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 December 2020

This week's additions focus on leadership, operations, and mindset, with new digests from Noah Kagan, Bill Gallagher, and Deep Questions with Cal Newport. Highlights include Validate demand with a landing page and ads before building anything Audit every task for dollar-productivity, then delegate or drop the rest.

Showing 8 digests for 21 December 2020.

Case studies

YouTube

How Justin Mares built Kettle and Fire from a $100 smoke test

Noah Kagan December 26, 2020


Case studies 9
MVP & prototyping 8
Niche selection 6
  • Validate demand with a landing page and ads before building anything
  • Being first in a niche gave Kettle and Fire an uncontested affiliate channel
  • When a channel works, double down — don't pivot to something unproven

Outsourcing & delegation

YouTube

How virtual assistants and outsourcing buy back your time as a business owner

Bill Gallagher December 23, 2020


Outsourcing & delegation 9
Time management 7
Delegation 6
  • Audit every task for dollar-productivity, then delegate or drop the rest.
  • A blended model of specialists plus virtual assistants can triple revenue.
  • Documented systems are the asset that makes a business sellable and scalable.

Content marketing

YouTube

How Graham Stephan grew to 2.6 million YouTube subscribers in four years

Noah Kagan December 23, 2020


Content marketing 9
Growth hacking 8
Copywriting 6
  • 52 of 64 uploads were repeats of proven series formats
  • Broad outcome-focused titles beat niche titles for reach
  • A secondary channel protects main channel metrics from experimental content

Deep work & focus

Podcast

Cal Newport on habits: task systems, Twitter, vacation work, and thesis pacing

Deep Questions with Cal Newport December 23, 2020


Deep work & focus 9
Productivity & habits 8
Processes & SOPs 5
  • Academic Twitter delivers almost no real career benefit for professors
  • Two focused hours daily beats sporadic all-day sprints on big projects
  • Vacation productivity needs structure, but far less than a normal workday

Management

YouTube

Using employee net promoter scores to improve team engagement

Bill Gallagher December 22, 2020


Management 8
Processes & SOPs 6
  • Two questions reveal who shouldn't be on your team at all
  • Monthly rolling surveys beat annual ones for fast culture feedback
  • Better engagement compounds into retention, recruiting, and profit gains

Culture building

YouTube

Using employee net promoter scores to fix team disconnection

Bill Gallagher December 22, 2020


Culture building 8
Processes & SOPs 6
  • Two survey questions reveal who loves your culture — and who doesn't
  • Detractors split into fixable problems and poor-fit employees
  • Rolling monthly eNPS beats annual surveys for acting on results

Deep work & focus

Podcast

Deep Questions with Cal Newport: work focus, digital detox, and life reset

Deep Questions with Cal Newport December 21, 2020


Deep work & focus 9
Productivity & habits 8
  • Surviving a shallow team: build quiet internal systems, not arguments
  • Digital detox cravings last 10–14 days — friction and replacements are key
  • Pair a radical physical change with each behavioural goal to build momentum

Origin stories

Podcast

Andy Grove's survival story and the roots of his management philosophy

Founders December 21, 2020


Origin stories 10
Management 5
  • Grove survived Nazis, Soviets, and communists before escaping Hungary at 20
  • Watching totalitarian incompetence directly shaped Intel's flat, paranoid management style
  • A midnight border crossing and a rejected visa interview led Grove to America

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