283. Davis Smith (Cotopaxi): Want a Resilient Business? Empower Resilient People
The outdoor brand Cotopaxi is known for colorful backpacks and athleticwear. But its founder and CEO Davis Smith explains that the origin and mission of the company is about much […]
Living Out Loud
“When the soul wishes to experience something, he throws an image of the experience out before him and enters into his own image.” Meister Eckhart, 13th-century theologian Last week, […]
282. Bobbi Rebell: Raising Our Kids to Be “Financial Grown-Ups”
Money can be one of the hardest things to talk about with your kids. It’s emotional, and often tied to feelings of generational self-worth. But just like the “Birds and […]
Trust Yourself to Grow
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust.” Gertrude Jekyll This past week our […]
281. Jonathan Johnson: Challenge Ideas, Not People
Jonathan Johnson became CEO of Overstock.com in 2019, right before the world was turned upside down by Covid. Like many leaders, he was tasked with difficult choices about how to protect […]
Share the Love
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And […]
280. Brooke Romney: Don’t Define Yourself By What Can Be Taken Away
Comparing ourselves to peers is natural, but when that gap creeps into our self-worth, the damage begins. When she was a new mom, Brooke Romney fell into this trap. After […]
For the Love of Your Game
“Be out for your own fun. Be out for your own curiosity.” Ira Glass When I was 16, I tried out for the high school tennis team. I had practiced […]
279. Marcus Buckingham: This Is Your Brain On Love
Marcus Buckingham is obsessed with challenging common wisdom about human potential. He’s a self-described psychometrician, on a quest to find the real data behind how and why we act. He […]
The Space Between
“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.” Nancy Levin Last Saturday, as our family was coming home from vacation, I said to my daughter, “I love being in […]