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.

3 March 2025

This week's additions focus on mindset, leadership, and strategy, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, EO, and TK Kader. Highlights include Lovable hits $10M ARR in two months by removing the technical bottleneck for 99% of people Compress fundraising using weekly meetings, founder intros, and competitive tension.

Showing 50 digests for 3 March 2025.

Deep work & focus

Podcast

The good life algorithm: iterative improvement over grand leaps

Deep Questions with Cal Newport March 3, 2025


Deep work & focus 10
Productivity & habits 9
Resilience & grit 6
  • Grand goals improve one life dimension while quietly wrecking others.
  • Jim Collins rates every day -2 to +2 and lets data steer life changes.
  • Context switching is productivity poison — protect deep work above all.

Business models

YouTube

Michelin Stars: How a Tire Company Shaped Fine Dining Excellence

StoryBrand With Donald Miller March 3, 2025


Business models 7
Communication 6
Identity & self-belief 5
  • Michelin Guide started as a tire-sales ploy, built trust through rigorous process.
  • Culinary art uniquely battles entropy — food degrades during its own presentation.
  • Excellence earns authority; genuine equality with guests makes it magnetic.

Origin stories

Podcast

How Max Levchin built PayPal from a Palm Pilot crypto idea

How I Built This with Guy Raz March 3, 2025


Origin stories 10
Pivoting 8
Fundraising & VC 7
  • A Palm Pilot encryption startup nobody wanted became PayPal by accident.
  • eBay sellers, not product strategy, drove PayPal from 17 to 1M users.
  • Having nothing to lose is a founder's most underrated competitive advantage.

AI tools & automation

Podcast

Getting better AI results by asking AI to interview you

How I Work March 3, 2025


AI tools & automation 9
Processes & SOPs 5
  • AI assumes when context is missing — most prompts guarantee mediocre output.
  • Telling AI to ask questions until 95% confident transforms result quality.
  • One round of Q&A is usually enough; prompt for more if needed.

Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Amor Fati and the stoic case for personal integration

The Daily Stoic March 3, 2025


Identity & self-belief 9
Resilience & grit 6
  • Adversity doesn't just cost you — it unlocks hidden capacity
  • Living as two unaligned selves quietly tears you apart
  • Busyness is how we avoid the painful work of integration

Be among the first to get personalised recommendations tailored to your stage in business.

No spam.

You're on the list. We'll be in touch before launch.

Be among the first to get personalised recommendations tailored to your stage in business.

No spam.

You're on the list. We'll be in touch before launch.