FVS 45: The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Ever Need to Make
Here is your weekly For Value Sake, contributing value to your growth.
A weekly post, it contains a few articles, a book recommendation and a TED talk.
These are the most impressionable resources I consumed during the week, and share them so you can reap some value as I did.
A Quote Worth Thinking About
“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Day by day, and at the end of the day — if you live long enough — like most people, you will get out of life what you deserve.”
— CHARLIE MUNGER
+ Read past editions of For Value Sake: 2019wrap, 44, 43, 42, and All,
1. ARTICLES WORTH READING
personal development
I. The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Ever Need to Make
+”Here’s the only New Year’s resolution you’ll ever need to make: be consistent.”
+ “What determines your success isn’t “What do you want to enjoy?”
+ The question is, “What pain do you want to sustain?”
+ “When you commit, you are making a deal with yourself”
CONSISTENCY is a game-changer.
Even if I don’t pick up any new ideas in my life, and I just get consistent in doing the things I already know will lead to success, I will BLOW!
But inconsistency won’t let me. hahaha.
I bet this can be said for some of us.
So this idea of focusing on just being consistent will change our lives.
Don’t try to do so many things, or master so many formulas,
just pick one and stay consistent.
Read 1 book a month, stay consistent for 3 years.
Take a course a quarter, do it for 2 years.
Try consistency this year!
relationship dev.
II. 4 Types of Communication Styles
+ “There are four basic communication styles: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive and assertive.”
It is important to understand whomever you are in partnership with, whether romantically or professionally.
Communication is one of the biggest pillars of a successful relationship.
This is a short read on people’s different communication styles.
Understanding this will save you little frustrations that can lead to massive conflict.
entrepreneurship
III. Mind over matter
+ “I have always believed that great talent is better created and nurtured not bought.”
+ “It explains why there are few technical founders and more of business type founders. Our local startups are in the space of business model innovation and not yet tech innovation.”
This old article by Victor Asemota talks about the impact of an environment on the kind of companies created from that environment.
A very good read for entrepreneurs.
2. VIDEO WORTH READING (a TED Table talk)
+ Stop Trying to Find Your Passion at Work | Esther Perel
+”Passion is not something that you go looking for,” psychotherapist, author and speaker Esther Perel said. Here’s what she suggests you look for at work instead.”
This is a short video! but very interesting idea especially for young people like us.
3. WHAT IM READING
+ How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie
One of the best books I’ve ever read.
As you read this book you can feel yourself change.
I’ve been reading this book every year for the past couple of years.
As I read it this time, I cringe at some of the things I do in relating to people.
If I can I’ll read this book every month, as is recommended by the author.
+ The Act of Marriage | Tim & Beverly LaHaye
Tim LaHaye is popular for his book, “Why We Act The Way We Do”.
He is joined in writing this by his wife, Beverly.
And they did a fantastic job.
This particular book is about marriage and delves into some detail around the place of sex in the marriage.
They answer a lot of questions Christian might have about bedroom activities :)
I listened to this on Audible, unfortunately, I don’t have a copy of the ebook to share.
Books I’ve read/reading in Jan, I’ll share them since I didn’t send out FVS in Jan.
Bold
How to think and do bold and big things using technology
God is a Matchmaker
Practical Christian ideas on marriage
What You Do is Who You Are
How what you do as an employer shapes the culture of your company, not what you say.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Practical advice on how to run a company when things are difficult.
You can find a list of all the books I’ve read for 2020 here
Here are my recommended books from 2019; See which one you can add to your list for this year.
Get a copy of all the books I’ve read and shared on FVS here.
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