Daily Reads

82 days down on a fun Friday! Discussing how communicating vision works best with high ground persuasion—and how high ground persuasion gives permission. Looking at a theorized Noah’s Ark discovery... And some questions around “Christian” (”clean”) art. Articles Discussed “Spencer Pratt & The Art of the High Ground” Spencer Pratt's high ground persuasion gives people permission to support him beca...

81 livestream days done! Discussing the difference between filters and worldviews. Plus, predicting success through talent, intelligence, and work ethic. Articles Discussed “Rethinking how our brains use categories to make sense of the world” Making predictions seems to be a basic function for experiencing the world. We do this by default. I would then assume we all have filters (perspectives) by...

80 days in the books! Discussing an incredible story of an adventure to see your family’s legacy in real life, and the value of play in childhood and as adults. Articles Discussed “It’s 82 years later and I’m standing on a rural country road in a tiny town in Italy, looking at the very farmhouse where the whole story began.” This is one of the more incredible family stories I’ve read, and the auth...

Day 79: Discussing regrets in timing and imaginary meaning... Plus, an example of cutting out fake problems and replacing them with real purpose. Articles Discussed “Selling a Business or Investment (Regrets)” Excellent perspective. The article uses business as the context (with a lot of wisdom). And it delivers gold on the topic of regrets. “Feeling empty after finishing a video game? Researchers...

Day 78 complete with Anthony Garone, discussing his new album, “OK, but why?” We talked about making art for art’s sake, inspiration, and how to recruit talent to work with through excellence and initiative. Check out the links below to find Anthony’s work. Enjoy! Articles [Album] Discussed Check out Anthony’s album, and the rest of his work. Excellence in all fields, from his business to his book...

Discussing the limited time we have, and recognizing self-talk that keeps you in a mental prison—so you can make the most of every opportunity. Articles Discussed “Cancer may take my life — but not my faith” Recommend you read this excellent article by Megan Basham. Wonderful perspective that doesn’t shy away from reality, while keeping the big picture in sight. It’s from someone who, based on the...

76 days complete! Discussing persuasion: How it’s expressed in poetry and personal innovation, the Poetry Filter, The 3 Musketeers of Persuasion (Jeff Callahan, The American Debunk , Doc Hypnosis ), and how persuasion talent stacking is Biblical. (Also, Rumble was slow loading this morning—which explains the drop in video quality. A shame too, because I was happy with my lighting this morning… At...

Day 75% to 100, done! Discussing the thinking of positive talking, network effects of relationships, and human nature in dreams. (Daily Reads will be on a 6-streaming-day hiatus starting tomorrow, returning next week.) Articles Discussed “The Power of Positive Talking” I misread the headline as “positive thinking.” But, thinking is talking to yourself, silently. Also, I love how the article starts...

Day 74 done! Momentum Monday. Taking a step back to look see what we can learn when we look past politics: Discussing how to revitalize organizations clogged by calcified bureaucracy... And the weapons grade persuasion of Spencer Pratt. Articles Discussed “SecWar Hegseth Channels Starry: Breaking Bureaucratic Calcification Like Starry Did” If you want to prioritize your vision and mission, you mus...

Day 73 complete! Discussed excuses, owning errors, media narratives when it comes to “religion” (and MRR), and how humility (plus gratitude) positions you for success. Links below. Have a great weekend! Articles Discussed "Shake Shack shares shook by sales shock, sliding 30%" I’m sure someone was very proud of this headline. I wonder how effective it is—seems like it could either draw or repel peo...

Day 72 in the books! Joined by Scott Grill to discuss his book, Travel by Star. Scott shared wisdom on having an dream birthed in you, his process for finding each piece of it, and seeing it through to completion. And reading his poem, “Unflagging.” Enjoy! Articles Discussed "Travel By Star - A Novel Announcement" Here’s a little more about Scott’s book, Travel by Star. You can find the amazon lin...

71 days down! Discussing self-awareness: good and bad. When it comes to yourself, you feel your focus—including people skills (EQ). And worked through more of the idea of IQ + EQ = PQ. (In this context, you can grow all 3.) Learning Skills + People Skills = Persuasion Skills Articles Discussed “Why mental health awareness can harm: Converging explanations for a societal problem” Reminds me of the...

Day 70, trying a new take for the experiment. A one-off, pre-recorded “special edition.” Been curious about Rumble’s premier feature and Substack’s schedule stream feature… Got to test them both today, with success. But I would much rather go live—back tomorrow! (Video starts about a minute and a half in…) Articles Discussed "Everybody Wants to Write a Novel. Nobody Wants to Read One." Great artic...

Day 69 done! Discussing Colonel John Boyd's PQ & his OODA Loop. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act, repeated on loop to create change with speed. IQ + EQ = PQ (Persuasion Quotient). PQ also matters for speed in influencing change. Both matter for personal innovation. Articles Discussed “They Passed Him Over for General Because He Cursed in Front of the Wrong People. Twenty-Nine Years After His Death, th...

68 days complete! Discussing dealing with misinterpretations, people missing the point, and micromanagers on power trips—all in context of doing the hard things to overcome them. And having fun along the way. Plus a fun fitness challenge? Links below. Have a great weekend! Articles Discussed "One time in the Army I requested to get a drivers badge." What's obvious to you might go straight over som...

Day 67 complete! Discussing intrinsic motivation and focusing on how, in context of mental models. And how to leverage the audience affect in your favor. Links below—you'll want to give the first one a read for sure. Articles Discussed “If you don’t know what you’re good at, read this” Stop what you're doing, and read this. It's rare to see anyone write on transferable-talent concepts I call intri...

Day 66 down, almost 2/3 of the way to 100. Discussing belief as a skill you can strengthen—putting faith in action. And, looking into the origins of consciousness in context of a universe fine-tuned for life. Articles Discussed "This excellent reframe goes deeper than “just” strengthening the certainty of your belief." "His ‘Machine’ Could Uncover the Origin of Human Consciousness—And if It Truly...

Day 65 complete! Discussing history and religious narratives... Through leadership successions, beliefs, childhood anxiety, and studies meant to intimidate Christians into not sharing the Gospel. Articles Discussed "This is what happens when you give those at the top absolute power, and power is associated with ideological purity tests." An ideological purity tests happens when ideology turns into...

Day 64 in the books! Discussing taking offense to go on offense, and strategic breaks for strategic breakthroughs. For an experiment update: Going to try out OBS this week to see if it improves the stream quality. We'll see what happens. Articles Discussed “The Blink” A great example of taking something personally in a healthy way that takes responsibility. "Why a 20-Minute Nap and a Trick From Sa...

Day 63 complete! Having fun on a Friday discussing playing, building, and play-building in context of sports, industrial inventions, and scientific breakthroughs. All while staying sober and whole—choosing to play while building. Articles Discussed “Sports Build More Winners Than Self-Help Books” Taking an intentional look at how something helped you grow and develop can bring out more growth in y...

Day 62 done! Discussing Education researchers researching themselves (and making themselves look good)... Continual learning for AI and you and I... And using long-term thinking to preserve intellectual depth—for yourself and at scale. Articles Discussed "Education research is weak and sloppy. Why?" Incentives and agendas. As an institution, Education researching Education is incentivized to make...

Day 61 in the books! A quick story on a cool marketing stunt turned crazy. Then, talking about trust and reputation. People will trust you one way or another. How they trust you—to do right or wrong—is up to you. From there, trust builds your reputation. Articles Discussed "Toronto police from three different divisions were called to do crowd control after mobs of people were trying to break throu...

Day 60—2 months worth of livestreaming days—done! Almost 3 calendar months. Discussing the difference between what AI can be and who you are. And poetry (or anything created) as the thing made, how it's made, and why it matters. Articles Discussed "What AI Can't Calculate About a Human Life" Great perspective that can help keep people's views of AI—and themselves—healthy. "Poetry, Poetics, Poesia"...

Discussing how worship music works in the physical—if God made people, music, and worship, then it makes sense there would be some science behind it all. Plus, reading through Palantir's "manifesto" and how their 22 points could apply to each of us. Articles Discussed "When a Song Does the Work of a Therapist" This article made me think of worship music. "Live music causes brain waves to synchroni...

Day 58, week 11, finished! Discussing 3rd order effects: Stars dimming, historical discovery, artificial cells giving commands, and EMF controlled DNA. It's a helpful (and fun) exercise to imagine what's possible—useful when making decisions. Articles Discussed "NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly" Fun framing for this article. I like the framing because activates the imagina...