Leaders Read#53

👋 Hello everyone,

Here are a couple of posts you might have missed:

• My 156 Book notes for your enjoyment

• Catch-up: #1 - #52 Leaders Read Newsletters

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📚 Book Summary:

This week's book is "Feel-Good Productivity" by Ali Abdaal.

If you follow Ali's YouTube channel, you know he has a great personality. In this book, he describes his journey from a medical doctor to an author, describing his obsession with productivity. The findings are that there needs to be a red line of happiness in your journey of improving your best self. This book has many different techniques you can use to test yourself.

One of my favorite take away from the book is this:

The Magic Post-It Note: 'What would this look like if it were fun?' has now become a guiding question in my life. And it's surprisingly easy to draw upon. Think of a task that you don't want to do right now, and ask what it would look like if it were fun. Could you do it in a different way? Could you add music, or a sense of humor, or get creative? What if you set out to do the task with friends or promised yourself a treat at the end of the process? Is there a way to make this draining process a little more fun?

✅ Actionable advice:

I’ll add to Ali’s challenge of making tasks more fun. How can you also make work more enjoyable for others? Consider adding a funny surprise slide in your next presentation or starting your next team meeting with a joke. Here’s one from my six-year-old daughter: “Why are pirates called pirates? Because they ‘Arrr!’” 

As Albert Einstein said, “Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

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🧠 5 things I'm thinking about (September 20, 2024)

1.Brining information from product teams to customers

2.CTS Innovation Update

3.New image on larschristensen.org

4.Read Gartner's AI Hype Report

5.Planning for FY26 Enablement

Reading "Art Thinking" by Amy Whitaker

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Have a great week!