![]() Happy New Year! 2024 was a challenging and busy year of growth and learning. I'm thankful for my family and all that my teams accomplished in 2024. I finished 34 books in 2024, which I'm proud is the most ever in the last decade (I did 81 in 2015). My goal for 2025 is to read at least 40 books, including some fiction. The books I read in 2024 focused on business, parenting, psychology/leadership, biographies, and magic. My favorites from the year: (Business) Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch from April Dunford The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick (Parenting) The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt Raising Lions by Joe Newman (Biographies) Wooden by Seth Davis Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Here's to a 2025 filled with more reading! Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
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![]() Several fellow founders recommended to me the book The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn if Your Business is a Good Idea When Everyone is Lying to You by Rob Fitzpatrick. It's all about how to run customer conversations the right way, and it really opened my eyes to many things I could improve and many pitfalls that are so easy to make. It also reminded me of some of the lessons in Dale Carnegie's classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People, such as asking questions about the other person and focusing on them instead of you/your ideas. I also loved the lessons about keeping conversations casual and serendipitous and finding secret learning opportunities. i highly recommend it for any founder who needs to talk to customers and verify if what they're building is what people actually want or need. My main notes and takeaways on the book are below. ![]() I had long heard of the classic leadership book What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith, and I finally got a chance to read it. It was written for high-performers to help them get to the next level. It specifically focused on various behaviors that stop being productive and start being annoying to others, especially as one’s level rises in an organization. It discussed how feedback can be solicited and followed up on the right way. I liked a lot of the concrete advice and perspective in this book, especially when it comes to apologizing and active listening. I recommend this book for any leader looking to continue growing and improving. My main notes and takeaways are below. |
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