December 2022

Masterclass – Rosalind Brewer Teaches Business Innovation

December 31, 2022 In Masterclass 5 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

In her masterclass, American businesswoman & CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Rosalind “Roz” Brewer uses her challenges and triumphs to guide executives, entrepreneurs, and employees alike through the process of leadership via innovation.

Fortune 500 CEO Rosalind Brewer has led iconic companies like Walgreens, Starbucks, and Walmart. But her career has been more than a rise to the top—it’s been an enduring quest to innovate while maintaining deep integrity. In her class, Rosalind is teaching CEO-level strategies for team leaders of all types. Learn how to promote innovation, gain buy-in on big ideas, and stand out as the leader you know yourself to be.

Book Summary: It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff.

December 30, 2022 In Biographies 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

In It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff shares his experience commandeering the once-underperforming destroyer USS Benfold, to becoming the best ship in the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet.

He reflects on lessons learned, successes and failures made and leadership principles garnered leading the ship.

“My biggest mistake was to focus down the chain of command, trying to improve my ship and my crew, instead of seeing myself as one captain in a battle group.I didn’t do enough to collaborate with my fellow captains as a member of a larger team. Instead, Benfold’s achievements stood on their own, and as a result the battle group wasn’t as strong as it could and should have been.”

Book Summary – The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.

December 26, 2022 In Book Summaries 5 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Your level of success, will rarely exceed your level of personal development, because success is something you attract by the person you become – Jim Rohn

In The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8 AM), author Hal Elrod argues that having a morning routine dramatically affects the level of success in every area of our lives. Hal provides a framework for developing a morning routine- SAVERS: Silence, Affirmation, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, and Scribing.

Talking Shop – MasterClass Original Series

December 24, 2022 In Masterclass 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Talking Shop is a weekly episodic MasterClass Originals series featuring modern icons such as Gloria Steinem, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Smith, and more, as they go deep into their greatest influences. Meet your hero’s hero. Neil Gaiman on Tolkien. Gloria Steinem on Bella Abzug. Kevin Smith on Stan Lee. Dr. Cornel West on Muhammad Ali.

Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins.

December 22, 2022 In Biographies 10 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Self-mastery is an unending process. Your job is NEVER FINISHED!

In Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within, David Goggins takes readers inside his Mental Lab, where he developed the philosophy, psychology, and strategies that enabled him to learn that what he thought was his limit was only his beginning and that the quest for greatness is unending.

The Power of Self-Discipline by Daniel Walter.

December 21, 2022 In Book Summaries 7 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

In The Power of Self-Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals, author Daniel Walter highlight strategies for becoming more self-discipline, mentally tough and self-motivated.

“Self-discipline is like a key—it unlocks the door to personal fulfillment and opens the door to the life you have been dreaming of. With self-discipline, the average person can rise further than intelligence and talent alone will take them, and the ordinary person can become extraordinary. On the other hand, an educated, talented person without self-discipline will rarely rise above mediocrity.”

I Don’t Regret a Mile by Howard Goodman

December 20, 2022 In Poem 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

I’ve dreamed many a dream that’s never come true,

I’ve seen them vanish at dawn,

But enough of my dreams have come true

To make me keep dreaming on

Book Summary – Success Is a Choice by John C. Maxwell.

December 19, 2022 In Book Summaries 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

In Success Is a Choice: Make the Choices that Make You Successful, Leadership thought leader and author John C. Maxwell shares fourteen choices for creating a dream life. Success is a choice book is abridged from Maxwell’s New York Times bestselling book, Beyond Talent: Become Someone Who Gets Extraordinary Results.

Masterclass – Crypto and the Blockchain with Noted Experts.

December 17, 2022 In Masterclass 5 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

In this masterclass session, crypto experts and skeptics delve into the world of Blockchain, crypto, and other emerging technologies. Experts featured include Emilie Choi, Chris Dixon, Paul Krugman, and Changpeng “CZ” Zhao.

Book Summary – Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover.

December 16, 2022 In Book Summaries 6 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

In Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, world-renowned trainer of elite champions and Hall of Famers, like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of other NFL, MLB, NBA, and Olympic athletes, Tim S. Grover shares stories and insights gained from training the most accomplished athletes of our time.

Are you a cooler, closer or cleaner?

December 14, 2022 In Insight 5 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Tim S. Grover was the trainer of some of the greatest elite NBA players and Hall of Famers such as Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade. In his 2013 book, Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, Grover describes the mindset of the greatest elite champions. He categorized competitors into three types: Cooler, Closer and Cleaner.

Grover shares various stories and characteristics of the various competitor types. The book Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, is based on the 13 qualities exhibited by most cleaners.

Ne lâche pas par Edgar A. Guest.

December 13, 2022 In French 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Quand les choses vont mal, comme il arrivera souvent,

Quand la route que tu suis semble monter constamment,

Quand les finances sont mauvaises et les dettes encore pires,

Quand tu voudrais sourire et que tu pousses un soupir,

Quand les soucis te pressent, quand tout semble un tracas,

Repose-toi si tu veux mais ne lâche surtout pas

Book Summary – Do Hard Things by Steve Magness.

December 12, 2022 In Book Summaries 5 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Real toughness is experiencing discomfort or distress, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action. It’s navigating discomfort to make the best decision you can.

The Do Hard Things book is based on Steve Magness’s experience—in working with elite athletes across professional sports, as well as executives and entrepreneurs in the workplace—and partially through the latest science spanning the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and physiology.

App de la Semaine: Masterclass.com.

December 11, 2022 In French 4 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Masterclass.com est l’une des plateformes les plus passionnantes qui fascine. Je suis amoureux de cette plateforme en raison de la richesse des connaissances que vous pouvez acquérir auprès des experts qui désembuent leur processus de réflexion. Selon votre intérêt, la plateforme donne accès à des tutoriels et des conférences préenregistrées par des experts dans divers domaines.

Masterclass: Naomi Campbell teaches Modelling.

December 10, 2022 In Masterclass 6 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

I have three D’s that I always say in my head: determination, dedication, and drive. Never let anyone change the way you feel about yourself. – Naomi Campbell

Global icon Naomi Campbell has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers and countless runways. Now she’s sharing the lessons she’s learned from decades of successfully navigating the fashion industry, all while staying true to who she is.

Scouted at age 15, and now she is a pillar of the modelling profession. She is a cultural icon whose work ranges from fashion to film to philanthropy.