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👨🏻‍💼 The Effective Executive: Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

Focus on being effective by setting clear priorities, enable strengths, and make weaknesses irrelevant. Author: Peter DruckerTopic: LeadershipPrint | Ebook ⭐ Key Notes 5 habits Know Thy Time. Focus on Contribution. Make Strengths Productive. First Things First. Effective Decisions. 8 practices Ask “What needs to be done?” Ask “What is right for the enterprise?” Develop …

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🔱 Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win

Lessons on leadership from two Navy SEALs – be accountable for everything in your world, set clear and simple objectives, and empower others. Author: Jocko Willink and Leif BabinTopic: LeadershipPrint | Audiobook | Ebook | ⭐ Key Notes Accept total responsibility for everything in your world. Make plans simple and communicate clearly. Be comfortable making …

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🗻 Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise

⭐ Key Notes 🤸🏻‍♂️ Chapter 1: the power of pusposeful practice Naive practice Once we reach a satisfactory level of skill and automate performance, we stop improving. Additional years of acceptable performance and automaticity do not lead to improvement. Automated abilities deteriorate in the absence of deliberate efforts. Deliberate practice Well-defined with specific goals Many …

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⏰ The 5am Club: Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life

Create a morning routine to optimise daily performance – move, reflect, grow.

⚛ Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

⭐ Key Notes ⚛ Power of Atomic Habits Tiny changes in our habits can change the trajectory of our lives. It is the tiny improvements that create incredible change. Success is the product of daily habits – not once in a lifetime transformations. The valley of disappointment Progress is compounding, not linear. At the start, …

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📏 12 Rules for Life & Beyond Order

📏 24 Rules for Life Jordan Perterson’s first book, 12 Rules for Life focuses on the results of too much chaos, and how to handle that. The second book, Beyond Order is the counterpart that focuses on the results of too much order. 🎒 Rule 1: stand up straight with your shoulders back Matthew Principle …

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🎯 Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depends on it

⭐ Key Notes Active listening – make the counterpart feel heard and identify what they care about most. Listen to the emotions behind the words. Tactical empathy – empathise with the counterpart and get them to empathise with you. Mirroring – use similar language to create trust. Calibrated questions – open ended questions that start …

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