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- Weekly reflections and trusting your gut.... The Growth Letter by Tim Cakir - Issue #52
Weekly reflections and trusting your gut.... The Growth Letter by Tim Cakir - Issue #52
Hey friends,
This week I want to tell you all about a new tool that has helped us level up our chef skills, save time and enjoy more home-cooked food.
Plus, data vs intuition, and our new family habit of action and reflection. Do you have a weekly reflection practice? If so, what does it look like?
Good Reads
Becky and I have started having weekly family meetings. Every Sunday afternoon we review our finances, get some family admin done, and add new to-dos to our list. We also review the past week, reflecting on successes, failures and how we spent time and money.
If you’d like to do something similar, check out this article talking about how weekly reflection can help you appreciate everything you’ve achieved and overcome self-doubt.
Do you ever feel like it’s just luck that you ended up where you are now? When people compliment your work, do you ever fob them off with an excuse that’s nothing to do with your skills? These feelings are common and are known as imposter syndrome. It’s easy to make that assumption, but it might be
In my latest blog post, I explain 4 of the major takeaways from Section 4’s Brand Sprint which I completed before paternity leave.
Do you want to become a pro at branding? Then check out these four key learnings from Section 4’s Brand Strategy Sprint.
I recently appeared on the “All Systems Go!” podcast. Host Chris L. Davis is a firm believer in following the data, but I think it’s always important to trust your gut too. We had a great conversation about how to balance data and intuition in marketing.
Tim Cakir explains how to balance the decision driven nature that we adhere to as marketers, with the human nature of trusting your intuition.
I always describe my approach as “data-informed” rather than “data-driven”. Here, advisor, investor and writer Andrew Chen explains how to get the best of both worlds.
Metrics are merely a reflection of the product strategy that you already have in place and are limited because they’re based on what you’ve already built, which is based on your current audience and how your current product behaves. Being data-informed means that you acknowledge the fact that you only have a small subset of the information that you need to build a successful product.
Who to Follow
Chris L. Davis is an expert in automation, helping marketing professionals automate their work and grow their businesses. I really enjoyed getting to know him through the All Systems Go! podcast, so give him a follow on Linkedin.
Marketing automation mentor. Training digital marketing professionals on how to deploy automated marketing and sales systems in small businesses for rapid growth. These professionals are called Automation Service Providers.
Tool of the Week
You know I’m a certified tool freak, and my obsession doesn’t end when I finish work.
We recently bought a Thermomix and it’s one of the best investments we’ve made.
The Thermomix is a cooking machine that incorporates several kitchen tools in one. It comes with an app containing thousands of recipes that you can follow along as you cook.
It’s a bit pricy, but Becky and I agree that it’s worth it because we’ve levelled up our home cooking big time (and we’re going out for dinner less often as a result.)
Con Thermomix TM6 podrás preparar deliciosas recetas de forma rápida y sencilla, tanto si te estás iniciando en la cocina como si eres todo un chef.