Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDear Son - A Letter to My Son on His 4th Birthday
Episode 437
My son turns four years old this week.
And if I'm being honest, I don't know where the time went.
Everyone says this, and I spent most of my life rolli…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Styrofoam Cup Theory
Episode 436
Last weekend, I had the joy of catching up for a quiet dinner in Omaha with a mentor and friend, Apple CEO Tim Cook.
He recently announced that he wou…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Be More Magnetic
Episode 435
Over the weekend, I made what has become an annual pilgrimage to Omaha, Nebraska to attend the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.
The event, which is …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Streetlight Effect: Why Smart People Look In The Wrong Places
Episode 434
We all fall into the same trap: measuring what's easy instead of what's meaningful, clinging to routines we know instead of adapting ones that work, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The High Shoulders Theory
Episode 433
When I was 12 years old, I tried out for a baseball all-star team in our area.
I really wanted to make this team. The tryouts were my first adventure …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Michelangelo Phenomenon
Episode 431
The most famous sculpture in history was almost never created…
In 1464, the Opera del Duomo—the committee overseeing the cathedral in Florence—commiss…
4 months ago
The New Opportunity Razor
Episode 432
A few weeks ago, I had the unique opportunity to attend a small author’s retreat hosted by Atomic Habits author James Clear.
To be honest, it was a bi…
4 months ago
The Tinkerer's Mindset: How to Win More
Episode 430
A group of kindergarteners outperformed the CEOs, lawyers, and MBAs.
The way they did it has a lesson I've never been able to forget.
While in college …
4 months, 1 week ago
The Real Price of Success
Episode 429
My entire life changed when I realized that I would never want to trade lives with the people I read books about.
Allow me to explain with a story abo…
4 months, 1 week ago
Black Coffee Theory
Episode 428
A few weeks ago, I shared a piece on my Anti-To-Do List and the general merits of using inversion to improve your life.
The idea was straightforward…
4 months, 2 weeks ago