A Little Help From My Friends

It's incredible to see our little notes community grow so much. Over 850 of you have joined Mike's Notes in the past 30 days. Thank you for being here. I've asked several of you what you're looking for in the notes, so I'm excited to share what I've been working on.

Yes, I do type all of these notes by hand. I've also been organizing my notes and thoughts from books, articles, videos, podcasts, you name it. With a toddler, another baby on the way (June 1st!), and all my roles in business too? Finding time to process all this information has been a challenge.

This newsletter will be where I share the models, systems, and processes I'm finding, focused on leadership and sales.

I just need a little bit of liquid luck (i.e. ​coffee​), and a little help from my friends as we go.

In it, you'll find my one-page (ish) summaries on key ideas. I take notes in volume (198 pages from Family Reunion 2025 alone), so there are over a thousand pages to work through from throughout my career. You'll find the one-pagers from FR that are ready, below the fold here.

You should know, as a brand promise...The event notes will always be free.

Still, I do need to offset the costs to run this little enterprise... so I've started a premium newsletter.

In it, you'll get my booknotes for quick reference. It's hard to carry around a smart shelf. (if you've had me teach, you've seen the tote bag full of books).

The first book? 10x is Easier than 2x by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

[ready now if you pardon the typos!]

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One-Pagers to Dive Into:

• ​How to Conquer Fear​ - Gary Keller (keynote: 10 BOLD Truths)

• ​Forces of Recovery​ - Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe (CEO Summit)

• ​Three Unbreakable Rules of Client Experience​ - Jay Baer (CEO Summit)

• ​Know your Ideal Customer​ - Build your Team Recruiting Playbook Breakout

What we're reading:

• For Parenting? ​Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy​

• For Fun (fiction): ​The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon​

• For the little ones: ​The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber​

What we're watching/listening to:

• Podcast Episode: ​The Science of Self Doubt - The ONE Thing​ "It feels hard because it is hard, not because you're failing."

• The B1G Tournament (with like 15 teams) - March Madness, big thing around here.

• and yes, we finally got around to watching Wicked.

psst: those links are all unpaid plugs.