This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 449.

People who I've interviewed or who I've spoken to or who I've written about, who have reached not only the top of their profession, but are incredible

visionaries tend to read far more than average. Jeff Bezos is a dreamer who turned a bold

idea into the world's most influential company, a brand that likely touches your life every

day. As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians

write, collaborate, innovate,

pitch, and present. He created a scalable model that grew from a small team and a Seattle garage

to one of the world's largest employers. Hi, I'm Jeff Brown, and this is the Read to Lead podcast,

the podcast dedicated to your personal and professional growth. I believe that if you want to achieve true success in your business and in your life,

that intentional and consistent reading is a must.

The book we get to read this week is called The Bezos Blueprint,

Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman.

And it's written by the man who's making his third appearance on the

Read to Lead podcast today. That's Carmine Gallo. I'll ask Carmine to share why the ability to

simplify your message is a superpower today, how to bring purpose to everything you read,

how to amp your presentations in order to better and more effectively inspire others and

lots, lots more. One of my favorite new superpowers and something that can be one of yours as well

is when you master the skill of note-taking. If you struggle with things like collecting or

capturing notes effectively, connecting new ideas to existing ideas and organizing your notes,

developing your notes, distilling your notes, crystallizing your notes, or then creating out of the notes that you take.

Otherwise, what's the point, right? If any of those things are a struggle for you, I've got good news.

We cover all four of those and more in my new course called Notemaking Mastery.

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