This week covers some great reads on running One-on-One meetings for managers, various tech articles covering Tetris and the smart remote, and an article discussing an experiment in France involving people staying in an underground cave for 40 days. I also posted earlier this week on my thoughts on Evernotes product direction. Enjoy!
Matt
A Love-Hate Relationship with Evernote
Evernote has served as an “everything bucket” for over a decade now. In the app’s earlier days, this was a great feature. Our needs to store things digitally has grown a lot. We now store all types of information—ideas, PDFs, tasks, and databases, to name a few. The “everything bucket” can’t serve all these needs … Read more
Weekend Brew
This week’s roundup covers some great reads on post lockdown topics in navigating this new world we are in, some news in the world of tech, and some nostalgia on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. Enjoy!
Book Notes: Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Robert T. Kiyosaki is framed as a parable of the author as a boy taking financial advice from his friend’s rich dad (questions remain whether this relationship existed in real life). It discusses how the rich treat their money and look to make investments first before anything else. This book … Read more
Balancing Simplicity and Utility in your Task Manager
I’ve tried many task managers, including OmniFocus, Things, and Apple Reminders. I’ve found that with a task manager, it can be easy to overcomplicate how you manage and prioritize your tasks. There is an infinite number of contexts, folders, projects, areas, tags, and perspectives you can add to your setup. All of this over-complication creates … Read more
Stop “Thinking Out Loud” in your Emails
Many don’t take the opportunity to write. Write for oneself, write ideas for personal notes, journal, or even publish. And writing is a great medium to think through and solve problems in your head. Because many don’t take the opportunity to write, the only writing one does is through email. One reason I’ve found people … Read more
Book Notes: Predictable Revenue
Predictable Revenue, by Aaron Ross and Marylou Tyler describes how the author ran a successful Inside Sales team within the company, Salesforce.com. The author did this by creating a Sales Development team dedicated only to outbound prospecting. Closing, and inbound market response functions were also split into separate teams. How do you Achieve Predictable Sales … Read more
Weekend Brew
This week’s article roundup features some discussions on senior leadership, sales leadership, personal finances, and video games. Enjoy!
Weekend Brew
This week’s article roundup includes some great reads on Habit forming and continual practice, the rapidly changing world of Crypto, Sales Development and macOS automation. Enjoy!