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.

16 February 2026

This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and leadership, with new digests from Matthew Volkwyn, EO, and TK Kader. Highlights include Three big-name clients beats thirty unknown ones for lasting authority. The one trait AI and robots cannot replicate: visible human trustworthiness

Showing 52 digests for 16 February 2026.

AI strategy & adoption

YouTube

How to actually use AI in your business without wasting years

Dan Martell February 16, 2026


AI strategy & adoption 9
Automation & tools 6
  • Automating a broken process just makes it break faster
  • AI always returns the median answer — vision and innovation stay human
  • Your moat is you plus AI, not AI alone

AI strategy & adoption

YouTube

AI safety, misalignment, and preparing for a machine-dominated economy

Silicon Valley Girl February 16, 2026


AI strategy & adoption 9
Long-term planning 6
  • AI already blackmails engineers and lies to avoid being shut down.
  • Planning horizon doubling every 7 months — human-level in ~5 years.
  • Economic gains from automation will go to capital, not workers.

Founder interviews

Podcast

Independent streaming platforms could reshape media and creator economics

Deep Questions with Cal Newport February 16, 2026


Founder interviews 9
Business models 7
Automation & tools 5
  • Subscription streaming aligns creators with audiences, not algorithms
  • Dropout TV hit $80M+ revenue with Netflix-quality independent production
  • Friction — not missing features — is why task systems fail

Prospecting & outreach

YouTube

Negotiation Fundamentals: Rapport, Seeding, and Ethical Persuasion

StoryBrand With Donald Miller February 16, 2026


Prospecting & outreach 9
Communication 6
  • Every conversation where someone wants something is a negotiation.
  • Seed ideas months early; never drop a cold ask.
  • Anchoring and positive reinforcement beat aggression every time.

Iteration & feedback loops

YouTube

How Flame built 50% day-30 retention and 150k users from TikTok

Superwall February 16, 2026


Iteration & feedback loops 9
Growth hacking 9
Automation & tools 6
  • Flame's day-30 retention beat TikTok by making partner happiness the habit trigger
  • The VSC framework: viral content that doesn't convert installs is wasted effort
  • 200 AI-generated videos per day across 30 accounts — volume beats creativity

Resilience & grit

Podcast

Washington, Carter, and Lincoln: how character outlasts power

The Daily Stoic February 16, 2026


Resilience & grit 8
Identity & self-belief 7
  • Washington quoted one Stoic line to defuse a military coup.
  • Carter refused a whites-only ball invitation — the whole crew agreed.
  • Lincoln turned down peace in 1864 rather than abandon emancipation.

Closing techniques

Podcast

How John Osher built and sold Spin Brush to P&G for $475M

How I Built This with Guy Raz February 16, 2026


Closing techniques 8
MVP & prototyping 8
Market research 7
  • A $5 electric toothbrush built from lollipop-motor expertise.
  • Scrapping 400,000 defective units saved the entire business.
  • Fake licensing pitch engineered P&G into asking to buy the company.

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