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Friday Five – Think for yourself, Consistency of the work, Stick it out

Music of the Week The Lumineers, hailing from Denver Colorado, are an American folk bank. Founding band members include Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and...

Friday Five – What we believe we are, Work hard at work worth doing

Music of the Week Florence and the Machine is an indie Rock band hailing from London led by vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist...

Friday Five – Guard your time, Doing the right thing, A calm mind

Music of the Week William Harrison Withers Jr. aka Bill Withers was an American singer and songwriter from West Virginia. Withers was active in the...

Friday Five – Make something that people will care about in a hundred years, Don’t wait to be successful, Be content to appear clueless

Music of the Week St. Paul and The Broken Bones is an eight-piece based hailing from Alabama composed of “Paul Janeway (vocals), Browan Lollar (guitar),...

Friday Five – The work you choose, Put each day up for review, What is in our control, Apply the best of what you see

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....

Friday Five – Turn problems around into reverse, What is in your control, Saying no, Guard your time

Music of the Week Christopher Stapleton is a country singer-songwriter and guitarist from Kentucky. He dropped out of Vanderbilt to pursue a music career and has...

Friday Five – Spend a lot of time thinking, Some things are in our control, Repeat what works

Music of the Week Mtbrd is a “music producer based in Manchester, UK” dishing out instrumental beats that remind me of Bonus Points and Flamgingosis....

Friday Five – Being able to set an example, A life of inaction, Focus on making clear what parts of our day are within our control

Music of the Week Big Gigantic is an “instrumental electronic hip hop and jazz musical duo” out of Colorado. Dominic Lalli is the saxophone/producer while...

Friday Five – What success is, The mind must be given relaxation, Life is short, Do not forget about the important things

Music of the Week Parcels is an Australian five-piece electropop band consisting of “keyboardist Louie Swain, keyboardist/guitarist Patrick Hetherington, bassist Noah Hill, drummer Anatole “Toto”...

Friday Five – Expect most people to say no, Focus more on the next small step, Spend each day as if it were your last, Look for the best practices

Music of the Week Denis Jašarević, also known as Gramatik, is a Slovenian electronic music producer fusing chill-out, hip-hop, electronica, and trip-hop. Gramatik is an artist...

Friday Five – Start being consistent, Associate yourself with people who are better than you, Keeping your head in a good place, You don’t have to be perfect

Music of the Week Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9), an instrumental band fusing rock, electronic, funk, jazz, and hip hop, is a group I listen...

Friday Five – There are no shortcuts, Work ethic eliminates fear, Work hard in silence, Repeat what works

Music of the Week Troy Andrews, known by his stage name Trombone Shorty, is a musician and trombone player out of New Orleans fusing rock,...

Friday Five – Never get involved in arguments, Build a great business, Sit down on your ass and read, Success depends upon preparation

Music of the Week Dave Matthews Band is an American rock band formed in the early 90s in Charlottesville, Virginia. The band originally consisted of...

Friday Five – Always discover new things, Change the ending, Folly and Wickedness shorten life, Mastery is the best goal

Music of the Week Meute is an eleven-piece marching band from Germany blending techno, house, and deep house music by DJs overlaying electronic beats from...

Friday Five – Compete for yourself, Strive to do your best, Live well, Work, Finish, Publish

Music of the Week Jungle is a British band comprised of producers Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland. JUNGLE – Volcano World Tour Live in Lisbon...

Friday Five – Attention isn’t free, Figure out what game you’re playing, Get better at what you’re doing, Know what to ignore

Music of the Week Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist who fused New...

Friday Five – Happiness is hard work, Always room for improvement, Do the work, Less is more

Quotes of the Week Happiness is hard work. You have a considerable amount of agency when it comes to finding general happiness. But it’s very...

Friday Five – Predict the future, Experience deeper fulfillment, Impediment to action, Joy of the process

Quotes of the Week The best way to predict the future is to invent it. – Alan Kay What we truly need is a life...

Friday Five – Everything has a beginning and an end, Taking things away, Shortness of life

Quotes of the Week A parent should do anything, but not everything. – Plutarch In this life, everything has a beginning and an end. – Rafael...

Friday Five – Persist and resist, Pause and reflect, Art of living is resilience, Prepare for the storm

Quotes of the Week If anyone would take two words to heart and take pains to govern and watch over themselves by them, they will...

Friday Five – Choosing to let things bother you, Mastery is the ultimate status, Finding how far one can go

Quotes of the Week The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself...

Friday Five – Change your mind, The art of living, Encouraging children, The Gift of Failure

Quotes of the Week When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? — John Maynard Keynes The art of living...

Friday Five – Wishing your child optimism, The pursuit of alpha, Do the work

Quote of the Week If you are allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism. — Daniel Kahneman There is...

Friday Five – Only thing we have to fear is fear itself, “Chance of rain? Never!”

Quote of the Week Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified...

Friday Five – Quality is much better than quantity, Founder mode, Living a fulfilling life

Quote of the Week Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. – Steve Jobs Music of the...

Friday Five – The Most Important Question of Your Life, Seek progress and not perfection

Quote of the Week “We seek progress, not perfection.” –– Richard and Christopher Chandler Music of the Week Big Desk Energy was shared by The Morning...

Friday Five – Whatever my gut tells me that’s what I do, Wind and solar overtaking coal

Quote of the Week Michael Jordan: What do you think about when you make decisions? What’s your thought process? Warren Buffett: Not much. Whatever my...

Friday Five – You are the sum total of all the work you have put in, No one will remember you in 100 years, Get good at something

Quote of the Week You are the sum total of all the work you have put in, nothing more and nothing else. If you are...

Friday Five – Manufacturing trombone oil, Blank sheet method, Innovate or die

Quote of the Week Avoid getting into the business of manufacturing trombone oil. You may become the greatest trombone oil manufacturer in the world, but...

Friday Five – Spend your life in your own way, The coming great conflict

Quote of the Week There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way. — Christopher Morley Video of the...