Show Notes
Conversation with Will Russell
It was a great wide ranging conversation that left me looking forward to having Will back on the show.
Will mentioned the Pareto Principle (the 80/20 rule) in passing. It is likely familiar to our listeners but just in case, here is more information: https://bit.ly/29nFCDl
Marc’s daily brainstorming exercise 10 Ideas A Day comes from James Altucher. Read about it here:https://bit.ly/2Jd0QbF
Ideas for ice breakers rather than “what do you do?” https://bit.ly/1YETLiA
Will was passionate about a couple of things and started by asking Why referencing Start with Why by Simon Sinek https://amzn.to/2W2WZUK
He also turned us on to Values Based Leadership and referenced Luck Stone - https://www.luckstone.comand their non-profit: InnerWill
Marc’ made mention as always to Monica Padman (Armchair Expert) https://armchairexpertpod.com
Will reads a lot of James Patterson https://www.jamespatterson.com
Marc referenced difficult authors that make him work his brain when he reads them. These include:
Don DeLillo https://www.amazon.com/Don-DeLillo/e/B000APRGIO, Thomas Pynchon https://thomaspynchon.comand Umberto Eco http://www.umbertoeco.com
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/2W6JH9J
Marc loved reading Sapiens by Yuval Hari https://amzn.to/2JCB1kM
At the end of the conversation, Will mentioned Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://amzn.to/2VBMxEr
Oh and as for the video game based on Flow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(video_game)
