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Originally shared in our May 2026 Top of Mind Newsletter. Entrepreneur and investor Naval Ravikant has a counterintuitive take on sales: the best sellers don’t sell at all. In this episode of the Naval podcast, he argues that the most powerful thing you can do, whether you’re recruiting talent, raising money, or closing a deal, is to be credible. That means being honest about what you believe, knowledgeable enough to explain it simply, and genuinely…

Originally shared in our May 2026 Top of Mind Newsletter. Reed Hastings built one of the most disruptive companies in history, and he didn’t do it by focusing solely on technical skills. In a recent conversation on the Possible podcast, the Netflix cofounder and chairman made a case that’s worth sitting with: as AI takes over more of what computers used to require humans to do, the skills that will matter most are the ones…

Originally shared in our April 2026 Top of Mind Newsletter. Daniel Lubetzky didn’t set out to build a snack empire. He set out to build peace in the Middle East through commerce. What he discovered was that mission, no matter how meaningful, isn’t what moves people to act. Customers don’t buy your values. They buy what works for them. That hard-won insight, and the willingness to pivot without abandoning what he cared about, is what…

Originally shared in our April 2026 Top of Mind Newsletter. Most of us believe that the path to getting better is to work harder at the things we do. Eduardo Briceño — growth mindset researcher, former CEO of Mindset Works, and one of the most-watched TED speakers on the science of learning — challenges that assumption directly. In The Performance Paradox, he makes the case that focusing exclusively on performing is actually what stalls our…

Originally shared in our March 2026 Top of Mind Newsletter. While finding personal meaning fuels the drive of an entrepreneurial mindset, our educational systems must provide the framework to channel that drive into real-world outcomes. A recent research paper examines the critical, yet often fragmented, role of entrepreneurship education within U.S. Career and Technical Education (CTE). Despite widespread recognition of its value for workforce preparation, a systematic review of over 15 years of research reveals a persistent gap in…