, 2020


Origin stories 10
Bootstrapping 6
  • Failed twice before succeeding — 14 years of persistence paid off
  • Mass-produced milk chocolate turned a luxury into a nickel treat
  • Left his entire fortune to an orphan school that still compounds today

Copywriting

YouTube

One message wins: eliminate conjunctions to sharpen copy clarity

Joanna Wiebe September 25, 2020


Copywriting 9
Branding 5
  • Every 'and' you write loses a prospect — literally
  • One message believed beats three messages ignored
  • A single editing sweep finds and kills diluted conjunctions

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Time blocking, note-taking, active recall, and how to sell a nonfiction book

Deep Questions with Cal Newport September 24, 2020


Productivity & habits 9
Deep work & focus 7
  • Start time blocking with rough blocks, not abbreviated ones
  • Quarterly planning is where big-goal decisions actually belong
  • Never write the nonfiction book first — pitch the agent, then write

Communication

YouTube

Applying neuroscience to leadership: AGES, SCARF, and the threat brain

Bill Gallagher September 23, 2020


Communication 9
Management 8
Resilience & grit 6
  • Leaders routinely trigger threat responses in people without realising it.
  • AGES (Attention, Generation, Emotion, Spacing) explains how brains actually retain learning.
  • SCARF maps five social triggers that flip people into threat or reward mode.

Resilience & grit

YouTube

Ten mistakes first-time entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them

Noah Kagan September 23, 2020


Resilience & grit 8
Prospecting & outreach 7
Customer discovery 6
  • Find paying customers before building anything — always.
  • Your day job is your investor; don't quit until $1k/month.
  • Courses and trending niches are procrastination in disguise.

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