In this newsletter:
- One home, one suitcase
- Goodbye, business suits
- My simple life
- Why do we accumulate so much?
- 16 benefits of minimalism
- Marie Kondo
- Japanese tea house

“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the conte...

In this newsletter:
- The Dream
- Patricia Ryan Madson
- Improv Wisdom
- 13 Improv Maxims
- Key Life Skills from Improv
- YouTube Improve example

The Dream

It was 2015. I was walking across Harvard Yard, on the way to my classroom. My heart was pounding, breathing was difficult, it was hard to walk, ...

In this newsletter:
- A Daily Fight
- Turning Pro
- Characteristics of an Amateur
- Becoming a Professional
- Qualities of a Professional
- The pro mindset to overcome Resistance 

A Daily Fight 

Every day, I get out of bed ready to fight.

It's always the same fight, against the same goddamn opponent...

In this newsletter:
- Kokomo - The Beach Boys
- Music changes us
- This is your brain on music
- Daniel J. Levitin
- Health benefits of music 
- Beach party research trip:
     - Key West, Florida
     - Aruba

Kokomo - The Beach Boys 

[Intro]
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pret...

In this newsletter:
- Resistance
- Steven Pressfield
- Orchestras, Recipes, and Asset Allocation 
- Cold water therapy
- Pot and Yoga
- Beach party research trip

Resistance 

“How many of us have become drunks and drug addicts, developed tumors and neuroses, succumbed to painkillers, gossip, and compulsi...

In this newsletter:
- The Creative Habit
- Twyla Tharp - choreographer
- 12 lessons from The Creative Habit
- Movin' Out - Twyla and Billy Joel
- What I'm learning from writing

The Creative Habit 

“I begin each day of my life with a ritual: I wake up at 5:30 A.M., put on my workout clothes, my leg warm...

In this newsletter:
- Creativity
- Betty Edwards
- Exhibit A - my friend
- Exhibit B - my daughter
- Exhibit C - Nilo Cruz, playwright

Creativity 

“Brain plasticity (neuroplasticity):
In general, the term refers to the ability of the brain and nervous system to change structurally and functionally as a ...

In this newsletter:
- Mindset
- Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
- Alfred Binet - IQ test creator
- Mindset test 
- Cultivating a growth mindset
- What happens after death?
- Space and time in the eternal world
- Whiskey in the Jar, by Thin Lizzy

Mindset

“Think about your hero. Do you think of this person as some...

In this newsletter:
- Psycho-Cybernetics
- Maxwell Maltz, MD - Plastic surgeon
- Cybernetics
- Self-Image
- The Creative Mechanism
- Ireland with Mom

Psycho-Cybernetics

“A plastic surgeon does not simply alter a man’s face. He alters the man’s inner self. The incisions he makes are more than skin deep. ...

In this newsletter:
- Male menopause - an inconvenient reality
- Male Menopause versus Female Menopause 
- Testosterone - a precious resource
- John O'Donohue - on Aging
- Helpful links
- Natasha Teran, yoga retreat in Spain

Male Menopause - An Inconvenient Reality

 As much as I don't want to admi...

In this newsletter:
- The Power of Starting Something New
- Intelligence grows with age
- Who do we answer to?
- Patrick, my guiding light
- Ellie Goldstein, super model 

“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If ...

In this newsletter:
- New Year - What's your plan? 
- Accounting - 3 eras
- Our Lives - 3 eras
- Self Authoring Suite - 3 eras
- Austin Fallah - writer, my student

 

"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail."
- Benjamin Franklin

 New Year - What's your plan?

What's your plan for the new year?