OKRs Align Factory Teams and Drive Outcomes
📘 My favorite leadership read this week. What’s on your list? 📚 Add this to your list: 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖) by 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐫 💡 OKRs for factories? Yes—align teams, focus effort, ship outcomes. Helpful resource: 🔗 https://t.co/uilX0d7TBd https://t.co/ehv86DTFh9
Hip Thrusts: Glute‑Focused, Safer Alternative to Deadlifts
Hip thrusts are KILLER. They’re a posterior chain exercise that you can load up. They’re generally easier than deadlifts, for the people with lacking hip mobility. Cues to focus on: Our ribs and hips shouldn’t get further away from each...
Stop Hiding, Start Growing Into Your Potential
Growth begins when you stop hiding from your own potential. Step toward the version of yourself you know you’re capable of becoming.
33 Simple
I’ve spent the last decade studying the biology of aging. 🧬 Here are the 33 simple principles for healthy aging that consistently show up in the research ↓
Scientists Map Full Plant Pathway to Psychedelic Tryptamines
Mind-blowing science: Complete biosynthesis of psychedelic tryptamines from three kingdoms in plants | Science Advances https://t.co/39mQdp1cFE
Insights on Cycling HIT in German Roadbike Magazine
Forgot to mention that I did an interview with the German Roadbike Magazine on High Intensity Training in cycling. The interview is in German, apparently. If you have command of the German language, however, and want to see my views...
Productivity Edge Is Short‑lived; Act Now
Rory is correct. For startups extreme productivity is already tablestakes amongst your peers. For larger orgs there's maybe a year of edge in it against your big competitors before it's just adapted or died. In no world do you have...
CIO Chat Tackles Leadership Burnout – Join Thursday
#CIOChat Good chat today. Join us at 2pm ET next Thursday. Topic: Leadership Burnout Hope you enjoy our movie tie-ins to intro next week’s topic. Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues. Every Thursday at 2pm ET. https://t.co/kNW8VcHSy6
April Book Club Tackles Black Single Mother Narrative
It's April and this month, my book club is reading Black. Single. Mother. by @jamilahlemieux. You can follow along with us and here's the introductory post: https://audacity.substack.com/p/introducing-black-single-mother
Ditch “Bookworm”—Embrace the Fierce “Bookbeast”
We need to rebrand the term bookworm. It sounds weak and lame. Don't be a bookworm. Be a bookbeast or a bookbaddie.
Seeking Alternative Tools for Genetic Code Sequence Search
Anyone know of software or a web server that can search a sequence for alternative genetic codes? Been trying to install Codetta https://t.co/Wd7IMD23Cy but can't get it running so looking for alternatives.
Your Growth Inspires Others; Legacy Lives Through Example
You are someone’s proof of what’s possible. Your kids are watching. Your neighborhood is watching. When you lift yourself up, you lift everyone around you. That’s legacy. That’s why you keep going. 👏
Toddlers Hide Because They Haven’t Developed Theory of Mind
It is hilarious playing hide and seek with a 2 or 3 year old. They will hide behind the same curtain every single time or cover their eyes and think they are invisible. My son does both. Toddlers are still learning...
Teen Demands Dad Fix Light, Sparks Bittersweet Reflection
My 14 y/o daughter tried to turn on a hallway light but the bulb was burnt out so she stomped up to me and said, “Dude, the hall light has been out for days, change it already. I thought you...
Optimize Sets, Reps, Cardio, and Frequency for Maximum ROI
This 30min episode with @DrAndyGalpin solves the sets, reps, cardio-weight interference (?), training frequency and intensity questions… to ensure your exercise program gives you the best possible ROI.
From Lehman Collapse to $25M Bootstrapped SaaS
In 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed, and my job got regulated out of existence with it. In 2025, I hit $25M ARR with no VC funding and a team of under 35. I’m Adam, and this is my story of...
From Cost Center to Growth Engine: Mindset Shift Required
#CIOChat Q1: For decades IT was framed solely as a cost center focused on efficiency and uptime. Now AI, data, and digital products can + must drive revenue directly. What psychological (or other) shift has to happen in your org before...
Stop Calling Yourself “Aspiring”—You’re a Writer When You Write
Quick life hack: Kill your "aspirings." You are not an "aspiring" writer. • If you wrote today, you are a writer. • If you did not write today, you are not a writer. Replace writer with anything you want. You're either doing the thing,...
Effective Leaders Communicate Purpose, Direction, and Progress
Good leaders must communicate the following: Purpose – why are we doing what we’re doing? Direction – where are we going? Progress – how are we doing? I call this trio PDP. The clearer the PDP is to the team,...
Design Health Tools for Bad Days, Not Just Good Ones
If a health product only works on good days, it doesn’t work. That sounds obvious. But most products are still built like everyone is calm, focused, and ready to optimize their life at 7:12am. That’s not how behavior change works. So a lot of...
CMOs Fail When They Prioritize Deliverables Over ROI
I began my solo consulting journey in 2021. Since then, I have worked with A LOT of B2B SaaS CMOs... And once you see it, you can't unsee it. Now I get why so many of them don't...
Arrogance and Entitlement Stall Continuous Growth, Warns Nvidia CEO
Nvidia CEO: “you cannot show me a task that is beneath me.” The enemy of continuous growth is arrogance, zero sum mindset and a sense of entitlement. https://t.co/DpugJBDmtO
Arrogance Blocks Growth: Perfection Delusion Hinders Self‑Improvement
“An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.”
Fear of Failure Drives Us Toward Unhappiness
To do or not to do? To try or not to try? Most people will vote no, whether they consider themselves brave or not. Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people...
When Teens Turn Calendar Into Family Communication Hub
Me every time my 17 year old son uses the shared calendar and reminders app to send me updates and information.
Allulose Lowers Blood Sugar and Boosts Satiety
allulose isnt just a low calorie sweetener - it also: 1) binds to GLUT2 receptors which lowers blood glucose levels 2) stimulates GLP-1 improving glycemic control and increasing satiety
From “Never Again” To DIY: A Disgusting Turn
How did some of my people go from “never again” to “let’s do it ourselves”? Absolutely disgusting
Thankful for Your Support as My Book Launches
It’s been an incredibly busy few weeks, and I’m so grateful to all of you for your support and for the book being out. https://t.co/ZqaqGESsvz
Squat‑Induced Heart Rate Spikes Aren’t Cardio
I hear this every week in my office: "Doc, my heart rate hits 150 during squats — that's cardio, right?" No. And if your cardiologist hasn't explained why, keep reading. 🧵
Statecraft Offers a Therapeutic Roadmap for Chaotic Times
"While Statecraft is a detailed, often surgical, book, its overall effect is therapeutic. Reading it one can start to imagine a road map through the crazy car crashes of the post-rules-based world" @peterpomeranzev for the @spectator: https://t.co/YvXDUkJty0
Warming Trend Turns Weather Variability Into Record-Breaking Events
This is a great example of how internal climate variability (e.g. weather) on top of a long term warming trend leads to new records being set. If the US weren't warming over time the records here would be 3 ->...
Embrace Daily Failures: Lessons Shaping My Business
Looking back at my "failures" makes me grateful for them, but in the moment... holy fuck do they suck. I feel like I fail at something everyday, and it is always a lesson in how to do something better the next...
Does Collagen Strengthen Muscle Connective Tissue?
Does collagen strengthen connective tissue in muscle? Protein ingestion can increase the synthesis of contractile proteins, but does the same hold true for connective proteins? https://t.co/DbUJVYNRUU https://t.co/CQ2qDGJV6H
Combat Fight-or-Flight Stress with Breath, Walk, Connection
When you feel scared or angry, your body triggers the fight-or-flight response. This alters your physiology and makes you tense. To combat this, relax, take 5 deep breaths, take a walk, or call a friend. There's a lot of stress...
ISS Sections Experience Varying Accelerations Despite Uniform Weightlessness
My first answer is no. It’s different weightless at Lagrange point and orbit - but you would never feel the difference. In orbit, different parts of ISS have different orbits technically and thus different acceleration. Same is tru near L1,...
Authors Should Harness AI to Deliver Their Best Work
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/artificial-intelligence-writers-powerful-language I use AI everyday to write my books. I have an obligation to write the best book that I can for my readers. That means using every tool that's necessary.
Michael Jackson Biopic Opens Strong, Poised for Global Success
The troubled Michael Jackson movie MICHAEL came on tracking today at a $55M domestic opening, per NRG. That’s pretty good, especially since this movie will likely play much better internationally.
Thinking Turns Reading Into True Understanding
Philosopher John Locke on why just reading isn't enough: "Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what...
Artemis II Begins TLI Burn, Reaching Lunar Distance
The Artemis II Integrity spacecraft is now coasting downwards and will reach perigee of about 195 km late on Apr 2. At 2349:50 UTC it will make the TLI (Trans-Lunar Injection) burn, a 388 m/s burn lasting 5m51s to raise...
Olivia Rodrigo Unveils New Album “You Seem Pretty Sad”
Olivia Rodrigo Announces New Album ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ https://t.co/j8CS2E2Q2u via @variety
Let Go, Open up, Trust Life's Unfolding
You cannot receive when your hand is clenched shut from gripping so hard Open yourself up to the possibilities and trust in the unfolding of your life ❤️ Sending you so much love ❤️ Em #neuroscience #mindset
Is Moxie's Worth the Hype? Users Question
Is Moxie’s really that good? The way y’all are constantly posting that you’re eating there.
Ujjayi Breathing: Calm Mind, Energize Body
Ujjayi breathing calms and energizes mind and body. Inhale slowly then exhale like you're fogging a mirror. Close your mouth before you finish exhaling. You should feel a gentle constriction at the back of your throat. Continue several rounds of slow...
Invisible Essentials Revealed in Little Prince Originals
"What is essential is invisible to the eye." On #InternationalChildrensBookDay, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s original watercolors for The Little Prince and the bittersweet story behind the beloved book https://t.co/GCOJ4gT2wN
Hire a Chief of Staff, Reclaim 20 Hours Weekly
Want more time? Fire yourself from 80% of tasks. Hire a Chief of Staff. • Delegate email • Delegate scheduling • Delegate content distribution Save 20 hours a week. That’s 1,040 hours a year of your life back.
Valine Restriction Boosts Healthspan, Extends Male Lifespan
Lifelong restriction of dietary valine has sex-specific benefits for health and lifespan in mice "Our results demonstrate for the first time that Val-R improves multiple aspects of healthspan in mice of both sexes and extends lifespan in males, and suggests that...
Unlocking Norway's Training Secrets: The Power of Muscle Tone
New Video: Understanding the Norwegian Method of Training with special guest Marius Bakken. This was such a fun conversation. We went DEEP on so many topics, including one of the most impactful but seldom used one: Muscle tone. Link below.
Moon Missions Require Unity and Will, Not Just Money
Hearts and minds are too heavy for any rocket (or dollars) to carry all the way to the Moon. For that, it takes unity and will, qualities that aren't so easy to measure.
Peakspan: Targeting 90% Peak Capacity Across Lifespan
"Peakspan" should be the longevity marker everyone's talking about. It refers to how long we can maintain 90% or more of our peak capacity in one of several health domains like muscle strength, cognitive function, or fertility. And it recognizes that these...
Fossil Fuels Consume 11% of Global Energy; Renewables Need None
To boot, 11% of all energy worldwide is used just to mine, transport, process, and/or refine fossil fuels and uranium. https://t.co/c3RjxqKhcO Whereas wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro require 0 such energy because wind comes right to the turbine, etc. So for anyone to...