Here's what's new this week. Obvious Choice Podcast Episodes: 263:Become The Well Connected Person(Hot Seat) 264:Stop Playing The "Look At Me sh*tless" Game"* *If you only listen to one, make it this one. 1. It’s not how smart you are, it’s how you are smart. Before you try harder, make sure you’re on the right path. Before you work on a solution, make sure that you understand the problem. 2."In a 2008 talk for the startup accelerator Y Combinator, Jeff Bezos said that “one way to look at the future of something is to find an analog from the past.” He then described his experience touring a three-hundred-year-old Belgium brewery. According to Bezos, electricity began helping beer makers about a hundred years ago. At that time, there was no power grid. The only way for them to get power was to set up their own generator and become experts in electric power generation. “The important thing to notice here is that the fact that they generated their own electric power did not make their beer taste better,” said Bezos. We tell ourselves that we’re optimizing for scale and efficiency when chasing the latest tech, when in reality, what we’re most often doing is best defined as productive procrastination.Undifferentiated heavy lifting doesn’t improve your product. It doesn’t make your beer taste better." (A short excerpt my next book,The Obvious Choice, now available for preorder) 1. What 97% of society believes is best for fat loss: Cardio > Weights > Nutrition When it's really: Nutrition > Weights > Cardio (Credit: Warren English.View on Instagram) 1. The good principles to live by are: 1. Default to generosity: If you get an urge to support somebody else, make it automatic. 2. Never resist a kind impulse. Say the kind thing you're thinking. 2. Steve Wozniak, who cofounded Apple with Steve Jobs before famously leaving the company, giving up billions of dollars, once said, “Society tells you that success is getting the most powerful position possible.” Then he added, “But I asked myself: Is that what would make me happiest?” I love this quote because it highlights the difference between what we’re told to want (money/power) versus what many of us actually desire (family/health/happiness/ (A short excerpt my next book,The Obvious Choice, now available for preorder) "The wildness of a place or experience isn't in the place or experience, necessarily, but in you––your capacity to see it, feel it." "Both of us craved solitude as much as company, and more than anything it was this ability to be alone together that let us survive the trip." -Kate Harris (fromLands of Lost Borders) Want to share this issue of 5-Reps via text, social media, or email? Just copy and paste this link: Been on holiday this week with the family. Hikin', eatin' lobster, seein' family. Got lost with Alison yesterday. It was wonderful. Hope you're awesome! One thing many people don't know is how important preorders are to a book's success. Book stores and publishers use preorders as a gauge of overall interest. Based on how strong the numbers are, they'll both order larger initial print runs and put more marketing behind the book. I guess what I'm saying is: Please preorderThe Obvious Choice. Here's the USA link. It's available worldwide on your local Amazon in hardcover, kindle, and audio internationally. Aside from helping me and me loving you lots, there's three advantages you get by preordering today: (*If Amazon ever discounts the book, you'll be automatically refunded the difference. This means that you guarantee the lowest-ever price by preordering it.) I've started sharing the book to get endorsem*nts for the front and back covers. The President of Shopify (probably the single guy with more insight in the world into what makes great advice for small business) had this to say: "Consider this required reading for anyone running a small business - Goodman nails it when it comes to business insights. This book is filled with timeless advice, and unlike so many other business books, it's a joy to read. Every entrepreneur is going to get actionable takeaways from this read. If you're selling something, you need this book in your life. Trust me, you won't regret it!" -- I put my heart and soul into this book. It's the best piece of work that I've ever created. And I hope you agree and I hope it helps you find your way and make more and sell more. I'll make it easy for you. Preorder the book today. And you don't absolutely love it after it arrives, message me, and I'll personally refund you the entire cost of the book. Deal? Heck, order two copies, one for you and one for a friend. I'll refund you for both if either of you don't love it. Here's the link to preorder: Jonathan Goodman -- Thanks for reading. Here's a few additional ways that I may be able to help you. Free Paid
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