Leaders Read#113

👋 Hello everyone,

Billie Jean King said, “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

Here are a few resources you might have missed:

• Book notes: Look Again By Tali Sharot & Cass R. Sunstein

• My favorite takeaways from The Art of War by Sun Tzu

• All 203 Book notes for your enjoyment

• Catch-up: #1 - #112 Leaders Read Newsletters

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📚 Book Summary:

This week's book is "The Power of Regret" by Daniel H. Pink.

This is the book that will provide you with tools to not just put your head down, but learning from your regrets to propel you forward.

One of my favorite takeaways from the book is this:

"Your response determines your result. When you feel the spear of regret, you have three possible responses. You can conclude that feeling is for ignoring—and bury or minimize it. That leads to delusion. You can conclude that feeling is for feeling—and wallow in it. That leads to despair. Or you can conclude that feeling is for thinking—and address it. What does this regret tell you? What instructions does it offer for making better decisions? For improving your performance? For deepening your sense of meaning? When feeling is for thinking, and thinking is for doing, regret is for making us better."

✅ Actionable advice:

"There is no effort without error and shortcoming," Roosevelt reminded us in his Man in the Arena speech. The real measure of leadership isn't avoiding discomfort—it's how you respond when it arrives. But reflection doesn't happen in the noise of email and Slack. It requires space. It requires you to step away. When was the last time you left your devices behind and went on a walk to think, or to a coffee shop with nothing but a notebook for an hour? Regret is a signal to pause, to think, and redirect our next move. You can't go back in time, but you can design better decisions for the future. That hour walking or sitting with your notebook isn’t downtime—it’s the highest-return meeting you’ll have all week.

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Have a great week!