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Weekly Question & Framework: May 31, 2024
Question: What am I not achieving simply because I haven't asked?Idea: Hemingway's Lost Suitcase
How to Choose Your Life Pursuits
Your time here is finite, so choosing the pursuits—personal and professional—that deliver the greatest returns on that time is essential.I use an exercise I call Pursu...
Weekly Question & Framework: May 24, 2024
Question: Do you need to empty your cup before you can grow?Framework: Persian Messenger Syndrome
The Most Important Decision of Your Life
My weekly emphasis on action is intended to serve as a reminder of the power you always hold, no matter how powerless you may feel.I recently came across a beautiful t...
Weekly Question & Framework: May 17, 2024
Question: Would the idea of living your current life on repeat be horrifying or affirming?Idea: The Museum of Failure
The Anti-Networking Guide
Harsh truth: Networking is dead...at least in the traditional sense of the word.\I'm not a natural relationship builder. In fact, I am a bit introverted and socially-a...
Weekly Question & Framework: May 10, 2024
Question: Are you trying to clean up your city before sweeping your doorstep?Framework: Boiling Frog Syndrome
9 Ideas from a Weekend With Legends
Last weekend, I attended Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. It is my favorite event for one simple reason: Idea density.This piece ...
Weekly Question & Framework: May 3, 2024
Question: If everything stays the same, what one change would create the most impact?Framework: Emerson's Definition of Success
5 Shocking Lessons from the Longest-Running Study on Happiness
Join me as I sit down with my friend Dr. Robert Waldinger, the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which is the longest-running study on adult life, he...
Your Entire Life Will Change The Moment You...
It all started with a simple journal prompt: Your entire life will change the moment you...A few years ago, I wrote that prompt on a blank sheet of paper. Each time I ...
Weekly Question & Framework: April 26, 2024
Question: Where am I avoiding a hard conversation that I need to have?Framework: 3 levels of listening.
7 Questions That Changed My Life
The greatest discoveries in life come not from finding the right answers, but from asking the right questions.For the last several years, I've been adding to a list of...
Weekly Question & Framework: April 19, 2024
Question: What is one positive decision you can make to improve yourself today?Framework: Leaves, Branches, & Roots
10 Lessons from 100 Days in the Cold
I just completed 100 straight days of doing a cold plunge every morning.I pride myself on my consistency and discipline, but this 100-day streak pushed me to a new lev...
Weekly Question & Framework: April 12, 2024
Question: Are you listening to understand or just waiting to speak?Framework: The Law of Reversed Effort
5 Lessons from a Conversation With a World-Renowned Happiness Expert
One of the great joys of my life is that I get to spend time with some of the world's foremost experts and builders and call it work. I've recently decided that I'd li...
Weekly Question & Framework: April 5, 2024
Question: How can I bring the after into the before?Framework: The Gold Medal Fallacy
How to Avoid the Dark Side of Compounding
Compounding is a magical force for growth in your life—one Albert Einstein is rumored to have referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"—but it can also be your w...
Question & Framework: March 29, 2024
Question: What would you attempt if you knew you couldn’t fail?Framework: The Red Team
The 2 Pillars of Strong Relationships
The 2 pillars of strong relationships: High expectations and high support.High expectations are the belief that the other person is capable of excellence, that their p...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 22, 2024
Question: What are three examples of times you've accomplished something you didn't think was possible?Framework: Circles of Success
6 Life-Changing Insights from 6 Days in India
Last week, I went on a whirlwind event tour of India. 2,000+ attendees at 6 events in 6 days across 3 different cities.I met and spent time with hundreds of people, do...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 15, 2024
Question: If someone observed your actions for a week, what would they say your priorities are?Framework: The Power Down Ritual
How to Become a Morning Person
I'm not a morning person (at least not naturally). For most of my childhood, I'd hit snooze a million times and my mom would have to drag me out of bed to make it to s...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 8, 2024
Question: How can I build my recovery into my days?Framework: The Sinatra Test
One Powerful Lesson From A Legend
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet up for a drink with Gary Vaynerchuk, the entrepreneur, creator, and investor perhaps best known as Gary V.We were chatting abo...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 1, 2024
Question: What is the tiny first step that will move you closer to your big, scary goal?Framework: Kintsugi is a Japanese art form that involves the repair of broken p...
9 Learnings from an Entrepreneur Retreat
I just co-hosted a retreat for a small group of very successful entrepreneurs in Cabo, Mexico. The explicit goal of the retreat was to help work through a big challeng...
Weekly Question & Framework: February 23, 2024
Question: How am I creating the situation that I don’t want?Framework: The Bricklayer Mentality