A second look at the things that stay relevant and the trends that pass us by ...
The Spin Required Between Amateur to Professional
What does it look like when we take an activity we enjoy and try to turn it into our profession? For a minute, assume that you enjoy bowling. If you just said to yourself, “I hate bowling!” Please, for the next two minutes, tell yourself, “I enjoy bowling!” Bowling is a great way to...
Cautiously Shooting for the Moon
A second look at the phrase on every graduation card. ...
My Diving Technique For Ambitious Projects
While it may seem like I’m sending similar content every week, I’m actually building towards more ambitious projects. In the system that I’ve developed since I started working on Those Stories, I’ve focused on how smaller pieces could build toward my goals by sharing small doses of insight. Instead of going straight for the...
The Sport of Trench Warfare
A second look at the Christmas Day Truce during World War I....
How the Anti-Lighthouse Keeper Movement Won
You might be confused how movements against good things somehow win out. There are issues in society we generally agree on as conventional wisdom. Then 10-20 years down the road, there’s a powerful antagonistic voice winning over hearts and minds. Today we’re going to look at one such case to illustrate the phenomenon. Here’s...
I Want 80 Percent Effort
And I don't want to know about the other 20 percent...
A Possible Benefit of Workplace Injuries
A field agent of Those Stories, code-named Joshua, sent me the following report from inside Elevated Industries (ELIN). It’s not known what ELIN does because only the board room and CEO’s office are above ground. The building extends deep into the Earth in an undisclosed American city. Anyway, Joshua was working at his desk....
Reset The Pins
We learn nothing when we bowl a strike ...
In a Year of Losses, Pitchers and Cats Now Reporting
When wildlife starts changing behavior, we’ve been locked down for too long. With the return of some normalcy, of course, a cat wouldn’t take the hint. Coors Field is one of my favorite empty places. Home to the hopeless Colorado Rockies baseball team, sometimes having an empty field is preferable. As a former employee,...