1: Persia. 482 B.C.
King marries queen. King kills queen because “she is too bold and displeases him.”
King meets beautiful young woman. Beautiful young woman becomes new queen. Queen hides the fact that she is Jewish.
A royal decree is issued: “On a future date, neighbors of Jewish families throughout the realm will be free to kill them and plunder their wealth.”
Queen’s relative tells her she must take … continue reading
1: Imagine we are in a church. We see a table of books. We wander over. There’s a book titled The Man God Uses or The Woman God Uses.
What do we assume about this book?
Probably, it’s about a missionary. Perhaps a church leader.
Yet, when we read the Bible, we see God works through all sorts of ordinary people.
“It is often hard to get Christians to see … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Death comes at two speeds, fast and slow, Peter Attia writes in his book Outlive.
Peter chose Johns Hopkins for his medical residency because of its top-notch reputation … continue reading
Question: What is the best way to find ten large red balloons deployed at secret locations throughout the United States?
“This is not an easy question,” Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code.
“It was dreamed up by scientists from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a division of the U.S. Department of Defense tasked with helping America’s military prepare for future technological challenges.”
DARPA announced the Red … continue reading
1: We are sitting at a table across from a complete stranger.
Each of us is given four tokens.
Each token is worth one dollar if we keep it. But it’s worth two dollars if we give it to the other person.
This game consists of a single decision: How many tokens do we give the other person?
As it turns out, this is a complex decision. If we give … continue reading
1: “I got it.”
These were the first words uttered by Captain Al Haynes after the explosion went off in the back of the airplane. He grabbed the control wheel, known as the yoke.
Later, Al would call these three words “the dumbest thing I’ve ever said in my life,” Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.
Yesterday, we looked at the … continue reading
1: The date was July 10, 1989. United Airlines flight 232 took off from Denver headed for Chicago.
There were 285 passengers on board.
It was a gorgeous day, sunny and mild. There were light winds out of the west at thirteen miles per hour.
“For the first hour and ten minutes of the trip, everything went perfectly. Over Iowa, the crew, consisting of Captain Al Haynes, first officer … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
We are living longer. That’s a fact.
Lifespans have nearly doubled since the late 1800s, Dr. Peter Attia writes in his compelling book Outlive.
But when we look at the … continue reading
1: Answer? Not even close.
Roughly 15 years ago, when author and entrepreneur Dr. Benjamin Hardy was 18 years old, he lived at his cousin’s house, slept on the couch, and played World of Warcraft for 15+ hours per day.
“I didn’t have a job. I certainly didn’t have a PhD or the six kids I now have. I wasn’t an entrepreneur, nor was I ever intending to be,” he … continue reading
1: “It takes Americans, on average, 24 minutes to actually get out of bed and start the day—after two alarms and hitting snooze twice,” Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.
Why is this?
“If we don’t know what we’re going to do in a given situation, we will default to the most easy … continue reading
