Hey there, it’s Friday, I hope you are all doing ok!
With everything going on I am going to keep sending fun, interesting links, stories, and some ideas for TV, movies, games, and a few books for the weekend.  

👍Hits of the week 👍: New York Times awareness (below), LVMH hand sanitizer (below), Balance App offering free mental health usage on their app & TikTok & Pinterest adding disclaimers and info when you search or things are tagged and scribd are giving away 30 days free reading.
👏 to them all 👏

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😍 The Must-Reads Of The Week 😍 

• 🐱The fascinating life of the pet cat and how far they can go

• 💓 If you are feeling anxious, here is a good article to help with anxiety

• 💃 Guess who is Snapchat’s biggest advertiser? You might have guessed it TikTok.
  - Tiktok had a record-breaking number of downloads in Feb

• 😂 If you have ever struggled to get into Reddit but really wanted to, here’s your chance with r/AmItheAsshole

• 👏 Professor Scott Galloway suggested 6 tips to help you when teaching or presenting online vs IRL
  - Prof G’s podcast went live this week and it is entertaining, educational and shocking all in equal measures!

• 📹 A good look at why zoom has taken over and now their grander ambitions

• 📚The top 50 books entrepreneurs and successful business people recommended

• 🎧 Podcast link: Managing stress and anxiety of the uncertain times

• 🤖 Playlist link: If you are looking to brush up on some of your future-proofing skills here is a playlist of AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning)

• ⏯ Video: Doom game maker explains why it’s so difficult to adapt games to VR

• 🎢 Crystalknows is one of my favourite tools, you can compare personalities and find out personality types based on LinkedIn profiles, this is a fun comparison between the old CEO of Disney and his replacement

• 💭Would you want a celebrity to send you a happy birthday message? Cameo has had a weird journey, here is a deep-dive.

• 💤 Sleep Tech? Innovation in tech to help OR just sleep awareness?

• 📱 The 100 best designs of all time

• 🎶 People are surprised that Spotify usage is down, however, with fewer commutes, more video calls and less training even streaming giants are seeing the disappointment

• 📺 Here is some retro fun - 90s tv

• 🚀 NASA’s mission to another space, our oceans and getting to the bottom of the oceans

If you are looking for a few recommendations for this weekend, here are a few I have to binge watch or game:
📺 TV - Homeland, Succession, Suits, Killing Eve, Toy Story 4, The Simpsons, The Morning Show, Truth be told, McMillions.
🍿Films - The Shawshank Redemption, Layer Cake, all of the Toy Stories, Saving Private Ryan.
👾Games - Mario Kart, Mario Smash Tennis, Chess (go old school), Monopoly.

Happily, let me know what your recommendations are.

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Thanks for reading this week’s Must Read’s. Please go and have a good weekend!  Take care of yourself, please.

Danny Denhard - About Me: 19 years in Marketing, Product, Growth and as a  Crowdfunding business leader. You will want to see my RIP to the CMO role presentation and I will be speaking at the Festival Of Marketing, read my Q&A interview. Most importantly, I write this weekly Must Reads Newsletter. 

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