Life
Health, balance, family and who you are beyond work.
The parts of a good life the job doesn't cover. For leading people, see Leadership. Free tools: Hard Week Recovery, Own It Outright, Legacy Checklist and Lifestyle Inflation.
Health and balance
Food, attention and keeping body and mind in balance.
- Oct 23, 2026How Leaders Can Use AI to Recover From Hard WeeksMost leaders use AI for work.
- Jul 8, 2026When Social Media Helps Leaders, and When It Quietly HurtsThe best way to know whether social media is helping you is to step away for a while and notice how you feel.
- Nov 19, 2025Most of What We Eat Is Acidic. So Is Most of Modern Life.Balance in the body and the mind is the whole idea.
- Jul 30, 2020Why I Quit LinkedIn and Deleted a Decade of AudienceI deleted a decade of audience on purpose.
Time away
Unplugging, travel and the quiet time that helps me think.
- Aug 1, 2026The Hour in New York That Helped Me Think ClearlySome of my best thinking happens when I step away from work.
- Jul 1, 2026Your Best Experiences Are on the Other Side of FearOnly one person could climb the lighthouse at a time.
- Jan 21, 2026What My First Trip to Miraval Taught Me About UnpluggingWhat I learned about unplugging and being present, and simple ways to do it without a week away.
Family and wealth
Money habits, generational wealth and planning for 100 years.
- Oct 21, 2026How Lifestyle Inflation Eats Every RaiseEmployers and the government call about 3.6% a cost of living raise.
- May 14, 2026How to Build Generational Wealth That Outlives YouWealth lasts across generations when a family plans for the money and the people together, often with a…
- Nov 12, 2025We Think About the Next Hour While Some Families Plan 100 YearsI visited a friend's ranch.
Identity
Who you are when the job is not the answer.
- Sep 30, 2026Your Identity Was Never What You Do for a LivingYour title is what you do, and AI will change it.
- Sep 1, 2026Why I Stepped Away for Seven Years, and Why I'm BackThere are more people building companies than ever, and they need more support to match.
- Dec 30, 2025What I Learned in 2025 and What I Expect in 2026The year I noticed the digital world and the real world are moving in opposite directions.
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