Delegation

YouTube

Building a visionary-integrator partnership through intentional relationship work

EOS Worldwide October 18, 2022

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Delegation 8

Communication 8

Management 7

• Front-loading hard relationship work accelerates the visionary-integrator transition.
• A four-step conflict protocol — documented before it's needed — creates safety to go deep.
• Letting go of the integrator seat unlocks what only the visionary can do.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How succession planning works and why every organisation needs it

HR Party of One October 18, 2022

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Processes & SOPs 6

Long-term planning 5

• Proactive plans prevent costly scrambles when key employees leave
• Specialised individual contributors can be as hard to replace as executives
• Transparent internal development boosts retention and morale

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Copywriting

YouTube

Mirror your headline in your button copy to lift clicks

Joanna Wiebe October 18, 2022

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Copywriting 8

Conversion rate optimisation 7

• Mismatched button copy breaks the headline promise and kills clicks
• Echo your headline's value words directly in the button text
• A weak headline must be fixed before mirroring it helps

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Seven Stoic tips for reading books effectively

The Daily Stoic October 18, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 9

Deep work & focus 6

• Reading hundreds of books is the baseline — not a bonus.
• Rereading the same book as you change unlocks new meaning each time.
• Apply ideas in the real world — retreating to books is its own failure.

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Case studies

Podcast

Benchmark Part II: Inside the Dinner and the Partnership Model

Acquired October 17, 2022

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Case studies 9

Fundraising & VC 7

Business models 6

• Why Benchmark refuses a growth fund even with millions on the table
• Commitment over bet: flying to Europe to save a founder relationship
• Equal partners all pay LP fees on their own Benchmark capital

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Joey Cofone on the Laws of Creativity: a practical framework for creative thinking

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life October 17, 2022

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Identity & self-belief 9

Deep work & focus 6

Productivity & habits 5

• 98% of five-year-olds are creative geniuses — only 2% of adults are.
• Creativity is learnable and reliable, not magic or innate talent.
• Quantity begets quality: rough ideas made real beat waiting for perfection.

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Customer discovery

YouTube

Why most startups fail: building something nobody pays for

Rob Walling October 17, 2022

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Customer discovery 9

Business models 7

• Starting from an idea — not a problem — is why most startups fail
• Consumers are cheap and churny; bootstrap B2B for repeatable success
• The best product rarely wins — marketing and sales beat quality

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Time management

YouTube

How to deploy your time using the DRIP matrix

Dan Martell October 17, 2022

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Time management 9

Outsourcing & delegation 7

Productivity & habits 6

• Why founders self-sabotage growth to avoid more pain
• Four quadrants that show exactly where your time should go
• Hire in this sequence to make your business run without you

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Work-life balance

Podcast

Work vs. meaning: a history of how Americans relate to their jobs

Deep Questions with Cal Newport October 17, 2022

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Work-life balance 9

Goal setting 7

• Why 'follow your passion' is a baby-boomer guilt compromise, not career advice
• Three bridge questions turn a life vision into a specific job search
• Quiet quitting and anti-capitalist Twitter are algorithmic noise, not real reform

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