So, 40 might be too old to start a contact sport. Or not. I achieved a special victory at a recent taekwondo tournament. I took first place in traditional sparring. It included defeating an opponent who had beaten me in all four previous encount...

Like you, I've been playing around with Chat GPT a lot. It is amazing. And even though the amount of times I've heard people say it’s game-changing in the last two weeks is a little nauseating. It’s true. But there may be a better way to frame its aw...

This month’s newsletter was generated by ChatGPT: a product of OpenAI API with two human-generated questions. I am, in a word, freaking out. How would Ari Meisel teach me to become the most productive person alive?Ari Meisel is an entrepreneur a...

I booked a 16-person room here in Princeton for our upcoming workshop on January 27th. It sold out in two weeks. Enough folks clamored to get in, so I’ve secured a larger room at the Public Library.We’ll be meeting to discuss Legacy Building in your...

I think we can all agree that we’re living through extraordinary times. Some think it's extraordinarily bad, some are simply uncertain. Clearly, It's a new world of and for business. If you are not doing things differently, seeking out innovations a...

It’s doing less of the stuff you shouldn’t do, so you can do the stuff you want to do.I turned 40 recently. My birthday ritual is to look at my favorite quote and see where I’m at. Happy to report that “butcher a hog” and "die gallantly" are all I ha...

It’s an appalling breakdown in communication. So let's talk about communication. Again. If you are a leader and tell someone on your team to do something that doesn't get done, it's probably your fault and one of three scenarios.Okay. First...

My wife asked me to move a half-buried boulder about 12 feet in our backyard. My best guess is that it weighs 800 pounds. I'm accustomed to having a fair amount of strength at my disposal, but 800 pounds pushes that limit. It became the quintess...

Lab RantI was at Lowe's yesterday and stumbled upon this company called Sasquatch that makes men's soaps and shampoos. The label on one body wash said, "Smells like productivity."So, of course, I had to smell it. It was eucalyptus, peppermint, a...

Lab RantWhen I hear somebody say, "I don't have enough time," or "there's just not enough time," or "I wish I had more time." I automatically think, "First, you have way too much time. And second, you're using it very poorly." Still here? Awesom...