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 3-2-25 "Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole" - David Lynch

Here’s what brewed up on this weeks 'espresso shots’: Making yourself less valuable to tech giants , the future of online communities, Gene Hackman’s legacy, CPR playlists, and why front porches might have saved society. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

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Espresso Shots 2-23-25 "Coffee knows no borders, only warm mugs and familiar aromas." - Unknown

Here’s what brewed up on this weeks 'espresso shots’: taking back control online, why arguing on the internet is pointless, how endless news makes us miserable, rethinking empathy, and why a mindset of curiosity beats frustration. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

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Espresso Shots 2-16-25 "I want someone to look at me the way I look at coffee." - Unknown

Here’s what brewed up on this weeks 'espresso shots’: why iPads just don’t cut it, turning fears into wins, a weird thing I found online, flow in a distracted world, and if we’re ready for an asteroid impact (prob not) #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

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Espresso Shots 2-8-25 "It’s all in the grind. Can’t be too fine. Can’t be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science." - Grimes (Ewan McGregor) in Black Hawk Down.

Here's what brewed up on this weeks 'espresso shots': 2024's must-try snacks, the nature of human stupidity, ditching the algorithm, Doom running on weird hardware, and a reminder that we need more builders, not cynics. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

Espresso Shots 2-1-25 "Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee — right off the trees, I mean. That was good. This is shit. But, hey, I'm in a police station." - Verbal (Kevin Spacey), The U...

Here’s what brewed up on this weeks 'espresso shots’: how industries try to addict us, a caffeine calculator, a web Pitfall, AI’s role in research, why failure is underrated, the power of 70%, and whether dogs can smell time. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

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The Dichotomy of Control "No matter where you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

"A simple shift in thinking can take a massive weight off your mind.” #storytelling #leadership #life2point0

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Espresso Shots 1-17-25 "I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn't find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling." - David Lynch

Here's what brewed on this weeks 'espresso shots': remembering David Lynch's surreal legacy, breathing, rucking for fitness, reflections on Apple's Dock history, and embracing fun resolutions like "pasta quests". #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

Espresso Shots 1-2-25 "It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it." - Ronnie Corbett

Here's what brewed on this weeks 'espresso shots': some new coffee mugs, the history of stents, decision-making, a look back at Zork, thinking about creativity, and the hidden stories behind everyday phenomena.
#life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

Holes "I don't make changes to confuse anyone. I'm just searching. That's what causes me to change. I'm just searching for myself." - David Bowie

"What if the hole you're in is just part of the process?"

#storytelling #leadership #life2point0

Book List: 2024 "Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." — Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

"Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic."

The 45 Books I added to my library this year.
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52 Things I Learned: 2024 "You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers! I will teach you!" - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket

52 Things I Learned (2024 Edition)
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Espresso Shots 12-8-24 "I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee." - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski

What brewed on this weeks 'espresso shots’: a look at the futility of preventing people from making mistakes, hosting meaningful conversations, critiques the cognitive overload of modern work, and “The Sisyphus treadmill." #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling

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Espresso Shots 11-25-24 "I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." - Steven Wright

This weeks 'drip' of interesting things recently discovered. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling
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The Overwhelming Noise "External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now." - Marcus Aurelius

Most things are designed to suck the oxygen out of the room. #storytelling #leadership #life2point0
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Espresso Shots 11-10-24 "I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell." - Christopher Walken (as fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson on SNL)

This weeks 'drip' of interesting things recently discovered. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling
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Espresso Shots 11-3-24 "If it wasn’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever." - David Letterman

This weeks 'drip' of interesting things recently discovered. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling
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Espresso Shots 10-20-24 "As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?" ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

This weeks 'drip' of interesting things recently discovered. #life2point0 #leadership #storytelling
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Your Goal Broke the System "Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm so...

Knowing a lot about one thing, and a little about a lot of things is an unlock for thriving. #storytelling #leadership #life2point0
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