How Many Tacos Do You Have Left Before You Die?
Article Round-Up: 4.17.22
Enjoy this weeks curated list of articles, podcast, and more from the web.
“What Can Comedy Teach You About Leadership & Success?”
Takeaway: Improv is a unique form of comedy in that it involves no scripts. Every piece of material is made up on the spot by the performers. What can we learn from these performers about leadership and success?
Praise others for good work, and know that your story is only finished when you decide to end the scene.
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Takeaway: “The treasure chest of humanity’s history is the written word. Somewhere along the way, Homo sapiens determined that we needed a record of our thoughts, processes, and events.”
Leaders need to be able to move people with their spoken words. But spoken words leave room for misinterpretation. To ensure your ideas, as they are intended, stick in the minds of others, find a way to write them down, make them permanent, and add them to the collection of human intelligence.
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Takeaway: Life is short. (The author uses cool visuals, like how many tacos he has left to eat in his life, to demonstrate just how little time many of us have left.)
Focus on the things that matter. Know what’s important to you so you know how to spend your time where it matters most.
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“Dangerous Mental Errors: Part 1”
Takeaway: There are a series of mental models that many of us naturally adopt, and in so doing put ourselves at greater risk of mistakes and failures. Get a snapshot of what these dangerous mental models are, and how to combat them, for better decision making and more positive outcomes.
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