Hold LightlyOur most recent pod featured investigative journalist Scott Carney speaking about The Power of Lightly Held Beliefs. The premise is that holding onto an idea lightly and being open to change is a potent force.This got me thinking about an...

My least favorite habitOne habit I’ve found incredibly hard to break is sleep procrastination (going to bed later than intended without a legitimate reason for the delay). I’ve done this since I was a teenager and it’s gotten more pronounced in the p...

I was recently coaching a college student, let’s call him Cody, who lamented that he was feeling lonely and isolated.Me: “What does that look like?”Cody: “I’m a science major. None of my friends are science majors. When I go to the library, I see all...

The Stimulus podcast just had its 100th episodeAnd I can't believe I have yet to do a listener survey.Knowing who you are and how you interact with the pod will help me make it even better. Please take a few minutes and let me know what's what.Thanks...

I used to dread looking at my email inbox.After all, it's someone else’s to-do list for me! The problem wasn’t that I had thousands of emails to look at (email bankruptcy easily takes care of that as discussed at the very end of this episode). The pr...

What you're about to unwrap in this month's newsletterBeautiful scriptingThe Shift KickAssery Workshop3 wickedly cool things you might enjoyA Level Up on the Spock RetreatOur most recent episode on The Spock Retreat explored how to tell patients "no"...