5 Things that Helped Me Last Week (2021August8-14)
Hello!
Here are 5 things that helped me last week…
1. Business Book that helped…
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
So many people confuse “positive thinking,” or a “goal” with a “strategy.” Even the idea of defining “mission,” “values,” “objectives” usually misses the mark. This is another one of those books that I read or listened to (it’s on audible) every year since it came out in 2011. This past week, when I re-listened, I heard once again his use of our poor strategy in Afghanistan as an example of what a bad strategy looks like and how inept our leaders often are. I can’t do much about Afghanistan, but that’s not why I was reviewing the book. If you at least listen through the end of the first section, you will thank me when you go back to thinking about your business.
2.Reference book that I actually used last week—
When I write, I seldom actually look at it, but when I do want it, nothing else works as well. My Dad gave me a Roget’s International Thesaurus when I was in grade school. I loved it then and still do.
3. Most important research I read this week —
Effect of A Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet on Food and Alcohol Cravings, Physical and Sexual Activity, Sleep Disturbances, and Quality of Life in Obese Patients Since obesity is a HUGE risk factor for COVID, it’s more important than ever that we advise our patients to lose weight. After reading the literature, I was pleased to find that a low-carb diet was shown to improve arousal, lubrication, and orgasm in women.
4. App I Used Every Day
World Clock Pro. Sits on my desktop and helps me easily figure out the corresponding time when I want to speak or schedule with someone in any country.
5. Quote I’m pondering —
“…you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays “Self-Reliance”
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Have a great week!
Charles
P.S. My course that uses cycling through low carb in a mostly comfortable way to lose weight, the 3-Day Fat Burn<–