George, Dan and Carly talk about the first few chapters of Carol Dweck’s book and different ways they already are, or can, apply the growth mindset in their own lives. They also get into Daniel Ek’s comments about the commoditization and devaluation of music (s/o Walmart), ways to save and support the arts, and Carly shares a throwback to one of her favorite ad campaigns.
Show Notes
- There is still time to join the Book Club. The next meeting will be Friday, August 21. Join our Slack channel to read with us and to get meeting times and access links!
- Get all things Malcolm Gladwell here
- What’s your love language?
- Level 5 Leadership, from Jim Collins’ Good to Great
- The Wall Street Journal’s How Tim Cook Made Apple His Own, #next
- The 3% conference has ended but you can still join the movement
- Marc Brackett’s Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
- Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO aka George’s ideal business sherpa, does in fact speak and participate in events
- George’s Forbes piece TheWaveVR (now Wave) Gains Traction Via Avoiding The Skeuomorphic Design That Hinders Virtual Reality Adoption
- Pivot Schooled with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway
- Daniel Ek’s upsetting and confusing interview Spotify CEO talks Covid-19, artist incomes and podcasting
- The Music Modernization Act. If you are an artist and feel that this has changed anything at all since being signed into law, please let us know. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
- If you care about the arts, look to your local representatives. Seek out articles like Artsy’s How Artists Could Benefit from 2020 Democratic Candidates’ Policies to help guide you
- Why you should absolutely worry about the anti-privacy EARN IT Act
- That time Burger King perfectly explained net neutrality with Whoppers
- Jason Isbell’s MSNBC interview
Three Things
Carly
- Sharing: The 3% Movement’s 50 Microactions for an Antiracist Workplace. There are tips specifically around workplace culture, hiring and promoting practices, creative companies and brands, and for white people
- (Re)listening: To Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History episode The King of Tears about why country music is so damn sad
- Loving: Her big, fat, calico cat Parker Posey. If you’ve been on the fence about whether to get a pet or not, take this as a sign it’s time. But please, adopt, don’t shop
Dan
- Listening: To the Land of the Giants podcast, season two is all about Netflix and how they got to where they are today
- Watching: Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix. Dan is not normally a travel show or food show fan, but he likens watching it to eating a well balanced meal
- Watching: Journey’s Live in Houston 1981 concert on iTunes. George gave him flak but in the spirit of growth mindsets, he will also be watching it. Also, The Sopranos final scene
George
- Listening: To the Team Deakins podcast episode with Joel Coen which is all about creativity, collaboration and letting go of defenses
- Sharing: Producer Keith Calder’s set of principles on how they decide whether or not to get involved in producing a film project that Andy Weissman tweeted and will be applying to his job investing as well. It’s a list George will also be adopting for his businesses and projects going forward
- Sharing pt 2: Matthew Ryan’s tweet about Daniel Ek’s comments and quoted Ursula K Le Guin, which collectively is the definition of purpose, not product
