What A $5 Shake Can Teach You About Coaching

Empathy is asking “What’s going on beneath the surface with this person?”  Not answering it.  Just asking it. Being open to finding the answer.  Letting that be the starting point.  In Pulp Fiction, when Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) pull up to to Jack Rabbit Slims, it’s on the grounds that … Continue reading What A $5 Shake Can Teach You About Coaching

My Favorite Movie Quote (A Gut Reaction That Surprised Me)

I was doing an interview that had a set of rapid-fire questions at the end. I had a list of questions to prepare with. I just didn’t realize they were examples and not the real questions. Oops. Nothing like panic-pressure in the moment to unlock the deepest recesses of your brain.  Amidst “favorite food” and … Continue reading My Favorite Movie Quote (A Gut Reaction That Surprised Me)

Sunday Music: Like Cold November Rain (Go Easy, Rider)

When your fiancé says “Let’s put some G N’ R on” you don’t argue. You embrace being 10 again, popping the cassette into the deck, and basking in the glory of using one’s illusions.  Whatever age you were when you heard “November Rain” (or especially when you first saw the video), it sticks with you.  … Continue reading Sunday Music: Like Cold November Rain (Go Easy, Rider)

Deliver Value (Aka The Shawshank S*** Crawl)

Value comes from doing the thing you’re willing to do that somebody else wants done but doesn’t want to bother with.  Questlove demos 500 or so songs per week to curate custom playlists for 700+ very cool (and lucky) friends of his.  His expression for listening to all this music because nobody else will (or … Continue reading Deliver Value (Aka The Shawshank S*** Crawl)

How To Be Cool In Front of Christopher Nolan (Via Marc Maron)

You know those people you super-admire? That the minute you’re in front of, you find yourself doing, or saying, or looking something stupid?  Marc Maron’s a Christopher Nolan fan. He likes his movies. He likes “his vibes.”  And Cillian Murphy got to tell him how he couldn’t believe how cool he played it in front … Continue reading How To Be Cool In Front of Christopher Nolan (Via Marc Maron)