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I realize not everyone cares that baseball season has started, so I wanted to tell a few stories that go beyond the game that everyone...

It would be easy to write our life story in 1,000+ words. Maybe even 500. But can we do it in 250 words or less? I’m going to try. Then I...

In many fields there are unwritten rules—expectations of how we are supposed to act, and what we should do, and not do in certain...

When Meg Ryan said, “I’m difficult. I’m too structured, I’m completely closed off,” it was funny, because it was in a funny movie, When...

What parent doesn’t dream that someday their child will play high school sports, get a college scholarship, and maybe make the pros. The...

Nobody would choose to be sick or injured. We would choose feeling fine—or better than fine—if we could. The good news is, most of us...

Some people . . . you meet them and think, “Now here’s someone I’m thrilled to work with.” I just started working with April (great name,...

When I was a kid I was perfectly content to throw a ball against a wall for hours on a summer afternoon. I painted a strike zone on the...

We never know what it’s like to live someone else’s life. What can seem amazing and glamorous from afar can actually be miserable and...

For sale: men’s size medium gym clothes, never worn. Above is my attempt to tell a story in one sentence. Did you get it? Yeah, I’m not...

“Real artists ship”. It was Steve Jobs who said that. He was referring to the fact that everyone has ideas, but real artists deliver on...

Ellen Goodwin, my podcast partner came up with an episode idea around the concept of making things easier for our future self—and we ran...

I’m reading, “The Cafe on the Edge of the World,” a book recommended by Michelle Mitchell, a reader of this newsletter. It’s an easy,...

This month Petaluma City in California is preventing new gas stations from being built. Instead, they are looking to the future and the...

Say what you will about Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but their decisive win in Super Bowl 55 leaves a lot of lessons to teach...

With relief checks being offered only to people earning a certain income amount, maybe it made you think about what you earn—or don’t...

I often use Jimmy Buffett as an example of what’s possible even if you’re not the most talented, tallest, best connected, or smartest...

They say it takes a few weeks to form a new habit. Are we so set in our new ways that changing back to our old ways will be hard? Will we...

Some of us who like things a certain way and will step up to run a project (even if we’re not in charge), organize and clean up (even...

I would have thought I would be so much more productive with more time on my hands. Ha! For a while I was moving like a man on a mission....