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News stories about Facebook’s IPO were hard to avoid yesterday. Most of it had to do with how much everyone was set to make, down to the guy who painted the murals in their original office. The most interesting part to me was Zuckerberg’s letter to his investors in which he outlines his vision for [...]

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In the 1930′s writer Will Durant wrote a book called “On The Meaning Of Life”. Letters Of Note, one of my favorite new blog discoveries, shared the letter that journalist and critic H. L. Mencken wrote in response to Durant’s inquiry. It’s well worth reading the full letter, but I thought I’d highlight a specific section [...]

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Most of you will be familiar with Alec Baldwin’s legendary speech in the movie Glengarry Glen Ross. The main take away from his speech is his ABC motto. Always Be Closing. In the context of the film this refers to salesmen that need to make their sales goals. Below is an excellent quote from an [...]

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My lovely friend Rachel, artist wrangler at music startup Liveset, asked me this poignant question: “So why music for you?” I’ve had a lot of practice thinking about this question lately while we further crystalize our vision at Family Records, and slowly expand our tiny but awesome team. The answer to this question is the fundamental reason [...]

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In a recent Esquire interview, actor George Clooney shares an insight that creatives and normals can benefit from. It speaks to the dangerous trap of being so focused on specific ultimate goals that it becomes detrimental to actually achieving those goals. A loss of overview and perspective can lead to less than desirable end results, [...]

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Working in any creative field will often times mean encountering people that either take themselves a bit too seriously, feel entitled, or maybe even ones that are just crazy. Some accept this as a fact of life, effectively empowering and enabling this behavior. “Oh well he’s a genius, so he can act like that,” or [...]

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With Summer in full swing, and the World Cup over by the end of the week, we will again have time to read! I assembled a summer reading list of books that I have found to be inspiring, energizing, thought-provoking, innovative and entertaining. Aside from one single book, none of these books were written with [...]

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“Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70’s – what his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said, “Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.” (via Makes Me Think)

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A little piece of genius via More New Math, which translates well for pop song writing. Sure, Tom Petty’s songs only have three chords and they’re G C and D, but I don’t see that many people using them as effectively with as catchy melodies as Tom does. The same goes for say Backstreet Boys’ [...]

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I’m a voracious reader and would read all day if I could, but then I’d get nothing done. My RSS Reader goes through a constant flow of me adding and deleting subscriptions in an effort to not return to overloading myself with materials to read. I might add a subscription based on excellent post I [...]

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