Espresso Shots 4-12-26 Corporate chaos, dopamine chasing, health rabbit holes, locker dives, a Civil War submarine mystery, and Mr. Brightside.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Corporate chaos, dopamine chasing, health rabbit holes, locker dives, a Civil War submarine mystery, and Mr. Brightside.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-4-12-26/

Espresso Shots 3-29-26 From inner life to stupid ideas, the magic of streaming radio, the case for slowness, and why automating broken things just breaks them faster.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: From inner life to stupid ideas, the magic of streaming radio, the case for slowness, and why automating broken things just breaks them faster.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-3-29-26/

Espresso Shots 3-22-26 Quiet things, optimized selves, AI psychosis, sync music, lightning strikes, beautiful questions, and why making has always been about mattering.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Quiet things, optimized selves, AI psychosis, sync music, lightning strikes, beautiful questions, and why making has always been about mattering.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-3-22-26/

Espresso Shots 3-15-26 Claude Code, phantom fluency, gut instinct, block universes, and the noble path of building things for each other.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Claude Code, phantom fluency, gut instinct, block universes, and the noble path of building things for each other.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-3-15-26/

Espresso Shots 3-8-26 Zen motorcycles and David Lynch's Star Wars to Earth's secret soundtrack, philosopher thinking, MacGyver creativity, and the river of endless scroll.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Zen motorcycles and David Lynch's Star Wars to Earth's secret soundtrack, philosopher thinking, MacGyver creativity, and the river of endless scroll.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-3-8-26/

Espresso Shots 3-01-26 zagging creators and omoiyari to curating people, Sunday self-meetings, NYT games dominance, and satellites enshittifying orbit.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: zagging creators and omoiyari to curating people, Sunday self-meetings, NYT games dominance, and satellites enshittifying orbit.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-3-01-26/

Espresso Shots 2-22-26 Writing sharpens thinking, incremental growth, intentional scarcity, omnipotence and cognitive debt, and how organizations get sick.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Writing sharpens thinking, incremental growth, intentional scarcity, omnipotence and cognitive debt, and how organizations get sick.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-2-22-26/

Espresso Shots 2-15-26 The creative power of walking, agency, brains vs computers, the small web, publishing imperfection, mixtapes, teleporting and why chewing sounds drive you crazy.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: The power of walking, agency, brains vs computers, the small web, publishing imperfection, mixtapes, teleporting and why chewing sounds drive you crazy. #storytelling #leadership #curiousity

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Espresso Shots 02-01-26 Bermuda Triangle mysteries, obscure sorrows, phantom obligation, game theory, internet radio, and why kindness matters now.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Bermuda Triangle mysteries, obscure sorrows, phantom obligation, game theory, internet radio, and why kindness matters now.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-02-01-26/

Espresso Shots 1-25-26 Velocity and attention becomes a war, habits hinge on the single stick, life insisting on 1x speed and thriving through experiments instead of failures.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Velocity and attention becomes a war, habits hinge on the single stick, life insisting on 1x speed and thriving through experiments instead of failures.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-1-25-26/

Espresso Shots 1-18-26 Defining the problem, curiosity tours, intellectual rigidity, choosing boredom over optimization and valuing time more than money.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Defining the problem, curiosity tours, intellectual rigidity, choosing boredom over optimization and valuing time more than money.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-1-18-26/

When It Falls Over Resilience isn't built by avoiding failure.

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Resilience isn't built by avoiding failure.. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/when-it-falls-over/

Espresso Shots 12-7-25 "I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee." — Terri Guillemets

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: "I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee." — Terri Guillemets. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-12-7-25/

Espresso Shots 12-14-25 "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." - T. S. Eliot

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." - T. S. Eliot. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-12-14-25/

Espresso Shots 12-21-25 'You did it! Congratulations. World's best cup of coffee. Great job, everybody. It's great to meet you. Hi.' - Will Ferrell as Buddy The Elf

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: 'You did it! Congratulations. World's best cup of coffee. Great job, everybody. It's great to meet you. Hi.' - Will Ferrell as Buddy The Elf. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-12-21-25/

Espresso Shots 12-28-25 'Coffee – it’s the lifeblood that fuels the dreams of champions!' – Mike Ditka

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: 'Coffee – it’s the lifeblood that fuels the dreams of champions!' – Mike Ditka. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-12-28-25/

What Deserves My Attention Now "So why would you want to go there? -Because I never have. That's why people go places, isn't it?" - Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) in The Truman Show

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: "So why would you want to go there? -Because I never have. That's why people go places, isn't it?" - Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) in The Truman Show. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/attention/

Espresso Shots 1-4-26 "Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?" — Steven Wright

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: "Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?" — Steven Wright. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-1-4-26/

Espresso Shots 1-4-26 "Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?" — Steven Wright

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: "Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?" — Steven Wright. #storytelling #leadership #til https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-1-4-26/

Espresso Shots 12-14-25 "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." - T. S. Eliot

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: A checklist for trusting what’s real online, reclaiming agency, podcasts and TV, Taylor Swift’s neuroscience advice, and a case for leaving room for crazy. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 12-7-25 "I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee." — Terri Guillemets

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Exploring polymathic craft, resonant AI stewardship, star-streaked skies, focus-saving rhythms, and the sparks that come from imperfect notes and curious loops. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 11-30-25 'Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised. It's got me through the worst of the last three years. I beat the Borg with it.' - Captain Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek Voyager: Hunters)

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Curiosity-driven rediscovery, playful renunciation, optionality wisdom, outsider-powered creativity, and spontaneous sparks from unexpected moments. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 11-23-25 'What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.' - Henry Rollins

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Rewired learning sparks, high-agency and purposeful friction, experience-seeking wander, 1978 spoilers and even even-number-loving math quirks. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 11-16-25 "Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of goat." – Johann Sebastian Bach

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots:
Curiosity-led making, internet-age beginnings, reinventing your rhythm, story-rich imperfection, and catalyst-shaped creativity swirl. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 11-09-25 'Mornings are for coffee and contemplation.' - Jim Hopper (David Harbour) in Stranger Things

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots:

AI radio hosts and hype cycles, walking epiphanies, the eternal debate to archive or delete, UFO sightings, and the serious business of fun. #storytelling #leadership #til

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Are We Having Fun Yet? "Well, I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun." -Chevy Chase as Clark W. Griswold in Vacation

Fun isn’t the opposite of serious — it’s how we survive it.
#leadership #storytelling #thinking #life2point0

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Espresso Shots 11-02-25 'I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.' — David Lynch

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: AI echo chambers, creative resistance, Newton’s hidden experiments, thriving through life’s waves, and music that stops you mid-sentence. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 10-26-25 "Coffee is the answer, but I don't know the question." - Unknown

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Orwellian clarity, enshittification, chatfishing chaos, the power of slowing down, analog rebellion, cloud meltdowns and GenX movies. #storytelling #leadership #til
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Espresso Shots 10-19-25 "But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all. New York has great water for coffee." - David Lynch

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Diogenes-style simplicity, creative risks, subtractive simplicity, joyful exploration, chaotic collaboration, and the messy beauty of loving what annoys you. #storytelling #leadership #til

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Espresso Shots 10-12-25 "If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all." ― David Letterman

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: AI art angst, Taylor Swift fonts, aging gracefully in tech, the myth of productivity, reverse bucket lists, and a Dudeist reminder to chill. #storytelling #leadership #til

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