12 December 2022
This week's additions focus on strategy, leadership, and mindset, with new digests from Business Breakdowns, TK Kader, and The Daily Stoic. Highlights include Why copying Shopify failed — and shipping became the real unlock A 12-month data review crushes recency bias before you plan
Showing 27 digests for 12 December 2022.
How to Transform Time Poverty into Time Affluence
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 14, 2022
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Work-life balance
6
Time poverty is psychological, not mathematical—fix it by prioritizing meaningful activities.
Exercise, kindness, and awe boost confidence and expand your sense of what's possible.
Put your golf balls first; sand fills the rest. Full attention transforms routine into ritual.
How to motivate SMB employees without relying on money
Semrush
December 14, 2022
Culture building
9
Motivation
6
Vision & mission
5
Money motivation causes burnout, inconsistency, and unsustainable costs
Gratitude and small gifts often outperform bonuses in lasting impact
Specific goals — not vague values — are what retain top talent
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Mr. Rogers' wonder, discipline, and the practice of goodness
The Daily Stoic
December 14, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
8
Origin stories
7
Fred Rogers had a strict daily regimen — goodness was his practice
Acceptance isn't complacency; it's the precondition for growth
Making goodness attractive is the hardest assignment you'll ever take
Automation & tools
YouTube
SmartSuite's hidden power features most users overlook
Layla at ProcessDriven
December 14, 2022
Set field defaults so new records auto-populate — no automation needed.
Import predefined lists (continents, months) into dropdowns in one click.
Built-in profiles and availability status replace manual team directories.
Building trust as the foundation of happy, motivated teams
Startups For the Rest of Us
December 13, 2022
Culture building
9
Management
7
Why tracking hours destroys the teams you most want to keep
Sharing bad financial news builds loyalty — hiding it destroys it
Bad performers can't hide in a results-based culture; they can in offices
How to plan 12 months in one leadership off-site day
Sunny Lenarduzzi
December 13, 2022
Management
9
Vision & mission
7
Processes & SOPs
6
One in-person day beats months of Zoom planning calls
Cascade a single North Star down to daily actions
Right people, right seats: the real lever for growth
How to get free press coverage in three steps
Cameron Herold
December 12, 2022
PR & media
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
Journalists need stories daily — pitching them is doing them a favour.
Phone beats email: one short call outperforms hundreds of press releases.
Rejection is a maybe; persistence landed 170 newspapers in a single day.
Six signs it's time to move on from your startup
Rob Walling
December 12, 2022
Pivoting
8
Resilience & grit
6
Exit strategy
5
A year of no growth after real effort is a clear exit signal.
Selling is a one-way door — only close if disinterest is permanent.
A 'failed' $10K MRR SaaS can still exit for nearly $500K.
Influencer & partnerships
YouTube
How to build a high-converting SaaS affiliate program
Dan Martell
December 12, 2022
Influencer & partnerships
9
Sales systems & CRM
6
Affiliates can fund a third of demand generation with zero ad spend
Show affiliates earnings-per-click data to make saying yes effortless
Operationalise before moving on — abandoning working channels kills growth
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on productivity balance, deep life design, and slow work
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
December 12, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Work-life balance
7
Productivity as a hobby paradoxically undermines the work that matters.
Face your full workload head-on before deferring, deleting, or delegating.
Disruption is not depth — design the steady state first, then find the path.
MVP & prototyping
YouTube
How Business Canvas raised $5.5M before having a product
EO
December 12, 2022
MVP & prototyping
8
Fundraising & VC
8
Culture building
7
Closed a seed round with only a 120-page pitch deck, no prototype.
100 lifetime passes at $100 each sold out in three hours on Product Hunt.
Daily investor messages for six months before opening the round.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Steve Jobs built great products through demos and taste
Founders
December 12, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Design thinking
7
Vision & mission
6
Steve picked product directions in seconds — by trusting taste, not data
Every iPhone feature started as a concrete demo, not a meeting
Apple's power came from saying no as much as from what they built