Ian Leslie

5 days ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie

Catch-up service:How To Write a BookPodcast: James Marriott on Britain’s ElitesNine Principles For Success In the Age of AIWhat ‘Adolescence Doesn’t Tell Us About Boys’Did John Lennon Think He Was Jesus? The Hipster-Military-Industrial ComplexJohn & Paul has hit the New York Times bestseller list! Since it’s still in the Sunday Times list, it’s currently a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. Crazy but true.

1 week ago | lithub.com | Ian Leslie

In the early months of 1966, whenever Paul McCartney sat down at a piano, wherever it was, he would start tinkering with a song he called “Miss Daisy Hawkins.” From the moment he found its first five syllabic notes, the song seems to have found its themes: loneliness, futility, the end of life. McCartney was twenty-three. Without discussing it, both John Lennon and Paul came back from their break with songs about death, written from a detached, omniscient perspective.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ian Leslie

3 hours agoLeadership is hard. Repairing trust is harder. But it’s possible—and worth it. Sometimes, being a leader means making tough calls—ones that aren’t popular, and sometimes even get misunderstood. You’ve probably heard the saying, “If everyone likes you, you’re not really leading.” Fair enough. But …

1 week ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie

Catch-up service:Podcast: James Marriott on Britain’s ElitesNine Principles For Success In the Age of AIWhat ‘Adolescence Doesn’t Tell Us About Boys’Did John Lennon Think He Was Jesus? Why It’s Hard To Stop AIs LyingThe Hipster-Military-Industrial ComplexJohn & Paul is now published in the UK and US! I’m slightly sad that the era of nagging you to pre-order is over, but it’s very exciting to have it out there, actually being read. I’ve loved hearing what readers have to say about it.

2 weeks ago | newstatesman.com | Ian Leslie

You don’t have to be weird to succeed as the founder of a tech company, but it does seem to help. Mark Zuckerberg is a nerd who constantly looks for ways to prove he’s really an alpha male by cage-fighting and spear-throwing and hunting (he went through a phase of only eating meat from animals he had killed). Jeff Bezos is also exploring the outer reaches of masculine energy.