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Thanks to a friend, I recently rediscovered Simon Sinek’s talk How great leaders inspire action. Sinek explains a pattern inspiring leaders and organizations follow when communicating ideas, which he calls the golden circle. Great leaders don’t talk about what they are doing, but about why they do it. Why? How? What? This little idea explains why some organizations and some leaders are able to inspire where others aren’t. (…) Every single person, every single organization on the planet knows what they do, 100 percent. Read more...

Dan Shipper (of Firefly, a screen sharing application) writes on his blog about product design and sales, after a meeting with Jason Fried. The only two people who can give you real feedback about your product are people who just purchased it and people who just canceled. We are all artists now, by Seth Godin. “We built this world for you. Not so you would watch more online videos, keep up on your feeds, and LOL with your high school friends. Read more...

Understanding cutting-edge business concepts like the Long Tail and the Tipping Point and the Purple Cow and GTD and the rest is worthless if you don’t commit. Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? Read more...

You don’t need a Business Model Canvas to understand Instagram recent privacy policy changes. There is no such a thing as free lunch. Read more...

Buy from Amazon So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, by Cal Newport. “Cal Newport is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. (…) In addition to his academic work, Newport is a writer who focuses on contrarian, evidence-based advice for building a successful and fulfilling life in school and after graduation. Read more...