I loved having @noahkagan on the Reboot podcast where we go way back to our first interactions, Noah's growth as a leader and how he shows up as CEO today. It's a great conversation.
It's been awesome to watch Noah & team grow at @AppSumo. Congrats on the book @noahkagan!
🎙️ LIVE NOW @danputt sits down with @noahkagan, CEO of @appsumo and author of the Million Dollar Weekend. The pair discuss the benefits of seeking honest feedback, empowering underdogs in business, and learning to like (and trust) yourself. Listen now: buff.ly/49aMErJ
Regrets are incredibly powerful. When regretting the past, they clarify what we value, and instruct us on how to do better.
Anticipating what we might regret helps us lift our gaze out of the short-term to think and live long-term acting from a place of what really matters most.
Having an inner critic is painful.
It’s always asking if “I’m worthy”. Worthy of all the good things in my life.
I have this notion that to be worthy, I need to be perfect.
An impossible quest. I remind myself that worthiness is a result of who we are rather than what we do.
I had a neighbor that hated me and it really, really bothered me.
I’m the kind of person that wants (maybe needs?) people to like me. But she’d just look at me with disgust for no reason.
So I was shocked when I ran into her at the grocery store and she was cracking jokes with the cashier…
Getting over the need to be liked is incredibly difficult, but also has incredible rewards.
Leaders become better by embracing radical self-inquiry.
Acknowledging what’s happening inside is as important as acknowledging what’s happening outside.
I’ve been thinking a lot about an observation from my 5 year old daughter after we visited Cedar Point Amusement Park (highly recommended) this summer:
“Daddy, the best rides are the scariest ones to get on.”
Feels true for life as well.
Employees know that leaders won’t have the solution to every problem. But they should make the effort to understand the problem and work toward a solution.