November 2026
Beginner to intermediate
242 pages
5h 1m
English
Content preview from A Day in the Life of a Senior Leader
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Chapter 2. I Hate Fish
I don’t like fish.
“But Rands, have you tried…”
Yeah, I tried that. I don’t like fish.
“Wait, wait, wait, what you need to try is…”
Tried that, too. A couple of times. I don’t like fish.
“Rands, you haven’t had good fish.”
Yeah, I’ve had good fish. Many times. Girlfriends, good friends, bad friends. They’ve all taken a swing at my “don’t like fish” thing, and they’ve all failed. There was that time I thought I liked fish, but really it was the six sake bombs I drank at the Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas while consuming aforementioned good fish. In that state I would’ve raved about a stale white-bread half-eaten bologna sandwich I found on the floor of a casino.
I don’t like fish. I hate the taste.
I don’t like productivity systems, either.
“But Rands, have you tried…”
Yeah, I’ve tried that. I’ve probably tried it a couple of times. I’ve also tried every other system too. Complex ones, simple ones. My professional life contains a vast graveyard of productivity systems, notebooks, and processes. Friends, dear friends, have built businesses around productivity software. God bless them. Each time we meet, I’ll buy them a round of drinks and toast their success, but we aren’t talking about productivity software.
I hate it.
Hey, so. I am, once again, testing a productivity system. We have clearly established that I am a productivity system philistine, and I am clear that it has vastly more to do with me and my particular way of working than with any single productivity ...
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