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491: Your Future Self with Hal Hershfield
UCLA professor Hal Hershfield shares some of his favorite reads
AI Key Takeaways
- A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan is a beautiful novel that explores interconnectedness.
- How Proust Can Change Your Life by Elaine Dibbaton distills practical life lessons from Proust's work.
- These book recommendations are unique and have not been mentioned before on the podcast.
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491: Your Future Self with Hal Hershfield
Improving productivity and organization with Evernote
AI Key Takeaways
- Note taking has improved over the last 15 years for the speaker.
- The speaker uses Evernote for note taking and finds it helpful for capturing and organizing their thoughts.
- Being able to jot down or dictate notes while on the go is important for the speaker.
- The speaker values the ability to save articles and other material into well-labeled and organized folders.
- In hindsight, the speaker realized they sometimes categorized their notes too broadly and should have been more specific.
- The speaker acknowledges the need for further improvement in their note taking process.
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490: The Learn-It-All Leader with Damon Lembi
Range, Jolt Effect, and Richard Branson Autobiographies
AI Key Takeaways
- The book 'Ranged' by David Epstein discusses the difference between being a generalist and a specialist.
- The book 'Jolt Effect' by Matt Dixon and another author provides insights on de-risking opportunities and anticipating objections in sales.
- Richard Branson's autobiographies are highly recommended for readers interested in his work.
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488: Always Make Your Future Bigger Than Your Past with Dan Miller
How to Collect Notes and Create With Them
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker has always been a voracious reader and reading has been important for their personal growth.
- Before taking the class, the speaker had trouble remembering the valuable content from books they read years ago.
- The speaker now tags and underlines their books to easily access important information.
- The tactile process of writing helps the speaker solidify ideas.
- The speaker uses the Notion app to organize their notes from multiple sources.
- Having all their notes in one place has been a significant improvement for the speaker.
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487: Closing the Confidence Gap with Kelli Thompson
The Importance of Recognizing the Building Block Nature of Your Ideas
AI Key Takeaways
- Evernote is a valuable tool for keeping and organizing ideas
- Reflecting on and discussing inspiring content can lead to further ideas
- Collecting small pieces and getting feedback along the way is important for creating valuable content
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487: Closing the Confidence Gap with Kelli Thompson
Books That Have Impacted My Career
AI Key Takeaways
- The book 'The Gifts of Imperfection' by Brené Brown had a significant impact on the speaker's career.
- The book 'The Untethered Soul' by Michael Singer provided valuable insights about the speaker's inner belief system and its influence on their work.
- The book 'My Life in Full' by Indra Nooyi, former CEO of Pepsi, offers a captivating storytelling style and imparts lessons learned from her career experiences.
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485: An Unbound and Unbridled Path to Unstuck Growth with Bryan Orr
Books that Transformed My Business Mindset
AI Key Takeaways
- 'good to great' is a transformative business book that has had a huge impact on the speaker's role as a leader
- 'anti fragile' emphasizes the importance of embracing disorder and taking opportunities to improve in the face of challenges
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376. Truth and Adventure as an Antidote to Suffering | Douglas Murray
The Two Ways in Which You Can Use Language
AI Key Takeaways
- Language can be used in two ways: instrumentally or authentically.
- Instrumental use of language involves trying to extract a desired outcome by carefully choosing words.
- Authentic use of language involves expressing one's thoughts without manipulation.
- The advantage of instrumental use is potentially getting what you want, but it may involve manipulating people.
- The disadvantage is that you may not truly know what you want.
- Acting in accordance with the truth is believed to lead to the best possible outcome regardless of how it seems at the time.
- Letting go of the consequences of words can lead to an adventurous experience.
- Embracing uncertainty allows for unexpected outcomes.
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484: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams with David Burkus
Strategies for Saving and Finding Valuable Information
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker has a system for saving and finding valuable information from books they read
- For physical books, they use Post-It notes to mark brilliant sentences and then photocopy or scan those pages to save in Evernote
- For Kindle books, highlights are automatically saved to Evernote
- When it's time to write a book, the speaker goes through their saved notes to find relevant information
- They prefer to reread books with a fresh mind rather than rely solely on their notes
- The speaker prints out their saved notes and organizes them by chapter when writing a book
- They consider the physical aspect of books to be important for comprehension and retention
- For podcasts, the speaker uses an app called Snipped to create transcripts and highlight important passages
- The highlighted passages and personal notes are automatically synced to a notes app
- There is currently no easy way to capture notes from audiobooks
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484: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams with David Burkus
Positive Servant Leaders That Have Made an Impact
AI Key Takeaways
- Roger Martin's books, particularly 'The Opposable Mind' and 'Playing to Win', have greatly influenced the speaker's thinking in the business context
- 'Fixing the Game' by Roger Martin is recommended for its exploration of capitalism's role in society
- Jennifer Real's book 'Creating Great Choices' is highlighted as a follow-up to 'The Opposable Mind'
- 'Creativity, Inc.' by Ed Catmull is regarded as the best leadership memoir the speaker has read
- 'American Icon' provides insights into the leadership of Alan Mulally, who is considered by the speaker as one of the greatest living CEOs
- The speaker emphasizes the need for more positive stories about impactful CEOs
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483: The Illusion of Choice with Richard Shotton
If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking…
AI Key Takeaways
- Methods or tools or strategies should be used when reading or studying to ensure that important information is not forgotten and can be easily retrieved later.
- Taking time to reflect after reading can help uncover the implications of the content.
- Underlining, highlighting, and physically interacting with a book can aid in understanding and retention.
- Writing about what you've read can help solidify your own thoughts and expose logical gaps in your understanding.
- Writing down your thoughts and plans in full sentences can help ensure a deeper understanding and prevent self-deception.
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483: The Illusion of Choice with Richard Shotton
The most influential book on this professional marketer is…
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker mentions authors Kahneman, Berger, Gladwell, and Robert Childini as having a significant impact on their career.
- The work of Robert Childini particularly stood out to the speaker, as it showcased how research on blood donation could have wider commercial applications.
- Childini's book 'Influence' provides a simple framework for applying his six key principles of persuasion: consistency, commitment, authority, likability, reciprocity, and social proof.
- The speaker was greatly influenced by 'Influence' and it played a significant role in their interest and understanding of the subject.
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