[WWC #8] - It's The First Day of Spring
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[WWC #8] - It's The First Day of Spring
For new employees, it’s three big transitions at once: intellectual (new work), social (new people), and environmental (new place). The first day shouldn’t be a set of bureaucratic activities on a checklist. It should be a peak moment.
Dan Heath • The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
The first five minutes of a gathering can change everything. My most recent newsletter is now online and available for all. In it, I take on one of my favorite topics: the magic of a good opening. For the full read, check out my monthly newsletter in my Linktree ✨
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What if every organization in the world offered new employees an unforgettable first-day experience?
Dan Heath • The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
It seems the trees can count! They wait until a certain number of warm days have passed, and only then do they trust that all is well and classify the warm phase as spring.55 But warm days alone do not mean spring has arrived.
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
when we first started @readwise, all i did for the first summer was write personalized cold emails to anyone who'd expressed pain around their Kindle highlights online
it was grueling, rejection-laden work, but in July 2017 we celebrated our first "best day ever":
the inimitable @craigmod onboarded, experienced value, and then tweeted about @read... See more
Jason Shen added
Things that don’t scale for Readwise growth
Begin to look forward to your coming brainstorm. Begin to smile at the thought of it. Began to organize a bit in anticipation of clearing the decks. Begin to wean yourself from this or that distracting activity. Get ready. Soon you will begin a fine month of productive obsessing. I hope you are eager!
Eric Maisel • Brainstorm
Melissa Wiley added
At the heart of annualized thinking is an unspoken belief that there is plenty of time in the year to make things happen. In January, December looks a long way off.
Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington • The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
www.12weekyear.com/gettingstarted. It’s