This past weekend I had an experience that I thought I should document. I’ll look back at this post one day and be like hey, that was pretty cool. My company Hampton hosted an event with Rob Dyrdek in LA. We let ~50 Hampton members come. I’ve had Rob on the pod and admired him…
This post is a look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of my 2023. I write these because I know they’ll be fun to review in a decade. And also because the act of writing them is therapeutic. I always set my goals in the following categories: Family, Fitness, Finance, Fun. Cute, isn’t…
My new baby is about 3 weeks today. She’s our first child. I’m talking on the podcast today about my experience so far as it’s my first day back. Here are the notes for the podcast. The volume of love is loud I spoke to ~20 male buds who had kids. I think it’s common…
Note: I wrote this post as therapy for myself. I just lost my dog, who I loved terribly. A post for my family and to Sid. I never cared about my legacy but this week I think I’ve officially changed my opinion. My beautiful dog Sydney died two days ago. He was 14 or 16…
Two things I love: evil thrillers and money. I’m reading about the Sackler family. They popularized Oxycontin. They were horrible people. Horrible to their families, unethical in business, and pushed a drug that killed millions. I can’t stand them. But…you can always learn. Even from evil. So, I’m reading Empire of Pain, a book on…
This week I’m reading Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist. Buffett’s more popular biography is Snowball. But its 1,000 pages. And so I wanted to start with a 500 page biography first so I don’t lose interest. Buffett’s an interesting person. Before reading this book I thought he was an amazing guy. He still…
His name is Syed Balkhi. Started a blog called WP Beginner, a blog about WordPress. The blog starts getting traffic. He writes about different WordPress plugins and how-tos. After a few years, starts buying WordPress plugins. It starts working. After 10-13 years, has something like 30-40 WordPress plugins. Now the company does over $100m in…
I’ve been on a history book reading binge. A book or two a week. I’ll write later about the ones that I love. A topic that particularly interests me: assassins! My favorite book on this topic is about the 12-day manhunt for John Wilkes Boothe, the man who killed Abe Lincoln. It’s wild. Another great…
I have a new company. Its call Hampton. The short of it: it’s an executive peer group for CEOs. This company, I think, will be amazing. I started it because I used a peer group that I created when running The Hustle. And it changed my life. Helped me sell the company, helped me grow…
I went on a podcast the other day and called out a guy named Tyrone when I said I’d crush him in a 400m race (link). The backstory: I was an exceptional high school track and field athlete (proof). I ran a little under 50 seconds in the 400m and about 21.9. I even ran…