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Friday Five — Turn Words Into Actions, Waste No Time, We Must Do

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 313 | December 26, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start the weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Paul Simon is an American singer and songwriter, best known both as a solo artist and as one-half of […]

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Friday Five — Stake Your Claim, Choose the Path, Do the Work

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 312 | December 19, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start the weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Igmar Thomas’ Revive Big Band was founded in 2010 by trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Igmar Thomas. The band has

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Friday Five — Keep the Rhythm, Consistency Beats Speed, Do Not Stop

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 311 | December 12, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week James Andrews is from New Orleans, the older brother of Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, and carries

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Friday Five — Be Stingy With Time, Guard What Matters, Choose With Intent

Read or subscribe to the Friday Five at michaelwmchugh.com No. 310 | December 5, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Sherry Finzer is a musician who leans into healing and calm as the core of

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Friday Five — Balance the Books, Clear the Mind, End the Day Clean

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 309 | November 28, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to help you start the weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week The Lost Bayou Ramblers, hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana, perform Cajun music throughout the world. Louis Michot (fiddle,

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Friday Five — Let go of control, Release expectations, Live with freedom

Read or subscribe to the Friday Five at michaelwmchugh.com No. 308 | November 21, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to help you start the weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Branford Marsalis is a saxophonist, composer, and head of the jazz band the

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Friday Five – Be tolerant with others, Hold yourself higher, Change yourself first

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 307 | November 14, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to help you start the weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Takuya Nakamura, originally from Japan, moved to the U.S. in the early 1990s to study under legendary

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Friday Five – Master your mind, Lead yourself, Create your impact

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 306 | November 7, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to help you start the weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Jean-Philip Grobler is a South African singer and musician who’s the frontman of the band St. Lucia.

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Friday Five – Accept change, Let go of control, Find peace in reality

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 305 | October 31, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week Metsa, also known as Metsa Nihue, is known worldwide for his work in Amazonian plant medicine. I first heard

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Friday Five – Build up others, Strengthen yourself, Lead with integrity

No. 304 | October 24, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week Carl Cox is a legendary DJ, producer, and motorcycle racing team owner based in Australia. Active since the 1980s, he’s won countless awards along

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