Hi All,
Below is your weekly dose of a list of things I’m reading, watching, listening to, or thinking about from my Friday Five No. 234 June 14 2024 newsletter. If this message was forwarded to you, sign up for this newsletter using this link.
Quote I’m Re-Reading
20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids. – David Clarke (software engineer)
Video I Watched
Tom Brady on winning: There’s “got to be more than this”
Article I Read
Ratcliffe cites email traffic in imposing remote work ban at Manchester United and describes Manchester United’s Jim Ratcliffe, minority shareholder head of sporting operations, attempt to get his workers back into the office. ‘Sir Jim Ratcliffe cited email traffic statistics to Manchester United staff as the basis for a ban on working from home and told them to seek “alternative employment” if they are not willing to come to club premises.’ This line “He informed the club’s approximately 1,000 employees that email traffic dropped by 20% when one of his companies experimented with work-from-home Fridays, which he cited as the reason for his diktat.” stood out to me as an interesting metric to use to determine productivity.
Film I Watched
The Bourne Identity is an “action-thriller film directed by Doug Liman based on Robert Ludlum’s 1980 novel of the same name, and the first installment in the Bourne franchise, starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.” In The Bourne Identity, “Jason Bourne (Damon) suffers from psychogenic amnesia and is forced to fight to unlock his identity and his mysterious connection to the CIA.” The filming occurred in Paris, Prague, Imperia, Rome, Mykonos, and Zürich.
Podcasts I Heard
The GaryVee Audio Experience is hosted by entrepreneur, CEO, investor, content creator, and public speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. Recent episodes I enjoyed include Food, Love & Business with Danny Meyer and Principles in Business with Ray Dalio.
