While we all possess talents, we are unsure of how to develop those talents to their full potential. The root of this problem is the “how.” By intently studying world class performers, author Daniel Coyle has distilled that down into 52 consumable tips for improving your skills, taking the most…

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor who has become known for his tweetstorms and thought provoking philosophies. After reading “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant”, I felt it was worth sharing a reflection of the insights and takeaways of a book and person whose words have had one of the…

Gregory Mckeown’s books Effortless and Essentialism feed off each other and provide great insight into how you should rethink your daily life. Summary Essentialism Why does essentialism matter? Well, the paradox of choice always presents itself and often it is natural human instinct to pick small things that don’t really matter. Especially…

Today’s post is a summary and reflection on the book In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman. …

As I dove into this novel by Oliver Burkeman, one of the first thoughts that came to mind was Tim Urban’s infamous post “The Tail End”. Time in the perspective lens makes you often realize it goes by fast, there isn’t much of it in your control, and holy shit…

The Making Of A Manager: What To Do When Everyone Looks To You As a first time manager, very few employees have any idea of where to start with their management journey.john-rodriguez.medium.com As a follow-up to my previous post (linked above), the book Multipliers provides some great next steps for first-time managers. What makes great managers we learned is that they are able to get the best out of employees.

As a first time manager, very few employees have any idea of where to start with their management journey. Many companies assume high performing entry level employees should be rewarded deservedly so with a promotion. With the promotion, typically comes more responsibility, and instead of being told what to do…

It is widely known that many successful people around the world wake up early. Many like Elon Musk operate on very little sleep and start their days well before others. …

Carol Dweck’s book is well known for having a lasting impact on many successful people around the world. I finally got around to reading her book “Mindset” and was able to dive in to understand the growth vs. fixed mindset. I wanted to summarize the main takeaways below. A fixed…