Reading Time: 2 minutes
Here’s a bit about what I wrote, read and learned over the past week. I hope you find it helpful!
Blog posts from the past week
- Are we in an AI bubble? There are a lot of signs that we might be in an AI bubble. What does that mean for the future?
- Andy Grove didn’t care about Apple, which is why Steve did. Andy Grove didn’t really care about Apple, which is what made Steve Jobs realize how much that he did.
- Slight advantages can stack up huge. During his career, Roger Federer won 80% of his matches, but only won 54% of the points along the way.
- Notes from “Smart Brevity”. Finding the balance of appropriate brevity is a tricky thing. Many things (particularly meetings and presentations) can drone on far too long, while other items (such as social media) are lacking any real content. The book “Smart Brevity” helps find that beautiful middle ground.
- It’s not about your response time – it’s about your response. That’s why people who are brave enough to take a few seconds before talking win—because, Coleman said, “It’s not about your response time. It’s about your response.” Print that one out and put it on your wall.
- The four love languages of business. It’s kind of amazing how the ideas of how to treat those you love and those you work with are so similar. We’re all humans, after all.
Books that I’m reading
I read for a total of 5:30 last week with the following:
- Finished reading “How to Know a Person“
- Continued reading “Dare to Serve“
- Continued reading “Better Ways to Read the Bible“
- Continued reading “Unoffendable“
- Continued reading “Selling the Invisible“
- Started reading “Nearbound“
Tech Rec
Stealing the idea from my friends at the Tech Talk Y’all podcast, I’ll drop in some tech recommendation every week as well.
- Bluetooth Remote Control Page Turner. While Amazon Kindles don’t support these yet (which is super weird), most other reading devices (such as my Boox tablet) do. I do most of my reading while walking on a treadmill, with the tablet sitting on a desk in front of me, so being able to turn pages with a tiny remote is much better than having to reach and do it each time. One page turn isn’t a big deal, but after hundreds or thousands it starts to get old. For $28, this was well worth it!
I hope you found some value in this. If you ever have questions, ideas, or disagreements regarding anything I write, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
