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2021-08-11

Lessons from The Personal MBA

Business, business, business. Say what you will, it drives much of the world we know. Sure, we’re both graduates of a business major, but today we’re going over a book filled with lessons and concepts from business that can be useful for almost anyoneю

This is also our first video episode! If you like, you can watch it below or on our YouTube channel:

By popular request, we’re working on moving the podcast to a video format, and eventually we’re going to be live-streaming it every week (more details when we figure that bit out).

If you’re a fan of the audio feed and want to keep listening to the podcast while you’re cooking or fighting bears, don’t worry. We won’t be adding anything to the show that can’t be fully understood and enjoyed just through audio.

 

Specifically, we’re talking about six lessons we pulled from , by Josh Kaufman. While not literally a replacement for a degree in business, is a fantastic reference for anyone hoping to run or work for a business (which is most people, I would imagine).

Enjoy!

Things mentioned in this episode:

This week’s episode is sponsored by FreshBooks. Conveniently enough, FreshBooks is a perfect complement to some of the concepts we go over in this episode. It’s just the sort of thing to help reduce friction in your work and serves as a force multiplier for the administrative side of business.

FreshBooks lets you create professional-looking invoices in about 30 seconds, shows you exactly when your clients have opened your invoices, and gives you the ability to set up online payments — including the option to charge some of the cost up front and the rest upon project completion. If that sounds good to you, you can get a free, unrestricted 30-day trial of FreshBooks here.

  • The College Info Geek Podcast on YouTube
  • , by Josh Kaufman
  • Chalkboard/whiteboard laptop stickers
  • Derek Sivers’ book reviews
  • Derek Sivers’ review of
  • CDBaby
  • Zappos
  • Suit Supply
  • , by David Graeber
  • Cold Turkey Writer
  • What We Learned from Reading “Deep Work” (Ep. 140)
  • Charisma on Command
  • Crackbook Chrome extension
  • Tom’s Instagram
  • Tube Buddy

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

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