13: Notes To Self

Yo!

Here is your weekly dose of 5 things I’m pondering and exploring. Click on each link to dive further on that topic.

1. Habits To Never Be Boring During Conversation (Charisma On Command)

This YouTube channel is goated. No fluff. Just actionable advice with entertaining examples.

Here’s a few habits that stuck out to me:

• If someone jokes with you, that’s them attempting to connect. Play along with the joke (rather than getting defensive).

• Act out your characters while telling a story.

• Compliment people behind their back. What you say will eventually get back to them.

At times, this sort of advice can feel manipulative. To get around this feeling, I treat them like mini-experiments. If the habits work and feel authentic to me, I add them to my toolkit. If not, I drop them (no big deal).

2. A Quote I’m Putting On My Bedroom Wall

“Kindness never hurts. Love is never wasted. Unity starts with you. Trust makes it possible. Community is a mentality. And honesty keeps it real.” - Rich Paul

Heard this banger on his episode of the Tim Ferriss Show (highly recommend). Paul has a crazy life story.

3. Frameworks That Would Have Saved My First Business From Failure (Codie Sanchez)

Fill In Your Gaps:

• Don't hire people because you'd want to get a beer with them.

• Hire them because you would never get joy out of the skills they are good at.

• Skill stack your team.

• No one wins chess with all kings.

4. Storyline Highlight Film of Jon Snow (TheTargaryanWolf)

If you want to relive the glory days of binging Game of Thrones, watch this video. It’s like a basketball highlight video that weaves in an entire character arc in 10 minutes.

It packs a punch. I watched the video and thought it was over, only to see I was halfway done.

5. Questions To Ask People You Want Advice From

These also make for great conversation starters with your parents.

• When you were 20, how did the world work that it didn’t really work the way you thought it did?

• What would you go back and tell that person if you had an hour or two?

• What would you warn him/her?

• What is something you used to spend time on that you no longer find to be valuable?

• What is something you spent a lot of time doing that I should skip entirely?

• What are some skill sets you wished you developed earlier?

• What mindset shift or realization did you make too late?

• What does winning look like to you?

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Cheers,

Luke

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