Resilience & grit

YouTube

Crisis as turning point: choosing a victorious response

Bill Gallagher July 4, 2022

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Resilience & grit 8

Communication 5

• Crisis literally means turning point — your response decides the outcome.
• The refiner's river transforms good people into trusted, courageous leaders.
• Stop looking sideways; focus locks in after crossing the river.

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MVP & prototyping

YouTube

Building a SaaS prototype without spending on development

Dan Martell July 4, 2022

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MVP & prototyping 9

User research 7

Niche selection 5

• Clickable prototypes catch wrong assumptions before engineers build them
• Design input flows and blank states, not just dashboards
• A customer advisory board tests assumptions, not just preferences

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Deep work & focus

Podcast

Taming meetings, kids and tech, and building cognitive fitness

Deep Questions with Cal Newport July 4, 2022

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Deep work & focus 9

Processes & SOPs 6

Productivity & habits 5

• Four concrete tools to reclaim a calendar overrun by meetings
• Delay smartphones until 16-17 — the evidence on adolescent harm is clear
• Focus is a trainable skill, not a fixed trait anyone is born with

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Communication

Podcast

A simple numbers trick to make networking less overwhelming

How I Work July 4, 2022

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Communication 8

Prospecting & outreach 6

• People cluster in pairs — find the odd one out
• Odd-numbered groups signal someone needs a conversation partner
• Turns an overwhelming room into a solvable targeting problem

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

True freedom is mastery of yourself, not your circumstances

The Daily Stoic July 4, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 8

Resilience & grit 7

• Epictetus the slave was freer than Seneca the billionaire
• Wealth, status, and followers are just slower chains
• Stoics held that humans are born inclined to virtue — protect it

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