22 July 2024
This week's additions focus on leadership, mindset, and operations, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Ryan Deiss, and Starter Story. Highlights include Paid search is the one channel every company should run. Most entrepreneurs produce fewer than three truly productive hours daily
Showing 540 digests for 22 July 2024.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
How to build a task management system that actually works
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
10
Processes & SOPs
6
Separate 'boss mode' planning from 'worker mode' execution — never mix them
Due dates should only mark real consequences, not aspirational deadlines
Your task manager is a sacred space; vague or low-priority items poison it
A quarterly planning system that beats annual goals
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Goal setting
8
Time management
7
Long-term planning
6
Why annual goals lose relevance before the year is half over
Pair every objective with a leading indicator you can act on daily
Choosing what not to do this quarter is the real strategy
How to stop spending your best time on the wrong people
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
8
Deep work & focus
7
Delegation
5
The people who want your time rarely deserve it most
One draining person in your peak hours can wreck your week
Top performers never ask — so you have to seek them out
How to review your annual goals and set up for next year
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
5
Missing goals isn't failure — starting with intention moves you forward
Separate the desired result from the method; substitute freely
7 of 9 goals achieved or advanced with honest weekly check-ins
Smart people's financial blind spots and how to fix them
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Fundraising & VC
8
Hiring & recruitment
6
Productivity & habits
5
Why being smart makes you worse at asking financial questions
College debt rule: never borrow more than your first-year salary
Fiduciary vs. suitable — most advisers aren't required to act in your interest
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to use the S-curve model to support your own and others' growth
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Management
7
Resilience & grit
6
The slow, invisible phase of learning is where real growth happens.
Shame about past experiences hides skills that could accelerate your next curve.
Saying 'I am a programmer' instead of 'I'm becoming one' changes outcomes.
A five-step framework for defining problems before solving them
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Vision & mission
6
Why solving the wrong problem wastes more resources than not solving it
The 'thud factor': how to know when you've found the real problem
From revenue decline to lost 'cool factor' — a live problem-definition walkthrough
How Jay Powell managed a difficult stakeholder at the Federal Reserve
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Management
7
Resilience & grit
6
Powell's four unwritten rules for handling a hostile, unpredictable boss
Build political allies before the crisis hits, not during it
Why Fed independence is fragile without active relationship-building
How to use elevator speeches for executive presence
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
An elevator speech is a dialogue, not a monologue or 30-second blast.
Use a number and a label to make any answer instantly memorable.
The longer you talk unfiltered, the less executive you sound.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Practical strategies for breaking reactive leadership habits
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
8
Management
6
Five minutes a day beats ambitious plans that the whirlwind kills.
Noise-cancelling headphones may solve your interruption problem entirely.
Who you report to matters more than which role you choose.
How millennial managers can overcome workplace perceptions
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Promoted peers often withdraw — the relationship redefinition is lonely
Self-differentiation, not people-pleasing, is what makes the transition stick
Patience, not experience, is the real barrier to the next level
Moving from consuming leadership content to practising it
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Pivoting
8
Productivity & habits
5
Passive consumption of books and podcasts rarely changes behaviour without structure
Switching from directing to questioning unlocks team buy-in and self-generated solutions
Accepting rather than resisting necessary change dramatically lowers leadership stress
How to find, evaluate, and hire the right coach
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
8
Identity & self-belief
5
Coaches who give value freely before being hired are the most trustworthy.
Personal fit and gut instinct matter as much as credentials or track record.
High-pressure 'decide now' tactics are a reliable red flag to walk away.
How Andre Haykal Jr. built a $2.4M SaaS in 87 days
Starter Story
July 22, 2024
Case studies
9
Pricing strategy
8
Growth hacking
7
Sell the service manually first, then convert it to software
Warm audience from prior business made launch an instant $1M
One verified-leads edge over Apollo was the entire competitive strategy
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Discipline is trainable: a neuroscience-backed framework for doing hard things
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Discipline splits into two separate brain systems requiring different fixes.
Removing temptation and priming inspiration must both happen simultaneously.
Discipline is shaped by experience and practice, not fixed personality.