Episode notes
This episode is a collection of some of my favorite things. It was inspired by some similar things I shared in a recent podcast interview on How to be Awesome at your Job.
Links and recommended books- My mission statement and it’s theme of Ownership
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- QBQ! the Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work by John G. Miller
- The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard
- The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) by Hal Elrod
- Get up early, drink water and exercise first thing
- Task tracking with 4×4 Post-its and a Sharpie, Trello, or hand drawn mindmaps
- Working in 25 minute time blocks–free Pomodoro app
- Decline a meeting invitation that doesn’t need you
- Refuse to attend a meeting if there is no agenda
- Collaborative meeting notes capture
- As the meeting facilitator be bold and ask people to own actions that belong to them
- Speak to what you are observing that isn’t working at a meeting
- Pulse Rock by Kevin MacLeod
- Sax, Rock, and Roll by Kevin MacLeod
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