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 – 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…
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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 not looked back since. His music blends the genres of country, soul country, rock, and bluegrass. Maybe more important is how prolific a songwriter Stapleton is. My favorite songs include…
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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. I love to put on Mtbrd in the background if I need to read a contract, dive deep on an esoteric topic, or otherwise need a reset. Some of my…