Daily Reads

Experiment day 132: A conversation on turning big picture “delusions” into actionable vision by running the mission. And discussing what you measure—aligning output and outcome metrics with your mission. Daily Reads Great article on leadership development in context of vision. The difference between a daydream delusion and a big picture vision is being able to reverse engineer it into an actionabl...

Experiment day 131: A conversation on strategic frameworks and systems using the Book-Reader Buying Cycle as the example. Plus the benefits of “weighing” your system (and yourself, literally) everyday. Enjoy! Daily Reads If looking to publish a book, you need to read this article. And if you’re only looking to read books, you need to read this article... A lot of transferrable principles to system...

Experiment day 130: A conversation on costs, benefits, and what to do when bettering yourself threatens the identity of others. Enjoy! Daily Reads Great example of focusing on the benefits when the cost of development feels high. And the 3 questions at the end parallel how we (or others) may question our own growth or what we’re building. “Why SpaceX Will Be the First $10 Trillion Company” People...

Experiment day 129: Our attitude influences our actions influences our outcomes. A conversation on parenting, communicating with people, and moving past silos to grow holistically. Enjoy! Daily Reads I see this first hand as a father. As parents, our tone, body language, and decisions set the atmosphere in our home—and our kids will mirror the atmosphere. This is a lesson in influencing yourself f...

Experiment day 128: A conversation on purpose, rumination (depression) and adopting the actions you need to succeed. Plus, I read my newest poem. Enjoy! Daily Reads If you want to make no time for depression (or anything), you’ve got to make time for life. Make the most of every opportunity. “Make no time for depression.” “Every deal runs through three gates: access, approval, and adoption.” True...

Experiment day 127: Doc Hypnosis returns 104 episodes after his first appearance on day 23 to discuss his new book, Great Scott! A great conversation on influence, thinking, and the writing process for the book. Enjoy! Daily Read Check out Doc's book, Great Scott! It's a goldmine of how to think, how to communicate, and even how to better your life. Get full access to Creativity & Culture at www.c...

Day 126: A conversation on fear, identity, and doing the hard thing to win. Sometimes, what looks like running from one thing may be our attempt to hide from something else. And focusing on doing the thing (system) is what unlocks you to achieve the goal (vision). Enjoy! Daily Reads I relate to this post, a lot. There’s comfort in deluding yourself into “not caring about winning.” This can even be...

Experiment day 125: Discussing how to meet the felt needs of decision makers that differ from the people you’re persuading. (Sometimes they just need to feel confidence.) And a conversation on confidence, fueled by competence. fueling further competence. Enjoy! Daily Reads Excellent article on persuading decision makers not in the room. If you communicate vision for a product, service, or mission...

Live stream experiment, day 124. A conversation on stewardship. Stewarding talents, succession, and legacy. Developing others and using the talent stack you’ve developed are the unlocks. Enjoy! Daily Reads Everything we build has an inevitable outcome, and we get a hand in choosing that outcome. This includes your family. How you raise your kids is your family’s succession plan. We get one shot at...

Live stream experiment day 123: A conversation on personal innovation through open-source living. Applies to businesses too (even if the “open source” is internal between teams and individuals). And hybrid AI-human writing—with the human half making the difference. Daily Reads A rephrase on the closing paragraph: “The age of Today can be one of prosperity. With the right choices, you can expand op...

Memories and how accurate they are when you talk about them (which we do). Discussing the possibility of inheriting memories... I wanted to get more into what that could mean for us, but I forgot. And a life lesson on waiting too long to start. Enjoy! Daily Reads Great writing advice—and living advice from Stephanie of King Ari Press. “memory versus facts” I believe there’s a lot we do not underst...

Live stream experiment day 121, done! A conversation on the hard, holistic work it takes to get promotions—and questions to filter if you even want a promotion (or want to change where you work). Hint: most of it is people skills. And tips to improve your written communication. Daily Reads Hard work on the job-to-be-done is half the battle. The other half is people skills. A lot of practical advic...

120 days of the live streaming experiment, complete! A conversation on moving through grief to get to healing, with practical steps to take (or to help others).And reading one of the craziest-incredible life stories of hardship and success I've ever come across. Daily Reads A lot of practical steps here. Simple and easy. And you can use them to help others going through grief too. “Moving Through...

Experiment day 119: Discussing traits of top performing businesses and leaders—and applying them to your own personal innovation. And reviewing an article on generational wealth philosophies—with some insight on how to protect the legacy of what you’re building. Daily Reads Interesting thread. The principles from each one of these points can be applied to your own personal development. “My 19 trai...

Daily Reads—a live stream experiment for personal innovation, day 118: Momentum Monday! Discussing recognizing talent to invest in, talent outliers, and talent in isolation being overrated. Daily Reads Outliers may have quirks, but being an outlier is never an excuse. Likewise, recognizing the right traits in outliers gives you the keys to invest in them—monetarily or in leadership development. An...

Experiment day 117 to finish the week! Discussing discoveries: microphysics people thought were delusions, AI deciphering history, and civilizations that disappeared. Plus, a conversation on fantasy, the suspension of disbelief, and math to back it up. Daily Reads Hard to believe a physics phenomena went from conspiracy theory to reality within my lifetime. 1989! It’s fascinating how little we kno...

Experiment day 116, done! A conversation on how our decisions “decide” our thoughts that determine our personal identity, innovation, and integrity. We purchase our future thoughts with the wrappings we choose for the present. (I accidentally muted myself a little over halfway through, by touching the mute part of my mic. Live and learn!) Daily Reads Reframing yourself—innovating yourself—happens...

115 days of the experiment complete! A conversation on how becoming a father (or mother) changes you—erasing who you were as you die to your self, and redeeming your childhood as you now live for someone else. And how building community builds you as a person. Daily Reads When my oldest was born (a daughter), I had a lot of people tell me it changed me—basically overnight. And all for the better....

Experiment day 114 in the books! A conversation on taking a vacation for growth—and discussing the experience to efficiency ration. And how AI customers become the product by training AI with their own ideas... Daily Reads A lot of great takeaways and questions, applicable to your personal life as much as business. “4 Things Italy Taught Me About My Faith” Worth considering before asking AI to hel...

Experiment Day 113: A conversation on talent, skill, and grit. Consistency is lowercase king—because consistent grit that does not quit... wins in the end. And take your creatine, it’s good for you and your brain health. (Might even fight cancer and depression.) Daily Reads Makes sense with how creatine provides fuel to cells. “Creatine doesn’t just build muscle. It may also help fight cancer” Is...

Experiment day 112 finished for a fun Friday! Conversations to make you think on how “fun” can be developmental—but also addicting, how perceptions ignore mounting evidence, and how tech keeping brains alive mirrors That Hideous Strength (lots of questions there). Daily Reads This is a no brainer for anyone who has played games. I believe parenting goes a long way into determining if gaming become...

Experiment Day 111: Using DOGE and Age of Empires as examples... A conversation on leading through change with little systems that make work easier, and communicating change to establish the mindset you want. This is for leading yourself just as much as a team. (Mild language warning in the reads today, not the stream.) Daily Reads What started with little tools to make things easier turned into e...

Experiment Day 110: Daily reads for personal innovation. A conversation on systematizing in context of what you love, not what you need to do (but still doing what you need to do), the deeper meaning in a system, how explaining “why” is a gift, and taking risks. Daily Reads This is an example of systematizing something you’ve got to do by turning it into something you get to do. Love the context o...

Experiment Day 109: “Daily reads for personal innovation. Your second cup of coffee.” (Playing with the tag line.) Discussing thinking while sleeping... And a conversation on wanting for beauty in a world at war. Articles Discussed At first glance, of course we day dream when we’re awake. But thinking when we’re asleep? I’m intrigued. (Also, the parts on brain waves makes me think of hypnosis... A...

Experiment Day 108 on a momentum Monday: Discussing our forgotten 6th sense—magnetoreception. A conversation on the benefits of being uncomfortable—the outcomes on the other side. And reading a new poem I wrote Friday—in honor of our nation’s 250th anniversary. Articles Discussed Makes me think we have this ability because we were created for an environment with magnetism. And, I wonder if we’ve f...