LIFO Leadership: The Bottleneck of ExcitabilityIn accounting, LIFO stands for Last In, First Out. The last item added is the first one acted on.In leadership—especially entrepreneurial leadership—it shows up like this:A founder has an idea in the sho...

“You Do It Once? F%*k No — You Do It Eighteen Times”Trenton, 2022There’s this Robin Williams bit where he’s talking about golf — how the Scottish invented it as this torturous game. He pantomimes swinging a club and yelling profanities, and then says...

Hey everyone,This week, I want to talk about something that’s been a cornerstone of the Less Doing philosophy: asynchronous communication—and I’ve got a big announcement too.The Asynchronous Advantage: Redefining How We Work and LiveWe live in a worl...

After the hospital pronounced the jumper, we got cleaned up — wiped down the blood, restocked, shook the snow out of our jackets — and went back in service.It didn’t take long.Within minutes, dispatch sent us another call. “Sick person.” Woman in her...

It was Christmas Eve, and the call came in as “unresponsive adult female.” Mid-30s. No further information.I arrived first. The house was large, quiet, and meticulously decorated. A couple met me at the door — polite, composed, maybe in their sixties...

It came in as a lift assist.That’s one of those calls we almost don’t talk about. A person has fallen — usually older, usually unharmed — and needs help getting up. It’s the EMS equivalent of a courtesy call. No sirens. No adrenaline. No chart, if yo...

The call came in just after midnight: young adult, allergic reaction, epinephrine administered. Stable, but requesting transport.We pulled up to a health clinic just off campus. That kind of setting always lands somewhere between clinical and collegi...

The dispatch information was simple: 4-year-old child with a head injury on the side of the highway. There was no report of an accident, no explanation offered as to what took place, just “head injury on the side of a highway."There’s a specific kind...

A client recently sent me a clip of Tim Ferriss interviewing Chris Sacca, where Sacca basically said, “We're screwed.” AI is coming for jobs like lawyers and accountants—and it’s not just theory anymore. He’s already replaced some of the legal work i...

December 16, 2020The storm had already started when FDNY activated Central Park Medical Unit under Mutual Aid. That night, I was riding with Megan, a seasoned EMT, and Dylan, who was just seventeen and already sharper than most adults I knew. We were...

Compartmentalization gets a bad rap.People hear the word and picture emotional repression — trauma boxed up, feelings duct-taped shut, a backlog of unprocessed pain that will eventually explode. But for me, it’s the opposite. It’s not suppression. It...

This week, I’m stepping away from automations and frameworks for a moment to talk about something more personal.I’ve been an EMT for 15 years. That work leaves a mark—sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in quiet ones. Recently, I started using ChatG...

This week, I want to share three tools I’ve been experimenting with that are seriously pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for entrepreneurs—and maybe redefining some Less Doing principles along the way.💸 1. Sequence: Automated Profit First Ro...

Imagine a world where every meeting you attend sparks inspiration, drives decisions, and propels your team forward — a world where your calendar isn’t a battleground of back-to-back time sinks that could’ve been emails. This isn’t a pipe dream; it’s...

IntroductionIn exploring the secrets behind business longevity and productivity, the stories of the world’s oldest companies provide a profound perspective. These businesses, having withstood the tests of centuries, offer invaluable lessons in enduri...