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Notes on Growing Up In Public by Devorah Heitner

4/30/2025

A fellow parent recommended to me the book Growing Up In Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World by Devorah Heitner, which I recently finished. It was a good complement to The Anxious Generation, which I had read previously. Heitner's book went into a lot more depth about the dangers of social media and the pitfalls of tracking technology and classroom grading apps (which I didn't have experience with).

I liked its concrete suggestions of how to talk about these topics with kids and how to teach real-world skills so kids can thrive as adults. Below are my main notes and takeaways. This is a very helpful book for any parent of growing adolescents/tweens/teens.

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Notes on The JOLT Effect by Matthew Dixon and Ted McKenna

4/24/2025

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I recently finished reading The JOLT Effect: How High Performers Overcome Customer Indecision by Matthew Dixon and Ted McKenna, and I really liked it and learned a lot. It explored a new topic for me -- customer indecision -- which is extremely relevant and which I have seen firsthand so many times and which I thought was uncontrollable and without mitigation.

I liked how this book did a scientific analysis of actual recorded sales interactions to find patterns of what behaviors better addressed this. The key takeaways of judging the indecision, offering your recommendation, limiting the exploration, and taking risk off the table are very logical and straightforward, and I have already seen the positive impact of trying them out.

Below are my main notes and takeaways. I highly recommend this to anyone involved in complex sales processes.

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Notes on Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

3/23/2025

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A while ago, a coach and some other books I had read recommended to me Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
by Brené Brown. I recently finished reading it and thought it was very interesting. I enjoyed a lot of the stories within it and the details of the scientific approach the author took in her research.

The big lesson is that vulnerability combined with self-acceptance and belief that you're worthy are critical for connection and in many parts of life (work, family, parenting, etc.). This is an important lesson for any leader or parent.

Below are some of my notes and takeaways.

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