If you want this effect with an iPhone, do these things:

1. Have a friend set up a screen time password you don't know the pin to

2. Delete all social media and any other distracting apps

3. Set a five or ten-minute time limit for social network websites you use

4. Turn off…

h/t Letters of Note

'Somebody said that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.'

I love reading history books because you hear little stories that aren't exciting but leave a profound impact on people.

Like this one.

It's not how much you give that matters to someone; it's how much you sacrifice.

A lot of problems in life and relationships come from two things:

1. A failure to communicate

2. A failure to understand and meet the expectations of the other, which, when you think about it, is just an iteration of no. 1

It took me three days to finish this book, leaving me in tears when I reached the end.

Richard Goodwin 'participated in an inordinate number of pivotal, defining moments of the [Sixties].'

He campaigned with JFK for sixty straight days aboard Jack's private plan.

He helped JFK…

Pretty cool thread here, and a great response from the CFO.

Replying to an email from the CEO about M&A with

'My instinct is that many deals are done because the CEO is frustrated that the business is not where they want it to be,

they would rather do something than nothing,…

Richard Goodwin, husband of biographer and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, was a speechwriter for JFK.

Ted Sorensen, JFK’s advisor, gave a test project to young Dick Goodwin with instructions to write a speech with

“interchangeable parts,” so it would “enable [JFK] to deliver…

I compiled some of the ones I liked the most.

Useful sentences that will change your life –

dltn.io/posts/useful-s…

I started reading 'Conflict' and thought this was a great analysis of a leader's job—it applies to a CEO, father/mother, husband/wife, student looking to lead, and anyone else who is 'managing' people.

'Leaders...must be able to master four major tasks...'