Monday Mash-Up ~ 2022.02.21

Recommended Reading
Four Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln

In honor of President’s Day, I share with you a great article I found about Abe Lincoln and four leadership lessons we can draw from his life. Lesson #1: Use the power of storytelling to motivate people.

Recommended Reading
The Go-Giver Marriage

Mark your calendars for March 8. That’s when The Go-Giver Marriage — A Little Story About the 5 Secrets of Lasting Love will be available. You can pre-order it now. 

John David Mann (co-author, along with Bob Burg, of the original Go-Giver trilogy) has teamed up with his wife Ana Gabriel Mann to write this book. I’ve read an advance copy, and I love it. 

If you’ve read any of the Go-Giver books this will feel familiar in style and substance. But it plows new ground.

Here’s a description from the book’s website: The Book “is divided into two parts: (1) The Parable, and (2) The Practice. Part 1, The Parable, tells the story of Tom and Tess, who through the course of a day learn all about the 5 Secrets to Lasting Love — which are modeled on the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success from the original Go-Giver. Part 2, The Practice, is a full-length guidebook that walks you through each of the 5 Secrets: why it works, what it looks like in everyday life, and how to practice it in your relationship. 

Recommended Viewing
Maxine Cunningham and I Discuss the Power of One-to-Ones

In previous emails, I’ve told you about PickMyBrain.world – the planet’s first peer-to-peer knowledge marketplace, where smart, interesting and passionate people (“Brains”) go to unlock new ways to buy, sell and gift knowledge. Last week on the Story Power Marketing Show podcast, my guest was Pick My Brain’s founder and CEO, Maxine Cunningham. 

In this excerpt, we discuss the power of one-to-one connections. Some say conversations do not “scale.” But as Maxine and I discuss, one-one-one conversations may take a little longer, but their return on investment compounds over time. 

Maxine and I had a remarkable conversation. After you check out the excerpt, find the entire episode wherever you get your favorite podcast. And if you enjoy what you hear, please post a review. 

Recommended Reading
Six Strategies To Stop Procrastinating

Here’s a short, powerful post from Yvonne Dam, a performance and business coach for people who have too little time and crave to optimize their business, improve productivity and income: How To Stop Procrastinating (6 Simple Strategies That Work!) 

Here’s one of the six: Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself. If you have procrastinated in the past, don’t let that send you into a spiral. Studies show that forgiving yourself for past mistakes lets you tackle your current tasks more effectively.

Words to Ponder
Abraham Lincoln

I could fill a book with Abe Lincoln quotes I like. Here’s one:

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”