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Jake & JZ on All the Hacks podcast, plus summer reading recommendations
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Hey there! This newsletter will be a short one—and the last one—until I’m back from vacation visiting family in Minnesota. For me, I’ve always cherished leisurely summer days where I can become completely immersed in a good book. There's something unique about the unhurried pace of reading a book, as opposed to scrolling my favorite Infinity Pool feed, that helps ease me into a relaxed summer state of mind. So in the theme of summer reading, I asked Jake & JZ to share some recent favorites, and included a couple of my own, that you'll find below. Feel free to hit reply and let us know what you're reading, we'd love to know! Oh, and if you're a podcast fan (I'm addicted!), you might enjoy the latest interview from Jake & JZ on Chris Hutchins' All the Hacks show. Easy links for listening: Apple, Spotify, Overcast or for watching: YouTube.
Something(s) to ReadJZ’s List:
Jake’s List:
Connor’s List:
Thanks for reading, see you in September! — Connor P.S. Can we make Reading Raves a thing? P.P.S. Why does Paris look the way it does? |
Time Dorks
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Hey Time Dorks! Connor here. Before we dive in, I have a quick ask. For the past five years, I’ve helped leaders and teams at companies like YouTube, L’Oréal, and Squarespace create healthy, high-performance work cultures—but lately I’ve been feeling called to go deeper with individuals. As part of this exploration, I'm doing market research and want to have 1:1 conversations with driven professionals who: Struggle to focus because your attention is constantly being pulled in different...
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Hi everyone! Jake here, taking over Time Dorks this week with a special announcement! (Don't worry, Connor said it was okay 😇) The headline: JZ and I just announced our new book, Click! And the pitch: If you preorder Click by Friday, you'll get a bunch of exclusive bonuses so you can apply the book's biggest lessons before anyone else. Before Make Time, JZ and I first became obsessed with "designing time" while using my Design Sprint method to help hundreds of teams focus on their most...