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The Must-Read Stories Of The Week

Life

• Imagine leaving a prison review, well someone did and was 4.5⭐️’s - Link

• How to start meditating 🧘‍♀️ - LinkMeditation is revolutionary for some, and stressful for others, it’s a good way to start meditating

• After being an exec and operator in the fundraising and crowdfunding space, here are the tips I share with people who ask me how to do well with their fundraising efforts 🧧 - Link

• These photos of deserted & extremely wintery New York are a must-see 🗽- Link

Leadership & Culture

• Why having a growth mindset is so important in today’s business world 🌍- Link

• As you know I am on a mission to fix the broken world of work, here’s a good timeline of how long work has ‘sucked’ 👎 - Link — Seth Godin mirrors my thoughts with the trap of busy ⭐️ - Link

• 5 great leadership videos to inspire you to become a better manager or leader 🎥 - Link

• The 4 ways to become a better (remote) manager ⏯- ($) Link A simple look at how you can become a better manager in remote-first work, many of these you will likely doing but could help reaffirm you’re doing the right things. 

• This is an important read on the Monzo founder’s stresses and mental health issues and how the business has tried to support Tom throughout his role transition 🧠 - Link

Business

• The remote work trends is a great resource to understand the state of remote and virtual first work 👏- Link

• Trust Netflix’s recommendations? The new feature ‘shuffle-play’ will enable Netflix to autoplay their recommendations to you 🍿- Link

• Dr Martens is outperforming gold 📈 - LinkHow considered transformation and product overhauls have been essential for Dr Martens growth.

• Did you know the average music stream is worth only £0.004, find out why artists think Spotify is more about advertising than music and their artists 💰 - Link

• Wondery have launched a brilliant new business podcast called Business Movers, it is focused on Walt Disney building their theme parks and the challenges they faced 🎧 - Link

Marketing

• Finding the right agency partner is going to be essential this year, here is my agency criteria and framework 💯- Link

• A smart look at how Gymshark leveraged the shift in working from home with Pinterest 🏋️‍♀️ - Link

• Here is a good thread from the founder of MorningBrew on Marketing & Business lessons from his career 💡 - Link I definitely support Austin point: ”People are passionate about things they are good at. Get really good at something, and you will become passionate at it.“

• Not a new trend but one we will see, brands going DTC with merch and streetwear. This time…Jager

Job Alert - Friend of Must Read’s Carl Hendy and his agency is hiring a Digital Data Analytics Specialist - Link - Dan the Secret Leaders podcaster & Heights cofounder is looking for an MD for Foundrs, the private network for entrepreneurs - Link

Quote Of The Week:

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

Thanks again for reading today, keep well and I will see you next week.

Danny Denhard — Connect with me on Twitter @dannydenhard Or on LinkedIn

Thanks for reading today, have a great weekend.

Danny Denhard Connect with me: Twitter // LinkedInOr

The Must Reads newsletter is your weekly brainfood newsletter filled with Must Read Articles. It takes me a couple of hours every week to find, quality check, to create your favourite weekly newsletter. About My Work: I am on a mission to fix the broken world of work with Focus. I have spent two decades in Marketing and Growth leadership, from before Google dominated search and Facebook controlled ‘Social’. I am a former JustGiving Exec & currently, I am a CMO and companies advisor. Happily email me for consultancy.