I need to get better at asking for help. I also need to improve how I ask for help. And this was a helpful essay on both fronts.
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I've always been curious about why we humans find it so hard to ask each other for help. In this TED talk, social psychologist Heidi Grant shares four simple rules to follow when asking someone for help.
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I have a general interest in community building. One of my previous companies, GroupCurrent, played in this space. You typically don’t see communities get acquired. They’re tricky investments. One weird thing about communities is that they often get worse as they grow. And they’re typically built by a single individual instead of a scalable system. This podcast episode provides an inside look at a unique community (Unreal Collective) that gets better as it grows and was recently acquired.
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Dale Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, has been recommended to me more times than I can count. It’s been on my reading list for years. I think I may have bought this book on three or four separate occasions. Who knows where those other copies are? I’m so glad I finally sat down and read this book. As you will see from my notes, it is packed with information and anecdotes. This book walks through four unique sets of principles you should follow when dealing with people in different situations.
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One of LegUp’s current ventures (GroupCurrent) provides outsourced community management for member-based groups. GroupCurrent’s founding client, PandoLabs, is focused on building an entrepreneurial community in Park City, Utah. I read this book for ideas on how we can improve GroupCurrent’s community playbook for PandoLabs. If you’re interested in building (or contributing to) a community, you might find these notes useful.
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Most people hate networking. I certainly do. But as my new ventures ramp up, I know I’m going to have to do it. This book is about how to transform networking from a series of transactions into a long term investment in new friendships. If you hate networking too, these notes will be useful to you.
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines trust as assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. Stephen Covey, author of The Speed of Trust, says he prefers a simple definition: you know it when you feel it … trust means confidence. There are many other loose definitions of trust. If you’d like to explore trust further, here are some of my notes.
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My wife and I recently celebrated our 1-year anniversary. We’re starting to talk about the future of our family. So I’ve been researching relationship best practices this month. I stumbled across this episode in my podcast app.
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