Hello friend,

Hope you've got good plans and clearer skies as we head into the weekend! This week, I wrote about networking without being transactional.

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Would you make 300 phone calls a day?

Ari Emanuel is a Hollywood rainmaker.

He reps The Rock, Oprah and Martin Scorcese.

He orchestrated mega-deals to acquire the WWE and UFC.

In 2021, he earned an eye-popping $300 MM in total compensation.

And he’s a notoriously intense networker. He makes up to 300 check-in phone calls each day.

While that sounds terrible (and mathematically impossible), you can create your own luck with a non-icky approach to networking.

Here are this week's top reads:

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The new rules of success in a post-career world

2 minutes | The Wall Street Journal
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I guess we’re now living in a “Post-Career World.” More professionals are rejecting the linear career and in "the equation of work-life balance” — life, is playing a bigger role. Practically, this means looking inward, crafting your narrative of success and conducting a “meaning audit.”

→ Read the article​

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The cost of greatness

5 minutes | Napkin Math
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The desire for greatness can bring conflicting priorities: should you stay up late to work on your magnum opus or spend QT with your spouse? Be careful in believing that greatness can be achieved solely through ruthless ambition.

→ Read the post​

// three

Think about your death and live better

4 minutes | The Atlantic
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Your ability to embrace mortality can be a guide towards finding true happiness — irrespective of your age. Contemplating our own non-existence is often challenging due to its paradoxical nature. An alternative thought exercise would be to ask yourself: What are you so afraid of?​

→ Read the article​
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// four

The benefits of a 5-person CRM

5 minutes | Creative Caffeine
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Having a deep network is one of the most powerful forms of personal leverage. But how does one do so (without being transactional)? No, you don’t need to send daily cold emails, remember weird details or spend hours at uncomfortable networking events. Instead, flip the script and ask yourself “Who can I help today?” (Also, check out the CRM in our LifeOS product.)

→ Read the post​

// five

How to stare at your phone without losing your soul

2 minutes | Sim O.N.E.
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We all know that too much screen time is bad. But just how much screen time is “too much?” Maybe it’s time to drop counting the minutes you spend on your screen - and instead think deeply about how spending time on your phone actually makes you feel.

→ Read the post​

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​31 lessons I’ve learned about money (Ryan Holiday, 789 clicks)
• ​The time value of time (RadReads, 752 clicks)

And finally, will generative AI kill the gym selfie?

With gratitude,

Khe

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