Book Summaries4 min read
Book Summary: Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg
The big ideas, best quotes and top takeaways from the Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. You'll learn the importance of keystone habits and how they change your life.
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Newsletter2 min read
Curated Insights | Friday 26th March 2021
Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • Knowing When To Quit 🤔 • Change is not an event. It's a skill. ✨ • Lyssa Adkins and Edge Theory 🔥Thanks to everyone who submitted feedback this month. Here are the results: 👍 = 43% 😐 = 29% 👎 = 28%As always, you can share feedback at the end of today's edition.
With Gratitude,TobyKnowing When To Quit 🤔Being a change agent is hard. It's full of ups and downs. It can often feel like change is never going to happen. Therefore knowing when to quit i
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Curated Insights | Friday 19th March 2021
Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • How a chef can help you build new habits 🍱 • 5 Check-In Questions for one-on-ones 👥 • Change is not an event. It's a skill. 🛠You can give one-click feedback at the end of this edition.
With Gratitude,TobyHow a chef can help you build new habits 🍱This week I read Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood. Thie big takeaway was how shaping your context can help you form better habits. Professional chef, Robert Jörin shares what cooking can teach you abo
Book Summaries11 min read
Book Summary: Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood
Context is critical to your habits. If the context remains stable—you keep living in the same place, you keep driving the same route to work, you keep sitting on your couch every evening—then you repeat past actions automatically. To build new habits, reduce the friction to do the behaviour.
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Curated Insights | Friday 12th March 2021
Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • Your advice is not as good as you think 💬 • An Operating System for great one-on-ones 👥 • Atomic Habits Visualized 🖼You can give one-click feedback at the end of this edition.
With Gratitude,TobyYour advice is not as good as you think 💬I was once working with a leader on how to improve their presentation skills.It was an important pitch to a new client and pressure was high.With pitching experience, I was asked to help the leader prepare.We worked
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Curated Insights | Friday 5th March 2021
Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • How to improve your one-on-ones 💬 • Leadership Insights from Clubhouse 👋 • A surprising truth about teaching 🧠Also this week you have the chance to give one-click feedback. You can find the options at the end of this edition.
With Gratitude,TobyHow effective are your One-On-Ones? 💬I asked this question on Twitter. 55% voted not effective. I thought it would be higher.Almost every person I coach or mentor shares that their one-on-ones are ineffecti
Leadership6 min read
Clubhouse Notes: Kat Cole and James Clear on Leadership
Learn in this clubhouse session leadership principles from Kat Cole and James Clear. You'll learn the importance of self-awareness, the power of mistakes and how to create safety.
Book Summaries11 min read
Book Summary: Think Again by Adam Grant | The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Think Again by Adam Grant is an invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well and to anchor your sense of self in flexibility rather than consistency. In this summary, you'll learn the 3 big ideas, 2 best quotes and top takeaways.
Newsletter3 min read
Curated Insights | Friday 26th February 2021
Happy Friday,February was a fun month of creation and learning. I read 5 books, published 5 articles, created 5 videos, attended 1 training course and opened an Instagram account.
This week's insights include: • Good Conflict, Bad Conflict 🤬 • How To Build A Listening Habit👂 • Power of Consistency 📈If you enjoy this edition, I'd love you to share it on Twitter.
With Gratitude,TobyGood Conflict, Bad Conflict 🤬This week I finished Adam Grant's new book Think Again. Adam shares that Good Thin
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Curated Insights | Friday 19th February 2021
Happy Friday,This weeks insights include: • You're Not Listening 👂 • What is Coaching? A Practical Guide For Managers 💬 • Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudices that shape our lives 🧠 If you enjoy this edition, please do share with your network.With Gratitude,TobyYou're Not Listening 👂Listening is hard. I often fall short of being a great listener. It's easy for the mind to drift or to assume you know what the other person is talking about. I also struggle to find people who can listen wel
Book Summaries8 min read
Book Summary: You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy | Big Ideas and Best Quotes
Listening is hard. This book shares the big ideas and best quotes from You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy. You'll learn how to listen to opposing views and why curiosity is the key.
Leadership3 min read
5 Leadership Lessons From Eddie Jones | High-Performance Podcast
A few leadership insights from the excellent High-Performance Podcast. This episode with England Rugby Coach, Eddie Jones. Eddie always inspires me to be a better coach. I've written about his coaching approach previously: • Coaching Lessons From Elite Sport • The Four Fatal Fears of Your TeamI'm hopeful one day we'll meet to trade ideas 😃Coaches in business can learn so much from coaches of Elite Sport.Key Insights for Leaders in Business 💡The greatest teams or any organisation is the self-re