Drink the fucking wine
Scott Halford on leadership, clarity, the human brain, and how great founders learn to slow down and question assumptions.
Amy Cosper
Lunch With David Granger
The machinery of media looks very different now. But, we both agree, editorial judgment still has a place. Maybe now more than ever.
The Ducati didn't make it
The city of Fort Collins mailed the ticket to my husband’s ex-wife, who does not live in Fort Collins, nor does she ride a Ducati. She was furious. To this day, none of us understands how that happened. But who cares? It was fantastic and she’s still pissed. I call that a win.
Barbara Brooks is not invisible
Up until that point, she hadn’t thought much about her age. It wasn’t part of how she moved through the world or how she understood her value. But as the rejections accumulated, it became clear that it was part of someone else’s calculation she could no longer control.
The Sparrow in the Razor Wire
Inside prison he devoured books on entrepreneurship, spirituality, mindfulness, and personal development. One idea kept circling in his mind. What if prison was not the end of his life? “I asked myself why do I have to view prison as punishment. Why can’t this be a place where I remake myself.”
In L.A., people trust one guy with their pricey supercars
A lot of founders start companies because they want to build. Others start them because they get tired of waiting around inside systems they don’t control. Elrod sounds like the second kind.
Entrepreneur, Seeker, Vagabond
For a stretch of time he lived in a converted Volkswagen bus parked on the beach in Tulum. Everything he owned fit inside the van and he smiles as he remembers it as one of the most liberating periods of his life. “It was the freedom of not having anything.”