16 March 2026
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and marketing, with new digests from Matthew Volkwyn, Starter Story, and EOS Worldwide. Highlights include Intelligence makes you resist the simple actions that actually work AI overviews killed content sites overnight — zero clicks, zero revenue
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Five Obstacles That Block Leader Growth and How to Beat Them
Coaching for Leaders
March 17, 2026
Management
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Leaders fail to improve by avoiding help, not admitting knowledge gaps.
Knowing best practices is insufficient; only deliberate behavior practice drives change.
Small daily tactics beat ambitious goals; track baselines to notice progress.
Crowded markets, problem-aware customers, stolen ideas, and funding for bootstrappers
Startups For the Rest of Us
March 17, 2026
Business models
8
Bootstrapping
8
Growth hacking
7
Why building for the social media timeline kills most SaaS businesses
Debt only makes sense if you survive without the contract arriving
Become known for the problem first — customers will find the solution
AI tools & automation
YouTube
How to decide how much to review any AI output
Dylan Davis
March 17, 2026
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
7
One question reveals how much attention any AI task deserves
Binary pass/fail audits replace slow, subjective review for medium-risk work
Zones shift over time as trust, skill, and AI capability improve
How Chick-fil-A used five sound bites to build a $22 billion brand
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
March 17, 2026
Case studies
10
Branding
8
Customer experience
7
Saying 'my pleasure' likely doubled Chick-fil-A's revenue on its own
Five specific phrases, repeated daily, turn customers into the hero
Closed Sundays, zero discounts — yet double McDonald's revenue per store
Content marketing
YouTube
Why smart business owners are moving away from social media
Sunny Lenarduzzi
March 17, 2026
Content marketing
9
Long-term planning
7
Social media is rented attention — stop posting, growth stops
AI made basic content worthless; experience and wisdom now win
Four-part owned audience engine converts expertise into compounding revenue
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic resilience, letting go, and rebuilding after loss
The Daily Stoic
March 17, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Why forgiving the situation beats directing anger at the universe.
A blank calendar isn't idle — it protects generosity and serendipity.
Photograph objects you can't release; the memory outlasts the weight.
Physical & cognitive performance
YouTube
How meditation rewires your brain and builds stress resilience
Andrew Huberman
March 16, 2026
Physical & cognitive performance
9
Deep work & focus
6
Five minutes daily for 30 days measurably reduces anxiety, depression, and inflammation.
Early meditation anxiety is the stimulus for adaptation, not a reason to quit.
Teacher well-being practice raised students' standardised test scores — flourishing is contagious.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Stop consuming your life and start directing it
Brendon Burchard
March 16, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
7
86% of people let their phone set the tone for their entire day
Shifting identity from passive viewer to director unlocks implementation
Full commitment to one chosen path breaks the stuck-in-circulation trap
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How to stop confusing busy with productive: three lessons from Eat That Frog
Business Book Club
March 16, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Do your hardest task first — before email steals your peak focus.
20% of actions drive 80% of results; say no to the rest.
Planning tonight saves ten minutes of execution tomorrow.
Why "Painted Picture" became Vivid Vision
Cameron Herold
March 16, 2026
Vision & mission
9
Long-term planning
6
"Painted picture" made people think of vision boards, not strategy.
Vivid Vision: a 3–4 page written description of your company in 3 years.
The concept came from an Olympic coach, not Cameron Herold.
What Innovative Leaders Do Differently, with Linda Hill
Coaching for Leaders
March 16, 2026
Management
9
Vision & mission
7
Leading innovation is fundamentally different from leading change.
Innovative leaders align through shared purpose, not top-down vision.
Three roles drive innovation: architect, bridge builder, and catalyst.
AI strategy & adoption
YouTube
Job market 2026: what's really driving AI layoffs and how to adapt
Silicon Valley Girl
March 16, 2026
AI strategy & adoption
9
Resilience & grit
6
AI layoffs are partly real, partly a cover for over-hiring corrections
Hiring into AI-exposed roles is slowing — newcomers feel it first
Combining human skills, AI fluency, and domain expertise is the new edge
Business operating systems
YouTube
20 Business Cheat Codes: From Broke to $100M CEO
Dan Martell
March 16, 2026
Business operating systems
9
Pricing psychology
8
Processes & SOPs
7
Sell before building — pre-selling validates demand and protects time and money.
Never discount; use a bonus bank of add-ons to close deals at full price.
Cut complexity first — remove products, features, and processes before adding new ones.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How to transform your smartphone into a less distracting, more useful device
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 16, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
A text-only monochromatic interface removes 60–70% of phone distraction instantly.
Browser-based social apps with feed-stripping tools cut addiction without quitting platforms.
Replace news apps with once-daily digests to eliminate hidden scroll compulsion.
Founder interviews
YouTube
How Gumloop's founder built a real AI automation business
EO
March 16, 2026
Founder interviews
9
AI strategy & adoption
7
MVP & prototyping
6
AI automation gurus are selling hope, not results — most are lying
Apply AI only to problems you already understand deeply
Getting deported forced Max to build Gumloop — failure created focus