Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. The Moderate Path We're living in interesting times. I had a long conversation with a business partner today. There are certain areas we disagree on politically, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good conversation— until it does. Before we dive into what I mean, let's check out a message from our current sponsor at The Rundown, my friend, Rowan's...
5 days ago • 4 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Stand Your Ground I got an email back from a city planner today and it was challenging to read. In real estate development, you'll often find yourself experiencing death by a thousand cuts, but what does that look like? Well, before we dive into details, let's take a minute from our sponsor. The Rundown I'm super excited to share this sponsorship. The...
12 days ago • 4 min read
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19 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. I'm Back I've been gone the last few weeks. My wonderful wife and Growth Guide Partner, Lesley, has been sharing my past content. So, where'd I go? I was focused on my health and running through a gambit of tests. Thanks for all your well wishes. Things are mainly looking good. Certain blood tests are returning to more normalized baselines, while...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. It Isn't About You And, I know it will for you, too. A past colleague and friend, Justin, sent me a note after last week's newsletter. What struck Justin was a specific section of the Spotlight Effect article when I wrote The person you're worried about judging you is worried about you judging them. What struck him the most was the idea others are...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. The Spotlight Effect You tend to think you're the Star in other people's movies. But, in reality, you're an extra in their movie at best. - Clint Murphy The Spotlight Effect has always fascinated me. It's a social psychology phenomenon where you overestimate how much others pay attention to your appearance or behavior. In other words, you always feel...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Habits I thought this would be a short one, because I started writing it in the Airport as we head to Denver as a family - I'll talk more about that below in the Mindfulness and Meditation Section, but I was wrong. Over 10 million people have read Atomic Habits, so it's likely you understand the power of habits, but few people do anything about what...
2 months ago • 11 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. My Wake-Up Call I got a call Friday afternoon. It was a call I wasn't expecting. It was a call that sent me down a rabbit hole. Earlier in the week, I'd gone in for some blood tests. My wife, kids and I finally had a family doctor, and I'd done their blood tests as part of my intake. She seemed concerned. But, before we get into that, a message from...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Balance I went for a walk this weekend with someone who reads our newsletter, Jon, and had a wonderful talk. Something stuck out to me and I've been noodling on it since then. The idea of equanimity, or balance, and what it means in our daily lives, but before I go on, let's hear from our sponsors: Growth Guide TV Our home got delayed again. Oh well,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Give Them Their Flowers Tonight's a short one, Team. A short one and hopefully a powerful one. The idea is about giving people their flowers. You may be wondering what I mean, so let's dive in. So often in life, we have people we love and care about, but we don't tell them. We expect we'll always be able to tell them until we can't. You may be in a...
3 months ago • 2 min read