| Hello: Here’s the latest edition of MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-up. We’ll kick off every week with this quick collection of tips, recommendations, observations and other interesting, valuable stuff. – Tom |
| Monday, April 23, 2018 MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-Up Recommended Reading I’m devouring Tribe of Mentors – Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Tim Ferriss. Ferriss reached out to more than 130 world-class performers to learn what makes them tick — favorite books, lessons learned from failures, advice they give to others and more. The answers are fascinating and instructive. Recommended Resource Canva is a fantastic tool for creating great-looking graphics — even if you have little or no graphic design skills. It’s also a great time-saver for those with design skills. We use Canva to create graphics for emails, websites, social media posts and all other digital media. The basic plan is free. Recommended Listening If you like classical music (or Radiohead) give the soundtrack from Phantom Thread a listen. I have mixed feelings about the movie, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis who plays a dress-maker in England. But I loved the music. What’s it have to do with Radiohead? The composer is Jonny Greenwood, the band’s lead guitarist and keyboardist. He has composed scores for several films, including There Will Be Blood (which also starred Day-Lewis and was directed by Anderson). My favorite track: “House of Woodcock.” Recommended Watching Saddleback Leather sells beautifully-made briefcases wallets, belts and other handcrafted stuff. But their expensive. In this brilliant, hilarious video, CEO Dave Munson reveals why Saddleback is worth the cost — by offering step-by-step instructions on how to create a cheap knock-off. Notable Quote “The disease of our times is that we live on the surface. We’re like the Platte River, a mile wide and an inch deep.” – Steven Pressfield, quoted in Tribe of Mentors.” *** Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip. Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend. Tom |
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