In this newsletter:
- A Daily Fight
- Turning Pro
- Characteristics of an Amateur
- Becoming a Professional
- Qualities of a Professional
- The pro mindset to overcome Resistance 

A Daily Fight 

Every day, I get out of bed ready to fight.

It's always the same fight, against the same goddamn opponent...

In this newsletter:
- Kokomo - The Beach Boys
- Music changes us
- This is your brain on music
- Daniel J. Levitin
- Health benefits of music 
- Beach party research trip:
     - Key West, Florida
     - Aruba

Kokomo - The Beach Boys 

[Intro]
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pret...

In this newsletter:
- Resistance
- Steven Pressfield
- Orchestras, Recipes, and Asset Allocation 
- Cold water therapy
- Pot and Yoga
- Beach party research trip

Resistance 

“How many of us have become drunks and drug addicts, developed tumors and neuroses, succumbed to painkillers, gossip, and compulsi...

In this newsletter:
- The Creative Habit
- Twyla Tharp - choreographer
- 12 lessons from The Creative Habit
- Movin' Out - Twyla and Billy Joel
- What I'm learning from writing

The Creative Habit 

“I begin each day of my life with a ritual: I wake up at 5:30 A.M., put on my workout clothes, my leg warm...

In this newsletter:
- Creativity
- Betty Edwards
- Exhibit A - my friend
- Exhibit B - my daughter
- Exhibit C - Nilo Cruz, playwright

Creativity 

“Brain plasticity (neuroplasticity):
In general, the term refers to the ability of the brain and nervous system to change structurally and functionally as a ...

In this newsletter:
- Mindset
- Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
- Alfred Binet - IQ test creator
- Mindset test 
- Cultivating a growth mindset
- What happens after death?
- Space and time in the eternal world
- Whiskey in the Jar, by Thin Lizzy

Mindset

“Think about your hero. Do you think of this person as some...

In this newsletter:
- Psycho-Cybernetics
- Maxwell Maltz, MD - Plastic surgeon
- Cybernetics
- Self-Image
- The Creative Mechanism
- Ireland with Mom

Psycho-Cybernetics

“A plastic surgeon does not simply alter a man’s face. He alters the man’s inner self. The incisions he makes are more than skin deep. ...

In this newsletter:
- Male menopause - an inconvenient reality
- Male Menopause versus Female Menopause 
- Testosterone - a precious resource
- John O'Donohue - on Aging
- Helpful links
- Natasha Teran, yoga retreat in Spain

Male Menopause - An Inconvenient Reality

 As much as I don't want to admi...

In this newsletter:
- The Power of Starting Something New
- Intelligence grows with age
- Who do we answer to?
- Patrick, my guiding light
- Ellie Goldstein, super model 

“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If ...

In this newsletter:
- New Year - What's your plan? 
- Accounting - 3 eras
- Our Lives - 3 eras
- Self Authoring Suite - 3 eras
- Austin Fallah - writer, my student

 

"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail."
- Benjamin Franklin

 New Year - What's your plan?

What's your plan for the new year?

In this newsletter:
- Read a lot, write a lot
- Christmas, a love-hate relationship
- Letting go of our children
- Letting go of our past
 

Being a writer is not easy. It's new for me.

It’s actually one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in all my 64 years.

But that’s okay. I need something challeng...

In this newsletter:
- Longevity and Blue Zones
- 9 Pillars of Well-Being
- Holiday gifts I like to give
- Toni Julian - wellness expert

Longevity and Blue Zones

One of the reasons we went to Ogimi on the island of Okinawa (Japan) last month, was because it's one of the Blue Zones. These are places whe...