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  • My Top Habits

    My Top Habits

    Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Habits Over 10 million people have read Atomic Habits, so it’s likely you understand the power of habits. But, do you know what habits will help change your life for the…

  • Unlocking Performance: The Overlooked Management Strategy That Works Wonders

    Unlocking Performance: The Overlooked Management Strategy That Works Wonders

    The Agile Compass by Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, in the last two weeks we looked at planning: assessing why we insist on finalizing the plan (and how to stop) and why you shouldn’t pick user stories in Sprint planning (and what to do instead). This week we’ll talk about an overlooked management strategy that could…

  • This week’s email

    Hi Reader, A reminder: I started writing these emails aimed at a vision for the future I expressed as “a world no longer divided by religion.” I’ve included an update about that in the P.S. For now, on to the main idea. Let’s continue pulling on this thread of growing today. I was particularly happy…

  • Travis Barker’s Miracle Survival – The 2008 Learjet Crash

    Travis Barker’s Miracle Survival – The 2008 Learjet Crash

    Travis Barker’s Miracle Survival – The 2008 Learjet Crash Joshua from Skyincidentmap.com Travis Barker airplane accident: victims and survivors On September 19, 2008, a horrific plane crash nearly took the life of famous drummer Travis Barker of the rock band Blink-182. Barker and his friend DJ AM were two of only two survivors from the…

  • 📱 My Minimalist iPhone Home Screen Experiment

    📱 My Minimalist iPhone Home Screen Experiment

    The average person uses their smartphone over 5 hours per day. And before you say, “Maybe other people have a problem disconnecting from their phone but I’ve got it under control,” I dare you to go into your Settings and look at your Screen Time stats. It’s probably higher than you realized. And that’s the…

  • Design Your Own SVG Files! Free Workshop! 🤩

    Design Your Own SVG Files! Free Workshop! 🤩

    Hi there, Reader! One of the things I am most passionate about is genuine connection. Listen, I am as human as you are. I make mistakes, and I learn from failures like anyone else. One of the things I have learned through tons of trial and error was how to make my own custom SVG…

  • Success

    Success

    Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Important, Not Important This is a newsletter for people who Give a Sh!t. And, I find people who read the Growth Guide do just that! It’s for people who care about…

  • Why You Shouldn’t Assign Team Members to User Stories During Sprint Planning

    Why You Shouldn’t Assign Team Members to User Stories During Sprint Planning

    Pre-assigning user stories fosters a culture of solo fighters, each team member embarking on their quest within the sprint.

  • BFW: How to Absorb More Information When Reading Nonfiction Books

    BFW: How to Absorb More Information When Reading Nonfiction Books

    Dear Reader, When you decide to read a nonfiction book, do you simply open the book and start reading? This is a very important question. To absorb more information from the books you read, it’s important for you to prepare your mind first. I can hear you thinking, “What does she mean by preparing your…

  • Conquer Parental Accommodations and Help Your Child Thrive

    Conquer Parental Accommodations and Help Your Child Thrive

    I recently recorded a new episode of The Sleep Edit where Arielle and I interviewed Dr. Danielle Garay (which will come out in a month or so. In preparation, I reread Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD by Eli Lebowitz. It’s a terrific book if you have a child who struggles with these issues.…