I’m a believer in how small decisions lead to significant change. Every day we change a small degree one way or another in a myriad of ways: we get healthier because we didn’t eat the bun on the burger, we became more progressive (or conservative) due to the…
Growing up, I had family members that would watch game shows religiously with Jeopardy being the standard. The regularity was almost a ritual. Today, the on-demand, record-anything-to-watch-anytime experience is liberating no doubt. The flexibility to watch a show, any show, at the push of a button makes disciplined time management…
I recently listened to a great podcast with Matt Clifford [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-like-the-best/id1154105909?i=1000462456930] , Co-founder of Entrepreneur’s First [https://www.joinef.com/], describing the flow of ambitious people in particular cities. The home page of EF’s website declares an appealing statement: “it…
A profound exchange on a new, favorite podcast moved me to write this post. SongCraft [https://www.songcraftshow.com/] is a podcast around the stories of the greatest songs in modern day history. Their tagline: “You probably know their names, and you definitely know their songs. We bring you their…
Over the weekend I spent several hours pressure washing. The process is meditative. After the first few minutes I realized two aspects quickly: one, everyone becomes detailed oriented once a pressure washer gets put in their hands. Two, the process takes much longer than I remembered. So, I put in…
A few weeks ago the most upvoted app on Product Hunt was a simple website that curated the best Youtube channels to learn new skills [https://www.producthunt.com/posts/channels-stack] called Channels Stack. The website organizes hundreds of popular Youtube channels into defined categories that help you learn. Simple…
Last week I came across a podcast on Andreessen Horowitz’s blog titled “How We Podcast. [https://a16z.com/2019/11/26/a16z-podcast-how-what-why-500th-episode-behind-the-scenes/] ” General Partner, Connie Chan [http://www.conniechan.com/] enumerates several concepts, learnings, and lessons on the best ways to execute building a successful podcast. One concept still…
After receiving three inputs from the universe, I normally write it down somewhere, whether it be Homework for Life [https://www.jonbirdsong.com/2019/07/18/6-months-of-homework-for-life/], my personal journal, or here. Over the past few days the concept of “belief” has peaked up in a few instances that makes…