1: The technology team at IMVU agreed to a hard deadline: Six months—180 days—to launch the startup’s product and attract its first paying customers. “It…
The year is 2004. A seventeen-year-old girl is sitting in the office in front of a computer. A group of anxious entrepreneurs is standing behind…
“Jer, please tell my new assistant your story.” The Costco buyer asked this question to start the meeting. Jerry Swain, CEO and founder of Jer’s…
Imagine it is January 1. “A year from now, your company is having the biggest New Year’s party it has ever thrown. Your entire team,…
Aristotle tells us: To flourish as human beings, we need targets. We need goals. This week we’re reviewing some of the key lessons from Brian…
Brian Johnson has read and distilled the key learnings from over 500 books as part of his Philosopher’s Notes. His rule #1? Expect obstacles and…
Our goal? To create “masterpiece days.” This week we’ve looked at the importance of our morning and evening routines, what philosopher Brian Johnson calls our…
This week we are exploring what it means to be heroic. This is the key learning from Brian Johnson’s year-long Optimize Mastery class. Brian tells…
What is the one question to ask to help us to turn things around? According to Brian Johnson, this question is our secret weapon. He…
When we feel our worst… When things are not going our way… When life seems too much… Instead of giving in…, We get more committed.…
On the side of a bus is a big advertisement emblazoned with the word “Freedom!” It’s an ad for a local casino. Society is selling…
Yesterday, we explored the idea of human flourishing by living with virtue. Today we are going to take a deeper look into the concept of…
So far this week we’ve covered getting up an hour earlier to experience a “Miracle Morning.” Terrific. That’s step #1. But – will we…
It’s the end of week one of #LeadWithDrew. Each week my plan is to do a deep dive into a different topic and this week…
Are we approaching life with zest or avoiding it? Is our real goal hoping to avoid challenge and failure? Put another way: do we see…
Yesterday, we talked about Rule #1 from Brian Johnson’s Optimize Program: Expect challenges. Brian tells us that when life knocks us down, our goal should…