Good Life Project

It’s not the box society puts us in that limits who we become, it’s the box we put ourselves in. There’s no secret to success. No magic bullet. No pixie dust. Success in any endeavor is about doing the work, every day and not running for cover when things get hard. Because they always will. […]

Today’s episode is sponsored by Camp GLP, the ultimate summer-camp for entrepreneurs, makers and world-shakers, recently featured in USA Today! +++ “Brand is the exhaust fume of the engine of your life.” A show of defiance at the age of 18, Nilofer Merchant packed a box, declared she was leaving home and walked out the front […]

“Don’t make people work to learn what you know.” Today’s short and sweet Good Life Riff is about the increasing value of ease and simplicity in a world that seems designed to overwhelm and pummel. It shared an experience I had in law school, one that revealed the power of brevity and respect in a […]

“The creative act is surrendering to not knowing.” There’s this scene I have etched in my mind. This week’s guest, Cynthia Morris is dancing around a fire in Costa Rica, giggling mercilessly, utterly at home in her playfulness as another friend plays guitar and belts out 80s hits. In that moment, she’s the person I wish I […]

After years of paying to wear your favorite shoes, you’re getting paid to be seen in them. After years of speaking for free and paying to travel, you’re now getting paid to speak. After years of buying your favorite meals, jewels and gear, you’re getting paid to eat, wear and use them. After years of […]

Imagine this… A financial genius spends his life developing a complex financial model with the intention of telling you what stocks to buy and sell, and when, in order to make the most money and minimize risk. You’d expect that model to out-perform a single rule that says something like “just split your money evenly […]

When you watch kids create something, it’s like watching an artist who is given complete permission to explore, experiment, and express. There’s no sense of censorship or fear of judgment…at least not until we’re a bit older. Working with your hands just plain does something to you. It drops you into a place of pure creativity […]

In February 2006, Sir Ken Robinson stepped onto the TED stage and delivered a scathing indictment of the modern educational system, entitled “How Schools Kill Creativity.” That talk exploded into the public’s consciousness and has since become the most watched TED Talk in history, with more than 32 million views and more than 250 million […]

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“Will you step into purpose and connection and expression, or leave them for dead?” There’s nothing quite like getting up on stage in front of a crowd to share something creative you made. It’s terrifying for most (if not all) of us. But sometimes we feel compelled to do it because we know that facing […]

“Creativity [happens] not necessarily because we have no limits, but because we have found ways to solve problems within limits.” Growing up in China, Jia Jiang dreamed of coming to the United States to make his mark as an entrepreneur. But his first attempt found him living with criminals in small town Louisiana as an exchange […]

So many people head into the world of entrepreneurship with high hopes, only to end up miserable and running back to a J.O.B. We call this “entrepreneurial failure to thrive.” It doesn’t have to be that way. We had great feedback on our first short and sweet Good Life Riff, so we’re teeing up a […]

“Rather than making perfection the goal, make improvement the goal.” If your work environment and culture empty you out, it will make it near impossible to live a good life. Along the way, it’ll make the business your working for grind to a halt. And, if you happen own that business, then you end up in […]

This episode is a Good Life Project “Riff.” What’s that? A short, punchy riff on one particular topic that matters to a life well lived. Generally no more than 5 to 10 minutes. As always, these won’t replace our weekly in-depth conversations, but if you like them, we may produce more and add them in […]