6 Leadership Lessons from co-founding a crazy, amazing, world-changing nonprofit (48in48)

In 2015 I co-founded 48in48. Since then, 48in48 has had a worldwide impact and delivered more than $25,000,000 in value to nonprofits. It all started with a crazy idea. Could we build 48 free websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours?

Listen to this podcast episode (button below) to learn if we did it (hint: we did) and the leadership lessons we learned along the way.

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Great leadership reading from this week

• What science says about having fun at work
  According to this article, creating fun at work will reduce turnover, but too much fun might reduce productivity.
  

• Too many back-to-back meetings can make you act like a jerk, says study
  Since leaders tend to have more meetings than most, this is your PSA.
  

• New Google Study of 900 Founders: All Effective Leaders Do These 7 Things

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Other great reading from this week

• Storytelling Is One of the Greatest Superpowers — You Can Quietly Learn It from This Expert
  My biggest takeaway, strategically withhold information. I tend to dump all the details too quickly, taking away from the story's intrigue.
  

• “Slow Productivity” Flips Hustle Porn on Its Head
  This highlights a conversation between Cal Newport and Tim Ferris, accomplished authors about productivity. There is a lot in this article that is fantastic. It’s worth a few minutes of your time.
  

• You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom
  I’ve talked about this before, but this writer creates a compelling case for boredom.

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My videos from this week

• Real Values vs. Wanted Values

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My Podcasts to check out

• Tech Talk Y'all - My tech/comedy news podcast.

• Real Pink - I host the national podcast for Susan G. Komen. If you want some inspiration or information about breast cancer, give it a listen.

• While Daring Greatly - This is the podcast version of my live streams.

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