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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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Friday Five – Do what’s right, Speak what’s true, Lead with integrity

No. 303 | October 17, 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 Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor, regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. Born in New Jersey,

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Friday Five – Accept fate, Practice love, Expect nothing

No. 302 | October 10, 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 Chloé Herry, professionally known as CloZee, is a French musician, DJ, producer, and label manager. She developed an early love for guitar, later forming

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Friday Five – Power in quiet, Strength in restraint, Excellence in silence

No. 301 | October 3, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick hit of insights, inspiration, and favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) keeps a full-scale orchestra alive for the people of the Gulf South. Formed in 1991, the LPO runs

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Friday Five – Fear in thought, Power in choice, Calm within

No. 300 | September 26, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Denis Jašarević—better known as Gramatik—is a Slovenian electronic music producer. His love of music began early—first with funk, jazz, soul, and blues—before shifting to

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