Growing up, I had family members that would watch game shows religiously with Jeopardy being the standard. The regularity was almost a ritual. Today, the on-demand, record-anything-to-watch-anytime experience is liberating no doubt. The flexibility to watch a show, any show, at the push of a button makes disciplined time management…
I recently listened to a great podcast with Matt Clifford [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-like-the-best/id1154105909?i=1000462456930] , Co-founder of Entrepreneur’s First [https://www.joinef.com/], describing the flow of ambitious people in particular cities. The home page of EF’s website declares an appealing statement: “it…
A profound exchange on a new, favorite podcast moved me to write this post. SongCraft [https://www.songcraftshow.com/] is a podcast around the stories of the greatest songs in modern day history. Their tagline: “You probably know their names, and you definitely know their songs. We bring you their…
Over the weekend I spent several hours pressure washing. The process is meditative. After the first few minutes I realized two aspects quickly: one, everyone becomes detailed oriented once a pressure washer gets put in their hands. Two, the process takes much longer than I remembered. So, I put in…
A few weeks ago the most upvoted app on Product Hunt was a simple website that curated the best Youtube channels to learn new skills [https://www.producthunt.com/posts/channels-stack] called Channels Stack. The website organizes hundreds of popular Youtube channels into defined categories that help you learn. Simple…
Last week I came across a podcast on Andreessen Horowitz’s blog titled “How We Podcast. [https://a16z.com/2019/11/26/a16z-podcast-how-what-why-500th-episode-behind-the-scenes/] ” General Partner, Connie Chan [http://www.conniechan.com/] enumerates several concepts, learnings, and lessons on the best ways to execute building a successful podcast. One concept still…
After receiving three inputs from the universe, I normally write it down somewhere, whether it be Homework for Life [https://www.jonbirdsong.com/2019/07/18/6-months-of-homework-for-life/], my personal journal, or here. Over the past few days the concept of “belief” has peaked up in a few instances that makes…
A recent pattern of how amazing people think and create revolves around building petri dishes for creativity. What does this esoteric comment mean? Rereading this digital landmark of writing on Yacht Rock [https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/confessions-cover-band-yacht-rock-revue/] , I discovered a good example of a petri dish for creativity. Back…