All the Hats We Wear

1. How Covid Spurred Innovation ** 2. Jimmy Tingle, comic * 3. Amish Folks Reviving Vermont Farmland * 4. Civics Program for people who are incarcerated * 5. Brainstorm your daily habits * Boston Globe, ** Wall Street Journal, *** New York Times (12/26) Visit www.allthehatswewear.com

1. West Point ** 2. White Noise *** 3. What we can learn from cats *** 4. What we've learned from 2020 * 5. Roger Berlind, Broadway producer * 6. Brainstorm a nickname for each of your roles * Boston Globe, ** Wall Street Journal, *** New York Times (12/25) Visit www.allthehatswewear.com

1. Julia Child 2. A poet's work according to Salmon Rushdie *** 3. President Xi of China ** 4. Nursing home trend ** 5. Amazon acts like a start-up ** 6. CIOs are focusing on mental health ** 7. Spiral Thinking, Layering, and Hovering * Boston Globe, ** Wall Street Journal, *** New York Times (12/22 & 12/23) Visit www.allthehatswewear.com

Amira Alvarez is the founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping entrepreneurs, empire builders, athletes, creatives, and rising stars in all fields achieve their dreams and goals in record time.   As someone who has made a quantum leap (going from barely making 6-figures to making $700k in one year, then onto 7-figures) and has lived to tell about it, she know...

1. Have you ever allowed one of your passions to get beaten out of you? 2. Winter placemaking 3. A book on every bed, book recommendations 4. Wendy Eisenberg, musician (Boston Globe)  5. Military vs. civilian medical care 6. Diversity training (Wall Street Journal) 7. Mackenzie Scott, philanthropist 8. Tiger Woods and son 9. Performance evals in the work-from-home era 10. You brain's main job...

Notes: Boston Globe   1. Henry Haller, obit, executive chef for the White House 2. Tommy Heinsohn and Mike Gorman 3. Scott Watkins, obit 4. Karen Killilea, obit, advocate for rights for people with disabilities New York Times  5. Therapy during the pandemic 6. Chartreuse made at a monastery in France 7. Twas' the Night Before Christmas for pets 8. Outnumbered 9. Color words 10. Daily Pla...

Notes: (* = Boston Globe, ** = Wall Street Journal, *** = New York Times) 
1. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Inspiration *** 
2. Gideon Gartner, obit, research guru ** 3. Book: Intimations - Zadie Smith ** 4. Fish Camouflage ** 5. Book: Mozart: The reign of love - Jan Swafford ** 6. Martinis and Civilation ** 7. The Darker Side of Christmas ** 8. Jacqueliine Novogratz, Founder & CEO, Acumen **...

Notes: 1. Ten Times More Organized Course 2. New occupation: Mediatrician 3. Walmart’s TikTok Deal 4. Creepy Stories for Christmas 5. Jerrold  6. Nikki Giovanni, poet 7. Color Words 8. Create a Role List Visit www.allthehatswewear.com

Notes: Boston Globe: 1. Maybe we need sages and monks to make our tough decisions 2. Rev. Liz Walker persuades Black people to take the vaccine 3. John Le Carre, obit, author of spy books Wall Street Journal 4. Painful changes we had to make at work during 2020 5. Book: Gray Matter: 71/2 lessons about the brain - Lisa Feldman Barrett 6. Dr. Jill Biden 7. C-Suite Strategies section 8. CEO Spotlight...

Notes: Boston Globe 1. Book: Red comet: The short life and blazing art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark Knopf 2. Little girl loves new vocabulary 3. New way to play chess 4. Intriguing opening lines New York Times 5. Recipes: * Rice cake soup with bok choy & edamame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7f26d-AIrM * Pasta with bacon, cheese, lemon, & pine nuts * White borscht 6. Convey differen...

Notes: Boston Globe 1. Neil Krieger, obit, neuroscientist, bioluminescence 2. Godfather 2 3. Stella Sullivan, obit, 96, “that dirty bird virus” 4. Dad pays for son’s first legal beer 5. Joan Baez, painter 6. Massachusetts Conference for Woman Visit www.allthehatswewear.com Wall Street Journal 7. New rule in England: can only serve alcohol with a “substantial meal” 8. Tony Hsieh’s unwieldy estate 9...

Notes: 1. TV recs: Pennyworth & The Wilds (NYT) 2. Documentary: Gunda (follows a family of pigs) (NYT) 3. Deb Price, obit, ground-breaking gay columnist (NYT) 4. Building homes on the moon (WSJ) 5. Amphibious homes (WSJ) 6. High-tech fresh air (WSJ) 7. Digital nomad, Alan Frei (WSJ) 8. Book: Brazil that never was - A.J. Lees (WSJ) 9. Fire-inspired artwork, Dave Cole (B. GLOBE) 10. Smoky cockta...

Notes: 1. Los Angelis Rams coach, Sean McVay inspired by Patriots coach, Bill Belichick: “Consistency is the truest measure of performance.” 2. Shakespeare quote: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” - from Hamlet 3. Book: Breaking bread with the dead - Alan Jacobs 4. Pantone colors for 2021 5. Book: How science taught Leonardo Davinci to paint - Francesca Fiorani Vis...

Notes: 1. Swiss cheese defense for the pandemic: multiple layers of defense are very effective (NYT) 2. Honeypot: catching hackers by luring them in, deceptive technology (WSJ) 3. Reignite the spark in your relationship during the pandemic (WSJ) 4. Help your teenagers focus (WSJ) 5.  Ferrari lover, Chanterria McGilbra, philanthropist/founder of Prancing Ponies Foundation (leadership for young...

Nicole Brown shares her inspirational story of overcoming many difficult obstacles. She is an Air Force veteran, life coach, speaker, Mom, kickboxer, and occasional stand-up comic! You'll get a lot of helpful tips on goalsetting and changing your mindset so you can achieve more!    Visit www.allthehatswewear.com

Reading the news doesn’t have to be negative! Check out our new podcast format. You’ll hear a bunch of inspirational stories from today’s news. Episode Outline: Bad Hair, movie Passions/hobbies/interests exercise Michael Powell, 60s movie director Molly Stern, editor of Michell Obama’s autobiography “Becoming” Marge Champion, dancer The Amazing Randi, magician Danny Elfman’s inspiration Olfactory...

Do you the experience beauty every day? We’ll delve into the secret to crafting a fulfilling life. We’ll cover such subjects as: project management, creativity, the benefits of gambling, increasing self-control, the connection between innovation and imitation, jazz legend Gary Peacock and his approach to peak performance, and we’ll hear about a a yacht worth $570 million dollars. Episode Notes

We’re thinking big in today’s episode! What’s your legacy? You’ll hear inspirational stories related to: the accomplishments of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a world-class puzzle-making company, a beautiful quote by actress Cynthia Nixon, poet Audre Lorde’s explanation of the roles she plays, Tootsie screenwriter on storytelling, and a quote by entrepreneur and actress Taraji P. Henson. These stori...

Yup - I said it! You can be inspired by stories in the news every day. Scott Snow, life coach and productivity expert, shares his unique and uplifting approach to consuming the news. You'll hear 30 stories from one weekend's worth of newspapers to be excited about. I discuss articles about productivity, work life balance, creativity, anarchy, art, luxury, recipes, Rihanna, obituaries, time managem...

Merritt Minnemeyer, founder of Master One Coaching, shares her wonderful insights about the many benefits of coaching. Also, she shares her inspirational story that led to her powerful approach to self-development and leadership development.

Amy Kraus, Founder of Kindness Start with Me, is a coach who empowers kids to love their authentic self. She shares awesome tips for self care, work life balance, time management, finding our authentic self, and much more.   Related link: Kindness Starts with Me

If you want to live your life purpose, you need to get control of your use of technology and social media. Many of us spend a great deal of time in front of screens. In this episode, social media addiction coach, Johan Versteegh, will share excellent strategies that will help you spend your time in the best way possible. Related link: www.socialmediabreakup.com

This episode explores how to build a tribe and serve them with constant value. Michael shares his effective approach to social media that creates outstanding engagement. Also, he describes life-changing experiences he’s had with mastermind groups. As a bonus, Michael was kind enough to give us some awesome business coaching at the end of the interview that you can apply today! Michael Fabber is th...

Trevor Lohrbeer is a serial entrepreneur with a mission to help others live a more fulfilling life by reaching their potential. He does this by creating software and mental models that help people reason about the world and solve existing problems in new ways. His current project is Day Optimizer, a web app that helps freelancers and solopreneurs convert their task list into a daily schedule to he...

Dr. Richard B. Greene: Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Ironman Triathlete Dr. Greene’s experience spans more than 30 years as a corporate sales executive across many different industries. He’s an author, a business coach, and entrepreneur, a 7-time Ironman triathlete, and an ultra-distance competitive ocean swimmer. His sales acceleration training system has been highlighted on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox...