A Letter to Santa
When was the last time you sat down and wrote a letter to Santa?
Highlights
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Your 12 wishes for Christmas [Leading teams]
03:13 A tradition of writing letters to Santa [Leading you]
04:09 North Pole postal service [Leading organisations]
05:34 Bob’s Book Club: The Tao of Charlie Munger
06:28 Epistolary [Word of the week]
07:08 Final step
07:24 Close
References
Royal Mail at Christmas — instructions for writing letters to Santa
The Tao of Charlie Munger — a short book review that includes 12 best quotes.
Berkshire Hathaway — one of the most successful holding companies in modern times.
Jeff Bezos’s Amazon letters — modelled on Warren Buffett’s letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.
Bridget Jones’ Diary — an epistolary novel by Helen Fielding.
The Color Purple — another epistolary novel, by Alice Walker.
Final thoughts
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