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Notes and Takeaways from Roger Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Address

I recently watched Roger Federer’s 2024 commencement address at Dartmouth. He’s a funny guy and he made some interesting points worth considering:

Speech NotesRick LindquistJuly 28, 2024Leadership

Notes on Why The Secret to Success is Setting the Right Goals

While researching the differences between good and bad goals, I stumbled across this TED talk. The speaker, John Doerr, is a champion of Andy Grove’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) system.

Speech NotesRick LindquistMarch 13, 2022Leadership

Notes and Takeaways from Make Your Bed

“Make Your Bed“ is the name of both a book and a speech by Admiral William H. McRaven. The book is based on the speech of the same name, which was given at the University-wide Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 17, 2014. I reviewed the speech transcript recently and wanted more. So, I read the book too. Here are my combined notes and takeaways from both the book and the speech, Make Your Bed.

Book Notes, Speech NotesRick LindquistNovember 9, 2020

Notes on The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charlie Munger

Everybody knows about Warren Buffett, but few people know about his business partner, Charlie Munger. Charlie gave this speech in 1995. It’s about how behavioral psychology can be applied to decision-making. Charlie wrote this because he wanted to help others avoid “standard thinking errors”. In it, he walks through 25 psychological tendencies that can lead to bad decision-making.

Speech NotesRick LindquistAugust 9, 2020Decision-making