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"Become a world-class leader in just 2 minutes a day".

Do you honestly believe that?

It’s not really 2 minutes, they basically give you each day a small scenario based on what you signed up to combined with additional reading/viewing materials such as articles and lectures.

The scenarios are actually quite good.

Nothing here is super innovative but they give you a good structure/instructions on how to deal with certain events which at least to me has been valuable.

Another value of the app is that if you are dealing with a situation you might be included to go back to it and look for similar scenarios and tips that if nothing else forces you to think about the situation more carefully rather than respond immediately.

As far as all the pseudo science and life coaching junk goes this doesn’t seem to try to trick anyone the scenarios also don’t necessarily have good or bad answers just different ways of dealing with common issues.

I've taken many personality tests, have a lot of experience building tools in the psychology space, and can say without a doubt, their ~10 question personality test is incredible. (I'm hoping it's adaptive, because I'd hate to think it was just that appropriate for me by chance.)

To expand a bit why that's meaningful: Baselines are the most important part of beginning a training regimen, and if you have junk baselines, your goals and exercises will most likely follow. This baseline is unlike any other, and I believe quite thoughtful. So, I'd venture to say the tips from 2mins a day will be just as potent.

Start small, stay constant and make it a habit to improve: chances are you’ll end up a better leader than if you try to “sprint rush” your learning on this topic. It’s also crazy times to live in, people spend a lot of time on their screen. We couldn’t resign to designing a learning app that would make users spend even more time away from their team. Learn a bit, and spend more time applying what you learn with real humans

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