The Ferrari Way
Secretive sports car maker Ferrari opens up to Stefan Thomke about how it has bucked industry trends to achieve success.
^ADJ: Quick takeouts, Ferrari has very clear strategic positioning "In practice, that means a careful balancing of three elements: driving pleasure, performance, and style. As the company’s marketing head told Thomke, “We are not the fastest or most comfortable car on the market, but the best combination of the two, which makes us the most thrilling. Our concept of performance includes pleasure.”
The company is famous for its waitlists, deliberate bottleneck limiting supply, and creating its own marketing effect.
3 Productivity Tips You Can Start Using Today
When a major product is about to launch or your team is scheduled to make an important presentation, it’s easy to ride the wave of deadline-induced adrenaline spikes and push yourself to work every waking moment. But of course that’s not sustainable, and we inevitably crash. So how can you make productivity habitual and lasting?
^ADJ: some great tips to improve your productivity habits
BITESIZE | Reduce Stress and Anxiety With This Breathing Practice
Learning to harness the power of your breath can be life changing. It’s free, it’s easy, it doesn’t require much of your time and the results can be instantaneous.
^ADJ: One of the best books I have read this year
Why Elon Musk’s “People as Vectors” Analogy Resonates
In his keynote at INBOUND last year, Dharmesh Shah (Hubspot’s cofounder) shared a personal story of meeting Elon Musk and their short but powerful conversation about aligning people on a team as you would vectors in an equation.
^ADJ: Key section of this article is: #2: What Brings People Into Alignment, and What Pushes Them Apart?
Childhoods of exceptional people
Let’s start with one of those insights that are as obvious as they are easy to forget: if you want to master something, you should study the highest achievements of your field. If you want to learn writing, read great writers, etc.
If you are interested
The Federal Reserve - Credit Card Profitability, a very technical article, but really interesting on the impact of "reward" cards.
Why This Yield Curve May Not Signal a U.S. Recession, interesting view
Maersk, MSC make different bets on future of shipping and trade, Divergent strategies