Friday's Five 🖐🏼 #103
Happy Friday's Five,
Hello from Mannheim–I'm up early to spend the day with a new client to help them create a vision & strategy. Though very early, I feel energized from the week in Amsterdam where I got certified in The Leadership Circle Profile, a leadership development model that I found very powerful. I learned a ton and can't wait to put it into practice. Feel free to reach out to me if you want to learn more about it.
What I'm reading
Its a page turner and a perfect balance to the brainy content I spent most of my week with. Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner is funny, clever, and fast-paced. A joy to read.
What I'm listening to
Lower Dens are back with a new album called 'The Competition'. If you're looking for some synth-pop for your weekend, start here.
What I'm watching
I've always been impressed by Sacha Baron Cohen's chameleon-like talent of developing and embodying characters that entertain and equally make you feel uncomfortable (Ali G, Borat, etc). In the six-episode Netflix series The Spy, he goes a little more serious while playing two different characters, and it's incredibly well done.
What I'm thinking about
Fresh off the certification mentioned above, my mind is buzzing and wondering how much energy I spend using my reactive tendencies versus creating resources and shifting energy towards the creative competencies of this model to increase my effectiveness as a leader.
What else?
There are a few different ways to offset your carbon footprint and I recently learned about Treedom, a service that plants trees in different parts of the world. A few months ago, I (or better: someone on my behalf) planted 4 avocado trees in Kenia and this week I planted another package of 12 trees to offset 3,000 kg of CO2. Join me, plant a tree, and watch your trees grow (they send you photos of your trees). So far, Treedom has planted over 600,000 trees by 40,000 farmers and that makes their founders Federico and Tommaso my 'Leaders of the Week.'
Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend!
David
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