I was recently trying to do something that should have been simple: sharing my work calendar with my wife so she knows when I’m actually free for family time. I found myself digging through “secret” settings pages, checking her phone, then mine, and getting…
Michelangelo is getting ready to paint the Sistine Chapel. He’d rather be sculpting, and is struggling to come up with an approach to this massive undertaking. Shakespeare is writing Romeo and Juliet, but is stuck on the part where Romeo visits Juliet at the…
I’m deeply worried about humanity losing our critical thinking skills. We’ve seen it degrade in the social media era, and now we’re seeing people wholesale outsource it in the AI era. But what if we can actually enhance our critical thinking with AI? I’m…
“What’s your exit strategy?” Someone actually asked me this when I was starting my business. I didn’t have one. I’m not in it for the exit. But the question went to something deeper: how are you going to make actual money? Because the problem…
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they’ve consumed too much of something, and they find the very notion of consuming more sickening. This is the very basis for my yearly theme. 2025 was finally the year were I felt my overconsumption of…
It’s one of my favorite episodes of the year: my Favorites of the year! I’ll go through all of my favorite media and tech of the year, as well as some close runners up and honorable mentions. Links below! My Favorites of 2025 When…
Knowing when to get help is so, so, so crucial to prevent burnout. Laura Brazan knew this, which is why she decided to hire me for coaching. During our few months together, I was able to save her a ton of time, help her…
I started my Christmas vacation the minute my kids got out of school. I can do that because I’ve built a business that doesn’t chain me to my desk. But if I’m being honest, I don’t take those two weeks off just to bake…
I do this audit every December, and it always saves me time and money. I love taking the last 2 weeks of the year off — but that doesn’t mean I’m doing nothing; I just do the things I want to do, when I…
I remember when Nextel came out with their Walkie-Talkie feature for their phones — you could push to talk over cellular. I won’t deny this served in some practical settings, but it largely amounted to a bunch of ding dongs yelling into their phones…