Music of the Week
Mike Guggenbuehl, known as Guggenz (pronounced: Goo-genz), is an artist out of Minneapolis blending soul, funk, and jazz with his beats. I find that Guggenz has a similar style to one of my favorite artists Bonus Points. Both of these artist’s music lends itself well when I need to concentrate or otherwise chill out. Guggenz creates smooth tracks that play well any time of the day.
Quotes of the Week
The work you choose needs to have three qualities: it has to be something you have a natural aptitude for, that you have a deep interest in, and that offers scope to do great work. – Paul Graham
I have two religions: customer satisfaction and operating income. Everything else is a tactic. – Reed Hastings
I will keep constant watch over myself and—most usefully—will put each day up for review. – Seneca
People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will completely change everything. There is no single magic bullet. Progress is about bridging the gap between what we observe and what we can imagine — one careful step at a time. – Temple Grandin
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. – Marcus Aurelius
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. – Voltaire
Focus on what is in our control as opposed to what is not. – Ryan Holiday
If you learn basically from other people, you don’t have to get too many new ideas on your own. You can just apply the best of what you see. – Warren Buffett
Articles of the Week
“There remains a big pool of investors for clean energy assets, but with no development appetite, and are taking assets once completely de-risked. There also remains a big pool of developers, who have capital demands faced with soaring costs.” M&A: The fight for capital continues in 2025 as rising project lifecycle costs continue to pressure the developer model
“Natural gas surpassed coal as the country’s top source of power in 2016, and renewables like wind and solar have grown quickly to become major players in the U.S. power system.” How Does Your State Make Electricity?
Book of the Week
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever by Jack McCallum tells the story of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. McCallum, then working for Sports Illustrated, had a front-row seat to this unique time in Olympic basketball history. He covered the team’s inception through its gold medal win in Barcelona. The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the team’s selection process led by Michael Jordan, the late-night card games, and the relationship between Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. One of my favorite parts of the book was the legendary intrasquad scrimmage where Jordan and Magic went at it. Spoiler alert, Jordan got the best of Magic. The 1992 Dream Team changed Olympic basketball forever, in the most positive way. Michael Jordan: The Life, Driven from Within, Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made, and Drive: The Story of My Life are additional Jordan and Bird books worth checking out.
Podcasts of the Week
Founders lets you learn from history’s greatest entrepreneurs. A biography of an entrepreneur is read every week distilling the most important lessons from the world’s best entrepreneurs. Recent episodes I enjoyed include Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, & the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Walt Disney, The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Edison Invented The Modern World, and Steve Jobs.
Bonus: Videos of the Week
