Back in March 2021, I decided I was ready to up my game. My mental health was much better from where I was in January, and my burpee count was increasing steadily. Still, I felt I needed more guidance with my nutrition. I needed to find a coach. Enter Wes…

At 8:45 am, I needed to get ready for my 9 am Burpee Workout and found myself on TikTok scrolling through my favorite creators. As if TikTok was reading my mind, this video by Josh Terry came up. He recommends a slow switch between an active rest (like scrolling social…

First, define your workspace and home space. This is easy when you have an office with a door, but if you do not, mark the area physically, using whatever means you have available. …

The students stared across the flour coated table, mounds of shaggy dough waiting. He started to knead the dough, his eyes never leaving hers and his hands confidently pushed and rolled. She stared at him and used her long fingers (she had been an amateur pianist) to shape the dough, the flat of her palm pushing down. They glared, sweat, shaped. Him confidently pushing, she constantly molding, the gluten agitated into life, began fighting back.

My brother has a horrible habit. He will find something new and wonderful; a playlist, a variety of beer, or an article of clothing, and then take a grainy picture of himself or a screenshot and post it. Then he will wait to see if someone asks what it is. That’s not sharing; that’s just bragging. And it’s not cute. If you have learned something powerful or found something you love so much you want to share it, then ACTUALLY SHARE IT.

Take a stupid breath for your stupid mental health. Drink some stupid water for your stupid mental health. Eat a stupid healthy snack for your stupid mental health. Get some stupid sleep for your stupid mental health. If it’s stupid and it works… maybe it’s not that stupid.

When I was 13, I had to write 150 thank you notes. It took me about two days, and as arduous a task it was, it taught me a valuable lesson: how to write a short, meaningful note efficiently. …

A meeting should be an email when: There is no discussion. Something is changing, and you need everyone to know? Send an email with a read receipt. No collaboration is needed. If something requires input from your employees but not collaboration, send an email with a read receipt and an effortless way for them to reply, usually through pushing a button. You are not raising morale. A team member’s time is valuable. The more opportunity you give your employees to work in flow, the better off you are. Unless a topic demands analyzing, brainstorming, collaboration, discussion, or getting everyone together out of appreciation, let your people do their jobs.

It seems like every article about focus and productivity involves lists of some kind: a list of life goals a list of daily choices a list of your ultimate morning routine I love lists. I have at least four of them posted next to my computer monitor: my Project List…