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July 2026
- Jul 7Your Life OS in the AI Squeeze of 2026Whiteboard
June 2026
- Jun 26Identity Change Is the Hardest Code to ShipWhiteboard
- Jun 26Authentic Beats Perfect in the AI TsunamiWhiteboard
- Jun 26Why People Resist AI (it's a Standards Problem)Whiteboard
- Jun 26How I'm Rebuilding YouTube Trust After 3 Niche PivotsBrainstorm
- Jun 23How I Think About Building Software in Summer 2026Brainstorm
- Jun 22Why Summer 2026 Is the Window I Refuse to Miss on AIWhiteboard
- Jun 15Rio de Janeiro's "Homegrown" AI Model Caught Red-Handed as a Rebranded Copy-Paste JobGeneral
- Jun 8Architecting the Autonomous: Engineering the Loops That Drive AI AgentsGeneral
- Jun 5The Economics of Token Exhaustion: Why Flat-Rate AI Subscriptions CollapsedGeneral
- Jun 5The 30-Day Head Start: Trump’s Frontier AI Executive OrderGeneral
- Jun 4Why Prompting Skill Beats Coding Skill in the AI EraPivot
- Jun 4What Vibe Coding Live Every Day Actually Teaches YouWhiteboard
- Jun 4China's AI Lag Is Closing — What That Means for Closed SourcePivot
- Jun 4How I Learned to Think Objectively After 10 Years of UnlearningWhiteboard
- Jun 4Why My 80-minute Live Stream Vanished and What I Did NextPivot
- Jun 4How I Burned Months Building a Salesforce Replacement With ClaudeWhiteboard
- Jun 4Why I Never Answer "What Are You Building"Pivot
- Jun 4Why My Vibe-coding Schedule Is Killing My Membership FunnelBrainstorm
- Jun 4AI Samples, the inevitable doom of AI: AI Companies’ Relentless Hunt for Training Samples, the Privacy Minefield, and the Looming Shadow of ContaminationGeneral
- Jun 4Wiring for AI When the Layoffs Reach Your DoorWhiteboard
- Jun 4Why I Pivoted From Daily Vibe-coding Streams to a Content EngineWhiteboard
- Jun 3AI Agent Failures: Why the Grand Autonomy Experiment Is FailingGeneral
- Jun 2Claude Opus 4.8 Review: Incremental Upgrade or Hype Cycle Break?General
- Jun 2Vibe Coding Gets Harder as Your Project Grows. Not Because the AI Is Dumb, but Because It Doesn't Understand Your CodebaseGeneral
- Jun 1China’s AI Reckoning: Efficiency, Domestic Chips & ImpactGeneral
May 2026
- May 27Why Closed Communities Need Drawing GamesGeneral
August 2025
July 2025
- Jul 27Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting & Abstinence: What Stuck With MeBooks
- Jul 7Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI: The 1968 Warning We IgnoredBooks
April 2022
July 2021
- Jul 31The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: 4 Ideas That Changed How I OperateBooks
- Jul 22Boundaries by Henry Cloud: Why Saying No Is a DisciplineBooks
- Jul 15Quit Drinking Without Willpower by Alan Carr: Lose the Desire, Not the FightBooks
May 2020
- May 16Designing Your Life: Why You Build Your Way Forward, Not Think ItBooks
- May 15The Miracle Equation by Hal Elrod: 4 Ideas That Changed How I OperateBooks
March 2020
January 2020
- Jan 28The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: How I Fight Resistance Every DayBooks
- Jan 25Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy: The Ideas I Actually UseBooks
- Jan 243 Book Reviews: Execution, The Secret of the Ages, Man's Search for HimselfBooks
November 2019
May 2019
- May 16The Power of Agency: The Idea That Actually Changed How I RespondBooks
- May 6Love 2.0 by Barbara Fredrickson: The Chapter That Hit Me HardestBooks
April 2019
- Apr 22Stress for Success by Loehr & McCormack: Why I Chase the AnxietyBooks
- Apr 9Fanatical Prospecting by Jeb Blount: Why I Never Skip My 9-to-10Books
- Apr 5Atomic Habits by James Clear: The 3 Ideas That Actually Changed How I WorkBooks
- Apr 4Lead Yourself First by Kethledge & Erwin: Why I Schedule SilenceBooks
March 2019
- Mar 28Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar: Why My Comfort Was the ProblemBooks
- Mar 26Before Happiness by Shawn Achor: Why Success Won't Make You HappyBooks
- Mar 23The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor: Success Comes SecondBooks
- Mar 21Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport: Why I Deleted My AppsBooks
- Mar 20With Winning in Mind by Lanny Bassham: 4 Mental Habits I Stole for BusinessBooks
- Mar 19Organize Tomorrow Today by Dr. Jason Selk: My One MustBooks
- Mar 18Solving The Procrastination Puzzle by Timothy Pychyl: The Real Reason We DelayBooks
January 2019
December 2018
- Dec 11Atomic Habits by James Clear: Why I Deleted Instagram to Build SystemsBooks
- Dec 10Atomic Habits by James Clear: The Ideas That Actually Changed How I OperateBooks
November 2018
October 2018
October 2017
April 2017
- Apr 21The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer: What I Took From ItBooks
- Apr 7The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: 4 Ideas I Actually UseBooks
- Apr 5The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer: 4 Ideas That Rewired How I ThinkBooks
March 2017
- Mar 10Disrupt You! by Jay Samit: The Bannister Method for Breaking BarriersBooks
- Mar 8Changing for Good by James Prochaska: The Six Stages That Fixed My Sales CallsBooks
- Mar 3Your One Word by Evan Carmichael: The Word That Changed How I Run BPIBooks
February 2017
- Feb 10Relentless by Tim Grover: The 3 Levels That Changed How I CompeteBooks
- Feb 8Shoe Dog by Phil Knight: The Nike Grind Nobody Tells You AboutBooks
- Feb 6The Alchemist, Unbroken, and Fearless: 3 Books That Reset My PerspectiveBooks
- Feb 3My Top Books To Read, Part I: 7 Books That Changed How I OperateBooks
January 2017
- Jan 20The ONE Thing by Gary Keller: The 3 Ideas That Actually Changed How I WorkBooks
- Jan 11Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance: The 3 Lessons I Took From ItBooks
May 2016
February 2016
- Feb 10No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert Glover: What I Took From ItBooks
- Feb 8Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari: Why Everything We Value Is Made UpBooks
January 2016
December 2015
- Dec 30Bold by Peter Diamandis: The Mindset Behind Going BigBooks
- Dec 2The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday: 3 Ideas I Use NowBooks
November 2015
October 2015
- Oct 10The Sell by Fredrik Eklund: What I Stole for My BusinessBooks
- Oct 3The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy: Why Small Daily Wins Beat One Big PushBooks
September 2015
- Sep 22No Excuses! by Brian Tracy: 3 Ideas That Changed How I LeadBooks
- Sep 15est: Playing the Game by Carl Frederick — Be, Do, HaveBooks
August 2015
July 2015
- Jul 3The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod: The SAVERS Routine That Fixed My MorningsBooks
- Jul 3I Wish I Knew This 20 Years Ago: One Idea Worth the ReadBooks
- Jul 3The ABCs of Success by Bob Proctor: A Yearly Reset, Not a Deep DiveBooks
June 2015
May 2015
- May 20Ohh By The Way by Brian Buffini: Why Referrals Beat Every Cold LeadBooks
- May 15The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz: What Actually StuckBooks
- May 14What Got You Here Won't Get You There: An Honest ReviewBooks
April 2015
- Apr 30Start with Why by Simon Sinek: Why Comes Before WhatBooks
- Apr 30Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk: The Real Lesson Is Give Before You AskBooks
- Apr 30Supercoach by Michael Neill: The No-Wrong-Decision Rule That Changed My BusinessBooks
- Apr 307L by Michael Maher: The Book That Confirmed My Referral System WorksBooks
- Apr 4The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle: 3 Ideas That Changed How I Coach My AgentsBooks
- Apr 4The Power of Neuroplasticity by Shad Helmstetter: Rewiring Self-TalkBooks
March 2015
February 2015
- Feb 27Thoughts Are Things by Bob Proctor: Why I Can't Recommend ItBooks
- Feb 16What To Say When You Talk To Yourself: The Book That Rewired My MindsetBooks
- Feb 15You Were Born Rich by Bob Proctor: Why I Blew My Best YearBooks
- Feb 9Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker: Your Income Is a MindsetBooks
- Feb 9Mind Power by John Kehoe: How Your Subconscious Builds Your ResultsBooks
- Feb 9Quantum Warrior by John Kehoe: The Belief-to-Result ChainBooks
January 2015
- Jan 12The Secret by Rhonda Byrne: What Actually Stuck After 6 YearsBooks
- Jan 6Winning by Jack Welch: What Actually Applies to a Small BusinessBooks
December 2014
- Dec 31The Power of Full Engagement: Why I Stopped Managing TimeBooks
- Dec 31The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield: 3 Ideas That Changed How I Run My WeekBooks
- Dec 31Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker: Why I Stopped Fixing My WeaknessesBooks
- Dec 31Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz: Why Self-Image Is the CeilingBooks
- Dec 3Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins: The Mutual Fund Lie I BelievedBooks
- Dec 3Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell: The Decision That Stuck With MeBooks
November 2014
- Nov 18If I'd Known Then What I Know Now by J.R. Parrish: 3 Ideas Worth KeepingBooks
- Nov 14Sell or Be Sold by Grant Cardone: What Actually StuckBooks
- Nov 14Takin' Care of Business by Buffini & Niego: The Three-Legged StoolBooks
- Nov 14Work By Referral by Brian Buffini: Why I Stopped Chasing DealsBooks
- Nov 13A Better Way to Live by Og Mandino: 4 Rules I Actually UseBooks
- Nov 13The Greatest Salesman in the World: Why I Give It 3 Out of 5 StarsBooks