Content related to anything involving music.
future of work
+4
Jan 18, 2026
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7 min read
This week’s mixtape: intentional growth, quiet leverage, business boundaries, and a song that keeps you steady.
+2
Jan 11, 2026
6 min read
This week’s mixtape: AI Kill Zone, unproductive future of work for Gen X, being more subversive, and some Talking Heads
+6
Dec 21, 2025
This week’s mixtape: quiet side hustles, aging parents, midlife pivots, newsletters, and boring income that works (oh and a Christopher Cross Cover)
+5
Dec 14, 2025
5 min read
This week’s mixtape: missed booms, late starts, prompt packs, cheat codes and running down a dream
life lessons
+3
Nov 30, 2025
This week’s mixtape: corporate chaos, experienced workers demand, gig work, freelance statistics and Semi Charmed Life
Nov 23, 2025
This week’s mixtape: midlife pivots, category design, Gen X grit, and some LL Cool J
Nov 16, 2025
This week’s mixtape: midlife reinvention, creative sparks, new communities, and a quiet shift happening right under our noses.
Nov 9, 2025
This week’s mixtape: From AI prompt dabbler to systems thinker, how to stop wasting AI’s potential (and yours) and the Power of Love
Nov 2, 2025
This week’s mixtape: leverage, frameworks, Richard Koch, Naval Ravikant, and some Bowie.
Oct 5, 2025
This week’s mixtape: the Napster effect, AI lessons from musicians, digital chaos, and creative control.
Sep 7, 2025
This week’s mixtape: cultural codes, audience analysis, flipping pain points, Dale Carnegie wisdom, Reddit rants, and The Eye Of The Tiger.
Aug 31, 2025
This week’s mixtape: AI-proof skills, spotting B.S., a new affiliate play, a creativity unlocker, and Stone Temple Pilots on repeat
Aug 24, 2025
This week’s mixtape: staying relevant, playing offense, a little luck and an 80s music comeback?
Aug 10, 2025
8 min read
This week’s mixtape: your compounding content system, why old skills still matter, using your strengths, and some good old fashioned 80s road trippin' music.
Jul 20, 2025
This week’s mixtape: a new 401K, content compounding, attention ownership, offensive retirement portfolio and some Ozzy
Jul 6, 2025
This week’s mixtape: cubicle to camper, audience building, hidden leverage, and an overlooked Alanis Morissette line.
Jun 22, 2025
This week's mixtape: How to lean into AI for human impact, seizing podcast and video opportunities and and a mellower '90s favorite
Jun 15, 2025
10 min read
This weeks mixtape: AI resistance, proactive thinking, smart mentors and a new twist on Missing You
Nov 3, 2024
How the generation that mastered playlist curation is now mastering the art of work-optional living
Mar 10, 2024
3 min read
How The Corey Story Blueprint Changed My Outlook
Feb 19, 2024
4 min read
Clues to human relevance in the future from three music legends.
music
Feb 12, 2024
What the Lead Singer of an 80s Metal Band Can Teach Us About Attitude and Mindset
Jan 28, 2024
How To Use A Story To Transform Risk into Resilience
Dec 17, 2023
11 min read
Marketing as Gen X's Path to Relevant, Passionate Work as Storytellers and Toolmakers
+1
Nov 26, 2023
How My Unfulfilled Travel Dreams Led To Greater Personal Discoveries