Thanks for checking out the Weekly Learning Roundup. These bite-sized, weekly posts are designed to give you a quick hit of interesting learnings and articles I came across this week.

It’s a motley assortment of tips, resources, and links that will hopefully give you a bit of inspiration for the upcoming week. Enjoy!

What I’m reading —

Bruce Lee’s Never-Before-Seen Writings on Willpower, Emotion, Reason, Memory, Imagination, and Confidence by Maria Popova

It’s hard to describe how inspiring Bruce Lee’s career in martial arts and film was. In this article by Maria Popova, we get to see some of Lee’s internal dialogue and methods that helped him overcome the many critics he faced.

Books, documentaries, or podcast episodes I’m enjoying —

Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares

If you’re looking for ways to help grow your business, this book is a great way to start. It provides a great breakdown on the various channels startups and small businesses can explore to gain customer traction. You can download the first three chapters of the book for free.

A quote that’s inspiring me —

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

— Bruce Lee

Product I’m loving —

Moleskine notebooks

These minimalist notebooks are my favourite for recording all sorts of notes. Hemingway, Picasso, and many others used these notebooks for their thoughts and ideas. I keep two pocket-size notebooks as my meditation and gratitude journals along with a regular size notebook for work-related notes.

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