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December 2023
12:
Social Media Metrics That Matter to Me
December 2023
11:
When Pressure Changes Who You Are in Business
November 2023
30:
Finding your "F-Yes's"
November 2023
29:
Getting Past The Story
November 2023
27:
How Brand "Persuasion" Works
November 2023
26:
Channeling Energy
November 2023
25:
On Gifting
November 2023
23:
What I'm Grateful For
November 2023
22:
Nature's Personality Test
November 2023
21:
Embracing Your Growth Edge
November 2023
20:
My Media Diet & Changes
November 2023
13:
How I'm using AI Tagging for Better Meeting Notes
November 2023
07:
What have I been up to? And what I'm thinking about
October 2023
16:
The Discipline of Fun
September 2023
19:
Today's (Human) Lessons
August 2023
29:
The Power of Specificity: Make Your Life More Impactful
August 2023
15:
Your Passion vs. the Rest of Business.
August 2023
03:
The "Hurry" Button That Entrepeneurs Can't Help But Press
July 2023
19:
Why should you persist in publishing to social media?
July 2023
12:
Hosting Successful Meetups & Creating Connections
June 2023
14:
How to Overcome Writer's Block and Produce High-Quality Content Consistently
June 2023
07:
Hacking Creative Work to "Flow Through You" and 6 Things That Keep You Out of the Zone
May 2023
24:
The Benefits of a 5-Person CRM: Why Keeping Track of Your Best Relationships Matters
May 2023
03:
Branding vs. Marketing? How to choose what's right for expanding your business
May 2023
01:
Checking the Box is Not Enough: A new model for habits and performance
April 2023
18:
True for You: Navigating the Struggle of Authentic Self-Promotion
April 2023
10:
Shifting from Scarcity to Abundance: Changing Our Perception of Money
April 2023
03:
Embracing AI: The New Frontier of Coaching and Human Experience
March 2023
28:
Better, Not More: How to Achieve Productivity Through Better Organization of What You Do 1-3 Hours per Day
March 2023
09:
Your top delegation FAQs answered (+ a new Dashboard)
February 2023
13:
The Key to Lasting Business Success: Understanding Human Nature
February 2023
06:
Wealth = Working with great people
January 2023
30:
Making Progress & why "competition" doesn't exist.
December 2022
15:
How we can use this season change to find balance
December 2022
04:
I Keep a Dopamine Notebook to Capture and Put Distracted Thoughts into Paper Jail
November 2022
23:
How ADD flipped upside down in my head, and became a superpower
November 2022
21:
So you want to be creative? Excitement is the missing ingredient
November 2022
14:
It's not about better productivity, it's about better boundaries
November 2022
07:
What keeps a great partnership going?
October 2022
24:
Today's terms (Consulting and business)
October 2022
23:
Squarespace's new updates
October 2022
19:
Making the "Good Will" Leap
October 2022
19:
Wearing a bigger hat
October 2022
18:
The answer to "What do you want?"
October 2022
17:
Communication Wisdom pt. 1
October 2022
13:
Cutting off edutainment, reading better content
October 2022
05:
Q&A
October 2022
01:
Hot Streaks
October 2022
01:
Does it *work* and how do you *feel*?
September 2022
05:
Rumi Wisdom
August 2022
23:
Is it normal to feel guilty about taking a break?
August 2022
17:
Leadership Communication Problems in Startups and What to Do About Them
August 2022
16:
The 4x4 Founder Development Framework
August 2022
14:
The "2-Minute Rule" Google rule for learning
August 2022
10:
How many hours of deep work can you do per day?
July 2022
26:
Why failure is often better than "it's not ready yet."
July 2022
08:
Why is it so hard to stay consistent?
July 2022
02:
The Maze of Opportunity Toward Your Goals
July 2022
02:
Seeing Your Inbox as a Gift
June 2022
13:
Building an "Entrepreneurs Safety Net"
June 2022
08:
Life By Invitation
June 2022
07:
The best (unknown) business books for entrepreneurs: Badass, Making Users Awesome
May 2022
27:
Maintaining Boundaries + Independence as a Creative
May 2022
23:
Getting the Most out of Managing Creative Talent Without Micromanaging Them
April 2022
29:
Learning (Active) Listening
April 2022
17:
Planning Your Time (Mondays)
March 2022
28:
Career Transitions, and Getting Excited for Work Again
March 2022
22:
Online Education and the Reskilling Boom
March 2022
16:
Ambitious but Simple Quarterly Goals
March 2022
08:
Finding time for important projects
February 2022
15:
"Conscious" Habits
February 2022
01:
Ensuring your voice is involved in your work
January 2022
20:
Trading Uncertainty for Desire
January 2022
14:
Embracing Being a Generalist.
January 2022
12:
Choosing to See
January 2022
05:
Simple Yearly Review (From Tim)
December 2021
22:
2021/2022 Health, Work, and Fitness
December 2021
07:
Web3 Communities and a One Made for Newbies
November 2021
21:
Breathing Room
November 2021
09:
Pricing Your Services
November 2021
03:
Connecting to Your Work
October 2021
18:
The Good Life/Detox, Work/Not-Work
October 2021
04:
Afraid to "Let Go"
September 2021
20:
Dopamine Detox
September 2021
14:
My Simple Rule: Help Clients Become Successful
September 2021
07:
Feeling at Ease
August 2021
30:
4 Ways Founders/Creators Tell me "I'm stuck"
August 2021
24:
3 Tips to Immediately Improve Your Written Communication
August 2021
16:
What Dale Carnegie Forgot to Mention for the Socially Awkward Entrepreneur
August 2021
09:
Structuring Your Week as an Entrepreneur/Creator
August 2021
02:
The Mental Health Tax of Office Politics
July 2021
27:
When You're Quick to Start, Quick to Quit
July 2021
21:
For founders running multiple businesses at once
July 2021
12:
Relating is Just One Half of Connection
July 2021
06:
Taking Vacations and Unconscious Wandering
June 2021
28:
There’s No Shame in Telling People What You Do
June 2021
22:
Help for the ADD Founder & Creator
June 2021
14:
Symptoms of Burnout
June 2021
07:
Weekly Caffeine - Share Your Depth
June 2021
03:
Process Emotionally, Comprehend Intellectually
May 2021
31:
Weekly Caffeine – The Market for Online Education
May 2021
28:
Tiny Gestures
May 2021
27:
Presence is Power
May 2021
26:
On Vague Meetings
May 2021
25:
Questions Frame Your Answers
May 2021
24:
Weekly Caffeine – Investing as a Spiritual Practice
May 2021
18:
3 Doorways: Work, Connection, World
May 2021
17:
Kicking Off a Collaboration
May 2021
16:
Weekly Caffeine – Work Today
May 2021
11:
Weekly Caffeine – Our Pseudonymous selves
May 2021
03:
Monday Caffeine – Trust and Patience (May 3)
April 2021
25:
Sunday Caffeine – Conversational Balance. April 25, 2021
April 2021
19:
Monday Caffeine – Your Expert Opinion
April 2021
12:
Monday Caffeine – "What ideas am I offended by?"
April 2021
06:
The Full-Stack, Micro-Coaching Boom.
April 2021
04:
Art as a Simulation
March 2021
06:
Hitting a High Note.
March 2021
02:
What Happens when Fear Changes to Motivation?
January 2021
18:
My Bitcoin Thesis for 2021 and Beyond
January 2021
12:
The Medium and the Message
December 2020
22:
The Paradox of Our Deepest Problems
December 2020
16:
The Biggest Lesson I Learned in 2020
November 2020
26:
Giving
November 2020
26:
Thanks
November 2020
15:
Writers Today
November 2020
10:
More Voice
November 2020
10:
Becoming Non-Fungible
November 2020
07:
Productive in the Remote Workplace
November 2020
03:
The Spotlight
October 2020
18:
Sunday Coffee, Social Investing
October 2020
10:
Questions Frame Action
October 2020
08:
Self Improvement and Achievement
October 2020
04:
It's Difficult to Focus
September 2020
23:
Three Types of Emotional Wellbeing
September 2020
22:
A Meeting Should have a Clear Purpose
September 2020
16:
How are You Staying the Same?
September 2020
03:
New Conversations, Spotify, Circle, etc.
September 2020
01:
Nervous to Start
August 2020
26:
Trying Something New
August 2020
26:
3 New Conversations (This week's Podcast)
August 2020
22:
Shifting Your Time Horizon
August 2020
16:
Hello, World.
August 2020
15:
Right or Wrong
August 2020
12:
What is a book?
August 2020
12:
Great Writing is Felt
August 2020
12:
Why do Intentions Matter?
August 2020
12:
Read this when you have a decision to make.
August 2020
12:
When Overwhelm Arrives
August 2020
12:
Stop listening to your head
August 2020
12:
Everyone is on Their Own Journey
August 2020
08:
Yesterdays Time
August 2020
06:
There are no competitions
August 2020
06:
Advancing in Cycles
August 2020
06:
Why I'm switching from Webflow to Ghost
July 2020
24:
Desire vs. Discovery as Motivation
July 2020
01:
Sunday Coffee: Listening, and AirBnB Experiences
July 2020
01:
A Question to Consider to Understand the Actions of Others
July 2020
01:
Tension: Your Mind Wants Easy Resolution
July 2020
01:
Know your Strengths, Accept Your Weaknesses: Productivity Through Understanding
July 2020
01:
How to Brainstorm with Yourself
July 2020
01:
Real Leaders Give Compliments
July 2020
01:
Why Real Artists Ship
June 2020
30:
Caffeine Conversations
June 2020
16:
Truly Valuing Our Time
June 2020
15:
The Hard Work of Simplicity
June 2020
10:
We Don't Want Another Product
June 2020
08:
Life is a Garden
June 2020
03:
The only path is to continue
May 2020
25:
Brainstorm
May 2020
20:
5 Books from my Reading List
May 2020
18:
Business is Practical, Brands Aren't
May 2020
13:
Training like a Pro
May 2020
11:
Real Leaders Give Compliments
May 2020
11:
Radical Management
May 2020
04:
Hiring for Depth
April 2020
28:
Becoming Emotionally Dynamic.
April 2020
27:
Training Remote Productivity
April 2020
24:
Creativity at the Margin
April 2020
22:
Tips for Practicing Visualization
April 2020
16:
The Walls We Hide Behind: Projection and Protection
April 2020
13:
Work, Efficiency and Purpose
April 2020
09:
Coming Changes to the Work Paradigm
April 2020
08:
The Meta Skill of the Artist and Entrepreneur
April 2020
05:
The Entrepreneur VS The Operator
April 2020
04:
Pascal's Optimism
April 2020
02:
Work Today: Tools, Community, People
March 2020
30:
The Never-Ending Conversation
March 2020
29:
Today's Tools
March 2020
29:
Today's Tea Leaves
March 2020
29:
A Brand is The Transparency of Purpose
March 2020
24:
Join their team before they ask you to.
March 2020
16:
The Meta Skill of the Artist and Entrepreneur
March 2020
16:
The Reset
March 2020
16:
Perspective for Brands in a Down Market
March 2020
16:
Corona Ethos
March 2020
01:
No Agenda Brands
February 2020
03:
Community is About Going Somewhere Together
February 2020
02:
When in Doubt, Tell a Useful Story
January 2020
22:
Intensions are Invisible
January 2020
07:
Questions, Not Answers
December 2019
29:
Creating Space for your Writing Practice
December 2019
28:
on books
December 2019
22:
Your Algo vs. The Social Algo
December 2019
08:
Nature Wants Art
December 2019
08:
Art is a Feeling pt. 1
November 2019
18:
What is "Making it?"
November 2019
17:
Monday Coffee (Nov 18)
November 2019
10:
Learn Now, Teach Later
October 2019
31:
The Best Brands are Like Fight Club
October 2019
28:
How I read and what I'm reading
October 2019
26:
Today's Tea Leaves (October)
October 2019
26:
Personal Brand Heuristics
October 2019
18:
Ask Yourself This Question When Things Change
October 2019
17:
Artist Therapy
October 2019
14:
Feeling Support
October 2019
07:
Truths about Productivity
October 2019
05:
Work: What We Really Want.
October 2019
05:
Travel Skills - Spain
October 2019
02:
Jet Lag – Barcelona
October 2019
02:
The Age of Variety
September 2019
19:
Hypothetical Questions
September 2019
19:
Writing Today (In 8 Rules)
September 2019
18:
A Heuristic for Great Brands
September 2019
17:
An Artist...
September 2019
10:
Coaching
September 2019
03:
Motivation
September 2019
03:
Taking Control and Letting Go
August 2019
31:
First, Second and Third Brains
August 2019
26:
Information Diet
August 2019
15:
You Get What You Want, it Might Just Take Awhile
August 2019
14:
Harsh Truths
August 2019
07:
Today's Terms
August 2019
06:
Listening is like a Message in a Bottle
July 2019
31:
Marketing Today: The Age of Extremes
July 2019
24:
Making Mistakes vs. Repeating Them
July 2019
17:
Reading the Subtext
July 2019
16:
The Most Generous Feedback
July 2019
16:
Keeping in Touch can be an Art
July 2019
15:
Brand Magic / Brand Mantras
July 2019
10:
2020 Feelings
July 2019
09:
The Problem with Not Hearing Compliments
July 2019
06:
A Brand is...(2)
July 2019
06:
Blurred Lines
July 2019
01:
Curiosity is the Fountain of Youth
June 2019
26:
Great Leaders Sit on the Floor
June 2019
23:
Using Reality to Build Momentum
June 2019
20:
Down the Rabbit Hole
June 2019
12:
What's Free and What's Not?
June 2019
04:
Abstraction
June 2019
04:
Do You Really Own Your Business?
June 2019
03:
Irrational
May 2019
31:
Looking Up at The Stars
May 2019
29:
Investors Mindset
May 2019
28:
Curator or Thought Leader?
May 2019
23:
Action, or Progress?
May 2019
21:
More Media Today
May 2019
19:
feeling-to-motion
May 2019
19:
How to Be Lucky Every Day
May 2019
18:
Media Today
May 2019
13:
lighten-up
May 2019
11:
Webflow
May 2019
10:
lo-fi to hi-fi
May 2019
08:
artists today
May 2019
06:
Recent Podcasts / Career Transitions
April 2019
30:
TMI
April 2019
30:
The Call
April 2019
30:
Email/Scheduling
April 2019
29:
Life's Game
April 2019
29:
Success Leaves Clues
April 2019
25:
The Reader is the Hero
April 2019
24:
Webflow
April 2019
21:
The Direct Path
April 2019
21:
Virtual Collaboration Software and Processes.
April 2019
18:
Deciding on Distribution
April 2019
17:
Discovery vs. Intent vs. Push Notifications
April 2019
17:
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April 2019
10:
Change Happens
April 2019
09:
Good Stories Remind us of Something
April 2019
09:
Keep Showing Up: A Report on Standing Out and Building a Meaningful Brand in A Crowded Market
April 2019
09:
Tell a Useful Story.
April 2019
09:
What is Marketing?
April 2019
04:
I'm an Idiot, and I'm an Artist
March 2019
27:
What it's like in 2019...
March 2019
27:
The Truth About Motivation and Momentum
March 2019
27:
What is a Story For?
March 2019
25:
What's Done is Done.
March 2019
24:
Understanding First Impressions
March 2019
14:
The Short Cut to Solving Your Problems
March 2019
13:
The Foundation of our Work
March 2019
11:
The Art, Behind the Art
March 2019
10:
The Short Cut to Solving Your Problems
March 2019
09:
A Life Without Problems
March 2019
08:
Misc. Reader Replies (March)
March 2019
07:
Friday Coffee, Austin
February 2019
28:
Marketing is Leadership
February 2019
26:
Breaking the Spell
February 2019
21:
My Growth has Stalled, Should I Change Career Paths?
February 2019
20:
Just Follow Life’s Rhythm
February 2019
17:
The Things We Cover Up...
February 2019
14:
Russian Doll on Netflix
February 2019
10:
Inspiration, not Imitation.
February 2019
09:
Sync – Sunday Coffee
February 2019
07:
CC – How Do I Find New Clients?
February 2019
06:
The Spark
February 2019
04:
Compliments and Criticisms
January 2019
30:
The Future of Marketing is Community Building
January 2019
28:
Who Do You Trust?
January 2019
27:
CC: How Do I Grow Without Getting Burnt Out?
January 2019
24:
Email of the Day
January 2019
22:
What We Want
January 2019
21:
How Symbols and Stories Guide Us
January 2019
18:
Great Art Comes From Nowhere
January 2019
17:
CC, How do I Make Something New?
January 2019
16:
Don't Hesitate
January 2019
14:
A Brand in 10 Ideas
January 2019
10:
Submit What's on Your Mind
January 2019
08:
The Thought Tornado
January 2019
06:
We See, We Create.
January 2019
03:
2018, What We Covered
January 2019
01:
The Hidden Cost of Growth Hacks
December 2018
26:
Gratitude Between Us
December 2018
17:
What is a Luxury Brand?
December 2018
14:
Today's Tea Leaves (Dec. 2018)
December 2018
11:
The Unspoken Secret (and opportunity) of Every Workplace
December 2018
05:
Thursday Link Stash (Dec. 5)
December 2018
05:
In 2019 I...
December 2018
03:
Pioneer App
December 2018
03:
Growing Beyond Average
November 2018
29:
(Not) Investment Advice
November 2018
27:
Jet lag
November 2018
25:
What Great Artists Know...
November 2018
19:
Bangkok
November 2018
14:
The Secret That Only You Know
November 2018
12:
Marketing Today is Personal
November 2018
11:
Each Step Forward
November 2018
10:
Media Bag, November
November 2018
08:
A Quick and Incomplete Work History
November 2018
07:
Good Travel, Bad Travel
November 2018
05:
Why you’re stuck in indecision.
October 2018
31:
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October 2018
31:
Art is Rebellion
October 2018
30:
A mirror for your growth
October 2018
29:
Action vs. Reaction
October 2018
28:
"Live Blogging"
October 2018
25:
Turn of the Tide...
October 2018
23:
Change Happens
October 2018
18:
Escondido
October 2018
17:
2018 Superpowers
October 2018
16:
Genius is just a Word
October 2018
15:
no agenda with James Clear
October 2018
10:
"I Kill My Own Ideas, Why?"
October 2018
04:
Latest Podcasts...
October 2018
02:
Do we really want success?
October 2018
01:
"I Feel like a Fraud, Why?"
September 2018
25:
Your Creativity Fire
July 2018
06:
Screely
July 2018
03:
What Makes a Great Brand?
July 2018
01:
Reinvention, and Going Through a Transition
July 2018
01:
Thoughts on building a professional network
June 2018
25:
The Reason Ideas Spread (To Early Adopters)
June 2018
20:
I won't give you advice
June 2018
19:
Algorithmic Email
June 2018
18:
The 3 Businesses
June 2018
17:
Intelligence
June 2018
10:
The Naval Tweetstorm
June 2018
10:
Business as Machine
June 2018
05:
The Attention Economy
June 2018
04:
Reading List: The Third Door
June 2018
04:
Defining your Own Lens to View the World
May 2018
31:
Our Attention
May 2018
29:
UX vs. Copywriting
May 2018
20:
Sunday Caffeine - Birds, B Magazine
May 2018
15:
Sunday Caffeine - Life Audit
May 2018
15:
The Business Found Me
May 2018
09:
From Needs to Choices
May 2018
07:
Hypochondriac
May 2018
05:
Sunday Caffeine - The Arc is Long
May 2018
01:
Creative Caffeine - Today's Moment of Gratitude
April 2018
28:
Sunday Caffeine - Digital Ocean
April 2018
26:
The New Creative World
April 2018
24:
What is Productivity?
April 2018
24:
What is Art?
April 2018
21:
Twitter
April 2018
21:
Sunday Caffeine - Distortion Bubbles
April 2018
20:
The Story of May (Pt. 1)
April 2018
18:
The Inspiration Formula
April 2018
15:
Sunday Caffeine - Wild World
April 2018
10:
Getting "good" at meditation and yoga.
April 2018
09:
The Golden Age
April 2018
07:
Sunday Caffeine - First Principles, Chronos
April 2018
02:
I want you to go for a walk
April 2018
01:
Sunday Caffeine - The Brilliance
March 2018
24:
Sunday Caffeine - Small Moments
March 2018
17:
Sunday Caffeine - Brave Territory
March 2018
14:
Communicating your Message
March 2018
13:
Do you believe in ghosts?
March 2018
10:
Sunday Caffeine - Time to Play
March 2018
07:
Simple Statements
March 2018
07:
Flowing
March 2018
05:
Being You
March 2018
03:
Sunday Caffeine - Home on Vacation
February 2018
28:
Status and Shame
February 2018
26:
The Power of the Individual
February 2018
26:
Wale and Jerry Seinfeld
February 2018
19:
Media Junk Food
February 2018
17:
Sunday Briefing - Spirited Away
February 2018
13:
Feels Like Love
February 2018
09:
An Interview with Ed Latimore
February 2018
07:
Head vs. Heart
February 2018
02:
Subscriber Art: Don + Kristen
February 2018
01:
The Light Phone
January 2018
30:
Feast On Your Life
January 2018
27:
Today's Tea Leaves
January 2018
27:
Business and Art
January 2018
20:
Sunday Briefing: Jan 21
January 2018
17:
An Interview with James Altucher
January 2018
11:
Visionary Quotes
January 2018
09:
Terry Crews on Tim Ferriss
January 2018
09:
Attention
January 2018
02:
The Seasons
December 2017
31:
2018
December 2017
26:
Life on Schedule
December 2017
25:
Holiday Unwind
December 2017
23:
I Bought Clothing Over Facetime
December 2017
20:
Bitcoin Goes Mainstream
December 2017
20:
Ideas for Coffee Shops
December 2017
09:
Leveling Up
December 2017
07:
Hipsterify: Williamsport
December 2017
05:
Artists Today
December 2017
04:
Solving Other People's Problems
December 2017
03:
Consumers Today
November 2017
16:
Self Perception
September 2017
21:
5 Rules for Creative Life
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