RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2024.08.12

Recommended Viewing
🎥“Hitman” on Netflix

Melissa and I recently watched and loved the movie “Hitman” on Netflix. Here’s the logline (summary): Inspired by the unbelievable true story, a strait-laced professor (Glen Powell) uncovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man in undercover police stings. He meets his match in a client (Adria Arjona) who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.

Funny, suspenseful, clever… and it will make you think. Here’s the trailer:

Recommended Reading
🤔 Seize the identity you want for yourself

Speaking of “Hitman,” here’s a great blogpost by Michael Estrin about the movie. It examines interesting questions raised by the movie — and applicable to our business lives: How do we see ourselves? How do others see us? How do we “seize the identity” we want for ourselves.

Great questions for anyone trying to stand out and get hired.

I subscribe to receive Estrin’s “Situation Normal” posts in my inbox. (I recommend them). When you click to read this post, click the orange button in the top-right to subscribe.

Podcast (The Story Power Marketing Show)

📡How to Overcome Fear and Overwhelm to Achieve Success (with Chris Stafford)

Over the last 10 years, Chris has helped listing real estate agents 10X their inventory and sales with greater time freedom and less of the typical drudgery. Chris is the author of “Massive Abundance – How to Create Passion, Purpose and Prosperity in Your Life”

The book emphasizes the importance of focusing on mindset and health to achieve dramatic business growth and feel more fulfilled.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

~Why You Should Never Settle in Your Career

~The Power Coaching Can Bring to Shorten Your Learning Curve

~A Simple Method for Tapping Into the Power of Storytelling

~How to Build Momentum Without Fear or Overwhelm

View/listen on the Story Power Marketing Show website or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

Recommended Book

📚“The Power of Regret” by Daniel Pink

From the publisher’s website: “’No regrets.’ You’ve heard people proclaim it as a philosophy of life. That’s nonsense, even dangerous, says Daniel H. Pink in his latest bold and inspiring work.

“Everybody has regrets. They’re a fundamental part of our lives. And if we reckon with them in fresh and imaginative ways, we can enlist our regrets to make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and deepen our sense of meaning and purpose.”

Ted Prodromou and I have chosen this book as the August selection for the Mastermind Book Club. Each month, Ted and I choose one book for the Club to read and discuss. On the fourth Thursday (August 22 next month), we meet live on Zoom to discuss the book.

The Club and meetings are free to attend. But you have to join the Club in advance to get the meeting notices and Zoom link.

Recommended Viewing
😖This is how to deal with frustrations, annoyances, and setbacks

Speaking of Daniel Pink, here’s a great video with simple advice to get past daily frustrations. He got the idea from William B. Irvine’s book “The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher’s Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient Hardcover.”

Viewing time < 2 minutes.

(Shout-out to Vistage’s Jonathan Jones for recommending this video.)

Recommended Training Archive

 Club Storyville (7-Day Trial)
Last week, I hosted a live training called “The Proven P.L.A.N to Create Client-Attracting, Profit-Generating Content — Without Writer’s Block.” I’m not sharing the replay recording with just anyone. I’m sharing it — and recordings of all the live trainings I deliver this year and on — with Club Storyville members.

Club Storyville is an exclusive, online community and treasure chest for savvy business leaders who want to create more captivating, client-attracting, profit-generating emails, social posts, videos, landing pages, and other content — without getting stuck or working their tails off.

You can sign-up today for a 7-day trial.

Details and sign-up here.

Words to Ponder

“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now.”

– Viktor Frankl