How to Build Community: Start by Paying Attention
How do you build community and turn strangers into friends? Start small. Pay attention, remember the little things, give first, and don’t keep score.
# Mindset
Posts
All
Summer Recipes
Apple Spice Behind the Scenes
Asian-Inspired
Beans
Books
Breakfast
Business
Grilling
Chautauquas
Coaching
Comfort Food
Communication
Cooking
Emotional Health
Fall Recipes
Family
Gratitude
Grief
Habits
Health
Holiday Traditions
Italian Inspired
Kid Friendly
Kool Collectibles
Leadership
Leftovers Remix
Light Vibes
Meal Prep
Mindset
Music
My Story
Nature
Nostalgia
Parenting
Patience
Personal Finance
Process
Purpose
Quick Meals
Reflections
Sales & Strategy
Sandwiches
Seafood
Seeing People
Slammin’ Sides
Slow Living
Soups
Sports
Sunday Funday
Sweets
Vegetarian
Winter Recipes
Is the NFL Rigged? Why Football Sometimes Feels Like WWE
Is the NFL rigged? A controversial Josh Allen fourth-down call shows why NFL officiating can make football feel like WWE—and why I still watch.
How to Track Your Progress When Learning Something New
Learn how to track your progress when learning something new—and why documenting where you started can help you stay motivated for years.
How to Be a Person of Your Word (and Why It Matters)
Being a person of your word doesn’t mean saying yes to everything. It means making realistic promises, communicating when things change, and giving people words they can trust.
Why Are the Tampa Bay Rays So Good? They’ve Always Had Enough
Why are the Tampa Bay Rays so good? With a low payroll and few stars, the Rays prove that great teams are built, not bought.
How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others and Appreciate Your Life
If you’re going to compare your life to someone else’s, you have to be willing to trade your entire life for theirs—not just the part you envy.
Why Are So Many People Running Red Lights?
Running red lights has become so normal that drivers now expect others to do it. Meanwhile, people staring at their phones don’t move when the light turns green. We’ve expanded both ends of the red light.
Business Complacency: The Entropy of “We’re Good”
Business complacency quietly weakened my company over four years. Here’s what entropy taught me about leadership, attention, and staying hungry.
How to Set an Intention and Make It Real
After putting another $10,000 into my struggling business, I set a clear intention: we would create $8,000 in sales that week. By Friday, we had done it.
Be a Tourist in Your Own Town: Try a Travel Mindset
Explore your own backyard with a travel mindset. Learn how being a tourist in your own town can help you slow down, notice more, and seize the day.
How to Enjoy Dining Alone: An Unexpected Lesson in Connection
Dining alone doesn’t have to feel lonely. A solo dinner became a chance to slow down, talk to strangers, people-watch, and enjoy a little human connection.
How I Organize and Actually Listen to a 400+ Record Collection
How I organize a 400+ vinyl record collection by mood, rotate neglected albums, track plays in Discogs, and make sure every record gets heard.
Made with Bullet