Newsletter
Every Friday, I send a short email called the Friday Five—a quick hit of ideas worth your time. Each issue includes a curated mix of insights from books, business, habits, music, and more.
You’ll get:
- 🎵 One song I’ve been spinning
- 💬 One quote or idea that stuck with me
- 📰 One article I’m thinking about
- 📚 One book I read or revisited
- 🎧 One podcast from the week
It’s simple, free, and always timeless.
Lastest Newsletters
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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 Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion, piano). I have seen The Lumineers live and it is a treat. “Ho Hey”, “Stubborn Love”, “Ophelia”, “Angela” and “Cleopatra” are a few of my favorite…
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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 Rob Ackroyd, drummer Christopher Lloyd Hayden, and harpist Tom Monger. The bend blends the music genres of rock, pop, soul, and folk into a glorious combination. Some of my favorite…
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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 late 1960s through the early 2000s with a hiatus in the 1990s. A few of my favorite songs are Ain’t No Sunshine, Grandma’s Hands, Use Me, Lean on Me, Lovely…
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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), Jesse Phillips (bass), Kevin Leon (drums), Al Gamble (keys), Allen Branstetter (trumpet), Amari Ansari (saxophone), and Chad Fisher (trombone).” Blending the southern and soul genres is what you find with…
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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. 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…