Category: podcasts

Podcast Of The Week: Jason Isbell’s Documentary w/ Bill Simmons

I was stoked when I found out the Duplass brothers were doing a Jason Isbell documentary with Bill Simmons as executive producer for HBO. If you have the HBO subscription, we watched Running With Our Eyes Closed once already, and I'm planning to watch it two or three times in the coming weeks. It's awesome. … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Jason Isbell’s Documentary w/ Bill Simmons →

The I/We/It Tool For Difficult Conversations

A difficult conversation tool: I/We/It Vectors This comes from Doug Stone and Sheila Heen’s Harvard Negotiation Project work and their two books.  In any conversation, meaning is flowing on 3 levels (or vectors, but I’m not that fancy). In any difficult conversation, there’s a block on one of these three levels. The I/We/It tool helps … Continue reading The I/We/It Tool For Difficult Conversations →

Dyson On Hiring (For Differentiation And Positioning)

When James Dyson was building his business globally he had to hire someone to run their Japanese operation. Culturally, he was expected to pick an older, proven, and reputable person.  Which wasn’t at all what he wanted.  Dyson’s products were different, and if a new location was going to embrace their differentiated approach, he’d have … Continue reading Dyson On Hiring (For Differentiation And Positioning) →

Podcast Of The Week: O’Shaughnessy’s ILTB -Greatest Hits

I’ve been listening to Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s Invest Like The Best Podcast since the beginning. Besides being in awe of the library he’s built, I’ve often thought I should go back. Well, he just created sort of a greatest-hits episode of clips from his favorites. Funny enough, they’re some of mine too. Check this out, featuring … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: O’Shaughnessy’s ILTB -Greatest Hits →

Podcast Of The Week: Tom Peters Retires

Seth Godin shared this clip. It has two beautiful quotes in its <2 minutes play time. The first is on gaining respect. The second is the only leadership course you’ll ever need to take - which will probably be a post itself for next week. Give it two minutes, it’ll be in your head for … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Tom Peters Retires →

Podcast Of The Week: The Inevitability Of Ice Spice

I’m always going to get caught up in “how did this happen” and “where did this even come from” cultural questions. I’m not on TikTok, I’m not deep into drill (although, I’ve dabbled [adjusts monocle]), and I didn’t really enjoy much of the SoundCloud rapper phase. But I have been surprised by how much I’ve … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: The Inevitability Of Ice Spice →

Do you REALLY want it? Consistency, Existentialism, And Little League

The “best” Little League coaching wisdom to say to a team who just lost, "You just didn’t want it bad enough." Or the variation, They wanted it more than we did. DIDN’T YOU WANT IT CHILDREN? DON’T YOU STILL WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?! Well OF COURSE we want it, coach. But … Continue reading Do you REALLY want it? Consistency, Existentialism, And Little League →

CoCo Chanel’s Definition Of Luxury (Steal This)

CoCo Chanel defined luxury like this: Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.  If you want to make luxury, make sure you’re on the right side of the necessity line.  And if you want to make premium, know where the luxury line is and see how close you can get.  And if you … Continue reading CoCo Chanel’s Definition Of Luxury (Steal This) →

Podcast Of The Week: Luxurious LVMH

Every now and then I check the Acquired podcast feed, get intimidated by the length of the episodes (should I just read a book/the book/several books on my own?), and too often lately I move on.  HOWEVER. Every time I stop and listen to one I think, “I really should listen to more of these.”  … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Luxurious LVMH →