Photo in the banner by Saltlake_Lian 22 days later… ? Did you miss the routine radness in your inbox? ; ) November has been a wild month in so many ways. I’m penning this issue aboard a Hannover bound IC train for a 15-year high school...
Artwork in the banner by Alan Warburton The aggregation of marginal gains is a very cool concept. “If you get 1% better each day for an entire year you’d be 37 times better at the end of the year. That’s 3,700% better. Compounding is cool.” - Patrick...
Artwork in the banner by Brendan Leonard Usually keeping this newsletter weekly is easy. It is a routine. This past week has been anything but. I wasn’t tired. I was just uninspired. The line can be thin but I think people often lose inspiration and fail to nail...
Artwork in the banner by Matthew Clark “The fight-or-flight response (also called hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.” This week I read about how our fear and outrage are...
Artwork in the banner by Rémi de Ligny “You’re doing it wrong. But at least you’re doing it. Once you’re doing it, you have a chance to do it better. Waiting for perfect means not starting." – Seth Godin From riding & racing bikes, anything to do with work, being a...
Artwork in the banner by MIMOA I’ve been lamenting that I really haven’t been riding much recently but today I’ll be racing in the evening on the track & riding to VC offices during the day leading a group of startups along with Andrii from Rockstart...
Artwork in the banner by Noma Bar This week I was impressed by this video on how Louis C K tells his jokes. Then, I saw that Lifehacker had already written a post spelling out the key four strategies described: More below...
Picture in the banner by Ilvy Njiokiktjien for NY Times “Nothing matters more than results” Except for: Community, contribution and what our friends think And ? ! Seth Godin recently wrote about the importance of results. But he left out rest. I’m all about powering through. Hell, I did...
My bud Benjamin recently asked for restaurant recommendations in Cologne on FB. I tagged Jan from RadTouren in the comments and Jan suggested a few good ones. Jan asked: “formal or normal?” Benjamin said formal if that means better. But is that true? Yesterday at lunch I discussed...
…what stands in nearest proximity to you has enormous implications. As Jim Rohn has wisely said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Similarly, Tim Sanders, former Yahoo! director, said, “Your network is your net worth.” - Benjamin...