The journey to mastery. What Disney can teach us about building off of others’ work. Peer groups.
Welcome to a new issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.”
Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.
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And now, let’s dive in!
One “must” for this week
"The journey to mastery" by Sahil Bloom.
The journey to mastery is a spiral rather than a linear progression.
The Shu-Ha-Ri mastery model has three stages: learning the existing conventions (apprentice), challenging and adapting the rules (practitioner), and creating new rules (master).
It’s an invitation to sometimes break the rules and create our path to mastery.
Personal development
Thrills & perils of a company of one
Can you think tourself thinner?
What are two other ways to describe how I’m feeling right now?
Understanding the monkey mind
World leading relationship therapist: Why your ego is ruining your relationship!
Innovation
What Disney can teach us about building off of others’ work
When depending on AI leads to atrophy
A data leader’s technical guide to scaling gen AI
How much of success is luck?
How annual pre-pay creates an infinite marketing budget
Position your product as emotionally better
Starting an analytics org from scratch: lessons from a decade at DoorDash
Leadership and management
The iceberg of organizational knowledge: how to unlock tacit knowledge
What companies want most in a CEO: a good listener
42% of employee turnover is preventable but often ignored
Success in work and life = attitude x effort x ability
How to build a culture of mediocrity
The HP way: Dave Packard on how to operate a company
Ten lessons I learned from Peter Drucker
One book
“The Creative Act” by Rick Rubin.
See you next Saturday,
Roberto
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