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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.

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Lastest Newsletters

  • Friday Five – Push through, Bend not break, Find strength in the storm

    Friday Five – Push through, Bend not break, Find strength in the storm

    No. 294 | August 15, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Rebirth Brass Band, a New Orleans institution, has been bringing the city’s streets and stages to life for decades. Founded…


  • Friday Five – Face fear, Walk the path, Let go of worry

    Friday Five – Face fear, Walk the path, Let go of worry

    No. 293 | August 8, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Aaron Velasquez – better known as Flamingosis – is a music producer, DJ, and beatboxer from New Jersey. Velasquez blends funk, soul,…


  • Friday Five – Control your mind, Let the day go, Unplug to reset

    Friday Five – Control your mind, Let the day go, Unplug to reset

    No. 292 | August 1, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week The Herringbone Orchestra is the brainchild of composer Courtney Lain–a New Orleans-based group that sounds like something out of a…


  •  Friday Five – Think smaller, Fail smarter, Protect your best hours

     Friday Five – Think smaller, Fail smarter, Protect your best hours

    No. 291 | July 25, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. 🎶 Music of the Week Erroll Garner was a legendary jazz pianist and composer whose career spanned from the mid-1940s through the 1970s. Born…


  • Friday Five – Control what you can, Let go of outcomes, Stay gentle and steady

    Friday Five – Control what you can, Let go of outcomes, Stay gentle and steady

    No. 290 | July 18, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Limp Bizkit is a metal band out of Jacksonville, Florida, known for its aggressive sound and over-the-top visual style —…



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