13: Some of My Favorite Things

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

Favorite challenges

• 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

Credits

• Pulse Rock by Kevin MacLeod
• Sax, Rock, and Roll by Kevin MacLeod

All songs licensed under Creative Commons

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