Thanks for opening up this edition of the Friday Four. Let's get things started by sharing a guest post I wrote for my business partner Eric's website more than six years ago:
My Friday FOUR:
Four pieces of content I've consumed this past week that will influence my future blog material and challenge me to think differently about how I manage Cressey Sports Performance. As always, I'm looking to bring you some business-specific information from outside of the world of fitness. Enjoy:
- Want to Get More Productivity Out of Your People? Try Yelling at Them. - I don't doubt the findings of this article to be accurate, but I seriously doubt my ability to begin implementing the advice. Nonetheless, you've got to admit that it is a little surprising to see a
business writer advocating for shouting at your people with the intention of scaling productivity.
- A/B/C and the Problem With Skipping a Step - I'm proud to say that we've accommodated more than 10,000 athletes between our two CSP facilities since opening doors in 2007, and we did so without ever investing in traditional advertising. In fact, we've
spent less than $1,000 all time on Facebook or Google advertising, as we're 99.9% dependent on word-of-mouth promotion. This being said, that doesn't mean we choose not to have a plan. Seth Godin does a better job of illustrating what I mean here in this quick blog post from this past week.
- How to Carve Out ‘Me Time’ When Work Never Seems to End - I especially appreciated this author pointing out the fact that, while we think we do nothing but work, we all have a habit of carving out unintentional "me time" in the form
of mindlessly scrolling social media feeds during what little downtime we have. Check this one out if you're looking to get a little more intentional about how you utilize your limited mental breaks from stressing about work.
- Don’t Get Blindsided by Your Blind Spots - I should start by saying that my organization lacks the systematic way of thinking about options for increasing the self-awareness of our leaders as suggested in this HBR piece. If your operation has a similar
blindspot, you'll appreciate the suggested starting points for developing a greater level of self-awareness moving forward.
Make sure to let me know if you come across any material that you think I'd enjoy. More importantly, have a great weekend.
- Pete
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