The Weekend Edition ... Landing now.

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The Weekend Edition ... Landing now.
Sweeeeee .... Thanks to the incredible Sam Bayer who took this photo and kindly gifted it to all of us.

Hello!! Hope you’re having a nice weekend and taking it easy!

In this weekend edition:

  • I start with 2 interesting - but not free - recommendations. They will cost you money, but only if they're right for you (or a loved one), and you decide to pay for them. One may save a business. One may save a life.
  • And then, further down below, you'll find links to the past week's daily emails.

Recommendation 1: Enchanted Copywriting Course

This copywriting course is maybe the best online course I've ever done.

To start with: I actually completed it - which is unheard of and extraordinary!
And, I've started using what I learnt.

I'm a professional writer, but writing sales copy ... 🤮🤢😓⚠️

It's a different skill, a different type of writing, a different mindset, and I've spent most of my life avoiding doing it.

The Enchanted Copywriting Course has taken the ick out of selling, for me.

Not cheap, not expensive, but a bargain if you need to sell stuff, ideas or yourself.

Recommendation 2: Continuous Diabetic Monitor

This continuous blood glucose monitor is expensive but it may have saved my life.

If you've got a diabetic friend, read on ...

Here's the thing:

  • I've been diabetic for 20+ years, and every morning before breakfast, and every evening before dinner, I test my blood sugar. Two readings a day.
  • This expensive little device takes a reading every minute.
  • And then it shows you what's going on during the day.
  • And ... woah ... I didn't expect to see what I saw.

I plugged it in last Monday, and I've discovered that my blood sugars are waaaayayayayay higher during the day than I ever thought.

And that's why I feel so f^$#&%g tired during the day.

I've started experimenting with different foods, and different insulin doses, and ...

... I feel like a new man.

The best thing:

  • it is expensive because each monitor only lasts 2 weeks,
  • but (apparently) you learn so much in 2 weeks,
  • you probably only need to buy one and you're good for a few years.

This week's posts:

Here are links to everything I shared from Monday to Friday.

I'm writing about growth, and how clever people grow as leaders. Growth is about change. And - this surprised me when I first learnt it - stories (novels, movies, etc) are also about growth and change. So, this week I've started weaving in some of the lessons I've learned from storytelling.

The Inciting Incident
One of the most important lessons I’ve learnt as a professional author is this: Every good story starts with an “Inciting Incident”. This is true in movies, books, TED talks, TV shows. And in real life too. 1 - Life is going like this: 👍 👍 👍 👍 ... 2 - And we all assume

Monday, September 2, 2024

The Smoking Gun
Clarke here: * Next week I’m running my first (free) Bottleneck Detective Bootcamp. * It’s an email course. * It’ll last 2-3 weeks. * This note is just a quick heads up that it’s coming. * I’ll let you know how to sign up later this week. What follows is my first work of detective

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

What got you here ...
Back to Brie, our “Big Cheese bottleneck”. The Brie of 4 years ago, when she was leading a team of 30 people. Her team was growing like crazy. And she had become team’s bottleneck. Not that she’d use that word. It sounds like an insult. “You’re the bottleneck.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

The Wedge Strategy
One day Bree (our anonymised protagonist “big cheese” with the dad-joke name) reached breaking point. She asked for help. (Which might have been the hardest thing she’d done that year.) Let me draw out (what I call) a “Cheese Chart”. It represents Bree’s average day. (Yeah, I know: it looks

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Beta readers wanted - Bottleneck Detective Bootcamp
A quick ask: * I’m ready to “beta test” my Bottleneck Detective Bootcamp. * It’s an email course, with 15-20 short daily lessons (it takes 3-4 minutes to read each lesson) * If you can spare a few minutes each day to provide feedback, please hit reply and I’ll send you the link.

Friday, September 6, 2024

Thanks, take care,

Clarke

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